Coventry City declares that Lempard's team did not defeat an outsider, but remains a short time before the Premier League

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Zero nothing from Sheffield Wednesday made the sky-blues check from official turns before the meal after the 25-day break.

The leader of the Coventry City Championship faces concerns about the holiday's exit before the English Premier League. In the final round, Frank Lempard's team drew peacefully (0:0) from Sheffield Wednesday - a team that had already been relegated from the division and was experiencing a serious crisis.

Anyway, the difference between the teams is 89 points less than Sheffield Wednesday and the rest -4 points. Sheffield, before speaking, became the first team in the history of the Championship in 37 matches without defeat..

The Sky-Blankets could officially formalize their promotion to the class as early as this Saturday, as if they had won the victory after the defeat of Middlesbrough from Portsmouth and the Friday match between Millwall and West Bromwich..

With four rounds before the end of the championship, they are ahead of Millwall, who are in third, by 12 points, with a colossal advantage in terms of the difference in goals scored and conceded (+33). Now the team only needs to score just one point in the final matches to de jure advance to the top division in a quarter of a century. Get your damn taste of the stench from Friday's fight against Blackburn.

The race, which attracted a stadium record 31,647 spectators, turned out to be difficult for the leader. Most believed that the Hospodars would easily win, and even in the first round they defeated the Owls with a 5:0 score.

However, Henrik Pedersen's team demonstrated enemy resilience. The best moment of the first half was played by Coventry's Liam Kitching - after Jack Rudona's cross, his header was knocked off the line by Svante Ingelsson.

In the other half, the guests could have shocked the leader, but Jerry Yates and Ingelsson did not realize their goals. In the remaining seconds of the stoppage time (90+6 minutes), Ellis Simms was able to bring Coventry an important victory, after his acrobatic kick the ball bounced off the outside part of the post and went through the back of the goal..

Coventry head coach Frank Lempard learned that his team was losing performance in attack:.

We did enough to score, otherwise we would not be guests again in the world. We were losing speed on the top line of the field, and counterpressing and speed reaction were much lower. Feeling disappointed is not normal, but we can marvel at the bigger picture and those we experience at the same time. The citizens live under the pressure of a new class for a club that hasn’t been there for a long time. I understand. We have a lot of things ahead of us, they’re in our hands, and it’s our responsibility to bring this to an end,” Frank admitted..



On his own side, Sheffield Wednesday coach Henrik Pedersen did not take pride in his students:.

" We knew that it would be a tough game against the best team in the league. The boys entered the field with great faith and discipline, and those who were preyed upon by us were the enemy. If we got the ball down, we had the courage to not just knock it out, but to get the ball back,” Henrik said.

Coventry City will play their next match against Blackburn Rovers. The match will take place on Friday, 17th April.




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