Sport 19-10-2001 Leeds Sweep Aside Troyes With "Disdainful Football" who: Leeds United what: Beat Troyes 4-2 in UEFA Cup first leg tie where: Elland Road, LEEDS when: Last night snippet: "The English have not had so much fun out of Troyes since King Henry V signed a treaty in their cathedral to become heir to the throne of France," says the erudite David Hopps in The Guardian from Elland Road where Leeds United beat the Frenchmen 4-2 last night. "This was soaring, disdainful football," says George Caulkin in The Times. "Troyes, a team of genuine merit, were swatted aside, then twice permitted to crawl their way back. Two valuable goals from Patrice Loko, the second while Troyes were reduced to ten men, ensured that Leeds`s trip to France a fortnight`s hence will not be as serene as it should have been." "Mark Viduka set Leeds on their way in the sixth minute," reports The Evening Standard, "with the lead doubled in the 23rd minute when Lee Bowyer fired home his first goal since the opening day of the season." After 44 minutes, Viduka scored his second to make it 3-1 (in spite of a well justified appeal for the offside flag from Troyes) and finally Bowyer got another. But by then, boss David O`Leary was not impressed. "When you have teams by the throat... you have to finish them off and we had a great chance to do that," he said afterwards. "But I`m hopeful we will still go through - although you know what football is like." [... more]

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