The latest North East sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.
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00:00Sunderland face the deciding second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final on Tuesday evening
00:06as they welcome Coventry City to the Stadium of Light.
00:09Head coach Regis Labrice has made clear that he has placed his full trust in his young squad
00:15going into the game, in which they have the advantage from the first leg by two goals to one.
00:20Yeah, absolutely. I think experience is always useful, but some young players can make sometimes incredible performances.
00:35And if you look at the Champions League, for example, PSG are really young, but they are playing so well.
00:42So the question of the balance of the team, I think, is central, and I think we have a good balance here on Sunday.
00:50A place at Wembley Stadium against Sheffield United in the play-off final awaits for Sunderland if they are victorious,
00:58with the Blades having beaten Bristol City 6-0 on aggregate in the other semi-final.
01:03We'll have more on the story later on in the programme, looking ahead to Sunderland's huge match on Wearside.
01:12And Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has said that his side will go again
01:17as they face Arsenal next in the Premier League, knowing that three points will all but guarantee their place in the Champions League next season.
01:26The win against Chelsea put them within touching distance of qualifying for Europe's elite footballing club competition.
01:33Yeah, but we still have two games to go and lots of twists and turns that could be around the corner.
01:43And I think we can't sit back and look at it that way.
01:46We have to sit back and, well, not sit back.
01:48We have to drive forward and reflect on our next game and make sure we're ready for Arsenal,
01:52because that is a very, very tough match.
01:55And we know how tight it is with the teams around us, so we're not taking anything for granted.
01:58We're, I have to say, the players have been magnificent in that respect for a long, long time, but yeah, we go again next week.
02:03I think we have to be adaptable the way the game's going and it constantly changes.
02:09Your players need to be adaptable, even in running.
02:11I thought we were today and that helped us win.