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
Attempt blocked. Isaiah Jones (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Attempt blocked. Cameron Archer (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Riley McGree.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Attempt missed. Gustavo Hamer (Coventry City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Attempt blocked. Matt Godden (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Middlesbrough vs Coventry City
Substitution, Coventry City. Matt Godden replaces Jamie Allen.
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