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