2024 EFL Trophy final
[4] The tournament originally used a straight knockout format, but was modified in 2016–17 to incorporate an initial group stage,[5] in which a team is awarded three points for a win and zero for a defeat.[8] Wycombe's manager Matt Bloomfield had previously played at Wembley as captain for the club in the 2020 EFL League One play-off final.[14] The return fixture was played at Wycombe's Adams Park in February 2024 with the home side recording an emphatic 5–2 victory over Peterborough.[16] The two sides had only met once previously in the competition, during the 2022–23 edition of the EFL Trophy with Wycombe winning the group stage affair following a penalty shoot-out.[17] In Peterborough's first match, played on 12 September 2023, was the Cambridgeshire derby as they hosted their rivals Cambridge United at London Road.[18] A miss-hit effort from Ryan de Havilland from range fell into the path of Katongo who was able to swivel and shoot past the Cambridge goalkeeper to open the scoring in the 19th minute.[20] In the final match of the group, they succumbed to a 1–0 defeat away to League Two club Colchester United with a goal from Bradley Ihionvien.[21] A Nick Tsaroulla goal for Crawley opened the scoring, but a deflected strike from Harrison Burrows levelled the match five minutes later.[24] In the semi-final, Peterborough confirmed their place at the Wembley final with an emphatic 3–0 victory against league rivals Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.A 70th-minute winner from striker Sam Vokes sealed a narrow victory for the Chairboys and also confirmed their advancement to the knockout stages.[27][28] Their final match of the group stage was rescheduled and brought forward by three days to ease fixture congestion for the two sides.[31] In the semi-final, the Chairboys sealed their first appearance in an EFL Trophy final with a late 1–0 away win at League Two club Bradford City.[39][41] Scott Oldham was confirmed as the referee for the final, assisted by Richard Woodward and Justin Amey, with Tom Kirk as the fourth official.[43] Jack Grimmer, Nigel Lonwijk, Richard Kone, Kieran Sadlier and Freddie Potts coming in for the Chairboys.[16] After a header from Josh Knight had missed the target, referee Scott Oldham declined a penalty appeal from Peterborough after the ball hit Luke Leahy as he went to ground.[16] A pass from Kwame Poku in stoppage time found Joel Randall who forced a good save from Franco Ravizzoli in the Wycombe net.[16] Both teams struggled to create clear cut chances throughout the second half in what was described by Chris Harby of the BBC as a "largely cagey final".[44][16] Nevertheless, Peterborough's captain Harrison Burrows exchanged passes with Ephron Mason-Clark before hitting a powerful shot past Ravizzoli in the Wycombe goal to open the scoring in the 85th minute.[16] However, in stoppage time Burrows scored the winner and his second of the match after a deep cross near the right-hand touchside managed to curl beyond Ravizzoli in the Wycombe net to seal Peterborough's victory.
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