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1 hour agoChampionship roundup: Wrexham rally against West Brom to boost playoff push
Wrexham's second-half comeback secured a 2-2 draw at West Brom, placing them in the Championship playoff spots.
As a team, the magic starts [when the US open the World Cup] on 11 June, and everything can be very different. The US will certainly hope Martinez, and his US counterpart, Mauricio Pochettino, are right.
Paris Saint-Germain had a bit more trouble separating itself from its Ligue 1 rival Monaco than predicted, but rode a 3-2 first leg win to a 5-4 aggregate victory. Newcastle demolished Qarabag, 9-3. Atlético Madrid turned a 3-3 first-leg draw around with a 4-1 second leg at home to dump out Club Brugge. Bayer Leverkusen vs. Olympiacos was a snoozer, won 2-0 on aggregate by the former.
Crystal Palace will discover who they will face in the knockout phase of the Conference League at the draw on Friday, 16 November at 12:00 GMT. After missing out on qualifying directly for the round of 16 by finishing 10th in the league phase, the Eagles will be seeded for the play-off round. It means Palace will be guaranteed to play the second-leg at their Selhurst Park home.