Slavisa Jokanovic takes his team to Pride Park for a semi-final first leg on Friday evening and with a big duck to breakThe Fulham juggernaut hit a pothole last weekend. A team unbeaten in 23 Championship matches got turned over by 20th-placed Birmingham. Had they won, the Cottagers would have been promoted to the Premier League ahead of Cardiff. Instead they lost 3-1, conceding two first-half goals. So, how to avoid it happening again in the play-offs?Fulham must now go again and face two encounters with Derby in 72 hours, starting with the first leg at Pride Park on Friday night. “It’s a second chance – something like this,” is how Slavisa Jokanovic describes it and the Fulham manager has previously described the play-offs as a positive for his team, a fallback should things go wrong. Now that they have, these two games offer a chance for immediate redemption. Related: Fulham lead march of heavyweights in £200m Championship play-offs | Ben Fisher Related: Fulham fail in automatic promotion bid while Bolton achieve great escape Continue readingread full article
