1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,920 We've had a lot more adversity in the last few weeks and people suffer. 2 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,240 The players suffer and the coaching team suffer, as well. 3 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,040 You have to take it in your own hands 4 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:18,800 and get that team spirit back to where it was. 5 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,760 Get back to a winning mentality and... 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:25,960 pick the players up. 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,520 We're showing that we're up for it, 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,160 we've put that behind us and we're ready to go again. 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,480 Come on Leeds! Come on! 10 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:05,760 Leeds United have had one 11 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:08,760 of the most extraordinary and eventful seasons in their history, 12 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,280 delighting and devastating their fans in equal measure. 13 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,080 They have failed to win automatic promotion to the Premier League 14 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,760 after finishing third in the Championship 15 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,880 and now face the prospect of the play-offs 16 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,120 for the right to play in the Premier League next season. 17 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:37,320 The final is at Wembley and worth £170 million, 18 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:42,040 making it the most lucrative fixture in world football. 19 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,680 My wife is a Leeds supporter, my two kids are Leeds supporters. 20 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,880 My cat, also called Leeds. 21 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,280 But I can be a little bit grumpy if Leeds lose. 22 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,800 That's my back there. I'm taking a picture of Billy Bremner 23 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,240 and my dad is taking a picture of me taking a picture of Billy Bremner. 24 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:18,160 Our supporter's club is Leeds United Supporters Club of Scandinavia: LUSCOS. 25 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,880 We have around 5,000 members. 26 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,480 All of us started to support Leeds 27 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,840 when Leeds was Super Leeds in the '60s and '70s. 28 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:31,160 We just grew up with English football, so that's just part of our blood. 29 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:36,000 A lot of people in Scandinavia, and Norway especially, are following an English team. 30 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,080 That's the home of football, that's in England. 31 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,720 And it's a very, very good atmosphere. 32 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,320 You know people, you go to a bar and talk for two hours 33 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:44,360 and never see them again. 34 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,160 But that's the friends. Friends for a couple of hours. 35 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,680 I think it's important that we get a little bit back on track now 36 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,880 after these two losses during the Easter weekend. 37 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,560 It's important that we get back on track, we have a good game against Villa 38 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,240 and then we'll just see how it goes. 39 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,640 It's important to have like a momentum going into the playoffs. 40 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:09,880 Come on, Leeds! 41 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,560 Villa is a very good team, they are very in form, 42 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,240 and we just have to be on our best. 43 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,160 Before the play-offs, 44 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,000 Leeds will play their final home game of the regular season 45 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,720 against in-form Aston Villa, who have also secured a play-off place. 46 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,760 It's a meeting between two giants of English football. 47 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,520 Both have been champions of England 48 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:33,480 and contested European Cup finals in their heyday. 49 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,320 When they talk of Mathews and Pele 50 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,200 Of Laughton and Finney and James 51 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,880 Like a whiskey in your belly 52 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,440 He will glow amongst those names 53 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,160 He will lead our lads to glory 54 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,680 He will lead our lads to fame 55 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,640 When they sing United's story 56 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,960 You will always hear the name 57 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,440 And the name was Billy Bremner 58 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,440 And we will never forget his deeds 59 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:14,440 He was made to play... 60 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,480 Two weeks ago, this game looked destined to be the moment 61 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,480 Leeds fans could celebrate their return the Premier League together. 62 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,920 But a shock home defeat to ten-man Wigan changed everything. 63 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:31,960 One-nil. Home to Wigan against ten men. 64 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,040 We self-destructed on the pitch. 65 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,880 At half-time we seemed to do some strange substitutions. 66 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 And seemed to just implode. 67 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:42,880 I was at Brentford as well, 68 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,480 and I think the psychological blow of Wigan 69 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,320 has just knocked us west. 70 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,560 I'm feeling it a week later and I'm sure the players are feeling it. 71 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,080 It's an important game against Villa today, to not lose. 72 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,320 A draw is fine. Just don't get whipped. 73 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:03,840 Something has to change. It needs some kind of spark 74 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:08,800 to get us out of this deep state of darkness and depression. 75 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,720 Fans from all over the world have travelled to Elland Road 76 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:14,600 for the Aston Villa game. 77 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,640 From Norway to Malaga, Malaga to Manchester 78 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,280 and then over here, so, you know. 79 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,880 What people do to follow their team is just fantastic. 