SHEFFIELD - For 120 minutes and part of a penalty shoot-out, Sheffield Wednesday and Thai owner Dejphon Chansiri were one match away from the Premier League.
Then Huddersfield Town won the shoot-out and Wednesday's dream of promotion lay in tatters on their own home field.
The Huddersfield players raced to their supporters as the Owl players and fans faced the disappointment of coming so close, only to fail.
In two matches, the first scoreless, each team scored a goal in the Champions match. With the score 1-1 after 120 minutes early Thursday Thailand time, the shoot-out started. Wednesday's Sam Hutchison missed the team's very first attempt, and the dream was over. In the end, Huddersfield Town prevailed by 5-4 on aggregate, including penalties.
Wednesday's chairman is Mr Dejphon, whose family controls Thai Union Group, the world's largest producer of canned tuna.
Mr Dejphon purchased the team in January, 2015, from Milan Mandaric for £37.5 million - about 1.7 billion baht - and vowed to take the club to the Premier League within two years, a goal now within sight.
Huddersfield Town now face Reading at Wembley on May 29, with the winner headed for the Premier League.
Sheffield Wednesday will play another year in the second-tier league, but their future appears bleak. Manager Carlos Carvalhal, brought in by Mr Dejphon to make the Premier League run, has already said he would resign unless the team were promoted.