City At SK Sturm Graz Updates

Last updated : 17 July 2016 By CNS Sport

Hi all from Graz.

We are in Messendorf for Coventry City's pre-season game with SK Sturn Graz. 

SK Sturn Graz: Ehmann, Stankovic, Schulz, Gruber, Hierländer, Skrivanek, Horvath, Maresic, Schmid, Kienast, Seidl  

City:  Burge (GK), Ricketts (C), Finch, Harries, Haynes, Rose, Vincelot, Gadzhev, Jones, Lameiras, Sordell.  SUBS: Addai (GK), Di. Kelly Evans, Leahy, Dev. Kelly-Evans, Shipley, Spence, Trialist, G. Thomas, Tudgay.
 
Coventry City start with Jodi Jones and Marvin Sordell up front.
 
 
There are ten City supporters here, six from Cov. There are no programmes or team sheets.
 
The match is underway with City in their home kit.
 
2 Jones across the face of the goal.
 
3 Lameiras cross but keeper grabs.
 
5 37 cuts inside but fires at Burge.
 
6 Haynes cross wins a corner. Finch heads wide.
7 Save by Burge from left wing cross.
 
8 GOAL FK to Graz edge of the area and curled over the wall into the net by Marko Stankovic.
 
10 Haynes shot pushed away by keeper.
 
14 Sordell well over from 20 yards.
 
15 mins gone SK Sturm Graz 1-0 Coventry City
 
20 GOAL Graz score a second when Ryan Haynes header back to Lee Burge is short and number twenty Stankovic beats Lee Burge to tap in.
 
25 City free kick leads to a throw.
 
26 Haynes wins a corner. Vincelot beaten in the air and cleared but City counter and win another corner. 
 
28 Catch for Lee Burge from a twenty yarder by 22.
 
29 Graz FK cleared
 
30 Sturm Graz 2-0 Coventry City
32 Sordell told off by the ref for a clumsy challenge.
 
34 Jones shot blocked after good work from Sordell.
 
35 Jones caught off side.
 
37 Surging run by Andy Rose. Ball over to Ghadzev who drills it wide of keeper's left hand post.
 
38 Sordell on the right fires at Keeper.
 
41 Low drive at Burge. 
 
42 Jones shot from edge of the area beaten away by the keeper for a corner. 
 
43 Sordell through but loses it.
 
HALF-TIME SK Sturm Graz 2-0 Coventry City 
 
Second half underway. One change for City Dion Kelly Evans on for Vincelot.
 
47 Tony Mowbray is upstairs watching the game and sees Marvin Sordell get through but get pulled up for offside.
 
49 Sordell beats the offside trap but sees his low shot saved.
 
51 Graz FK on right caught by Burge.
 
55 Sordell wins a throw.
 
56 Lameiras fires just wide of keeper's left hand post.
 
58 DKE into side netting but offside.
 
Crowd here looks to be around 300
58 39 (Ramon Schmid a talented 16 year old, watched by a number of clubs) fires over from twenty yards.
 
60 Jordan Brown, Marcus Tudgay and George Thomas on - off Sordell, Lameiras, Jones
 
60 SK Sturm Graz 2-0 Coventry City
 
63 Another shot whizzes over Burge's cross bar from distance.
 
65 Graz corner sees the ball go well wide.
 
67 By the look of the City bench on the far side we can expect more changes with Kyle Spence amongst them.
 
68 Graz FK leads to a corner.
 
69 GOAL Ball comes over and prodded home at far post by 25 Hierländer.  City losing 3-0.
 
70 Triple change Ricketts, Ghadzev and Haynes off. On Spence, Leahy and Devon Kelly-Evans.
 
80 SK Sturm Graz 3-0 Coventry City
 
80 Burge saves from 10.
 
81 Brown cross cleared onto the roof for a throw to City. Spence takes the throw but City lose posession.
 
86 Spence shot across the area goes wide.
 
87 Graz corner caught by Burge.
 
88 Pen to City after Spence went down.
 
GOAL Marcus Tudgay steps up and scores
 
90 GOAL Marcus Tudgay gets through and scores.
 
FT SK Sturn Graz 3-2 Coventry City