West Bromwich Albion head to St.Mary’s chasing play-off ticket to Wembley

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As West Bromwich Albion held on tightly to their stance in the Championship play off places. They can commend their hard work by taking the draw back to Southampton, with both sides eager to make it to Wembley and return to the premier league.

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00:00Charlie, West Bromwich Albion obviously, you know, involved in this fantastic play-off

00:05situation come the end of the season. Now, Carlos Corberán, as we've mentioned before,

00:10has made it to a play-off final. West Brom travelled to Southampton with a goal of short

00:15at the Hawthorns. Firstly, on that first leg, how did you see things going? It was, you

00:20know, fantastic performances from both goalkeepers on the day. How do you sort of go about, you

00:27know, leaving that home leg? You know, obviously, you've not lost the game, which is a positive,

00:31but you've also, you know, left the front gate sort of open for a big night at St Mary's.

00:36Those saves from Alex Palmer and Alex McCarthy, keeping out efforts from Grady Deangarner

00:41in particular, Flynn Downs, I think a big opportunity for Southampton as well. It could

00:45have definitely been a score draw on a different day, but nil-nil it was. I think West Brom

00:50can take confidence from that because they'd lost to Southampton in the two matches earlier

00:54in the season. 2-1 away at St Mary's, 2-0 at the Hawthorns. Russell Martin quite often

00:59getting the better of Carlos Corbijn, but on this occasion, that wasn't the case. Martin

01:04actually blames the hot weather for the reason Southampton weren't quite at it, which I think

01:09was a little bit bizarre considering it's not exactly... West Brom weren't away from

01:14those conditions themselves. They also had to deal with the heat. Both teams had the

01:18exact same circumstances, so I thought it was a bit of a weird moan in the press conference.

01:22I think West Brom probably slightly happier with the two teams. In fact, they're still

01:26very much in this after what Southampton did to them earlier in the season at the Hawthorns.

01:30It might sound weird to say that, that West Brom are happy with the draw in their home

01:35leg, but just having that goalless draw going into the second leg, I think is so important

01:39for the underdogs of the tie. Had Southampton won that, well, they'd be in such a strong

01:43position, wouldn't they, to hold on at St Mary's, but both teams have to go for it.

01:47I think that will suit West Brom.

01:49How much of an impact did the fans have at the Hawthorns? Obviously, they know how to

01:54get up for a big game and they've had a few good play-off runs in the past. They really

01:59relished these occasions. Did anything surprise you at the Hawthorns in terms of how much

02:05backing the Corbyron side had from the home support?

02:08There was always a decent support at the Hawthorns. They call it the shrine for a reason. It's

02:13probably the best atmosphere I've seen there, to be fair to them. Before the game as well,

02:17hundreds of fans waiting for the bus to arrive. Corbyron wasn't expecting that. At the press

02:22conference he said it was very emotional to see so many fans there. Then the atmosphere

02:25for the game itself, 99 minutes there were in total, including added time, and I don't

02:30think there was any of those minutes where the ground was quiet. Very impressive indeed,

02:34especially at the beginning. Corbyron said it was the best atmosphere he's ever experienced.

02:39Considering he's been to play-off final, he's been to matches in Greece, which is, as Aston

02:44Villa saw this season, a very loud place to go. I think that's quite an impressive

02:48comment from him, and he definitely meant it. We asked him, do you seriously mean that?

02:51And he said yes. So West Brom, very important atmosphere and got an important result against

02:56Southampton.

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