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Coventry City have announced the club’s first high profile pre-season fixture with the news that Real Betis will play at the CBS Arena this summer. The Sky Blues will host the UEFA
Conference League finalists as part of the Championship team’s final preparations for the 2025/26 campaign. Frank Lampard’s men will test themselves against the Spanish top flight outfit
Wednesday, July 30, with kick-off scheduled for 7pm, marking the first meeting between the two sides. READ MORE: COVENTRY CITY PRE-SEASON 2025/26 - FIRST FRIENDLY FIXTURE ANNOUNCED READ
MORE: SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE, NEED FOR SPEED AND KEEP AT ALL COSTS - COVENTRY CITY TRANSFER STOCK TAKE Managed by former Premier League winner, Manuel Pellegrini, the La Liga side
finished 6th last season, qualifying for their sixth consecutive season of European football since his arrival in 2020. Under Pellegrini, Real Betis also won the Copa del Rey in 2022, as
well as reaching their first European final last season. Further information regarding tickets for this fixture will be announced in due course across the club’s official channels. The Sky
Blues only other friendly fixture scheduled for the close-season programme so far is a trip to League Two Bristol Rovers on Wednesday, July 23 (7pm). Lampard is expected to take his players
on a warm weather training camp early on in July before returning for a series of games which, once again, are likely to conclude with a couple of home fixtures at the CBS Arena in line with
last summer’s hugely popular games against Everton and Werder Bremen. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS HIGH PROFILE FIXTURE? CLICK HERE TO HAVE YOUR SAY GET THE LATEST COVENTRY CITY HEADLINES SENT
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