HECTOR BIDS FOR A SLICE OF HEAVEN AFTER HELL

ELEVEN months on from his worst moment in football, Peterborough’s Hector Kyprianou is hoping for a Wembley redemption against Wycombe this afternoon.

- Chris Dunlavy

Leading 4-0 after the first leg of last season’s League One play-off semi-final against Sheffield Wednesday, Posh somehow contrived to draw the tie 5-5 on aggregate before losing on penalties.

Since that heartbreaking collapse, however, the 22-year-old has made his international bow for Cyprus, become a mainstay in Darren Ferguson’s, below, ultra-attacking side and is now 90 minutes away from winning his first piece of silverware.

“In the off-season last year, I really used what happened as a driving force,” says the former Leyton Orient midfielder. “After I’d wrapped my head around it, I said to myself - and to the close people around me - that I was looking for redemption this season.

“On and off the pitch, I’ve worked so hard, probably harder than I ever have before. I’ve done everything possible to make sure this season is successful and it’s just nice to see good things come from that. Now I’ve just got to keep it going.”