CWN - News & Information for Coventry & Warwickshire 20x21spacer.gif (59 bytes)What's New?Search CWN
Adam Dent, CWN[23 FEB 99] COVENTRY CITY FC - PONTINS LEAGUE
Coventry City Reserves(0) 0
Burnley Reserves (0) 0
BY ADAM DENT

Gordon Strachan should have no problems picking his eleven for the game with Aston Villa on Saturday after the Sky Blues second string turned in a very poor performance.

The side, currently topping the league, failed to rise above the opposition despite fielding a strong side and could have lost the game after a lucky second half escape.

The presence of John Aloisi, Mo Konjic, Gary Breen, Marc Edworthy and Stefano Gioacchini couldn’t inspire the Sky Blues to stretch their lead at the top of the table.

And there was bad news for Gioacchini who limped off in the first half with a hamstring strain and is unlikely to feature against Aston Villa on Saturday.

He and Aloisi combined well in the 12th minute to set up Barry Quinn but the young Irishman’s low shot was saved by Frank Kval in the Burnley goal.

Gioacchini then showed some wonderful skill 11 minutes later to put his strike partner away clear but Aloisi’s shot was against kept out by Kval.

Burnley did have their chances and midfielder Gareth West fired just past the post late in the first half.

The second half was turgid stuff. Neither side really managed flowing football on a pitch which is rapidly deteriorating and Coventry struggled to mount any worthwhile attacks.

The Sky Blues also had to survive a serious scare when Steve Ogrizovic missed a corner and Chris Barnett was forced to hack the ball off the line. It flew straight to West but his follow-up effort struck a post.

 bar-blue-400x3.gif (874 bytes)

COVENTRY CITY RESERVES:
Ogrizovic, Prenderville, Konjic, Breen, Edworthy, Barnett, Quinn, Clement, Shilton, Aloisi, Gioacchini (G McPhee, 34 mins)
Subs not used: Miller, Kirkland, Ferguson, Jamie Williams
    

1x22rule.gif (89 bytes)

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS TO 120,000 VISITORS PER MONTH

email chris@cwn.org.uk

150x15more.gif (274 bytes)



HELP SUPPORT CWN
BUY YOUR BOOKS ONLINE FROM AMAZON
[click on the advert below]


Buy all your books online with Amazon

CWN / Sport / Football / Coventry City FC / 23 Feb 99

©1995-2000 Coventry Internet Developments Ltd

This page modified on 10 November 2008 09:49:15AM