Erimus74
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Boro faced F.C Basle in the UEFA cup quarter finals at the Riverside, Boro trailing 2-0 from the 1st leg away in Switzerland
We face a tricky task in the home retrurn leg & a message from Steve McClaren ringing in their ears as they leave the dressing room, "keep calm, wait for an opening & strike, do not, I repeat, do not concede 1st or the tie is over", right boss they shout back
Well infront of the TV cameras we did just that, conceded 1st, making the worst possible start imaginable, a goal down so early on the night & now 3-0 down on aggregate, we now needed FOUR goals to go through to the semi finals, ain't gunna happen
Then the unthinkable, impossible, Roy of the Rovers storytale happened, the mighty Boro sparked an unbelievable comeback, that had the whole nation gasping & cheering us on, a brace from Mark Viduka & a scorcher from JFH put the mighty Boro 3-1 up on the night & level on aggregate, but WE were still going out on the away goals rule
With time fast running out, the clock ticking down Rockenbach smashed a shot which the keeper parried & from an acute angle Massimo Maccarone scored an unbelievable winner sending us jubilant Boro fans in to orbit & beyond, our team are through to the semi finals of the UEFA cup
I still look at Massimo shot & expect the keeper to save it
Whoever was lucky to be there that night will live with that memory forever, a match that we could live to be 100 but would never witness such emotions & comebacks again...................................
or will we
One of the great nights to be so proud to be a Boro fan
How could you fail to be moved listening to Ali's voice on the commentary
We face a tricky task in the home retrurn leg & a message from Steve McClaren ringing in their ears as they leave the dressing room, "keep calm, wait for an opening & strike, do not, I repeat, do not concede 1st or the tie is over", right boss they shout back
Well infront of the TV cameras we did just that, conceded 1st, making the worst possible start imaginable, a goal down so early on the night & now 3-0 down on aggregate, we now needed FOUR goals to go through to the semi finals, ain't gunna happen
Then the unthinkable, impossible, Roy of the Rovers storytale happened, the mighty Boro sparked an unbelievable comeback, that had the whole nation gasping & cheering us on, a brace from Mark Viduka & a scorcher from JFH put the mighty Boro 3-1 up on the night & level on aggregate, but WE were still going out on the away goals rule
With time fast running out, the clock ticking down Rockenbach smashed a shot which the keeper parried & from an acute angle Massimo Maccarone scored an unbelievable winner sending us jubilant Boro fans in to orbit & beyond, our team are through to the semi finals of the UEFA cup
I still look at Massimo shot & expect the keeper to save it
Whoever was lucky to be there that night will live with that memory forever, a match that we could live to be 100 but would never witness such emotions & comebacks again...................................
or will we
One of the great nights to be so proud to be a Boro fan
How could you fail to be moved listening to Ali's voice on the commentary
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