Hull City scraped through to the Championship play-off final with a 3-2 aggregate win over Derby County. No team in the history of the play-offs had ever overcome a three-goal first-leg deficit but Derby came close, winning the game 2-0 courtesy of a Johnny Russell strike and Andrew Robertson own-goal in the first half.Derby had 55 minutes to force extra time but the hosts regrouped and saw the game out, booking a Wembley date with Sheffield Wednesday on May 28. Sky Sports Football League analyst Ian Holloway questioned Derbys character after their lacklustre performance in the first leg, which Hull won 3-0 at the iPro Stadium. Derby Countys Johnny Russell celebrates with Craig Bryson Derby head coach Darren Wassall admitted in his pre-match briefing that he had used Holloways words to motivate himself and his players. Whatever he said, it worked a charm as Derby came out with a high intensity that was missing in the first leg. An early goal was crucial if they were serious about mustering a comeback and they got one on nine minutes. Steve Bruce felt Hull didn’t play well but showed resilience in defending for an hour Cyrus Christie burst down the right flank and crossed for Chris Martin, whose attempt was blocked but Russell was ready and waiting to follow up.Will Hughes was running the show from midfield for the visitors and his ball sent Martin towards goal on 27 minutes. Martin was hauled down on the edge of the box but Jeff Hendricks effort was blocked away.It was one-way traffic towards the Hull goal and Derby doubled their lead on 36 minutes. Cyrus Christie makes progress for Derby Marcus Olsson flew down the left and his average cross was made into a good one by the unfortunate left-foot of Robertson, who shanked one past his own goalkeeper.The home crowd were now getting very restless and Derby should have been level just after the break.The energetic Andreas Weimann got to the by-line and cut the ball back for the on-rushing Craig Bryson, but with the goal at his mercy he scuffed the ball wide. Darren Wassall was so proud of his players after winning 2-0 on the night With Derby just needing one goal to force extra time, Hull played as though they didnt know whether to stick or twist. Mo Diame fired wide on 57 minutes but they lacked a real outlet in the final third as Derby continued to boss the game. Martin stung the gloves of Eldin Jakupovic on 70 minutes before substitute Tom Ince fired over from long range.Derbys early exertions started to take their toll as the game ticked down and Hull gained control of proceedings. Michael Dawson and Curtis Davis share their relief after holding out The home crowd grew in confidence with their team and although Derby threw everything at Hull in the closing stages, including goalkeeper-turned-striker Scott Carson, the Tigers saw the game through. The KC Stadium breathed a collective sign of relief. Adidas Continental 80 NZ .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. Buy NMD NZ . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. http://www.nmdshoesnz.com/adidas-nmd-r1-cheap-nz.html . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. 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While Rosberg refused to divulge whether the pair had held talks after crashing out in Barcelona when he faced the media during a terse and spiky press conference, the F1 world champion disclosed during his press briefing that the pair held amicable and respectful talks on Wednesday.We stood and spoke to each other today and there are no problems, Hamilton said. In the past there would have been tension but now it was pure respect. I said l still have respect for you and he said the same. I guess we are just getting old!While the detail of the incident continues to divide opinion within the paddock, Hamilton says there was no need for the two Mercedes drivers to discuss the incident in depth.We know what happened and we know how we felt, he said. All you need to know is that the respect is still there. The pair had clashed on track before in their time as team-mates, most famously at the 2014 Belgian GP, but the Barcelona collision was the first time they had taken each other out of a race.Stewards ruled neither driver warranted punishment for the crash and Hamilton acknowledged there were likely to be further incidents in the future - although is mindful of the fact that the outcome cannot be so damaging for the team again. When is the Monaco GP onn Sky? F1s showpiece race is live only on Sky Sports F1 this weekend It was a racing incident and there will be many close racing incidents like that, he told Sky Sports News HQ.dddddddddddd There will be many racing incidents throughout our racing career together - particularly when you are fighting that close.Im not changing my approach, Nicos not changing his, so we are going to just keep going. Of course, we are conscious we dont want to have the same result as we did in the last one. But these things you learn from. The spectacular Barcelona crash raised fresh questions about whether Mercedes could afford to retain the sometimes combustible Hamilton-Rosberg partnership beyond this season. Although Hamilton is in the first season of a new three-year deal, Rosbergs contract is due to expire at the end of 2016.Monaco GP talking pointsBut, amid the likelihood that the German will stay on, Hamilton says he sees no need for a change to be made.Its a solid team, he told SSNHQ. Apart from the last race, its generally a very solid team. I think up until then we had done a pretty awesome job with the team considering the circumstances of being so tense. So theres no reason to have to change. Also See: Monaco GP talking points When is Monaco on Sky F1? Get tickets to Silverstone Sky F1: Every race live in 2016 ' ' '