24-05-2025
Championship play-off final history made as referee speaks to crowd to explain why goal was controversially ruled out
Similar incident happened earlier in the season at Wembley
CELEBRATIONS O-VAR Championship play-off final history made as referee speaks to crowd to explain why goal was controversially ruled out
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FOOTBALL fans saw history made in the Championship play-off final.
Sheffield United took on Sunderland at Wembley for a place in next season's Premier League.
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Harrison Burrows shot through the crowd as Sheffield United thought they were 2-0 up
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Chris Kavanagh announced the goal was chalked off over the PA system
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Tyrese Campbell gave the Blades the lead on 25 minutes, expertly dinking in to round off a superb counter attack.
Less than ten minutes later, Harrison Burrows thought he had made it 2-0.
Burrows let fly from outside the area as the ball flew into the back of the net.
But replays showed Vini Souza was impeding Anthony Patterson's vision and ability to save the shot.
That saw VAR intervene - the technology in force for the play-off final despite not being used during the regular season.
But rather than overturn the decision, the VAR sent Chris Kavanagh over to the pitchside monitor to watch the incident and make a call on the subjective offside.
Kavanagh decided Souza was interfering and therefore ruled the goal out.
That led to the referee announcing over the tannoy that the goal was ruled out because United's No21 was offside.
And it became the first time in a Championship play-off final that a VAR decision was explained to the crowd over the PA system inside the stadium by the referee.
Fans at the Carabao Cup final saw similar scenes at Wembley in March.
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