Sport 27-09-2000 Leeds On Target For Success In Europe who: Leeds United what: Beat Besiktas 6-0 where: Elland Road, LEEDS when: Yesterday snippet: "Superman never transformed himself as dramatically as David O`Leary`s young team have done in this European Cup Champions` League campaign," writes Matt Dickinson in The Times this morning following Leeds United`s 6-0 defeat of Besiktas at Elland Road last night. "The Turks could find no answer to the high-tempo, irresistible attacking force which brought first-half goals for Lee Bowyer, Dominic Matteo and Mark Viduka, before Eirik Bakke, Darren Huckerby and Bowyer completed the misery in the second half," says The Mirror. "Having returned from his native Australia`s brief and ill-fated Olympic adventure, Mark Viduka won immediate promotion to the Leeds team," says The Guardian. Like £4million signing Dominic Matteo, £6million man-of-the-match Viduka last night claimed his first goal since his arrival. "The scoreline made a mockery of the Turks` shock triumph over Barcelona seven days earlier," comments Ian Murtagh in The Star, "and proved beyond doubt that O`Leary`s young guns have improved beyond all recognition from the side which surrendered 0-4 so tamely in the Nou Camp." "My goal is just to get out of this group," sais O`Leary afterwards. "A great club like Arsenal couldn`t do it in two attempts. I thought it would be hard with all our injuries and even harder after the opposition we drew. So I was delighted with the result and the way we played." [... more]

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