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Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Game 11: Saturday 2 October 2004
Cardiff City 0 - 0 Leeds United
(Half-time: 0 - 0)
Crowd: 17006
Referee: P Crossley (Kent)
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Luck, they say, favours the brave. Well, there was nothing too
brave about Leeds United after they managed to escape with a point
after surviving one penalty appeal for handball, one actual penalty
and three Cardiff shots that rebounded from their bar during the last
32 minutes.
'We were fortuitous, no doubt about it,' admitted their manager,
Kevin Blackwell, who jested: 'We practised Cardiff hitting the bar and
getting the rebounds away. But, in truth, we didn't expect anything
less from them.'
The goalless draw was little surprise. Only Rotherham, the bottom
club, had scored fewer Championship goals than yesterday's
contestants. But at least Cardiff made several significant attempts to
improve their 'goals for' column, whereas Leeds could point to
creating only two chances of any significance before completing their
third league game without scoring.
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