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Match verdict: Nice to get a win - but Derby County building fitness the most important fact แทง บอล ส เต็ ป Bradley Johnson's first-half header was enough to beat Coventry City 1-0 last night and give Derby County a third win in four pre-season matches.It is always nice to win, but more important is that this is still a time for building the fitness of the players.Manager Frank Lampard used 22 in the fixture at Nuneaton Borough's Liberty Way Stadium against opponents who won promotion from the League Two play-offs last season.
There is now only a little over a week to go before Derby kick off the 2018-19 Championship campaign with a game at Reading on Friday, August 3.Using two different 11s in each half against Coventry meant there were no obvious pointers of who will be in the starting 11 at Reading but there is likely to be a clearer picture when the Rams round off their programme of friendlies against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Pride Park Stadium on Saturday.
Conditions were not easy at Nuneaton. It was a drying, bobbly pitch, and the length of the grass did not appear to help the run of the ball at times but the players plugged away and Derby should have won by a goal or two more, especially given that Tom Lawrence saw a penalty saved in the second half.
A number of players were absent from the squad.
แทง บอล ส เต็ ป Florian Jozefzoon, who signed from Brentford last week, did not feature as his partner was expecting a baby.Also absent were Scott Carson, Craig Bryson, Jacob Butterfield, George Thorne, Craig Forsyth, Matej Vydra, Chris Martin, Ikechi Anya, Nick Blackman and Marcus Olsson.
Calum Macdonald played alongside Richard Keogh at centre back in the first half. Jamie Hanson, Tom Huddlestone and Johnson formed the trio in midfield, and David Nugent was the focal point of the attack.Huddlestone tested Liam O'Brien early on. His strike took a slight deflection but the Coventry goalkeeper reacted quickly to parry.
Derby, who wore their new away kit of navy, started as they had in the previous three friendlies - on the front foot and keen to press when not in possession.Max Lowe and Mason Bennett linked promisingly down the Rams' left, but Coventry settled and Jordan Ponticelli's goal-bound shot was blocked by Andre Wisdom. แทง บอล ส เต็ ป
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