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"Value of 220 million pounds" ended, dark horses won the final time, 14 points behind, counterattack escalated

12:59am, 25 May 2025【Football】

The final of the Champions League upgrade play-off came to an end not long ago. Sheffield United, who scored one goal, failed to defend their advantage. They were reversed by Sunderland in the second half and lost the game 1-2. They could only watch their opponents and got the last ticket to the Premier League this season.

Fans following the Premier League should know that in the next season, the Premier League will begin to implement a new broadcast agreement, and the biggest change it brings is that the revenue of each team has been significantly improved. Even teams at the bottom of the league can receive at least 220 million pounds of broadcast share, equivalent to more than 2.1 billion yuan. Therefore, the final of the Champions League upgrade play-off was also hailed by many fans as a "confrontation worth 220 million pounds."

The teams participating in this big bet were Sheffield United and Sunderland. In the English Championship this season, Sheffield United ranked third with 90 points, and Sunderland's score difference is as much as 14 points. Therefore, many fans believed that Sheffield United would easily defeat their opponents and win this 100 million yuan battle before the game. The trend of the first half seems to confirm everyone's predictions. In the 25th minute, Sheffield United made a sharp counterattack. Amel made a diagonal pass and accurately found his teammate who followed in the middle. Campbell easily scored after receiving the ball, helping Sheffield United break the deadlock first and take a 1-0 lead.

The fight changed again, but the situation changed suddenly. As the game time passed, Sheffield United, which had the lead in scores, began to take the initiative to recover, as if they wanted to defend the advantage of this one goal, and they eventually paid a heavy price for their conservatism.

In the 76th minute, Sunderland made a clever cooperation in the frontcourt, Roberts passed the ball to the right of the penalty area, and Mayenda, who was inserted in the back, made a slight adjustment and then a burst shot to break the net, helping Sunderland to tie the score to 1-1. However, the good show is not over. In the 5th minute of injury time, Sheffield United striker Moore made a big mistake. His return pass was directly given to the opponent's offensive player Watson, who dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area and pushed the ball to the dead end of the goal, 2-1! Sunderland completed the final victory at the last moment, successfully staged a good show of the following, locking in the last Premier League seat.

So far, all three teams that have been promoted to the Premier League this season have been born, namely Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland, who only reversed and advanced at the last moment. However, all the Premier League promoted players in the past two seasons have been re-scored back to the Championship in the second year. I wonder if the three teams, Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland, can rewrite this embarrassing record this time?