Mateo Joseph sends Leeds United message to Daniel Farke as footage emerges on Spain duty
Daniel Farke has to start Mateo Joseph for Leeds United after the striker scored a hat-trick inside 44 minutes for Spain’s Under-21s.
The SE Futbol X account posted on 10 October towards the back end of a free-scoring first half against Kazakhstan, as Joseph made it 4-1 to La Roja with a clinical far-post header after 44 minutes.
That came after Joseph had finished off a sweeping move from close range to make it 1-1, and the United forward added his second into an empty net just eight minutes later.
With two well-taken finishes either side of a tap-in following a goalkeeping error, Joseph’s red-hot first half on international duty could be a sign of things to come for both Spain and Daniel Farke’s Peacocks.
Mateo Joseph has to start for Leeds United after Spain hat-trick
Joseph has been Farke’s go-to striker for most of the season ahead of Joel Piroe, despite the latter’s frequency of scoring off the bench, but the United boss made a big change last time out.
Piroe displaced Joseph in the starting XI for the first time this season against Sunderland, and his well-taken header just 22 minutes in justified Farke’s decision to select the Dutchman up top.
Piroe, however, isn’t scoring 44-minute hat-tricks on international duty, and three first-time finishes in quick succession from Joseph will certainly be giving Farke something to think about.
Joseph may only have one Championship goal to Piroe’s four so far this season, but the 20-year-old could have shown no better sign that he’s found his shooting boots once again.
Amid an international break in which Farke is sweating over numerous injuries further back in his side, he’ll certainly be thankful to have both Joseph and Piroe fit and firing up front for the Whites.
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