80 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,080 If anyone would have said at the beginning that we would be P3 81 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,720 and we would go for the play-offs, I would sign blindly. 82 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,960 Owner Andrea Radrizzani has invited the players' families 83 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:38,800 to join the team before kick-off. 84 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,240 Alright, guys? How are you? Hello. 85 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,160 Leeds United against Aston Villa, 86 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:06,160 they meet in what could well be a dress rehearsal 87 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:10,560 for the Championship play-off final itself at Wembley in a few weeks' time. 88 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,400 Both teams are keen to impose their authority from the off. 89 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,600 The game quickly descends into a frenetic, bad-tempered affair. 90 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,040 This man is a disgrace. 91 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:30,720 Leeds players and fans feel decisions are going against them. 92 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:32,560 Elland Road is simmering. 93 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:37,680 The free-kicks, if it's 50-50, it's against us all the time. 94 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,920 In the second half, the temperature reaches boiling point. 95 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,720 Leeds United once again are involved 96 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:47,960 in one of the most controversial and talked-about incidents 97 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:49,400 in world football. 98 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,800 Still nil-nil and Kodjia does his best to put Cooper off 99 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,400 and he's come off worse off himself. 100 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,200 Leeds continue, there's no headwound so they're in their rights. 101 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,520 Leeds play on with a Villa player down. 102 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,680 And here comes Klich, Klich moving in off the left side, 103 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,640 cutting it back in and sweeps a low one past the keeper. 104 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:13,960 And Leeds, in controversial circumstances hit the front against Aston Villa. 105 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,840 Leeds one, Aston Villa nil. And Villa aren't happy at all. 106 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,600 There's a real melee here inside the penalty area at the Kop end. 107 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:27,960 There is confrontation everywhere. The game descends into anarchy. 108 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,680 But it's all going off, Villa clearly not happy that Leeds continued to play 109 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,480 after Kodjia had gone down. 110 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,920 Real controversy here at Elland Road. 111 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,160 And still the fights continue, and Bamford is claiming he's been struck, 112 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,360 and goes down inside the penalty area. 113 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,280 Dean Smith giving it the verbals to Pontus Jansson. 114 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,840 Leeds fans backing their players all the way here. 115 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,040 And it's a red card. El Ghazi's been shown straight red 116 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,360 for what looks to appear to have been the punch on Patrick Bamford. 117 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,360 Villa down to ten men, meanwhile, Bielsa giving out more instructions 118 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:08,960 to his captain Liam Cooper. 119 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:13,480 Kodjia back on his feet, and Bielsa absolutely apoplectic here 120 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,360 with his instructions, telling his side what they're gonna have to do. 121 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,280 What the fuck is going on? 122 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:25,880 Well, the goal's been given 123 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,560 but Marcelo Bielsa, well, he's giving out an instruction to his side, 124 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,440 nobody's quite sure what's going on here at the moment. 125 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,760 Bielsa makes an extraordinary call. 126 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,720 He demands his players allow Villa to score an equaliser, unopposed. 127 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,840 Surely not. And there they go. 128 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:49,880 The scenario does not go down well with the home crowd. 129 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,040 Albert Adomah, despite the best intention of Pontus Jansson defying orders, 130 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,040 is allowed to run the ball into the net. 131 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,320 Leeds were in front by a goal to nil and had been instructed, 132 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,840 in controversial circumstances, to give the goal back to Aston Villa 133 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,160 who celebrate. 134 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,400 Jansson in trouble with his teammates for defying orders. 135 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:13,920 It's an incredible moment, 136 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,160 one never witnessed before at Elland Road. 137 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,280 The game ends one-one. 138 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:26,760 The match has become one of the most unforgettable in Leeds United's history. 139 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:34,240 Exciting game. A lot of things going on, I mean sending offs, quarrels, fighting, 140 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,840 a Leeds goal and then we gave them a goal 141 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,280 and I mean, what can you say? 142 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,360 This final home game of the regular season 143 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,360 is a fitting opportunity for players and their families 144 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,080 to say thank-you to Leeds United's loyal fans. 145 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,800 We're Leeds and we're proud of it 146 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,760 We're not gonna stop coming here. We love it till we die. 147 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:15,960 Leeds, Leeds, Leeds. 148 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:23,080 Leeds now face a two-legged play-off semi-final against Derby County, 149 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,200 the club who accused Marcelo Bielsa of spying on them 150 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,280 in the infamous Spygate saga that blew up earlier in the season. 