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Southampton win extra-time thriller to reach Championship play-off final
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Shea Charles was Southampton’s hero as they reached the Championship play-off final with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at home to Middlesbrough on Tuesday.
- The teams were all square deep into the second half of extra-time when Charles’ 116th-minute curling cross from the right crept past a couple of defenders and deflected in off the inside of the post.
- But should Tuesday’s result stand, Southampton will be through to their second Wembley appearance of the campaign, following an FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester City last month.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Shea Charles was Southampton’s hero as they reached the Championship play-off final with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at home to Middlesbrough on Tuesday.
The teams were all square deep into the second half of extra-time when Charles’ 116th-minute curling cross from the right crept past a couple of defenders and deflected in off the inside of the post.
South coast side Southampton, relegated from the Premier League last season, are now set to face Hull — 2-0 winners over Millwall on Monday — for the chance to join already-promoted Coventry and Ipswich in English football’s lucrative top-flight.
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