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
Substitution, Coventry City. Jonathan Panzo replaces Kyle McFadzean because of an injury.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Delay in match because of an injury Kyle McFadzean (Coventry City).
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Isaiah Jones (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card.
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