Result: Fulham 1 Aston Villa 0
Having passed their way to the brink of the Premier League, earning all the praise that comes with being the Championship’s prettiest team, Fulham were forced to show their nasty side when it mattered most.
Slavisa Jokanovic’s side snapped into challenges and cracked bone upon bone. They ran, tackled, blocked and cleared. Reduced to 10 men for much of the second half, they abandoned everything that had taken them this far, everything that had carried them to a 23-game unbeaten run this year, and simply ground it out.
It was not the Fulham we have grown used to this season. But it was, in the end, enough to carry them all the way back to the promised land. The riches of the Premier League, which will be at least £160 million, are theirs to savour, and their concerns over keeping this side together next year will have been washed away by the champagne that flowed last night.
There is no denying that a team of this quality deserved to be promoted, although Aston Villa and Steve Bruce will feel their second-half showing merited more.
Villa chased the ball in the first half, then chased the game after Tom Cairney’s 23rd-minute strike, but they were the dominant side and, in Jack Grealish, possessed the game’s standout player.
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TRIBUNNEWS.COM - Final Liga Champions musim 2017/2018 sudah berada di depan mata.
Adalah Liverpool yang akan bertemu Real Madrid pada babak final Liga Champions, Sabtu (26/5/2018) di Stadion NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kiev, Ukraina.
Laga antara 2 tim besar di jagat eropa ini tentu saja menarik para pelaku industri sepakbola.
Euforia laga final ini tentu saja lebih dirasakan lagi bagi para publik Inggris.
Final kali ini menjadi obat dahaga eksisnya tim-tim asal Britania Raya di final Liga Champions.
Terakhir kali ada tim asal Inggris yang menapakkan kakinya di final Liga Champions sendiri terjadi di musim 2011-2012 atau sekitar 6 tahun yang lalu.
Adalah Chelsea yang menjadi perwakilan terakhir Inggris di ajang final Champions.
Pada musim tersebut, anak asuh Roberto DiMatteo sukses menggondol si kuping besar lewat drama adu penalti menghadapi Bayern Munchen.
Nah, mengingat absennya kehadiran tim inggris di final selama lebih dari setengah dasawarsa ini, tentu saja publik negeri Ratu Elisabeth ini pun dilanda euforia pada hari ini.
