Coventry take on TSV Wachtendonk in friendly

Last updated : 16 July 2013 By Covsupport News Service

In a rearranged pre-season frinedly game, Coventry City have slipped over the border from Holland and into Germany for the first game of their tour.

So far there are ten City supporters in the ground at Sportpark Laerheide, Schoelkensdyck in Wachtendonk, Germany. They have been chatting with Stephen Pressley and the Coventry City staff which includes Ian Foster, who was the Academy coach last season.

Coventry City team: Murphy, Christie, Phillips, Clarke, Haynes, Baker, Thomas, Barton, Lobjoit, Moussa, L.Clarke. Subs: Burge, Garner, Adams, Fleck, Daniels.

TSV: Barthelsen, Linssen. Simrodt, Goldau, op de Hipt, Rietz, Maesmanns, Shafer, Schaap, Preussner, Koshnen. Subs: Wibfeld, Browers, Seyer, Baumgart, Harries.

The teams are on the pitch. It is a beautiful evening.

The referee starts the game.

In th eopening seconds, Leon Clarke rises to head home a Christie cross, but he is ruled to be offside.

City are wearing blue while their opponents, who play in the German fifth tier, are wearing red.

6. GOAL: A great ball from Adam Barton over the area to Baker on the right side, who slips the ball to Leon Clarke who scores from close range. TSV 0 Coventry City 1.

12. Leon Clarke is sent through but fires his shot wide.

15. Christie win a corner.

17. Christie sends in another decent cross. Lobjoit gets onto the end of it, but the ball is cleared away.

The assistant referee on the side where the dugouts are is incurring the wrath of the City support.

18. Another City corner is sent over to Barton, but the ball is cleared upfield.

 20. TSV send in a long ball from a free ick which just misses Pressner at the far post.

24. GOAL:  2-0 City. Some good work from Leon Clarke who plays in Franck Moussa inside the area who scores past the keeper's left hand side.

26. Lobjoit heads over to Clake who heads the ball just wide of the post.

27. Shafer hacks down Moussa. City attack from the free kick, but Barton fires wide.

29. A Baker free kick is deflected but the TSV keeper manages to dive down and grab the ball.

30. Moussa gets a shot away from inside the area. the Keeper makes a good save and concedes a corner which Phillips sends  high and wide.

34. GOAL: 3-0 City. Carl Baker gets on the scoresheet with a 20 yard drive after good work from Haynes and Lobjoit.

42. GOAL: 4-0 City. Leon Clarke lifts the ball over the keeper after a great ball frpm Phillips.

43. GOAL: 5-0 City. Franck Moussa scores with a shot on the turn from inside the area.

The referee blows for half time.

TSV 0 Coventry City 5 (Lobojit, Clarke, Moussa2, Baker)

City use all five subs as they come out for the second half. Baker, both Clarkes, Moussa and Thomas are the players replaced.

46. A Wilson shot is cleared away for  City corner.

Burge is also on in place of Murphy in the City goal.

51. Daniels to Maund who has a low shot which the keeper does well to get down to and push the ball out for a City corner.

52. Adams sends the corner over the bar.

CORRECTION: Leon Lobjoit is credited with City's first goal.

55. TSV finally get a shot away, but it goes miles over the bar.

57. City win two corners in quick succession, both cleared.

TSV are more than happy to stick the boot in.

60. A great Wilson cross to Lobjoit at the far post, but he misses.

There are 21 City fans here.

66 minutes gone and it is still TSV 0 Coventry City 5.

Barton and Haynes are playing as Centre halves for City, Fleck is playing in front of the defence.

69. Wilson fires a shot wide. 

71. Ben Maund's shot thumps the post.

74. City win a free kick on the edge of the area.

76. Maund bursts though, but his shot is deflected out for a corner.

78. Adams pass goes across the face of the goal.

78. Maund drags his shot wide.

81. Fleck has a shot on the turn, which is blocked, then an acrobatic kick is grabbed by the keeper.

With 5 minutes left of normal time it is still 5-0 to City.

87. GOAL. 6-0 City. Billy Daniels bangs in City's sixth of the night.

90. The referee bring the game to an end.

TSV 0 Coventry City 6 (Lobjoit, Clarke, Moussa2, Baker, Daniels)