Southampton are promoted back to the Premier League after winning the Championship promotion final. The match is generally considered to be the single most valuable game in terms of money in the entire sport.
Southampton will be promoted to the English Premier League for the 2024-2025 season. This was confirmed in the promotion final of the Championship against Leeds at Wembley. The match ended with Southampton winning 1–0 (1–0).
This is how Southampton returns to the Premier League after one season away.
Midfielder for Huhkaji Glen Kamara played 73 minutes in the match in a Leeds shirt before being substituted.
Leeds coach Daniel Farke is familiar to Finns Teemu Pukin and from Norwich’s period of success. This time, Leeds advanced to the final by knocking out Norwich in the semi-final.
Leeds have never won a promotion final yet. For Southampton, the promotion final was the first in club history.
Leicester, who won the Championship Series, and Ipswich, who finished second, had already secured their places in the Premier League.
This is how the “most expensive match in football” proceeded
The promotion final of the championship series has traditionally been called the most lucrative match in football. The appointment has its roots in what kind of boost the promotion to the Premier League will provide to the turnover of the clubs. Reviewed by The Athletic the meaning of the increase to be around 180 million euros.
The preparations for the final between Leeds and Southampton were also interesting from the point of view of the coaches of the clubs.
Daniel Farke went to the final for his third promotion to the Premier League. The first two came with Norwich. The statistic is quite a lot, as Farke coached in the Championship this season for only his fourth season.
Southampton coach Russell Martin again played briefly under Farke as Norwich captain. He eventually fell out of the lineup entirely due to Farke’s decision.
Wembley had been conquered by 36,000 Leeds fans alone. Supporters were left disappointed in the opening half when Southampton’s top scorer this season Adam Armstrong shot Southampton into the lead after less than half an hour of play.
Leeds came into the second period well. The team was able to take control of the game and keep Southampton tight after a sluggish opening period. Leeds got a number of special situations, but the solutions were unfortunately half-way for the team.
A good 15 minutes before the decision, Kamara was substituted together with the player of the year of the Championship series of Crysencio Summerville with.
Leeds’ best scoring chance opened up six minutes before full time. Dan James shot the ball past the goalkeeper from inside the penalty area by Alex MacCarthybut the top bar saved Southampton.
The match could be left to the Leeds club legend and captain by Liam Cooper last. Cooper and Leeds have not signed an extension yet.