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Commentary
A perfect shot from BADSTUBER was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.
A drive from RAUSCH seemed a certain goal but KRAFT managed to force the ball clear.
A great effort from RAUSCH scraped the outside of the righthand post.
15¹A lovely cross from DEL PIERO was slammed goalbound by BADSTUBER only for KRAFT to block.
17¹A penalty box scramble resulted in DEL PIERO tapping a low shot over.
19¹GOAL!! SCHÜRRLE stroked a penalty past the 'keeper after DIEGO COSTA had handled just inside the area. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
21¹A mix up in the Coventry City defence enabled HOLTBY to fire an effort over.
27¹A header by RIETHER at the far post was easily collected by KRAFT.
29¹BELLUSCHI flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
35¹DEL PIERO fired the ball through a ruck of players but KRAFT was a match for it as he dived to his left.
41¹BELLUSCHI beat four Middlesbrough players and thundered a golden opportunity over.
BOADU beat FRIEDRICH and drove the ball to CAPOUE who hit his shot wide.
CAPOUE's shot was well held by ADLER.
11²RAUSCH's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Coventry City post.
12²A strike from CRIS held no problem for the Coventry City 'keeper.
14²A delightful save prevented BADSTUBER from scoring a great goal.
27²A corner fell to BORRIELLO who forced the ball inches over.
36²RIETHER ran onto a delightful ball from CARLOS EDUARDO but toe-poked his shot wide of the lefthand post.

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 8
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: XWLWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
René ADLER1Thomas KRAFT
Benedikt HÖWEDES2Ernesto GALÁN
Holger BADSTUBER3Paolo DE CEGLIE
Lewis HOLTBY4Etienne CAPOUE
Manuel FRIEDRICH5Ludovic SANÉ
CRIS6Michael TURNER
CARLOS EDUARDO Marques7Fernando BELLUSCHI
Konstantin RAUSCH8Maxime PARTOUCHE
(p)André SCHÜRRLE9Marco BORRIELLO(c,p)
(f)Sascha RIETHER10DIEGO da Silva COSTA(f)
(c)Alessandro DEL PIERO11Maxwell BOADU
Manager
Sergiu SUCIU  12  Tim CAHILL
Diego CONTENTO  13  Craig GORDON
Aristidis SOILEDIS  14  David JAROLIM
Michelangelo ALBERTAZZI15  Luca TONI
Moritz LEITNER16  Jérémy CLÉMENT
 
Coventry City
 
League position: 19
Away league form: LWWO
Overall league form: LLXWWLOL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 1 Coventry City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,059, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Steve Bratt 6)

Schürrle 19¹ (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
Carlos EduardoóAlbertazzi 36², FriedrichóLeitner 39² 
  
  
45
215
55
91
44
135
81
55%45%
Man of the match: Alessandro Del Piero