In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the Championship League staged a marquee match. With the only goal scored by the striker of Chinese descent, Kiwa Moa, Ponemonmouth narrowly won 1-0 over Nottingham Forest at home, leading the opponent by 6 points, and locking the top two qualifications for direct promotion to the Premier League in one round ahead of schedule. This marks the return of Fonnymough to the Premier League after a two-year absence.
In this second versus third place matchup, Nottingham Forest started the game with a strong attacking desire and threatened with a number of shots on goal, one of which bounced off the post. As Fonnymouth gradually settled down, the pace of the game was gradually controlled by them. In the 83rd minute, Ponemouth had a penalty kick opportunity at the top of the penalty area, although midfielder Philip Firardin did not take the shot himself, but cleverly passed the ball to substitute Kei Hwamoah, and finally Ponemouth won all three points, and was promoted to the Premier League together with Fulham.
Goal-scoring Kiwa Moya, who only joined Ponemouth from Cardiff City in January this year, has scored an astonishingly efficient three goals in four matches and has been instrumental in the team's promotion to the top flight. The 29-year-old striker, who stands at 6'96", is of Chinese descent, with his maternal grandfather hailing from Guangdong, China, and became a Welsh international three years ago after the Chinese national soccer team tried and failed to recruit him to their national team nine years ago.
As for the last remaining promotion spot in the Championship, it will be decided through the play-offs in which the third to sixth-placed teams will participate. Currently, third-placed Nottingham Forest and fourth-placed Hattersfield have already qualified for the play-offs in advance.
