Without Mido
who has been ill and wasn't included in tofay's squad,
Wigan achieved a 1-0 home win over Pompey. The only
goal of the game came through Rodallega who tapped the
ball in from cose range after a low cross from the left
wing. The season finale also witnessed Boro's relegation
after their 2-1 away loss against West Ham.
Wigan Athletic finished the season on
a winning note after beating Portsmouth by a single
goal at the JJB. Ill Mido wasn't included in Wigan squad
for the match while the other on loan Egyptian Zaki
had a permission not to play this game.
With today's match, both Egyptians will
be returning to their original clubs. Zaki will be a
Zamalek player again while Mido will return to Boro
who got relegated to Championship after today's defeat.
Wigan started the game with Rodallega
as the main forward. The Colombian new signing continued
to impress and scored his 3rd goal in four appearances.
Rodallega's goal came after a mistake by veteran Pompey
defender Sol Campbell who failed to clear the ball which
reached Rodallega who was left with a simple finish.
The victory was the first for Steve Bruce's
men since March 22nd and saw them finish 11th in the
table.
With today's game, Egyptians will switch their interest
to other teams as no Egyptians will be playing for Wigan
next season unless Steve Bruce decides to extend Mido's
loan deal for another season or sign him permanently
from Boro which seems unlikely.
On the other hand, Mohamed Shawky sat
on bench in Boro's final match in the Premier League.
The side lost by two goals to one to West Ham and got
relegated to the Championship after finishing 19th.
Newcastle United and WBA also got relegated from the
Premier League.
With this defeat, Shawky will likely be
heading to another team in the summer. According to
his agent, there is interest in the player from Premier
League clubs and other European leagues. However, nothing
certain as of yet.