151 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:34,520 As Leeds prepare for the first leg at Pride Park, 152 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,640 the football world is now talking about the bizarre conclusion 153 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,760 to the Aston Villa game. 154 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,920 Leeds defender and Swede international Pontus Jansson 155 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,480 incurred the wrath of Bielsa 156 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:50,200 when he ignored his instruction to allow Aston Villa to score an unopposed goal. 157 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,840 I don't know, I just handled it how I thought it was right. 158 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,680 When you look back, maybe I should have let them score. 159 00:10:58,280 --> 00:10:59,960 So, yeah, I don't know. 160 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,040 That's how I am and that's why I am here today, 161 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,840 I am doing what I think is right. 162 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:12,520 Kalvin Phillips and Barry Douglas approach Jansson about the incident. 163 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:20,440 Do you think we should have let Aston Villa score? 164 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:22,160 Absolutely not. 165 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,320 Second question. 166 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,760 Did you mean to kick the ball or did you mean to kick his foot? 167 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:32,960 -Here he is. -I was angry 168 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:37,200 and I tried to kick the ball away. But I missed it, so bad defending. 169 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,520 Bad defending, you've got to stand him up a bit longer. 170 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:42,200 Ask him. Ask him also, do you think we should have let them score? 171 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:43,760 Yeah 100%. 172 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,160 -100%. -What, let 'em score? 173 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:47,400 Let 'em score. 174 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,120 It's controversial. 175 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,200 Everyone was so scared of me so they didn't play. 176 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,000 Have any of you seen Pat's eye this morning from the hit from El Ghazi? 177 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,440 -Where is he? -It's bloody massive, it's swollen. 178 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,920 -His eye? -Yeah, it's all swollen up. 179 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:07,400 In the same game, Leeds striker Patrick Bamford was accused of diving 180 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,960 to get an Aston Villa player sent off 181 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,200 and will hear the outcome 182 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,840 of a Football Association inquest later today. 183 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,880 A suspension could rule him out of the all-important play-off semi-finals. 184 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,520 I'm waiting to see whether I get banned or not. 185 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,080 It's just annoying because I wouldn't go down if he didn't touch... 186 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,080 I made a meal out of it, 187 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,960 but if he didn't touch me I wouldn't have gone down. 188 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:44,080 -Either way, though, there was a touch. -Yeah, I milked it. 189 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,560 Mate, you were rolling around on the floor, like. 190 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,960 -No, to be fair, I didn't go down, though. -Nearly poked his eye out, mate. 191 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,040 I didn't go down. I knelt down, holding my face 192 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,600 and the guy pushed me but he pushed me soft as shit. 193 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,960 But then like, but like he still made the attempt to do it, didn't he, El Ghazi? 194 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:00,600 So, it doesn't matter, at the end of the day. 195 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,320 It's like if you try to murder someone but don't kill 'em. You still get done. 196 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,760 You get done for attempted murder. 197 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,680 It's just the same. 198 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:15,280 Similar, he could have caught me. He could have ripped my throat out. 199 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:21,120 The Football Association reach a verdict. 200 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,680 Bamford is suspended for the first leg of the play-offs. 201 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,320 Attention now switches to the two-leg showdown with Derby County, 202 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,880 the biggest games in captain Liam Cooper's career. 203 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,640 Obviously we've had a lot more adversity the last few weeks and people suffer. 204 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,040 The players suffer and the coaching team, they suffer as well. 205 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,800 You can really see it. 206 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,560 Nobody really talks and that's when you've got to take it in your own hands 207 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:47,640 and get that team spirit back to where it was. 208 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,960 Get back to a winning mentality and obviously try and pick the players up 209 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,920 but obviously if the staff see that as well 210 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:58,080 they can hopefully pick themselves up cause we're showing that we're up for it, 211 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,160 we've put that behind us and we're ready to go again. 212 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:02,960 Very good! 213 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,880 We try and keep things as normal as possible, 214 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,920 so we want the atmosphere at Thorp Arch to be relaxed. 215 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,240 We've trust in Marcelo and his staff to date 216 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,280 so we don't want to suddenly change things. 217 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:16,320 We don't think there's any better man 218 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,680 to prepare the players for the playoffs than Marcelo 219 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,160 so the last thing they need is a dick in a suit turning up 220 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,880 and trying to give them some kind of management psychology about how to win. 221 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,400 So, that's not my role. 222 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,160 Look at what we've sacrificed, look how far we've come. 223 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,000 From that first day in pre-season to where we are now. 224 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,840 All the hard work, all the sacrifice for these next two games. 225 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,840 Let's just go and have a right go and what will be, will be. 226 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,360 If we fall short, we fall short. 