Middlesbrough vs Coventry City LIVE: Championship result, final score and reaction
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Gustavo Hamer fired Coventry to within one game of the Premier League as they scrapped their way past Middlesbrough into the Championship play-off final.
The Brazil-born midfielder’s sweet 57th-minute strike clinched a 1-0 aggregate victory in a desperately tight second leg at the Riverside Stadium.
Mark Robins’ side will meet Luton at Wembley on May 27 with a return to the top flight for the first time since 2001 up for grabs.
It proved the perfect ending to a day on which the Sky Blues announced their manager had agreed a new four-year contract, but an intensely disappointing one for opposite number Michael Carrick, whose side will spend a seventh year in the second tier as a result.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Luke McNally.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Jonathan Panzo.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Offside, Middlesbrough. Matt Crooks tries a through ball, but Cameron Archer is caught offside.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Isaiah Jones (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Attempt missed. Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anfernee Dijksteel following a corner.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Ben Wilson.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Daniel Barlaser (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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