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Rotherham boss Evans thrilled to win Championship promotion

Rotherham United boss Steve Evans was thrilled to lead the club into the Championship after they won their promotion playoff on penalties against Leyton Orient.

Rotherham trailed 2-0 at half-time in the Sky Bet League 1 play-off final but they fought back to draw 2-2 thanks to a brace of goals from Alex Revell.

Adam Collin then saved two penalties in the shoot-out to secure Rotherham's place in the second tier and leave manager Evans overjoyed.

"If somebody phones me tonight and says I've won the lottery, this is better," he told Sky Sports.

"We were dead and buried at half-time and I had to rally them, but these guys rallied like they have done since the start of the season.

"It is incredible. We had a belief that we've had since the start of the season.

"We know we're not the world's best. We couldn't catch the champions (Wolves), who were deserved champions, and we couldn't catch Brentford, who deserved to go up, but we've beaten a magnificent side in Leyton Orient.

"At half-time we were hanging on and I only wanted it to be two at half-time because I knew if it was two I could revive them, and we did."

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