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Saturday August 11, 2007 Finished Riverside Stadium

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Middlesbrough

  • Downing 30’

Blackburn Rovers

  • Santa Cruz 63’
  • Derbyshire 78’
  1. Blackburn subs sting Boro

    Blackburn subs sting Boro

    Substitute strikers Roque Santa Cruz and Matt Derbyshire sparked a dramatic turnaround as Blackburn came from a goal down to beat Middlesbrough 2-1, with each player scoring within minutes of coming off the bench. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • 90+3' It's all over! Some fisticuffs on the final whistle, but the important statistic is an opening-day victory for Blackburn Rovers!
    • 90+1' GREAT SAVE FRIEDEL!! The Blackburn keeper denies Johnson, who heads goalwards from six yards but sees the American deflect it clear with instinctive brilliance!
    • 90' Desperate stuff from Middlesbrough, but Blackburn are defending well. Yakubu attempts to head goalwards but seees his effort deflected for a corner.
    • 84' Lee Dong-Gook comes on for Aliadiere as Gareth Southgate takes his final roll of the dice.
    • 83' Is there anything left in the tank for Middlesbrough? They look shell-shocked after seeing the lead slip away, and a half-empty stadium isn't helping.
    • 78' Matt Derbyshire! Within a minute of coming on, the England under-21 man gives Blackburn the lead with a brilliant, curling effort from the edge of the box. What a great strike! The substitutes have turned this game on its heads!
    • 71' Robbie Savage clatters into Downing, and it's yet another yellow card from referee Marriner.
    • 70' More class from Santa Cruz, who shows great vision to square for David Bentley, who is unable to fire off a clean shot.
    • 67' Blackburn are very much in the ascendancy, with Santa Cruz making an instant impact. They play the ball across the Boro area but cannot get a shot away.
    • 63' SANTA CRUZ! A debut goal for the Paraguayan! Bentley crosses from the left and Santa Cruz rises high to head past Schwarzer and level for Blackburn!
    • 59' Roque Santa Cruz makes his Premiership debut but it is overshadowed by the injury to McCarthy. He walked off after that clash of heads before going to the ground again. Not a pleasant scene, let's wish him all the best.
    • 53' A worrying moment for the Blackburn faithful, as Benni McCarthy goes down after a clash of heads. He will be stretchered off and replaced by Roque Santa. McCarthy is being given oxygen and does not look well at all.
    • 52' Yellow card Stewart Downing. The England winger doesn't like it. Referee Andre marriner getting slightly card-happy having already booked Morten Gamst Pedersen.
    • 46' Back under way here at the Riverside, and already the lively Tuncay is involved, winning a free-kick on the Boro right. It comes to nothing, but Gareth Southgate will be pleased with his Turkish signing's contribution so far.
    • 45' Half-time at the Riverside, with Middlesbrough looking comfortable. Mark Hughes is unhappy about something, chirping away at the fourth official. He's probably more annoyed about his side's insipid display than anything.
    • 39' Yellow card George Boateng for a foul on Robbie Savage. That's a fairly tasty midfield duel there...
    • 38' Pedersen flights a dangerous free-kick into the box and Roberts meets it with a header, but it is a weak one and easy for Schwarzer to deal with.
    • 35' Jason Roberts gets beyond the last line of defence, but not without going several yards offside. Blackburn have offered very little going forward so far.
    • 30' GOAL! Stewart Downing puts Middlesbrough into a deserved lead with a 22-yard free-kick! He strikes it low and it finds its way through a pathetic Blackburn wall to beat Friedel and find the bottom-left corner. Mark Hughes will be furious with his side's defending there.
    • 24' Wheater so close again for Boro! The young defender heads just wide from a flicked-on corner, but it appears to take him by surprise and he cannot aim his effort goalwards!
    • 17' Robbie Savage marauds forward for the visitors, who are starting to come into the game more. They have weathered the initial storm and are settling nicely.
    • 13' A bright start from the home side, with Wheater going close after meeting a Yakubu cross. It is held by Friedel.
    • 8' Real chance for Aliadiere! Tuncay squares it for him from the right but the former Arsenal man passes up a gilt-edged opportunity from six yards. Bad miss, although there was a hint of offside about it.
    • 1' And we're under way! The Premiership season begins at a less-than-full Riverside!
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  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Blackburn Rovers
    57% Possession 42%
    13 Shots 12
    4 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 0
    13 Corners 3
    17 Fouls 18
    3 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 18
    257 Accurate passes 179
    58 Bad passes 44

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 1 0
      5 Chris Riggott 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 1 2
      33 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 14 1
      24 Andrew Davies 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 0 1
      31 David Wheater 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 18 1 0
      7 George Boateng 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 36 4 4
      3 Julio Arca 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 40 6 3
      19 Stewart Downing 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 25 17 1
      11 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 19 6 0
      20 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 9 2 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 22 3 1
      27 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Dong Gook Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      38 Sebastian Hines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 0
      4 Christopher Samba 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 13 0 3
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 8 1
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 0 5
      6 Ryan Nelsen 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 18 4 2
      19 David Dunn 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 17 2 1
      8 Robbie Savage 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 20 4 1
      11 David Bentley 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 2 0
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 19 9 2
      30 Jason Roberts 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 10 5 1
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 3 1
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      9 Roque Santa Cruz 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 2 0
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Jason Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Matt Derbyshire 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1

  • Summary

    • 90+1' GREAT SAVE FRIEDEL!! The Blackburn keeper denies Johnson, who heads goalwards from six yards but sees the American deflect it clear with instinctive brilliance!
    • 78' Matt Derbyshire! Within a minute of coming on, the England under-21 man gives Blackburn the lead with a brilliant, curling effort from the edge of the box. What a great strike! The substitutes have turned this game on its heads!
    • 63' SANTA CRUZ! A debut goal for the Paraguayan! Bentley crosses from the left and Santa Cruz rises high to head past Schwarzer and level for Blackburn!
    • 30' GOAL! Stewart Downing puts Middlesbrough into a deserved lead with a 22-yard free-kick! He strikes it low and it finds its way through a pathetic Blackburn wall to beat Friedel and find the bottom-left corner. Mark Hughes will be furious with his side's defending there.
    • 24' Wheater so close again for Boro! The young defender heads just wide from a flicked-on corner, but it appears to take him by surprise and he cannot aim his effort goalwards!
    • 8' Real chance for Aliadiere! Tuncay squares it for him from the right but the former Arsenal man passes up a gilt-edged opportunity from six yards. Bad miss, although there was a hint of offside about it.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Andre Marriner

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: 7. George Boateng

    On the Field

    • Schwarzer
    • Riggott
    • Wheater
    • Taylor
    • Tuncay
    • Boateng
    • Arca
    • Downing
    • Yakubu
    • Aliadière

    Subs

    • Dong Gook
    • 22. Jones
    • Johnson
    • 27. Cattermole
    • Hines

    Injured

    • Woodgate
    • Pogatetz
    • Huth
    • Bates

    Suspended

    • Rochemback

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: 6. Ryan Nelsen

    On the Field

    • Friedel
    • Warnock
    • Nelsen
    • Samba
    • Ooijer
    • Pedersen
    • Dunn
    • Savage
    • Bentley
    • Roberts
    • McCarthy

    Subs

    • Tugay
    • 9. Santa Cruz
    • Mokoena
    • Derbyshire
    • Brown

    Injured

    • Reid
    • Berner

    Suspended

    None