Middlesbrough captain Gareth Southgate hailed the performance of his team-mates after producing the “best night in the club’s history” to reach the UEFA Cup quarter-finals.
Boro were beaten 2-1 in the Olympic Stadium in Rome but Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s first-half header proved the difference as Boro progressed on away goals, having won 1-0 at home in the first leg.
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