Young Sunderland squad have shown maturity says Le Bris ahead of Play-Off Final

The latest North East sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.

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00:00Sunderland head coach Regis Labrice has made clear that his young side have shown maturity

00:05throughout this championship season. That has got them to the point of being in the play-off

00:10final at Wembley Stadium, where they will face Sheffield United for a place in the Premier

00:14League. Sunderland have not been in England's top tier since 2017, but are looking to get

00:19back there? From an age perspective, yes, but from the way they work every day, I don't

00:31think so. They are really mature and they are open-minded to learn from mistakes and I think

00:41it's really important. Sometimes with, I don't want to say older players, but it could be

00:47the case sometimes with more experience. It's more difficult to accept your mistakes because

00:58you had previous positive experiences before and it's more difficult to learn from negative

01:06experiences and I think with this group it was always the case this season.

01:12And Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has said that a late fitness call will be made

01:17on Alexander Isak ahead of Newcastle United's final Premier League fixture of the season

01:22at home to Everton on Sunday afternoon. Isak missed the trip to Arsenal in Newcastle's

01:27final away game of the season with a groin problem, although Howe has said that he has

01:31been running on grass this week but has yet to train fully with Newcastle's squad ahead of

01:36the Champions League showdown against Everton?

01:43Yeah, that's unknown. I don't know at this moment in time. Yeah, he only felt pain really after

01:49training. He felt fine during training and then just a bit of stiffness really. So he

01:54went for a scan this morning really purely as a precaution. But then it became obvious

02:00he wasn't going to be fit to play. So I don't know. I think a lot would depend on how he reacts

02:06in the next few days. Yeah, I think he's had a couple of groin issues off either side.

02:10I think this is one that he had earlier in the season.

02:12I think this is one that he had earlier in the season. Yeah, I think this is one that he