227 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,240 But let's fall short giving it everything we've got 228 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:49,600 For our families as well, 229 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,000 they go through this shit, they get dragged through it all. 230 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:53,720 We come home in bad moods, 231 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,240 we come home and we don't want to talk to anyone, 232 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,760 for them definitely, for my fiancé and my little girl, 233 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,880 and all the lads' missus and kids and families as well. 234 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,960 I think if anybody deserves it, it's this team. 235 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,440 -Rammie! -Rammo! 236 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,240 Rammie, come, come. 237 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,640 Ah, there we go. 238 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,320 Everywhere, we're gonna be there We love you Leeds! Leeds! Leeds! 239 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,720 Marching on together 240 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,280 It's not over until it's over is my new mantra. It's not over until it's over. 241 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:41,440 So, come on, we can do it. 242 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,720 Thousands of Leeds fans are watching the game 243 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,160 at a special beam-back screening at Elland Road. 244 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,120 Come on boys, let's go! 245 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,120 Come on, Derby! Come on, Derby! 246 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,160 Come on, Derby! 247 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,920 Leeds suffered a blow with the Patrick Bamford suspension, 248 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,800 but there is some good news: 249 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,400 Kemar Roofe is fully fit 250 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,120 and replaces Bamford for the first leg of the semi-final. 251 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:16,920 It's billed as Spygate revisited. 252 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,240 The headlines have been written, the detractors have had their say, 253 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:24,680 but really it's all about Leeds United turning back the tide of history 254 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,320 as they embark on a fifth play-off campaign in their history. 255 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,280 The previous four have all failed. 256 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,560 They come to Pride Park, a ground where they've already won this season, 257 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,600 to see if they can turn over Frank Lampard's Derby 258 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:41,000 and go home to Elland Road for the second leg with that all-important advantage. 259 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,120 We all hate Leeds scum! 260 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,160 It's a lively start from Leeds. 261 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,120 Dallas is caught late,advantage played, Harrison picks up the running 262 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,360 and that's a defence-splitting pass. In goes Roofe and he finds the corner! 263 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,840 Leeds United's top scorer picks up 264 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,360 where Patrick Bamford has had to leave off through his suspension. 265 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,920 Roofe has Leeds in front and this could be a massive step towards Wembley 266 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,200 and the Championship play-off final! 267 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,760 First blood to Leeds at Pride Park. Derby County nil, Leeds United one, 268 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:30,000 and the top-scorer Kemar Roofe does it again just when it's needed. 269 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:33,760 Just try not to worry You'll beat us some day 270 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,960 We beat you at home We beat you away 271 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,520 Stop crying Frank Lampard... 272 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,080 And that's full time. Leeds United have done it once again. 273 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:53,360 For the third time they've beaten Derby County and they've done it at Pride Park. 274 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,080 Kemar Roofe's goal divides the two sides at half-time in the tie. 275 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,800 They lead the play-off semi-final after the first leg 276 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,560 with a precious advantage. 277 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:06,760 It's Derby County nil, Leeds United one, as we all head back to Elland Road. 278 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,640 Super, Super Leeds! 279 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,320 In the history of the play-offs, every team 280 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,280 that has recorded an away victory in the first leg of the semi-final 281 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,480 has gone on to reach the final. 282 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,160 Destiny is in Leeds United's hands. 283 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,560 Four days later, Leeds face Derby in the second leg at Elland Road. 284 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:42,080 If Leeds avoid defeat, they will take on Aston Villa in the play-off final. 285 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:01,640 After a disastrous implosion at the very end of the regular season 286 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,520 Leeds are now hot favourites to make it to Wembley 287 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,920 and claim the final promotion spot. 288 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,920 We are Leeds We are Leeds, we are Leeds 289 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,080 We are Leeds, we are Leeds, we are Leeds 290 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,280 I'm sure, the boys, 291 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,640 they will do a good job, as I think they really deserve it. 292 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,320 We will go through. I'm confident we will go through. 293 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,880 If we play in the same way as the first game, 294 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,240 we'll punish these guys. 295 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,040 If Leeds win, I'll be really happy. 296 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,280 Na, na, na, na-na-na We are so proud 297 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,200 The closest we've been for years, isn't it, so we are going to do it. 298 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,400 Definitely two-one. That's my prediction. Two-one. 299 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,080 I think it's going to be two-one. 300 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,960 Two-one because, well, it's never easy with Leeds. 301 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,480 After years of pain and misery, 302 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,280 there is a real sense of hope building in and around the famous stadium 303 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,240 and a spectacular, rousing show of unity. 