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“Everybody wrote us off. Everybody told us we couldn’t do it but it’s unbelievable.”
Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan somehow found the words to sum up his side’s historic League One play-off comeback against Peterborough.
The Owls had lost the first leg 4-0 and been booed off the pitch by their fans after a chastening night in Cambridgeshire last Friday.
However, they stormed back at Hillsborough to win 5-1 on the night after extra time for an aggregate score of 5-5. That sent the tie to penalties – and they prevailed 5-3 from the spot.
Prior to Thursday, no team in the English Football League play-offs had ever overcome a first-leg deficit of more than two goals.
Bannan said that Wednesday had been buoyed by watching previous great comebacks in the days leading up to the game.
“We’ve watched comebacks all week from the big teams in the Champions League,” he told Sky Sports.
“It was all about believing. When we have the fans behind us, anything is possible.
“It’s the best game I’ve ever played in. I’m so happy because all these lads deserve it. I give everything for this club to get us promoted. Everybody wrote us off but we showed we’re made of strong stuff. We’re only halfway there.
“Those who were booing us last week, saying we’re not fit to wear the shirt, have a look at this.”
Cameron Dawson, the custodian who had a terrible first-leg evening, agreed with Bannan that the team had confidence heading into the second leg.
As he put it, “It was really just building blocks.” It was difficult for us to arrive the day following the first trip. We had a few open discussions.
