I stand corrected - it was the 2nd half after all! [😊]
Apparently Silvestri now holds the record for the only Leeds United keeper ever to save 3 in a penalty shootout! Ossie ________________________________ From: Richard Naef <[email protected]> Sent: 26 October 2016 09:14 To: 'Brendan Osborne'; 'Leeds List'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [LU] Norwich Oi Brendan, if Dave says it was 2nd half equaliser - IT WAS A SECOND HALD EQUALISER| ;) ttfn Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Leedslist [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brendan > Osborne > Sent: 26 October 2016 07:18 > To: Leeds List; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Norwich > > Thanks for a great report - just one crow to pluck with you. It was 1-1 at > half > time - we equalised in the 43rd minute. [😊] > > > > Ossie > > > ________________________________ > From: Leedslist <[email protected]> on behalf of > [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: 25 October 2016 23:49 > To: Leeds List > Subject: [LU] Norwich > > Wow - this is what football is all about, not the greatest game but when > Vierra scored with that penalty - amazingThe fact that I had to pay £18 in a > taxi home to more than offset the saving on the cheap ticket - who cares > ?fact that i had to share my train with both Craggy AND dick with a stick* - > who cares, even their nonsense could not wipe the smile off my face"We're > Leeds and we're proud of it", we all sang as the final whistle after extra > time > sounded, and we meant it - this was a team and performance to be proud > ofThe ticket queues outside the ground showed how good an idea the cheap > tickets were, and all the open stands were full (fair play to Norwich who sold > 2k for this game - a great turn out)I was disappointed as i worked out the > team and realised that only Bartley was a genuine first teamer, with Roofe > and Vieira both playing recently due to injury and for much of the first half, > we looked to be a second string team, hastily thrown together (when will > managers realise Mowatt is NOT a winger and certainly not a RIGHT sided > one ?) as Norwich took the game to us and threatened to run away with it, > some desperate defending and some good saves from Silvestri saving us > from a hammering. Their goal when it came was well worked and well > deserved as they tore us apart and slotted homeWe did think we had > equalised but Bartley was booked for 'scoring' with his handSo 0 1 at half > time and a thrashing on the cards. > Second half we upped the tempo and got some fluidity going and got a real > foothold in the game. It was no surprise when we equalised Doukara doing > well and pulling the ball back to Antonsson who smashed home.We could > and should have won it but Mowatt could not get the right touch that would > have put it into an empty net, doukara also had a great header well saved. > We put on Sakho who caused them all sorts of problems and Wood who had > a stormer.Unfortunately we also brought on Philips which meant we had > used all 3 subs so when Coyle could not come out for extra time we were > down to ten men! (The FA cup is allowing 4 subs in this situation?)Our bottle > had gone and we approached extra time down to ten with the sole purpose > of hanging on for pens, but this went wrong as they beat our defence and > headed home (looked offside from my seat and Silvestri got booked for > arguing)At that point I was expecting 4 1 and was trying to work out if it was > worth leaving if they scored again to make sure I could get home.But this > current lot are made of sterner stuff and Sakho broke down the left and had > a shot that the keeper could only parry to the feet of the onrushing Chris > Wood who hit home ( a typical centre forward goal - brilliant stuff) and so to > pensThankfully taken at our end They scored and so did Wood, then they > missed and Roofe hit home - 2 1 with us with one in hand but Philips had his > saved and then Grimes (poor throughout) approached his - we were still in > the driving seat but as with most left footers at pens, it just did not look > right and he blasted miles over. SO suddenly it was 2 2 and the momentum > seemed to have shifted, but Silvestri saved and it was left to Ronaldo Vieira > to step up and striker the winning penalty - pandemonium on the field and > in the stands and a brilliant night came to a close All the irregular fans > making their first (first for a while) appearance at ER went home happy and > singing into the night Nights like this just make it all worthwhile - hoping > for > a good draw tomorrow > Dave* if you know them you know what i mean > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > Leedslist -- The Unofficial Leeds United Email List - > GreenNet<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > mailman.greennet.org.uk > This is the original (founded 1992) and 100% unofficial Leeds United Internet > Mailing List Leedslist has no connection with Leeds United Football Club, or > any other body > > > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: OutlookEmoji-?.png > Type: image/png > Size: 488 bytes > Desc: OutlookEmoji-?.png > URL: > <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/leedslist/attachments/20161026 > /854e5060/attachment.png> > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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