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Fulham stumble into Championship play-off final after Cardiff fall just short

30-Jul-2020 21:01:52 | The Guardian

Until the last half-decade a west-London derby between Fulham and Brentford would have been more familiar as a third-tier skirmish. But they will play for a Premier League place on Tuesday and Scott Parker’s side will be thanking their lucky stars to have squeaked through.

This tie looked dead on arrival given the 2-0 lead they had amassed in the first leg but Cardiff roared back, scoring through Curtis Nelson and Lee Tomlin after throw-ins had caused havoc, before coming desperately close to completing the turnaround late-on. Neeskens Kebano’s goal made the difference but the celebrations at full-time took second place to sheer relief at making it through in one piece.

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