Those hoping to make the playoffs When Norwich City visits Leeds United this week, they will be missing a
number of first team players. The Canaries come into the match fresh off a heartbreaking 2-0 loss to Sheffield
United on the road.
At kickoff, head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup selected a bench at Bramall Lane that had six young players who had
combined for just two substitute league appearances. The most recent addition to their long list of injured players
is center-back Jose Cordoba. The defender was ruled out of the trip to Elland Road after suffering a new knee
injury, according to Thorup, after the FA Cup loss at home against Brighton & Hove Albion.
With Marcelino Nunez, Liam Gibbs, Jacob Sorensen, Anis Ben Slimane, Gabriel Forsyth, and Tony Springett all out, Thorup’s midfield options have been severely impacted. Leading scorer Borja Sainz will serve the third of his
six-match suspension for spitting, while post-Brexit regulations prevent newcomer Matej Jurasek from playing.
Since the January transfer window opened, Ashley Barnes, Christian Fassnacht, Kaide Gordon, and Grant Hanley
have already left the team, leaving the Canaries with just the bare minimum.
“Playing against the best teams in the league is always exciting,” Thorup stated prior to the match against Sheffield
United. One of them is Sheffield United, and another will be Leeds the following week. It’s always thrilling.
“We never go there to see it as a test or as an experience, we go there to win and to try and win in the way we want
to do it. It builds so much into the rest of the season but also next season.
“There are many aspects of this – the psychological part, which is about what we’re going to do, how we’re going to
approach it, how we want to create our passing game, and how much do we dare to do.
“That’s the style we always have, even travelling away from home knowing it’s been difficult for us, but we have to
learn it, keep on doing it, take the learning out of it and see if we can be a little better in the next one.”
City sit in 11th position, five points outside of the play-off positions.
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