Basle brush off battling Boro

Basle 2 Middlesbrough 0

Steve McClaren's side were a match for their hosts - who boast a Champions League victory over Celtic and draws against both Manchester United and Liverpool in the recent past - for much of the game.

However, they were undone inside three devastating minutes at the end of the first half as Argentinian midfielder Matias Delgado claimed his seventh goal in the competition and then David Degan added a second on the stroke of half-time.