Established in the starting line-up: Norwich City beat Coventry with Marcelino Núñez, once again, as protagonist

Norwich City continue their big moment. With Marcelino Núñez as the protagonist, once again the team managed by Dean Smith beat Coventry and became the leader of the Championship waiting for what Sheffield United, who are two fewer units, are doing this Sunday. The formed in catholic university collaborated with an assist on the first goal of the day.

It was a game to make a difference. The light blue team — today in purple — came bottom of the competition, with just one point from four games. Five goals for and eight against. Opposite, one of the candidates for promotion, like Norwich. Given the context, the distance between the two throws was noted on the field.

The first half was favorable to the Núñez team, which was incisive, participative and confident in decision-making, as usual. Playing inside on the right, the former UC had an efficiency of 85% in his deliveries, he attempted the goal twice, with a shot from outside the box and another entering it, he also made it 1-0.

Just before the end of the first quarter of an hour, Coventry lost it in their attempt to come out to play. Defender Kyle McFadzean connected with midfielder Gustavo Hamer, who controlled and turned quickly but was overwhelmed by pressure from the Chilean. The one who was born in Colina took the ball from him without fail, took a step, raised his head and dug in quickly. The defense, in disbelief, escaped Teemu Pukki, the Finnish Norwich striker, left hand in hand with goalkeeper Ben Wilson after Núñez’s authorization.

In clinch, the shooter did not miss. Low and cross throw to beat the goal, which could not do anything. 1-0 the actions, in 14 minutes of play, and congratulations to Marcelino. The national midfielder already has eight appearances with the Canary Islands team jersey, just one month after his departure from San Carlos de Apoquindo.

After the account was opened, the auriverde team continued to lead the game. It was not a storm against the rival goal, with multiple recoveries, far from it, but he played the game at the pace he imposed. He had more ball and almost doubled the number of passes he made compared to the visit.

The panorama could have been different, yes. Half an hour into the game, Coventry were tied but the linesman called it off due to a precise offside from Tyler Walker, who got in on the action by dodging when a teammate beat goaltender Tim Krul.

Just before the break, calm returned. Joshua Sargent beat the goalkeeper with a left-footed shot to the right of goal. A lightning counter-attack, finished by the American after a pass from Aaron Ramsey , a 19-year-old on loan from Aston Villa. Thus ended the first section.

The plugin started differently. The visiting team rushed to quickly find the shed. Thus, between 45′ and 55′, they generated three chances of real danger, but they did not hit the mark. As usually happens in these cases, the intention was diluted when it didn’t work and the ball once again belonged to Norwich.

In this scenario, Marcelino Núñez helped keep the ball. With the victory in hand, there is no rush in the local team. Twenty minutes from the end, the coach made three changes. Then, when there were seven left, he made two more. In no window did he take out the Chilean who played the 90′. The icing on the cake, after the 80th minute, Kieran Dowell overtook the goalkeeper entering the box, at close range, after a good recovery from Joshua Sargent, who left him alone in front of goal.

With the victory, deserved and resounding, Norwich City reached 16 points in the Championship. In eight games, they have five wins, one draw and two losses. A quintet of victories in a row. They have not fallen since August 13, against Hull City, since then only hugs for the Canarian team.