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Commentary
10¹The referee cautions HOBBS for dangerous play against DIANA.
11¹The 'keeper managed to block an amazing effort.
13¹ZAMORA booked.
15¹An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Reading 'keeper by FONT.
16¹GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with PIZARRO firing the ball into the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
19¹GOAL!! A great drive from ZACCARDO was pushed away by SHOVKOVSKYI only as far as AIMAR who lashed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (2-0 Middlesbrough)
20¹CROSSLEY yellow cards DOYLE for a high tackle.
23¹ROTHEN shot over.
26¹A delightful save prevented ROTHEN from scoring a good goal.
28¹ROTHEN's shot beat the Middlesbrough 'keeper but rebounded off the Middlesbrough woodwork.
33¹A poor challenge on ZACCARDO by BAUMANN results in a booking.
39¹BOUMA booked for a bad foul.
40¹SAVIOLA receives a yellow card for a bad foul on DIANA.
43¹GIMÉNEZ rushed an easy chance.
44¹GIMÉNEZ's shot was well held by the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
6²GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by the 'keeper, GOLBOURNE was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to WALTON to drill in. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
8²GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was skillfully thundered into the top corner by PIZARRO. (3-1 Middlesbrough)
10²BOUMA's shot was well saved by SHOVKOVSKYI.
18²A corner was collected by VLAAR who nodded an effort over.
19²BOUMA beat a number of Reading players and stroked a great chance over.
27²GIMÉNEZ made space on the left and knocked the ball to WALTON who clipped the ball wide.
44²GOAL!! A weak shot from ZAMORA seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (3-2 Middlesbrough)

 
Reading
 
League position: 11
Home league form: LLXX
Overall league form: OLLLLWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Oleksandr SHOVKOVSKYI5 16 Andreas ISAKSSON
Aimo DIANA6½27½Cristian ZACCARDO
Scott GOLBOURNE7 37 Wilfred BOUMA
Simon WALTON6½46½Michael CARRICK
(c)Frank BAUMANN7 56½Nicola LEGROTTAGLIE(c)
Ron VLAAR6 66½Jack HOBBS
Darren POTTER6½77 Héctor FONT
Jérôme ROTHEN7½87 Javier SAVIOLA
(p)Bobby ZAMORA7 97½Claudio PIZARRO(p)
(f)Kevin DOYLE5½107½Pablo AIMAR(f)
Christian GIMÉNEZ6½116½Rey VOLPATO
Manager
Andriy VORONIN  12  Steve FINNAN
Daniel ARANZUBÍA  13  Mickaël LANDREAU
Santiago SOLARI  14  Giuseppe FAVALLI
RICARDO Sérgio ROCHA  157½Jesper GRØNKJÆR
Yourkas SEITARIDIS  16  Francisco RUFETE
 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 13
Away league form: XLWX
Overall league form: LXWLLWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Reading 2 Middlesbrough 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 31,885, Stadium: Madejski, Referee: Phil Crossley 7½)

Walton 6², Zamora 44²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Pizarro 16¹, Aimar 19¹, Pizarro 8²
 CarrickóGrønkjær 23²
  
Zamora 13¹, Doyle 20¹, Baumann 33¹Hobbs 10¹, Bouma 39¹, Saviola 40¹
13
610
76
76
66
1312
43
46%54%
Man of the match: Jérôme Rothen