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Chelsea Here Chelsea There: Gallagher and Guehi in Championship play-offs,
survival for Brown, Clarke-Salter and Chalobah

23 Jul 2020


We look at the loan action for our players over the last couple of days,
as several enjoyed a successful conclusion to their Championship campaigns
on a dramatic last day in England's second tier.


https://i.imgur.com/iGaw8IT.jpg


The biggest excitement of that thrilling climax on Wednesday evening came
at the Madejski Stadium, where there were three of our loanees in action.
Matt Miazga returned to the Reading starting line-up as they hosted a
Swansea City side featuring Marc Guehi and Conor Gallagher.


The Swans needed to win and hope for a favour elsewhere to secure the
final place in the promotion play-offs. While before kick-off their eyes
were on Cardiff City's match against Hull City, in the end it was
Nottingham Forest's 4-1 defeat to Stoke City which gave them a chance,
meaning victory by three goals over Reading would put them in the top six
on goal difference.


Things looked promising for Swansea when they took the lead and Reading
were reduced to 10 men, but they then conceded a penalty to go in at the
break tied 1-1. However, in an incredible second half, just as Forest were
falling into trouble against Stoke, Swansea went ahead in Reading.


Even when Swansea went 3-1 up with six minutes left of the season it
wasn't enough, until Stoke scored a fourth in injury time and Gallagher's
cross allowed Wayne Routledge to do the same for the Swans. That mean they
had edged ahead of Forest by a single goal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo1QHbIHEcE 蓋拉格傳中助攻關鍵第四球


Swansea now face Brentford in the Championship play-off semi-finals on 26
and 29 July, with Sunday's first leg at home.


https://i.imgur.com/LFAowf2.jpg
Gallagher celebrates victory over Reading with his Swansea team-mates


There was plenty of drama at the other end of the Championship table too.
Trevoh Chalobah and Huddersfield Town had already learned they were safe
from relegation thanks to other results since their last match on Friday
and finished two points clear despite a 4-1 defeat to Millwall.


For our other players involved in that intense scrap at the bottom of the
Championship, it proved to be a nail-biting experience, as both Izzy
Brown and Jake Clarke-Salter were ruled out of the crucial fixtures after
failing in their bids to recover from injury in time to help their teams.


Birmingham had struggled during Clarke-Salter's absence and their long
winless run continued with a 3-1 loss to Derby County, although Derby
scored twice in the last three minutes, by which time Birmingham
effectively knew they were safe regardless of the score due to results
elsewhere.


There was more work for Luton Town to do without Brown, though, as they
started the day needing a win and other results to go in their favour to
stay in the Championship for another season. Despite going a goal down to
Blackburn Rovers, the Hatters recovered to win 3-2 and overtake Charlton
Athletic, meaning Brown and former Chelsea striker Mick Harford, now on
the staff at Luton, were able to celebrate at the final whistle.


https://i.imgur.com/H3TkYJn.jpg
Brown celebrates scoring for Luton earlier in the season


There was also mid-week action in Italy, where Davide Zappacosta came on
at half-time for Roma as they defeated already-relegated SPAL 6-1 to keep
hold of fifth place in the Serie A table, and automatic qualification for
the Europa League group stage, with three matches remaining. Victor Moses
also came off the bench for Inter Milan in their 0-0 draw with Fiorentina,
which left them in third, seven points behind leaders Juventus.

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Hoddle: 'Matthew will be sitting up there looking down now and

loving Chelsea being winners. He'll just love Chelsea winning.'


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