Shawky's Boro lost again. This time to
Sunderland by three goals to two. The winning goal for
Sunderland came in stoppage time to complicate Boro;'s
situation even further. Shawky started and remained
as unused substitute throughout the game.
Relegation danger came back to threaten
Mido and Shawky's side after their 3-2 away defeat against
Sunderland. Boro almost ended the game in a 2-2 draw
but a stoppage time goal meant their defeat and sent
them down to th 15th spot in the table.
Boro still have two matches to play in
the Premiership and they need to to win a match at least
or draw in both matches in order to secure a spot in
Premiership next season. Otherwise they will be relegated.
Shawky was once again a substitute. The
Egyptian really could make a difference in these matches
but Southgate still prefers to play Arca who is very
poor defensively. The Egyptian midfielder was praised
by all Boro fans who wanted to see him more on th field
and not on the bench. However, Southgate preferred to
keep Julio Arca happy at the expense of the Egyptian.
While the game ended in a defeat for Boro,
they were the first to score as the Turkish international
Tuncay scored from a one on one situation with the keeper.
Tuncay controlled the ball well with a good first touch
and smashed it low into the far corner with his left
to give Boro the lead.
Immediately after the goal, Sunderland
got a great chance to level the score but it came to
nothing. A minute later, Higginbotham equalized and
Boro got back to square one.
Things got even harder for Boro as they
conceded the 2nd goal just before half time and the
goalscorer this time was th striker Michael Chopra.
In the 2nd half, particularly in the 73rd minute, Afonso
Alvez gave Boro a glimmer of hope as he controlled the
ball inside the box and hit it low to strike the body
of the goal keeper and go in to make the score 2-2.
In the stoppage time, Sunderland won a
corner kick and the ball was swung into the box to find
Murphy who headed the ball at goal, the ball came off
the underside of the bar to hit Pogatetz and pass the
line to give Sunderland a precious win.
Hopefully, Shawky will be given more play
time in the remaining two matches which will decide
if Boro will remain as a Premiership team or get relegated
to Championship.
