miercuri, 27 februarie 2013

Hard work key to Mowbray's hopes

tony-mowbrayMiddlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray says his players will have to work overtime to try and nullify the threat of Chelsea in their FA Cup fifth round clash.


Boro will have home advantage at the Riverside Stadium today evening, with the winner of the tie having a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United to look forward to.

Middlesbrough are 6.00 to make it through to round six and are 8.00 to win in normal time today, with Chelsea 8.50 to secure a 1-0 victory in 90 minutes.

And Mowbray is aware that his side, who have won only once in their last nine games in the Championship, have it all to do against the reigning European champions.

He told reporters: "When you haven't got world-class players, you have to first and foremost have a work ethic.

"You have to try to condense space, you have to try not to be isolated one-on-one in certain areas of the pitch. And yet, you have to balance that off with having an attacking threat.

"You have to have a way of trying to score a goal and if you have everybody back, it's very unlikely you are going to have too many attempts."

The Blues will be without Gary Cahill (illness) and Cesar Azpilicueta (leg) for the trip to Teesside, while the home side will miss ineligible trio Josh McEachran, Kieron Dyer and Sammy Ameobi, while Lukas Jutkiewicz (ankle) and Jonathan Woodgate (calf) are sidelined by injury.

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