Southampton and Middlesbrough don ready for di second leg of di Championship play-off semi-final, and e be like say di Spygate matter don add more fire to di match. Di first leg for Riverside end 0-0, but di real drama na di allegation say Southampton spy on Boro training before dat game.
Di English Football League don charge Southampton with spying on Middlesbrough. Dem say one Southampton performance analyst na im dem catch recording Boro training and taking pictures of tactics on Thursday before di first leg. Saints no don deny di matter, but dem don ask for more time to do internal review before dem respond.
Boro boss Kim Hellberg no mince words. ‘You no do dat,’ e tell BBC Radio Tees. ‘E no be only us; I tink every team for Championship suppose dey angry. E just wrong.’ But Southampton boss Tonda Eckert no too talk about di matter. ‘Di club don make statement and dat all we go say,’ e tell BBC Radio Solent.
Di atmosphere for St Mary's don hot sotey fans launch bottles and drinks at Boro team bus. Southampton fans dey chant ‘we’ll spy when we want’ as dem dey support dia team. Di match don sell out completely.
Middlesbrough captain Dael Fry still get confidence. ‘I proud of di lads,’ e tell BBC Radio Tees. ‘I tink we fantastic. Our away form dis season don really good. I fully confident we go go dia and get result.’ Boro don lose only one of dia last 10 away matches.
Southampton dey come into di match wit good form. Dem no lose for 20 Championship games and dem even knock out Arsenal from FA Cup. But Boro no easy customer—dem don score six goals across dia last three away games. Both teams finish regular season on 80 points, and di two sides draw 1-1 earlier for St Mary’s.
Di match go decide who go Wembley for di play-off final on 23 May. Di winner go face either Hull City or another team for di final under di arch.
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