Anton Stach makes Leeds United admission in first Whites verdict with declaration of teammates — YEP 28/7/25
By Lee Sobot
Leeds United’s new giant German midfielder Anton Stach made
his Whites debut in Saturday’s behind-closed-doors friendly v Paderborn.
Anton Stach has given his Leeds United debut verdict with a
Whites admission, thumbs up and ‘learning by doing’ stance.
Giant German international midfielder Stach was unveiled as
the club’s sixth signing of the summer at the start of last week but did not
get his FIFA international clearance in time for Tuesday’s friendly against SC
Verl.
Stach, though, went straight into the starting line up for
Saturday’s second behind-closed-doors friendly against SC Paderborn and helped
his side to a 3-2 victory in which Joel Piroe, Willy Gnonto and Lukas Nmecha
bagged a goal apiece.
Speaking post match to LUTV, Stach gave a general thumbs up
to the performance and in particular keeping a clean sheet and indeed leading
after a challenging first half.
Stach, though, admitted his side would need to work on their
defending after conceding twice after the break yet overall saluted the victory
as a deserved result.
Asked if a 3-2 scoreline was fair, Stach reasoned: “Yeah, I
think in the first half, Paderborn did really well.
“I think they had good possession, they changed the
positions every time and we had some struggle with it. But it was fine, we took
the lead then and a clean sheet in the first half, in a difficult half, so this
was good..
“I think in the second half it was a little bit better, we
had some more control, even in the defence - and we conceded two goals. We have
to work on it but in the end I think it's okay."
Pressed on what it was like getting to know his teammates on
the pitch, Stach declared that ‘learning by doing’ was the best course of
action.
“It's way better to play with them on the pitch,” said the
German.
“Of course it's important off the pitch to get to know
everybody but on the pitch you have to learn the ways of how everybody is
working and how everybody is playing.
"I think the best is learning by doing when you have a
match."