Coventry City stepped up their pre-season programme on Friday night with a decent test against Spainish top flight side Getafe CF, with the game ending goalless in Valencia.
The Sky Blues kicked off their friendly schedule with a comfortable 3-0 behind-closed-doors win over League Two Port Vale the previous weekend when summer signing Jack Rudoni opened his account, along with goals from Ellis Simms and Justin Obikwu. Back on home soil this week, City travel to face League One Stevenage on Tuesday night ahead of a flying visit to Germany to take on German side SV Darmstadt on Saturday.
So what did we learn from the team’s second pre-season run-out in Spain? Here we take a detailed look at what the game revealed for the up-coming games and season ahead.
There were 23 players involved, with manager Mark Robins playing two different teams in each half as he did in the opening game against Port Vale, giving them each another 45 minutes in their legs. The numbers included three development players in Kai Andrews, Justin Obikwu and Aidan Dausch. Rookie goalkeeper Luke Bell was an unused sub.
Notable absentees
Midfielder Victor Torp and winger Raphael Borges Rodrigues sat out the game, presumed injured, as did Ryan Howley with a slight muscle strain.
Injury concern
Joint star striker Haji Wright was forced off in only the second minute of the game in what was his first pre-season outing since returning from international duty with the USA in the Copa America. The leggy front man picked up what is thought to be an ankle injury when he raced down the left flank and took a whack from a tackle. It’s thought he came off more as a precaution than having done anything serious. He was replaced by Aidan Dausch.
