It was a sad moment for Reading on Monday evening after they were pimped by Huddersfield Town to miss promotion to the Premier League in dramatic fashion as Christopher Schindler’s penalty sealed a 4-3 shoot-out victory over Reading in the Championship play-off final on Monday.
Obita, 23, was born in England but of Ugandan descent was among the culprits as Jaap Stam’s side failed to hit the jackpot in the lottery.
Now, Huddersfield coached by David Wagner will play in the English top-flight for the first time in 45 years after holding their nerve in the nerve-shredding penalty shoot-out that followed a tense 0-0 draw at Wembley.
Huddersfield’s promotion is worth at least £170 million ($218 million, 195 million euros) across the next three seasons and that figure could rise to in excess of £290 million if the club avoid relegation next season.
Although Reading’s Garath McCleary and Huddersfield’s Nahki Wells both fired narrowly wide in extra-time, there was an inevitability about the impending shoot-out.
Huddersfield reached Wembley by beating Sheffield Wednesday on penalties and once again they hit the jackpot in the lottery.
Hefele missed Huddersfield’s second penalty as Ali Al Habsi plunged to his right to save, but Liam Moore blazed Reading’s fourth high over the bar.
When Ward kept out Jordan Obita’s kick, Huddersfield were within touching distance of promotion and Schindler slotted home to send them into dreamland.
Jordan Obita
Obita has represented England at under-18 and under-19 level.
In May 2014 he was called up by the England under-20s and under-21s for the Toulon Tournament and a game against Wales. He was an unused substitute for the game against Wales but started the first game of the Toulon Tournament and scored the opener in a 3–0 win over Qatar.
It is not clear whether Uganda Cranes’ Serbian coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has reached out to the winger – with limited chances of featuring for the England senior team after missing out on promotion to the English top tier.
Uganda is preparing for three crucial matches in early June against Ethiopia and Senegal (international friendlies) and the AFCON 2019 qualifier with Cape Verde.
