CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS SEMI-FINAL : SUNDERLAND VS COVENTRY CITY – 13/05/2025 (PHOTO – SUNDERLAND CELEBRATE)

WHAT EXCITEMENT THIS WAS YESTERDAY!  COVENTRY CITY MADE 622 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 59% POSSESSION) AND 20 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM MASON-CLARK AT 76 MINS!  SUNDERLAND MADE 451 PASSES, WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 16 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, BUT WITH THE MATCH GOING TO EXTRA TIME, WITH COVENTRY 1 – 0 UP AT 90 MINS., IT ALL LOOKED TO BE GOING COVENTRY’S WAY!  BUT, HEY PRESTO, AFTER AN EMBATTLED 30 MINUTES OF EXTRA TIME ACTION, IT WAS SUNDERLAND’S DANIEL BALLARD WHO STEPPED FORWARD TO EQUALISE AFTER 1/2 AN HOUR OF HIGH JINX LEAVING IT TO THE VERY END TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN A NAIL-BITING CRESCENDO!  SO THE MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 1 DRAW (WITH SUNDERLAND WINNING 3 – 2 ON AGGREGATE) – AMIDST ECSTATIC SCENES IN THE STADIUM OF LIGHT!  WHAT FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT!  SUNDERLAND WILL NOW MEET SHEFFIELD UNITED AT WEMBLEY IN THE FINAL ON SATURDAY 24 MAY 2025!

CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS SEMI-FINAL : SUNDERLAND VS COVENTRY CITY – 13/05/2025

FRANK LAMPARD SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH

REGIS LE BRIS SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH