In an exciting physical game, Boro hold Newcastle to
a 1-1 draw. After a boring first half, Michael Owen
scored from a powerful header in the 59th minute to
give the homeside the lead. Boro fought hard to get
back into the game and Robert Huth managed to level
the score just four minutes before the final whistle.
Mido missed the match as Boro started with a defensive
tactic with only Aliadiere at front and Southgate prefered
to have Dong Gook on bench instead of Mido who isn't
100% fit.
Mido didn't feature in the away game versus
Newcatle. The reasons beyind that are related to his
fitness levels which are not enough for him to start
games yet.
Mido missed matches for around three months
and gained weight. He also lack his sharpness and it
will tke him plenty of training to get back to his normal
fitness level and to lose the kilograms that he gained
while being injured.
Southgate has been eagerly awaiting Mido's
retun, but since it took more than it was expected,
the club had to splash the cash on a new striker as
they spent £12.7m on the Brazilian striker of
Heerenveen Alonso Alves.
The new forward was the best player in
the Dutch league and has an incredible goalscoring record
as he scored 45 goals in 38 appearences!
Alves is still awaiting his work permit
and so, he couldn't play against newcastle and so did
Tuncay who is still suffering from injury.
The Newcastle match was a physical game with plenty
of excitement in the 2nd half. Both goals came in the
2nd half. The homeside were first to score via Michael
Owen who headed the ball powerfully home after a freekick
from the left wing. However, Huth equalized for Boro
with a header in the 86th minute of the game,
The match referee counted Huth's header
as goal but replays revealed Dong Gook was in offside
position. The controversial match referee also disallowed
a goal for Michael Owen i the first half but ishould
have been counted as a valid one.
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