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England: Marcelo Bielsa: Leeds United promoted to the Premier League after 16 years

Come back big. In the midst of a complicated context, like the one that touched everyone: the pandemic, the interruption of the tournament, the return without an audience and also without playing at the time of the coronation, has managed to fulfill another objective and get back into the history of a club, after this Friday the seal his return to the Premier League after 16 years.

The ‘Loco’ team won a victory against Barnsley on Thursday for the 44th date of the Championship and this Friday received the missing wink: their guard, West Bromwich Albion, fell 2-1 on the road against Huddersfield. With this result, Leeds took the ticket to the highest category of English football.

Now, Leeds will be able to celebrate on the pitch next Monday, when they visit the Derby County by date 45 of the Second Division. Finally, he will close his participation in the local tournament on Wednesday, before Charlton Athletic.

All come back

Trained by Bielsa for two years, Leeds will return to the elite of the English championship, which he left in 2004. In his history he has great successes, which include three titles of champion of England (1969, 1974, 1992).

The Northern England club was close to promotion last season.

He was third at the end of the regular season of the Championship, outside the two direct promotion positions. He then had to play the ‘playoffs’, where he lost to Derby County in the semifinals. It was finally the Aston Villa the one that achieved the promotion place in the race by that route.

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