Sunderland overpowered Sheffield United with a "theater goal" in the second half of the English Professional Football Championship (minor two) playoff (PO) final and became the main player of the Premier League (EPL) promotion with one last chapter remaining.온라인카지노
Sunderland won 2-1 in the 2024-2025 England Championship PO final against Sheffield at Wembley Stadium in London on the 25th (Korea time) thanks to Tom Watson's scoring shot in the second half, which was 1-1 in extra time.
Sunderland, who suffered a Championship relegation by finishing at the bottom of the EPL in the 2016-2017 season, succeeded in returning to the first division for the first time in nine seasons.
On the other hand, Sheffield, who was relegated to the second division after finishing last in the EPL in 2023-2024, failed to try for promotion for the first time in two seasons.
Sunderland, the home team of Ki Sung-yueng (Seoul) and Ji Dong-won (Suwon FC), is familiar to Korean fans through the documentary series "Sunderland even after death." Gus Foyet, the coach of Jeonbuk Hyundai, also led Sunderland from 2013 to 2015.
Sunderland was relegated from the EPL in the 2016-2017 season, and also finished last in the 2017-2018 season championship, falling to League One (third division), disgraced as a "back-to-back relegation."
Later, a documentary about Sunderland's revival efforts was aired in 2018 and attracted attention, but the series continued to season 3 as it repeatedly failed to be promoted to the EPL.
Sunderland took an early lead in this season's championship before finishing the season in the final fourth place and reaching the PO semi-finals.
In the first match of the PO semi-final against Coventry, Sunderland scored the winning goal in the 43rd minute of the second half to win 2-1 and drew 1-1 at the end of the second half with a dramatic equalizer at the end of the extra period when they were dragged 0-1 to reach the final 3-2 overall in the first and second games.
Sunderland lost a point in the 25th minute of the first half in the final, but succeeded in being promoted to the EPL with a "three-game theater goal streak" with the winning goal at the end of the second half's extra time following the equalizer in the 31st minute of the second half.
According to the BBC and others, Sunderland, which succeeded in promoting the EPL, is expected to earn 220 million pounds (about KRW 464 billion) from broadcasting rights income next season.