Leeds United can almost spy the playoff final after returning from their mission to Derby with a 1-0 win. Kemar Roofe’s goal gives Marcelo Bielsa’s men a deserved advantage going into Wednesday’s second leg at Elland Road. Frank Lampard’s side will have to perform much better if they are to overturn the deficit.
The forecast was for a stormy clash owing to the animosity hatched by the espionage controversy earlier this season, when Leeds were fined £200,000 for watching Derby training sessions on the sly. Although Bielsa had insisted the affair would have no bearing on this meeting, it was clear each team would take particular relish from ending the other’s promotion ambition while fuelling their own. Pontus Jansson, the centre-back who is an ideal ambassador for Leeds partly because of his undiplomatic frankness, admitted there was something close to hatred between the clubs, while the Leeds owner, Andrea Radrizzani, said he distrusted his Derby counterpart, Mel Morris.
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