Da Leeds United suka koma Premier League a watan Agusta na bara, gasar farko — nasara ta 1-0 kan Everton a wata dare ta Litinin — ta ba da ɗan alamar abubuwan da za su zo. A lokaci guda zuwa 2025/26, yanayin daren Litinin ya samar da wani abu mai ƙarfi sosai: nasara mai ƙarfi ta 4-1 kan Newcastle United, wanda ya tabbatar da Leeds a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da ake dogara da su a gasar.

Tun da aka naɗa shi a lokacin rani na 2023, manaja Daniel Farke ya kula da wani abu mai ban al'ajabi a hankali a Elland Road. Leeds sun buga wasanni 24 a gida tare da farawa ta 7:45 na dare ko 8:00 na dare — a kan lokutan biyu a Championship da kuma dukan lokaci ɗaya a Premier League — kuma ba su sha kashi a ɗaya daga cikinsu ba.

Kagara ƙarƙashin fitilu na filin wasa

Lambobi kaɗai ba za su iya bayyana Elland Road irin yadda yake ƙarƙashin fitilu a manyan damarmakin ba. Makamashi da taron jama'a masu ƙwarjini ke samarwa ana ji ne, ba a auna shi ba — ta hanyar 'yan wasa, abokan gaba, da kowa da kowa a cikin filin. Shi ne irin yanayin da ke ɗaga kafafu, da yawan saurin bugun zuciya, kuma ke yanke ƙoƙarin wasannin da suka daidaita.

Leeds sun buga wasanni takwas na dare a kowace irin lokacin 2023/24 da 2024/25, da bakwai a gasar ƙololuwa a 2025/26. Rikodin rashin sha kashi a wasannin dare a Elland Road ya kai ga Agusta 2024 — jerin wasanni 16 a gida a duk gasa — lokacin da Middlesbrough suka kawo ƙarshen tafiyarsu a Carabao Cup. Tun daga wannan sha kashin, ba wata ƙungiyar bako da ta bar West Yorkshire tare da maki uku daga wasan dare.

Gwajin wahala yana zuwa ƙarƙashin fitilu

Wannan rikodin yana fuskantar ƙalubale masu tsanani a watannin da suka gabata. Everton, wanda Leeds suka doke a wannan gasar dare ta farko kusan shekara guda da suka wuce, an shirya su dawo Elland Road a ranar Sabuwar Shekara. Mako mai zuwa, Manchester City za su yi tafiya zuwa West Yorkshire — kuma a ƙarƙashin fitilu.

Wasa a gida na tsakiyar mako da Hull City a farkon Maris an rubuta shi a matsayin ƙarshen farawa da dare da aka shirya a Elland Road a wannan lokacin na Premier League, ko da yake hakan na iya canzawa yayin da kamfen ke ci gaba.

Farke bai taɓa bayyana a fili cewa wasannin dare sun dace da ƙungiyarsa ba — kuma jawo ƙarshe mai ƙarfi daga yanayi ɗaya a ƙwallon ƙafa yana da haɗari kullum. Duk da haka, tsarin yana da daidaito sosai don a ƙi shi gaba ɗaya. Duk abin da ya haɗu da goyon bayan masu sha'awa, shirin dabaru, da yanayin filin wasa, Leeds ƙarƙashin fitilu ya zama ƙungiya da abokan gaba ke jin tsoro wajen fuskantarta.