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CARLING CUP

Mowbray returns homewithamission to liftBoroback to top Uefa are turning to the courts over corruption claims

Tony Mowbray

Martinez has last wordas Wigan put an end toSwans big Carling dream

Tim Lewisat DW Stadium

WIGANATH

2BOSELLI 52WATSON 90 (pen)

SWANSEACITY

0Al Habsi, Stam, G Caldwell, Alcaraz,Figueroa, Moses, Watson, Thomas, Diame,Gomez (NZogbia 66), Boselli (Di Santo78).Substitutes not used: Kirkland, Caldwell,McArthur, De Ridder,Rodallega

Ma-kalambay, Taylor, Tate, Serran (Monk18), Rangel, Emnes, Agustien, Pratley,

Cotterill, Van Der Gun, Beattie (Dobbie 62)Substitutes not used: De Vries,

Dyer,Sinclair, Allen

Attendance:11,705Referee:Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

ROBERTO Mar-tinez showedthere is noroom for senti-ment in foot-ball, ending

Swansea Citys Carling Cup

dream as they were ready tomake history.

Brendan Rodgers was look-ing to guide Swansea into thequarter-finalsofthe LeagueCupfor the first time in the clubslong history, but, after threeexcellent performances in pre-

vious rounds, they were cutdown by their former boss Mar-tinez.

Once loved by the Swanseafaithful, the Spaniards suddendeparture 16 months ago stillfeltveryrawat theDWStadiumlast night, but it was Martinezwho walked away from the en-counter with a smile on hisface.

Swansea had more than heldtheir own against the PremierLeague side Martinez haddumped them for, dominatinglarge spells of the first half, buteventuallythe qualityofWigansmulti-million pound side shonethrough against their Champi-onship opponents.

Martinez admitted in thebuild-up he expected to be

jeered by some Swansea sup-porters still hurting about hisdeparture from the Liberty andas the game kicked off the ma-

jorityofthe 4,500travellingfanswere venting their anger at theSpaniard.

Theabusecontinuedformostof the first half, but the formerSwansea favourite seemed un-affected by the chants.

Martinez made five changesfrom the team which drew 1-1with Bolton Wanderers at theweekend, but it remained astrong Wigan side which in-cluded former Swansea loan

star Jordi Gomez in attack.Swanseas Championship

form had been hurt by the lossofkey playerslikeScottSinclairto injury after the Carling Cupthird-round tie with Peterbor-ough and, with that in mind,Brendan Rodgers made eightchanges from the side who beatLeicester City on Saturday.

Alan Tate, Angel Rangel andDarren Pratley were the onlythree to keep their places with

first starts of the season forKemy Agustien and Craig Beat-tie.

Ex-Celtic forward Beattie al-most gave the Swans a dreamopening on nine minutes, buthad his goal ruled out for off-side.

Beattie was furious with theofficial, but, without the benefitof a television replay, it lookedtoo close to call.

Wigans back four went miss-ingas Pratleyslida ballthroughto Cedric van der Gun, but theDutchmandidntlookconfidentto finish the move himself and

passed to Beattie.He put the ball in under pres-

surefromGaryCaldwellbut thelinesman said the ball from vander Gun had gone forward.

Both Rodgers and Martinezare building their reputations asmanagers who want open andexpansive football from their

players and it was making for afrantic opening half hour to thetie.

Pratley,linkedwith apossible

reunion with Martinez at Wiganinthe summer,burstclear on20minutes, but his driven crosswas cut out before it reachedBeattie.

Wigans Gomez, who scored15 goals in his last full season atthe Swans, wasted a couple offree-kicks in the first half andwas restricted to shooting fromlong range.

The home sides best chancecame on 30 minutes when BenWatson got free at the edge oftheSwanseasboxand playedinMauro Boselli, but the forwardwantedtoomuchtimeto gethis

shotawayandMakalambaywasable to clear with his leg.

Swansea were looking dan-gerous on the break, but werebeing allowed far too muchspace to work by the Wiganback four.

Pratley and Agustien com-bined well after an interceptionby Angel Rangel, but MaynorFigueroa crowed the midfielderout and the chance was gone.

Rodgers had lost Albert Ser-

ran to injury in the first half andwas then dealt another blowwhenAgustienwasforcedoffatthe break, with Andrea Orlandicoming on in his place.

Agustien had been giving theSwans plenty of bite in themiddle and with him off the

pitch it only took Wigan sevenminutes to take advantage ofthe change.

Paraguay international Ant-olinAlcarazplayedtheballfrom

the back and it ran through toWigans record 6.5m signingMauro Boselli, who calmlyrounded Makalambay before

producing a smart side-foot fin-ish.

