Leeds United Under-23’s drew 1-1 with Barnsley today.
Leeds United’s first team picked up another win on Saturday afternoon, beating Huddersfield Town 2-0 at Elland Road to strengthen their promotion push.
Today, it was the turn of the Leeds youngsters, as the under-23’s were in action against another Yorkshire rival as Barnsley hosted the Whites.
In testing conditions, Leeds earned a 1-1 draw at Oakwell Training Ground as Bobby Kamwa opened the scoring for the Whites before Aiden Marsh rescued a draw.
Barry Douglas, Jamie Shackleton, Ezgjan Alioski, Mateusz Bogusz and Tyler Roberts were all in action for Leeds, picking up valuable minutes ahead of first-team action.
That was also the case for Ian Carlo Poveda, as the January signing from Manchester City played 71 minutes before being substituted for Robbie Gotts.
The 20-year-old is yet to make his first-team debut for Leeds since his arrival, but showed what he can do with a promising display.
Poveda showed his creativity by setting up Kamwa’s goal with a fine run and pass, and Leeds fans are understandably pretty excited about him.
Fans believe that Poveda now looks sharp and quick, even after bulking up a little, and think that he is now ready for first-team action, even if only from the bench.
Some even compared him to ex-target Daniel James for his pace and direct running, and it would be a huge boost to Leeds if Poveda could turn out to be just like the Manchester United star.
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