Kim Hellberg said the ‘Spygate’ saga that overshadowed his Middlesbrough side’s Championship play-off semi-final defeat to Southampton was “disgraceful” and “breaks my heart”.It is alleged a member of Southampton staff was caught trying to observe a Middlesbrough training session last Thursday.
After a goalless draw in the first leg on Saturday, Shea Charles’ 116th-minute winner earned Saints a 2-1 aggregate win and a place in the play-off final at Wembley on Saturday May 23.
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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final second leg match between Southampton and Middlesbrough
“I worked 15 years as a coach, trying to get to the Premier League. That’s my dream for 15 years,” he said in his post-match press conference.”I know there are clubs with bigger resources or parachute payments that can spend more money. There are teams that have bigger squads than us, teams that have more money to spend.
“What you have as a coach and a group is the tactical element of the game where we can beat the opponent and I think that’s what everyone loves about the game. That’s why I look at England and think it’s the home of football, where I want to be, what I’m dreaming about. You’re so proud of your football and I think that’s absolutely amazing, that’s why I wanted to be here.
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Sky Sports News reporter Keith Downie revealed Middlesbrough staff members studied CCTV footage on Friday after a Southampton staff member was allegedly spying on their training
“When you have more money and all those things, you try to find a way to get an advantage, that’s the way I try to go with my team. That’s what you always try to do, because we can be better in that element.
“Alex Neil said a very good thing after the (Millwall) game. He said ‘I think I let people down as we haven’t won’. In that way, he said he had let people down. That’s often the feeling a coach goes home with because you think, what I could control was the tactical aspect of the game or helping my…
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