It was the Argentineans firstgoalinEnglishfootballsincehismove from Estudiantes in Juneand he should have doubled histally fir the home side fiveminutes later.

Goalkeeper Makalamaby got

nowhere near a Ben Watsoncorner from the right, but thestriker could only head overwith the goal gaping.

Wigan were at last starting tomove the ball about like aPremier League side andSwansea were under sustained

pressure for the first time in thegame.

First Figueroa stung the fin-gers of Makalambay from 30

yards when the ball dropped to

him from a free-kick thenBoselli had the Swans stopperscrambling, trying his luck from40 yards.

With nothing to lose Swanseawere pushing on for an equal-iser, but it left them lookingslightlyexposedat thebackandif Victor Moses had been moreaccuratewithhispassto Bosellion 73 minutes they could havesealed the game with time tospare.

When they evthe second it cafinal seconds of

Substitute Chhit Swansea onwhen he enterebox he was broustray leg from R

Ben Watson take the resultidrilled it low inleft-hand cornercompound Swan

ONY MOWBRAY has set hisights on steering boyhood club

Middlesbrough back into thearclays Premier League after

being unveiled as their newmanager.

Mowbray, who was born innearby Saltburn and captained

oro during a successful0-year spell between 1981 and991, s ucceeds Gordo ntrachan after he resigned from

his post at the Riverside lastMonday.

Strachan quit with the club20th in the npower Champi-onship their lowest league

position for 20 years whilesuccessive 1-0 defeats at Not-tingham Forest and Norwichhave since seen them slip tothird from bottom.

Their disappointing start tothe campaign comes after lasts eas on s u nimp ress ive11th-placedfinishonthebackoftheir relegation from the topflight in 2008-09.

Mowbray, the former Celtic,West Brom and Hibernian man-ager, has now been chargedwith the task of turning hishometown club around in thesame way he did during hisinspirational playing days at

Ayresome Park.He guided Boro from liquid-

ation to successive promotionsfrom the old Division Three tothe top tier in English football,making 424 appearances beforebeing sold to Celtic for 1m.

Mowbray who will be as-sisted by Mark Venus, also hisright-handmanduringhis spellsat Easter Road, The Hawthornsand Celtic Park told SkySportsNews:SinceI wassixorseven I have been a Middles-brough fan and I used to comeand stand on the terraces withmydadso whentheopportunityarose and a few things gotironed out it didnt take me amoments thought.

This is a club I have been

passionate about all my life andI now have an opportunity tomanage them and try to steerthembacktowhereweallwantto be.

Everybody involved in theclub wants to go back to thePremier League, everyonewants to manage in the PremierLeague and play in the PremierLeague, supporters want towatch their team play againstsome of the best players in theworld.

UEFAhaveannouncedtheywillinitiate legal proceedingsagainst the former CyprusFootball Federation officialwho has claimed to haveevid en ce o f corrup tionsurroundingtheappointmentofPoland and Ukraine as Euro2012 hosts.

Spyros Marangos, who leftthe CFA in 2007, made the al-legations in German newspaperSuddeutsche Zeitung.

Uefa said the claims were

unsubstantiated and demandedMarangos provide evidence tosupport his allegations.

According to Uefa, Marangosis yet to provide them withthose details and has refused toattend a meeting arranged fortoday.

As a result the governingbodyyesterdayreleaseda state-ment stating they will pursuelegal action to protect the in-tegrity of European football.

The statement read: Follow-

ing the release of the statementyesterday requesting informa-tiontosupporttheallegationsofcorruption regarding the attri-bution of the Uefa Euro 2012 toPoland and Ukraine in 2007,Uefa is disappointed to noticethat, and in spite of requests, ithas until today still not receivedany tangible element to supportthe allegations.

Mr Spyros Marangos, re-sponsible for these allegations,has refused to meet an official

delegation of Uefa tomorrow,comprising an independent dis-ciplinary inspector.

Uefa reiterates that in theinterest of protecting the in-tegrity of European football it isready and willing to open arelevant disciplinary investiga-tion,onthebasisof anyelementofproofthatwouldjustifydoingso, but not on the basis ofrumoursor allegationsthatmayalso be defamatory.

The statement added: Uefa

thereforehas noto open legaagainstMrMaraonly way in w

public any Marangos may this alleged case

The allegationclaims to rock ing the Sunday Ttwo Fifa execumembers who have asked for mfor World Cup v

Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers greets Wigans former SwanRoberto Martinez ahead of last nights tie

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