The Whites triumphed over the Blues on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes at Elland Road to take the Professional Development League title.
Leeds United Under-23s have triumphed in the Professional Development League playoff final against Birmingham City U23s following a penalty shootout victory at Elland Road on Monday afternoon.
A tight match ended goalless after extra time and, after two Blues players missed their spot kicks, Jack Clarke stepped up to give the Whites of Carlos Corberan a 4-2 win and thus the championship.
The first half was a cagey affair with the hosts dominating the ball but the visitors producing the best openings as Adan George, Odin Bailey and Joe Redmond weighing in with testing efforts.
Leeds’ first chance of the game came in the 53rd minute when Mateusz Bogusz swung a free kick to the back post where Pascal Struijk forced a save from Zack Jeacock while 20 minutes later Corey O’Keeffe’s header from a deep Bailey corner was hooked off the line.
Nonetheless, neither side could be separated come full time and indeed after the 30 minutes of extra time, and so it went to penalties, where even though Bogusz missed, so did Joe Redmond and Caolan Boyd-Munce, before Clarke did the honours to make his side champions.
Leeds ace Ryan Edmondson, who had appealed for the Whites fanbase to come to Elland Road for the game, took to Twitter after the match:
Here is how some of the Leeds faithful responded to him on the social media platform:
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