304 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:49,520 We love you Leeds, Leeds, Leeds 305 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,120 Everywhere, we're gonna be there 306 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,400 We love you Leeds! Leeds! Leeds! 307 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,680 Marching on together 308 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,360 We're gonna see you win 309 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,200 We are so proud We shout it out loud 310 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,400 We love you Leeds, Leeds, Leeds! 311 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,720 We all love Leeds We all love Leeds, we all love Leeds! 312 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,240 Leeds come out fighting. 313 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,480 Get off! Fuck off! 314 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,720 They win a free-kick in a dangerous position. 315 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,360 It's all about the delivery from Phillips. He drops it on the penalty spot, 316 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,880 it's pushed clear. Dallas arrives at the far post. 317 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,800 It's one-nil Leeds United. 318 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,400 Stuart Dallas has them in front on the night. 319 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,560 It's one-nil, but two-nil on aggregate 320 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,960 and surely that's too much for Derby to come back from. 321 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,200 Leeds United in utter ecstasy at Elland Road. 322 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,720 It's Leeds two, Derby County nil on aggregate and they really do believe 323 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,680 they're on their way to Wembley to take on Aston Villa 324 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,680 in the play-off final 325 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,000 All Leeds aren't we All Leeds aren't we 326 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:47,760 -All Leeds aren't we -All Leeds aren't we 327 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:56,800 Then, in the final minute of the first half, calamity and disaster. 328 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,760 Derby chasing down. Casilla has come all the way out. 329 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,280 What's he done? Somehow he's missed his kick, 330 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,440 left Cooper in it 331 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,320 and Berardi can't stop it from going in on the line. 332 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,360 Jack Marriott with his first touch has been gifted a goal 333 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,160 and given Derby hope here. 334 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,360 It's two-one to Leeds in the tie 335 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,160 but just before half-time Leeds were coasting. 336 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,400 Now there's real anxiety around Elland Road once again. 337 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,560 Got the goal, great atmosphere and then calamitous at the end. 338 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,960 I don't know what's going on. I've no idea what happened, 339 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,680 but someone has got to take charge of that. 340 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,200 They will come out now with their tails up. 341 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,640 We need this, we need this now, we need the crowd, build them up again. 342 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:45,920 We are Leeds! 343 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,360 They're gonna have a lot of momentum going now 344 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,800 and they're gonna have that confidence going forward into the second half. 345 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,920 Forty-five minutes away from it mate, so, yeah, we'll do it, we'll do it. 346 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,040 Come on! 347 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,800 Come on, come on, let's do this. Good lad. 348 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:05,280 It's the biggest 45 minutes in the last 15 years for Leeds United. 349 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:10,120 Avoid defeat and they will be at Wembley to take on Aston Villa 350 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:14,040 for the right to play in the Premier League next season. 351 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,960 They are in front but the nerves have kicked in again. 352 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:22,280 They've allowed Derby back into this tie. Two-one they lead on aggregate, 353 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:27,800 Derby having pegged them back to one-one on the night. Leeds need to stay strong. 354 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,800 One minute into the second half and Leeds are shaken to the core. 355 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,040 Into Wilson, he's got options either side and one of them's Mason Mount. 356 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,560 There's a chance to stab forward here 357 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,200 and he's beaten Casilla 358 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,160 and Derby County lead two-one on the night. 359 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:48,920 It's two-two on aggregate. 360 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,960 It may be level but momentum is swinging away from Leeds United, 361 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,600 directly into the hands of Derby County. 362 00:25:55,960 --> 00:26:00,040 Two-two overall, the vast majority of the second half still to play, 363 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,680 but Leeds have big questions to be answered here. 364 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,240 Have they resolve here to dig it out and go again 365 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,160 and reclaim the lead in the tie? 366 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,040 It's two-two overall. 367 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,200 Leeds, Leeds are falling apart again 368 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:27,760 Yeah, there we go. 369 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,040 Why can't he connect? Connect with it! 370 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,280 -That could have been it. -How can he miss that? 371 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,120 How can't he connect with it? I don't understand. 372 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,280 Still poised at two-two on aggregate, Dallas with a chance to shoot. 373 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,920 Goes for goal and it's blocked and saved well by the keeper. 374 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,640 Hernandez with the drive. He's claiming handball. 375 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,000 That's not going to be given 376 00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:00,520 and Leeds United feel a decision has gone against them again. 377 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,840 We're fighting, Leeds. We're fighting again. Come on! 378 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,160 Derby have got Leeds on the back foot again as they enter the penalty area. 379 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,320 Mason Bennett is looking for it here, 380 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,440 he's been fed and he's been pulled back by Liam Cooper. 