Last minute victory after deficit
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This last -minute victory can be worth hundreds of millions of euros: AFC Sunderland has reached the Premier League. The team won the final of the playoffs against Sheffield United in the general counter with closed counters in London 2-1. Tom Watson scored the decisive objective in additional time (90. + 5).
Tyrese Campbell initially gave Sheffield in the 25th minute, Eliezer Mayenda equalized in the 76th minute. Shortly before the end of the match, Watson then struck and brought the traditional club crashed into the third division for the first time since the 2016/17 season. The Black Cats had not ended the season of regular championships with 14 points less than the blades that have now been beaten.
The crucial game for promoting the Premier League is often called « million games » or « the most precious match in (Site notre bureau spécialisé) ». Like the sports financial analyst Deloitte once calculated, the jump to the English Elite League is equivalent to an increase in sales of at least 135 million pounds in the next three seasons, the equivalent of 158.5 million euros. This amount could increase to 265 million pounds sterling for more than five years if the association avoids relegation during its first season.