Summary

  • Calm Hamer finish sees Coventry beat Boro to reach final

  • Sky Blues will play Luton in Championship play-off final at Wembley on 27 May

  • First leg finished goalless at CBS Arena

  • Boro finished fourth in table, Coventry five points behind in fifth

  1. Postpublished at 90+9 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Coventry clear it out for another corner.

  2. Postpublished at 90+8 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    They have a corner. Everyone's coming up.

  3. Postpublished at 90+8 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Now or never for Middlesbrough. Final 60 seconds.

  4. Postpublished at 90+7 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Boro hit barImage source, Rex Features

    Extraordinary.

    The delivery is excellent and it falls to Cameron Archer, who smashes the bar from a couple of yards out. He's miles offside and the flag eventually goes up, but he wasn't to know that and it's quite a miss.

  5. Boro struggling for ideaspublished at 21:56 British Summer Time 17 May 2023

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Steve Ogrizovic
    Ex-Coventry City goalkeeper on BBC CWR

    You just feel that Middlesbrough have run out of ideas.

    That is the third time they have curled the ball well over when they have been in crossing positions.

  6. Postpublished at 90+6 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Middlesbrough have a free-kick in a crossing position. The delivery simply MUST be better than it has been so far.

  7. Postpublished at 90+5 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    And now another Middlesbrough cross goes straight out play!

    Frustration for everyone in red. Joy for everyone in Sky Blue. Nervous joy.

  8. Postpublished at 90+4 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Middlesbrough, meanwhile, just haven't quite done enough.

    Ryan Giles blazes a cross over the bar and straight out of play.

    Four minutes of time added on left.

  9. Postpublished at 90+3 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Another chance for Coventry on the break goes begging as Viktor Gyokeres' attempted cross is cleared!

    The Sky Blues have been superb in this second half, make absolutely no mistake about that.

  10. Postpublished at 90+2 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Ben Wilson has to tip a Boro cross behind for a corner.

    Coventry clear the resulting set-piece but it won't be long before Middlesbrough are pouring forward once again.

  11. Postpublished at 90+1 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Middlesbrough have the ball on the halfway line. The camera pans to a Boro fan whose head is in his hands.

    Why do we put ourselves through the play-offs?

  12. EIGHT MINUTES OF TIME ADDED ONpublished at 90 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Anfernee Dijksteel launches the ball into the box and Cameron Archer heads wide.

    The board goes up and Boro won't be disappointed with that.

    EIGHT minutes of injury time.

  13. Postpublished at 89 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Coventry suddenly find themselves two-on-one as Viktor Gyokeres bursts clear, but he loses his footing as he attempts to shoot and it goes wide.

    Now it's Boro's turn to come forward...

  14. DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 88 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Boro goal disallowedImage source, Rex Features

    Middlesbrough, for the briefest of moments, think they've equalised when Matt Crooks heads home... but the offside flag is up.

    What an impact that would've been.

    It's worth saying... he was miles off too.

  15. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 88 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Matt Crooks is on for Paddy McNair. Here comes the set-piece...

  16. Postpublished at 87 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Nonetheless, time marches on. Middlesbrough come forward. They have a corner.

  17. YELLOW CARDpublished at 85 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    And now Coventry goalkeeper Ben Wilson has been booked for time-wasting.

    Nine bookings in the game, six for Coventry! At what point do teams get fined?!

  18. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 84 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Now Kyle McFadzean appears to have cramp. Mark Robins chooses to bring him off instead of faff about, with Jonathan Panzo on for him in defence.

  19. YELLOW CARDpublished at 83 mins

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    What's happened here?!

    Cameron Archer's shot is blocked and it appears to run out for a Boro corner, only the linesman doesn't put his flag up. Archer is puzzled and after everyone pauses just decides to play on, but - as it is - ends up winning a set-piece anyway.

    Isaiah Jones is booked for something or other in the middle of it all.

    Classic play-off chaos.

  20. Call for Coventry to be more 'old school'published at 21:42 British Summer Time 17 May 2023

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Coventry (Agg: 0-1)

    Gary McSheffrey
    Former Coventry winger on BBC CWR

    Call me 'old school' but Coventry are trying to bring the ball down in the middle of the pitch too much.

    Can they not just clip it into the channels?

    It is never a bad ball to turn the defence and try to win a throw up the pitch and take the pressure off.