381 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,120 He disagrees with the referee, he's going to take a caution 382 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,680 but more importantly, a chance for Derby County to go ahead in the tie 383 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:28,920 for the first time. 384 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,600 Locked at two-two, they have a penalty 385 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:36,480 and Kiko Casilla is the only barrier between Harry Wilson 386 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,560 and Derby taking the lead in the tie. It's three-two on aggregate 387 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:44,280 and nobody can quite believe it other than Derby County, 388 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:45,760 and maybe not even them, 389 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,240 that Leeds are imploding 390 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:50,160 in front of their own fans' eyes here at Elland Road. 391 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:54,800 It's three-one to Derby on the night, it's three-two to Derby on aggregate. 392 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:59,160 Have Leeds got anything left in the tank to try and rescue their season 393 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,000 which is running away from them as it stands? 394 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,600 The fans do what they can to energise their jaded team. 395 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:11,640 Let's go again, Leeds! We go again! Again, Leeds! 396 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,640 Nice chip ball into Harrison who picks up the running. 397 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,240 Dallas goes beyond him. 398 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:22,520 He'll need an option and Dallas might well be it just yet. 399 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:27,040 He receives it from Klich. Dallas goes in, sends in a curling shot at the Kop End 400 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:31,120 and he's beaten the keeper Roos and Leeds United are back in it. 401 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,040 It's three-three on aggregate, they trail three-two on the night, 402 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,280 but Stuart Dallas has stepped up when he was needed most. New hero. 403 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:43,960 Elland Road goes absolutely berserk, they believe once again. 404 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:48,720 The play-off final could still well be in their hands. Three-three overall. 405 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:50,760 Who says this tie is dead? 406 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,440 Leeds looked dead and buried but they've fought back once again. 407 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:55,840 Three-three on aggregate. 408 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,200 Stuart Dallas provides the goods just when they were needed. 409 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,240 Loose challenges, but here's Ayling coming forward. 410 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,520 Chance for him to shoot from the angle. 411 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,920 Another chance for Leeds to have taken the lead in the tie. 412 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,080 Berardi seems to have been fouled there as he takes the ball over halfway. 413 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,480 They have another nibble at him 414 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,920 and Berardi is knocked to the floor and then flies in. 415 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,600 Oh, he's in trouble here. 416 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,720 Berardi could be seeing straight red if not a second yellow. 417 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,840 He's not going to take any further part in the play-offs 418 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,320 and is that the moment 419 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,800 where Leeds United's play-off hopes have really gone up in smoke? 420 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,440 Berardi has seen red 421 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:41,040 and makes a disconsolate, if not angry, walk off the pitch at Elland Road. 422 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,920 Berardi sent off, smashes the tunnel. 423 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:48,240 Leeds down to ten men with just moments left in the game here. 424 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,920 -Here we go with Leeds United -Come on! 425 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:02,240 We're gonna give the boys a hand 426 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,560 Stand up and sing for Leeds United 427 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,880 They are the greatest in the land 428 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:24,560 And every day, we're all gonna say 429 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,400 We love you Leeds 430 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:28,960 Leeds 431 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:30,640 Leeds 432 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,600 And that is the moment that sees Leeds United confirmed 433 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,240 to another season in the Championship. 434 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,600 ...we love you Leeds 435 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:42,880 Leeds 436 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:44,680 Leeds 437 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:51,600 Marching on together 438 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,880 We're gonna see you win 439 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,720 We are so proud 440 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,440 We shout it out loud 441 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,640 We love you Leeds 442 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:10,400 Leeds 443 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:12,480 Leeds 444 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:19,000 We've been through it all together 445 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:26,160 And we've had our ups and downs 446 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:33,080 We're gonna stay with you forever 447 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,720 At least until the world stops going round 448 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:48,160 And every day, we're all gonna say 449 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,400 We love you Leeds 450 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:51,800 Leeds 451 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,160 Leeds 452 00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:02,040 And everywhere, we're gonna be there 453 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,680 We love you Leeds 454 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:06,440 Leeds 455 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,200 Leeds 456 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:15,080 Marching on together 457 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,200 We're gonna see you win 458 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,920 We are so proud 459 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,840 We shout it out loud 460 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:32,200 We love you Leeds 461 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:34,080 Leeds 462 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:35,760 Leeds 463 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,800 We are so proud 464 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,840 We shout it out loud 465 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,080 We love you Leeds 466 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:48,440 Leeds 467 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,600 Leeds 468 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:23,000 Well, to me, it was a very, very good season... 