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CLASSY CONOR SPOT-ON TO STUN ROYALS

…but Terry can’t bag win

By John Lyons
READING reached the Championship playoff final last season – but they were given a rude awakening as the new season kicked off.
Unfancied QPR triumped 2-0 with a double from Conor Washington. The second goal came from the spot after Reading centre-back Tiago Ilori was sent off for pulling back Pawel Wszolek. There was a touch of controversy about it because the Royals’ Jon Dadi Bodvarsson was down injured at the time.
R’s boss Ian Holloway had sympathy for the Royals: “The referee could have blown before – the...

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