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Matty Godden scored the winner nine minutes from time

Matty Godden's goal nine minutes from time sent Charlton into the League One play-off final as they edged past Wycombe at The Valley.

In a second leg almost as tepid as the first, a 0-0 draw at Adams Park, the tie was settled by Godden's 22nd goal of the season.

A long ball into the Wycombe penalty area was turned towards goal by Lloyd Jones and fell kindly for Godden to poke home from close range.

Charlton will now play Leyton Orient in the final at Wembley on Sunday, 25 May with the Addicks aiming to return to the Championship for the first time since 2021.

It was another night of few chances but Charlton, who finished a point and a place above Wycombe in the table, finally found a goal as attention began to turn to extra time.

Macaulay Gillesphey floated a ball from just inside his own half into the Wycombe box and Jones beat Adam Reach to it and steered towards goal with his right boot.

Franco Ravizzoli, who replaced the unwell Will Norris in goal, was a little hesitant to come off his line and could only block Jones' touch towards goal. It bounced into the path of Godden who chested down and turned into an empty net.

Jones had earlier squandered by far the best chance of the whole tie as, six minutes before the break, he totally miscued a free header from six yards out, diverting Godden's cross from the right fully 20 yards wide of the right-hand post.

Charlton went close again after the break as Thierry Small cut inside from the right but curled his left-foot shot just wide of the left-hand post.

Wycombe were second best and failed to fashion a clear-cut chance but did go close twice as the game wore on.

First Garath McCleary took Fred Onyedinma's cross but his shot was superbly blocked by Kayne Ramsay for Charlton before the rebound fell for Xavier Simons, whose shot was also blocked by Ramsay.

At full-time Addicks boss Nathan Jones was close to tears as thousands of Charlton fans spilled onto the pitch to celebrate.

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There were jubilant scenes at full-time as Charlton fans celebrated on the pitch

Charlton boss Nathan Jones told Sky Sports:

"It's a little bit of relief and a little bit of euphoria.

"We've been on a wonderful run and we've been a good side for a while.

"We brought Matty Godden here to score goals - you rely on good players to get you goals and he's as good as we've seen.

"We'll let them loose tonight and tomorrow and then we're back on it.

"We've gone from 18th to Wembley in a year and we don't want to stop here."

Wycombe manager Mike Dodds told BBC Three Counties Radio:

"The two legs panned out how I thought they would with two really good teams locking horns.

"The bit that's hard to take is that the one moment of the tie has landed to them and there's a lot of emotion now.

"When teams are so evenly matched, you have to take those moments and unfortunately we were on the wrong side of the fence."

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