Birmingham was denied the historic league and the Cup double when Peterborough upset the chance to raise the trophy of verta after the victory of 2-0 in Wembley.
Blues were promoted back to the championship on Tuesday evening – ironically after winning the luxury of Darren Ferguson – a On Saturday he won the title Sky Bet League One without kicking the ball When Wrexham drew in Wigan.
Blues, supported by a travel crowd of about 50,000, looked clear in the opening stages – until they were stopped in their footsteps by one of Wembley’s big goals.
Nineteen-year-old Harley Mills-Kterna launched a season on an Enfield Town in the south of the National League-Sight Unstoppable free kick from 30 Yards, which passed through the underside of the partition.
And in the end of the half-life Mills in the second, because his cross from the left helped Ricky-Jade Jones Captain Hector Cypriana, who killed home to double the lead, directly in front of the opposition fans.
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Hector Cypriana fires in the rocket from the edge of the area to extend Peterborough’s lead in Wembley.
Jones had a chance to do it three just after an hour, but he was missing under the pressure of Seung-Ho Payik before Ryan Allsop did two strong savings monitoring.
Surprisingly, for a team that scored 100 goals in all competitions, the blues were thoroughly non -inspiring and limping in the attack. 80. A minute created only 0.41 xg.
They thought they pulled out one back after 84, but when Jay Stansfield had tucked home after the poison Steer was saved, the Offside flag was raised and the strike was rightly excluded.
And so Peterborough became the first party in history that retained the EFL trophy – After last season victory over wycombe – And the second who won it three times after Bristol City.