469 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,560 with a bad end. 470 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,160 But I suffered much more after the weekend, personally. 471 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,520 I was prepared this time, I don't know why, I was prepared. 472 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,400 At the end, the last six to eight weeks, they were exhausted. 473 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,240 In that moment we need to put more love. More love. 474 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,920 Yes, it's true that the 46 games are really tough. 475 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,680 -But the last two months... -Yes. 476 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,760 ...we needed to put more love. More love. 477 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,480 Decisions now need to be taken. 478 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,920 Does Andrea have the ambition and financial clout 479 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,440 to continue bankrolling another attempt to take Leeds United home next season? 480 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:09,840 Obviously, when you have such a defeat, it's very hard to take. 481 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,880 It lasts for a while. Still there. 482 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,320 And you start to ask yourself what you should have done differently. 483 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,360 And, I don't know. 484 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,840 I mean, at the end there are circumstances, events 485 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,800 that could have happened differently, 486 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,160 like if the post of Tyler Roberts against Sheffield United goes in, 487 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,320 we win that game and nobody is talking about how players are tired mentally. 488 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:37,400 So, I think it's human to build excuses, to find excuses 489 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,160 and that is something I want to change in this club 490 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,040 because I don't want to see excuses. 491 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:52,360 I hear a lot of rumours about me selling the club or leaving. 492 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,520 Absolutely no way. 493 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:01,120 Those who know me well know how much I'm determined to reach what I want. 494 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:03,360 I'm like a child in this way. 495 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:07,960 I really want to get it done 496 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:12,160 and I want to achieve my goals all of the time, in everything I do. 497 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,880 I also understand 498 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:19,800 that the opportunity to run this club and make this club big is massive, 499 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:24,600 so I will not be afraid to open the club to other partners 500 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:27,000 if this helps the mission. 501 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:31,840 So, I want to be the guardian of this club and the leader of this club 502 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:36,560 but I will not be closed-minded and not accept other parties. 503 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:43,400 In the last eighteen months, I think, we have received many interested parties 504 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,720 approaching the club to invest in the club or buy the club. 505 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:52,560 I rejected all of the options to buy the club because I don't want to give up. 506 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:57,040 But I listened to everyone who was happy to join me 507 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:58,920 and make this club bigger. 508 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,720 I don't exclude 509 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:06,760 that maybe soon, I will open the door 510 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,440 to one or two partners to help this club to become bigger. 511 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,840 What does the future now hold for coveted stars 512 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,480 such as Kalvin Phillips, Kemar Roofe and Pontus Jansson, 513 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,120 whose performances this season have attracted admiring glances 514 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,160 from top-flight clubs? 515 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:24,480 We have to sell some players 516 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,000 and unfortunately the finances of the last three years 517 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:33,680 or the balance of the last three years of the club are showing big losses 518 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:38,320 and we could be possibly penalised 519 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,520 with the deduction of points by the league. 520 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,440 So, in order to not be penalised, 521 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,560 to not have this risk, we need to sell some players. 522 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:49,320 But, technically at this moment we could have all of the money of this world, 523 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:53,360 but we have a financial fair play regulation that doesn't allow us 524 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:58,720 to invest in players, so even if I inject one billion we could not use it. 525 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,920 So, we need to stick with this restriction 526 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,360 and try to be smart and have a competitive team anyway, 527 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,280 and I think that's what we will do. 528 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,480 Will Marcelo Bielsa stay for a second term 529 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,560 and orchestrate another bid to guide Leeds all the way to the Premier League? 530 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,760 There is no doubt that Marcelo is a great coach. 531 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:26,200 There is no doubt that he engaged very well with the fans and the city 532 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,880 and he became very quickly an icon of this club 533 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,160 and he has done well for this club. 534 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,400 I wanted him because we needed a leader 535 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,560 who was able to change the culture of this club. 536 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,560 In only one year, he did it. 537 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,320 But at the same time he needs to change in something 538 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,200 and let go a little bit 539 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,000 and maybe lower the level of stress. 