CARABAO CUP : SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY VS LEEDS UNITED – 26/08/2025 (PHOTO – PENALTY HERO GOALY ETHAN HORVETH)

CARABAO CUP – SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY VS LEEDS UNITED – 26/08/2025

WHAT AN AMAZING MATCH THIS WAS LAST NIGHT! LEEDS UNITED MADE A WHOPPING 661 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 80% POSSESSION), 8 CORNERS, AND 25 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM JAYDEN BOGLE LATE IN THE GAME AT 81 MINS!  (BELOW)

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MADE 169 PASSES, WITH A 57% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 6 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING GOAL FROM JAMES LOWE (WHO HAD MADE HIMSELF BUSY THROUGHOUT THE MATCH WITH AN EARLIER SHOT JUST GOING WIDE, AND A PASS TO THORNTON BEFORE THIS GOAL, ENDED UP FLYING IN HIS DIRECTION AFTER BEING SAVED BY DARLOW, WHICH HE NEATLY SENT BACK THROUGH DARLOW’S LEGS.) LOWE’S GOAL ACTUALLY WENT DOWN AS AN OWN GOAL TO DARLOW, BECAUSE AS IT WENT THROUGH THE KEEPERS LEGS, IT SKIMMED THE BACK OF HIS BOOT BEFORE HITTING THE NET.

SO AT 90 MINS., IN THIS PARTIALLY EMPTY STADIUM, (AS THE SUPPORTERS HAD BEEN ADVISED TO DONATE THE MONEY THEY WOULD HAVE PAID FOR A TICKET TO CHARITY IN A DISPUTE WITH THE CURRENT OWNER), THE MATCH WENT ONTO A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT!

AND WITH LEEDS MISSING ALL 3 OF THEIR PENALTIES, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY WON THE GAME 1 – 1 (3 – 0 ON PENALTIES) WITH SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY’S ETHAN HORVETH THE HERO OF THE MATCH FOR SAVING SEAN LONGSTAFF’S PENALTY IN THE SHOOT-OUT!

AFTER THE MATCH, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY’S MANAGER HENRIK PEDERSEN SAID:-

“THEY ARE PROUD TO GO ON THIS PITCH AND DO ALL THAT THEY CAN FOR THE SHIRT AND FOR THE CLUB.  I’M REALLY PROUD ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.”

AND LEEDS UNITED’S MANAGER DANIEL FARKE SAID:-

“IT HURTS AS WE WERE THE FAVOURITES.  IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE A WALK IN THE PARK.  IT’S ALWAYS TRICKY WHEN YOU MAKE SO MANY CHANGES BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE THE CRITICISM.  YOU FEEL A BIT EMBARRASSED AS A PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE.  WE WANT TO SAY SORRY TO OUR FANS WHO MADE THE TRIP.”

BY AMANDA WATERS