Leeds United are just weeks away from an FA Cup trip to Wembley following Sunday's win at West Ham.
Leeds United boss Daniel Farke has made Chelsea firm favourites for their FA Cup Wembley semi-final but says his side are 'greedy' for the extraordinary.
Though Leeds did hand Chelsea an Elland Road beating earlier in the season and produced an unlikely comeback to secure a point at Stamford Bridge, Farke acknowledges that Liam Rosenior's men will be favourites.
"But we're still not the favourites," he said. "The win [over Chelsea] was at a packed Elland Road, a bit easier than a game away at London. We're just a promoted side, we don't have the financial resources, Chelsea have top players.
“We need an extraordinary day, need a bit of luck perhaps but we all started playing to achieve something extraordinary and unrealistic goals. We're greedy to grab the chance with both hands."
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Leeds remain entrenched in the relegation dog fight at the bottom end of the Premier League and Farke hopes his players can draw serious positives from their FA Cup run, even if the game at West Ham was such a crazy one.
"So many things," he said. "We scored goals. Last few games we didn't score too many. Today two goals and several good chances was good for our offensive confidence. In the end we dealt with the setbacks. But also the confidence that we can deliver under pressure, handle setbacks and are still able to celebrate with lots of adversity against us.
“This gives us lots of confidence. Not in terms of points, we still have to win our points. Confidence, belief and to know how it feels to deal with pressure, play in a pressure situation this experience is always priceless. It will definitely be helpful."
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