540 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:52,800 So, it depends on him 541 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,960 if he wants to stay, but it also depends on us. 542 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,560 I think we want to sit down with him and understand what is his vision 543 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,440 and I think we all deserve another chance 544 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,560 because we can't leave this job unfinished. 545 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,000 Marcelo is a man of mystery. 546 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,960 So, with most managers I've worked with you'd have been absolutely sure 547 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,880 on what their intentions were. 548 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,680 With Marcelo, he'd been so focused on the season, 549 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,880 he hadn't wanted to talk about the year ahead 550 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:27,520 and we admired that characteristic in him that he was focused on the job in hand. 551 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:32,400 So, obviously when the season finished, Victor, Andrea and I sat down with him 552 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,800 and it got off to a good start 553 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,720 because he immediately started talking about 554 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,480 what went wrong and how he wanted to fix it. 555 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:44,600 I totally trust Marcelo's ideas and I totally trust Marcelo's methodology. 556 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:50,520 He's the most clever man that I have met in my life 557 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,320 and not only about football. 558 00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:54,760 It wasn't an easy conversation. 559 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,280 We discussed how we were going to strengthen the team. 560 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:58,880 We discussed how we were going to manage 561 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,800 within the constraints of financial fair play. 562 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:07,480 So, he wanted a clear picture of what were going to be the tools 563 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,560 that he was going to be able to employ. 564 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:10,840 He wanted to have clear direction 565 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,680 on the continued renovations at Thorp Arch, 566 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,400 which is a personal obsession. 567 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,520 It was a bit like the first meeting 568 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,880 and it re-instilled my belief that he is the man to get us up. 569 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,720 Because he said, "I know where we got it wrong, I know what we need to fix." 570 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:32,160 Hello. 571 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,800 Marcelo, good afternoon. How are you, sir? Nice to see you. 572 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:43,360 I have been working here in Leeds for a year. 573 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:51,040 And there are many things that happened to me this year, 574 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,560 that have given me nice surprises. 575 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:12,440 I am responsible for the sporting results 576 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:20,680 and for the management, 577 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:25,360 which is the most important thing I do. 578 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:33,840 I have received the support of Victor Orta and the chairman. 579 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:43,280 They have allowed the plan that we have devised to be realised. 580 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:53,760 I really appreciate that they promised what they could fulfil. 581 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:01,800 Regrettably, the goal we pursued, we did not reach. 582 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:09,840 That takes weight off everything we did. 583 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:23,440 Of course, we should provide the promotion of the team. 584 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:28,480 But anyway, this was not possible, 585 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,960 and we all suffer for this, 586 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:42,400 especially me, because I'm responsible. 587 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:57,120 I was very sad that the team did not go up, 588 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,520 because so much effort from so many people 589 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,520 that work and love the club 590 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,120 and this workforce, 591 00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:19,160 this human tide that accompanies the team all year, 592 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,000 deserved a... 593 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:25,960 a different ending. 594 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:42,480 I am very grateful that I was able to be here this year 595 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:47,920 and I hope that I can also complete a second year. 596 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:55,320 I am proud to be part of an organisation like this one. 597 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:09,680 The really good news is 598 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:11,680 that today we will be able to announce 599 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,760 that Marcelo will be with us for next season. 600 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,200 Fantastic. 601 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,680 Which we are obviously delighted about. 602 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:20,360 -Okay. -Thank you. 603 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:21,840 -Gracias. -Thank you. 604 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,600 The goal for next season is automatic. 605 00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,840 We are not dicking around with the play-offs anymore. 606 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,800 The season might have ended in heartache and despair, 607 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,960 but Leeds United has its soul back. 608 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:44,200 Bielsa has restored hope and pride to a football club and a city. 609 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:49,320 The club's ownership, management, players and supporters 610 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,760 are united once again. 611 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,680 The sleeping giant has awoken 612 00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,800 and the revolution has begun. 613 00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:03,520 Next season, in their centenary year, 614 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,400 Leeds United will once again try to take the club, 615 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:09,720 the fans 616 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,000 and city home 617 00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,120 to the Premier League.