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Cardiff beats Leicester to reach playoff final

Posted Thursday, May 13, 2010 by YAHOO Sport

Cardiff will play Blackpool for the final place in next season’s Premier League after beating Leicester 4-3 on penalty kicks Wednesday night in the League Championship playoff.
Leicester won the second leg 3-2 in overtime, leaving the home-and-home semifinal tied with a 3-3 aggregate score.
Leading 1-0 from the first leg, Cardiff went further ahead on Michael Chopra’s 21st-minute goal. Leicester took a 3-1 lead in the game—and built 3-2 margin in the aggregate—on goals by Matt Fryatt and Andy King around an own-goal by Mark Hudson. But Peter Whittingham’s 69th-minute penalty kick for Cardiff tied the aggregate.

Cardiff and Blackpool play at Wembley Stadium on May 22. Newcastle and West Bromwich Albion earned the automatic promotion spots.



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