Middlesbrough has risen to the fifth place in the English championship with a 2-0 victory over Blackburn besieged that accumulated pressure on Valerien Ismael and the club’s hierarchy in a feverish park in Ewood.
In a context of Fan Angry protests against the Venky group that has owned Rovers since 2010, Boro hit twice in the first eight minutes to take control.
Tommy Conway needed less than 90 seconds to overcome Aynsley Pears with a good starter before a deviated attack by Samuel Iling-Junior, followed quickly.
A fifth victory in seven Raised Middlesbrough over West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City and in the play-off places before the rest of the weekend games, but Blackburn suffered a fifth consecutive defeat in the League for the first time since February 2021, with Ismael still to win in six since he replaced John Eustace on February 25.
The midfielder who attacked Socceroos Riley McGree and former Central Coast and Melbourne City Tom Glover goalkeeper were not used on Friday night.
The first game at Blackburn’s house since a group of followers asked the executive director of Rovers, the head of football operations and the director of operations to stay away from Ewood Park, a rejected request, was played in the midst of sustained songs against the property of the club.
The mood only darkened when Boro took the lead before Blackburn had barely recorded a touch.
Conway took his 12th goal of the season magnificently, receiving the pass from Kelechi Iheanacho with his back to the goal outside the area and moving it skillfully by Joe Rankin-Costello before firing beyond the helpless pears.
Six minutes later, it was 2-0. Iheanacho again received assistance, leaving the ball to irradiate at the edge of the box. Danny Batth tried to direct him to a safe place, but instead only diverted him beyond the pears in front of the fans of more vocal rovers.
Blackburn began the second half intensely, with Todd Cantwell losing the goal in the 54th minute.
They were certainly better, but the possibilities continued to reach the way of boron. Iheanacho cut a poor pass from the pears before the powerful shot of Aidan Morris was blocked, and only a poor cross of Delano Burgzorg denied Conway a tap after they broke in number.
Yuki Ohashi had late opportunities for the hosts, testing through his near post with a powerful shot before bringing another salvation from the Keeper boron with a powerful blow in the dying minutes, but ended up in a defeat that left even more questions inside and outside the field for people in charge of Ewood Park.
With AAP.
