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The final of the Championship play-offs is scheduled for Monday afternoon at 15 p.m. Aston Villa and Derby County knew the places for this absolute spectacle after a long and exciting season. In recent years, the competition is primarily known as the 180 million competition. Due to the rising television money in the Premier League, this can be earned immediately if one of the two teams is crowned the winner of these play-offs. The match will be played at Wembley and, as so often, this will be a match in itself where two teams are on the field who are in good shape. It promises to be a fantastic final in advance! High time for a preview!
Aston Villa:
Aston Villa is again participating in the play-offs this year for promotion to the Premier League. Last year it also reached the final but Fulham turned out to be too strong in the final with 0-1. For a long time, this season did not look like Aston Villa would reach the play-offs at all. Under the previous manager Steve Bruce, football hurt the eyes from time to time and more points were lost than won. When Dean Smith was appointed as manager on October 10, 2018, little changed at first. Aston Villa continued to perform disappointingly, but the turn came exactly on time.
From March 2, ten games in a row were won, bringing the play-offs a week closer. In the first round of the play-offs, it settled with the higher-ranking West Bromwich Albion. In-house won with 2-1 so the 1-1 in the return was sufficient for placement for the final. Dean Smith has an almost completely fit selection before he meets Derby County. Only keeper Orjan Nyland must be missed. Aston Villa longs for the Premier League after three years of Championship. It takes in any case the experience of playing a final of last season.
Manager Dean Smith looked ahead on Friday afternoon: ‘We have only played finals in the last 15 matches. The team has since become accustomed to playing and performing under pressure. We have been in shape the last few weeks and have won in the semi-finals of a strong team like West Bromwich Albion. After the last game against WBA we had a lot of rest. Sometimes I released the players, but most of all we were able to train well. We are ready for the match with Derby County. ”
Derby County:
Derby County eliminated Leeds United in the semi-final. After losing 0-1 at Pride Park, Leeds United already seemed to have one leg in the final. However, the return on Elland Road was completely different. For the first twenty minutes, Derby County completely lost the opponent. It was therefore very wrong that Stuart Dallas gave Leeds United the lead via a defeated free kick by Kalvin Phillips. With the 2-0 score everything seemed to go well, but just before and after the break Jack Marriott and Mason Mount made for a surprising turn. When Harry Wilson scored 1-3 after an hour’s play, it seemed decided, but left back Dallas dribbled in and scored beautifully with a shot in the far corner: 2-3. The last twenty-five minutes were chaotic and it rained cards. Leeds defender Gaetano Berardi, for example, received twice yellow and therefore red within ten minutes. The prevalence was ultimately expressed in the score by another goal from Marriott. The second yellow card for Scott Malone means that the Derby County defender is suspended for the final.
The final place for Derby County can be called. It shows great football all season. Almost un-English at times. Sometimes that has cost points. As all teams in the Championship often considered points to be more important than the result, the manager sometimes got a strange look when he told them after a lost duel that his team had played well but had not taken any points. Ultimately, the idealist Frank Lampard has succeeded in grabbing both points and playing beautiful football. Manager Frank Lampard has made it into a swinging whole in which the ball often does the work. The attacking line consisting of Tom Lawrence, Mason Mount and Liverpool mercenary Harry Wilson is bursting with creativity. All these players can also score out of nowhere. The rush-hour position, on the other hand, is somewhat cursed at Derby County. Both Mason Bennett, Martyn Waghorn and Jack Marriott were unable to convince this season. This also has to do with the fact that the creative players often go inside and hardly make room for the number nine.
Manager Frank Lampard looked ahead to the game against Aston Villa on Friday afternoon: ‘I feel so convinced with my players that they want to get the job done. I have never felt this in my own active career as a football player. Despite the fact that we have many young players, everyone exudes a lot of confidence. I walked through town with the staff yesterday and you can feel the tension in everyone who is a Derby County supporter. This is a club with a great history and tradition. We want to take the final step on Wembley. For the second semifinal against Leeds United I worked through all night to make some changes in the way football is played. That caught on. This competition requires something else. I will see what my team needs now. As long as my players give everything on Monday afternoon, I am proud of them. Regardless of the result. ”
Aston Villa vs Derby head to head matches
02.03.19 CHA Aston Villa Derby 4 : 0
10.11.18 CHA Derby Aston Villa 0 : 3
28.04.18 CHA Aston Villa Derby 1 : 1
16.12.17 CHA Derby Aston Villa 2 : 0
25.02.17 CHA Aston Villa Derby 1 : 0