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Yann Kermorgant penalty sends Reading through to Championship play-off final


Yann Kermorgant is one step closer to ending his career in the Premier League after firing Reading into the Championship play-off final.
The 35-year-old striker, who plans to retire at the end of next season, scored the goal which secured a 1-0 semi-final second-leg win over Fulham at a packed Madejski Stadium.
Kermorgant’s nerveless penalty, at the start of the second half, means the Royals will face either Sheffield Wednesday or Huddersfield at Wembley on May 29 for a place in the top flight.
There was little to separate these two sides in the first leg, which finished 1-1 at Craven Cottage on Saturday, and ultimately it took a mistake to settle the tie.
In the 49th minute, Fuham defender Tomas Kalas inexplicably handled the ball as he attempted to run it out of the penalty area and referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot.
Leicester fans will remember Kermorgant for his play-off semi-final Panenka-style penalty miss against Cardiff in 2010, but there were no frills this time as he crashed home his 19th goal of the season underneath the diving Marcus Bettinelli.
They should have been two up when Chris Gunter overlapped and fizzed in a low cross but John Swift hit it straight at the Fulham keeper.
However, Reading were clinging on for the final 20 minutes, with Ali Al Habsi pulling off a stunning save to tip Kevin McDonald’s shot over the crossbar and ensure it will be Jaap Stam and the Royals running out at Wembley at the end of the month.
Reading boss Jaap Stam: “We trained on penalties yesterday and Yann was the only one who scored! So he had to do it today. That’s why I was hoping it would be over in 90 minutes. But nine out of 10 times Yann is going to score with a penalty. We were very confident he would score.”
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic: “Did the best team lose? Yes. We played better football, it’s true. We are the best team but we are not going to play the final. We didn’t put the ball in the net and we paid an expensive price.”

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