{"id":258793,"date":"2016-10-16T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=258793"},"modified":"2016-10-16T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:03:40","slug":"jose-holebas-wondergoal-wins-hornets-three-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=258793","title":{"rendered":"Jose Holebas’ wondergoal wins Hornets three points"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wonderful Jose Holebas goal was enough for Watford to beat Middlesbrough<\/a> and move into the top half of the Premier League<\/a> table.<\/p>\n

The Greek wing-back struck a superb second-half\u00a0strike from just outside the area which secured the Hornets all three points in a match lacking in any other moments of quality.<\/p>\n

It was an intense start to the game, Deeney failing to get a shot off after fighting through the Boro defence, and Downing firing over for the hosts.<\/p>\n

Gaston Ramirez<\/a> also flashed a strike wide, as Boro started to show their dominance \u2013 a Behrami header was a rare chance for the Hornets.<\/p>\n

The match died down heading to the 20 minute mark, with a lack of quality at either end of the pitch preventing any real chances; a dismissed Negredo penalty shout the only action of note.<\/p>\n

Downing and Gibson struck strikes wide, before Barragan \u2013 already booked for a foul on Success \u2013 was lucky to avoid a red card after scything down the Nigerian attacker a second time.<\/p>\n

It was a clear yellow card, but the referee decided against sending off the Spanish defender just half an hour in.<\/p>\n

Negredo \u2013 a constant menace to the Watford<\/a> defence \u2013 recorded the first shot on target four minutes before the break, but his weak strike on the turn was right at Gomes in goal.<\/p>\n

The half ended with that as the only test either goalkeeper had to face, but both teams had a right to feel aggrieved at the standard of the refereeing.<\/p>\n

The second period started in the manner the first ended; both teams were breaking well, but a lack of quality in the final third was seriously bringing down the game.<\/p>\n

Forshaw managed a long-range attempt easily saved, Stuani flashed wide from just outside the area, and Success went down in the area – with nothing given.<\/p>\n

But in the same move in which the winger went down, the Hornets finally took the lead \u2013 with their first shot on target.<\/p>\n

The ball was cleared after Success went down, finding its way to Holebas on the left just outside the area.<\/p>\n

The Greek wing-back charged forward, before firing off a shot which curled away from Valdes into the top left-hand corner of the net.<\/p>\n

It was 1-0 to the visitors, and the goal appeared to calm Mazzarri\u2019s men, who started passing the ball round in a much more composed manner than seen earlier in the game.<\/p>\n

Boro were still only recording half-chances, with Gomes never properly tested, and Watford managed the next clear chance, with Success firing a powerful strike held well by Valdes.<\/p>\n

A number of hopeful crosses were sent into the Hornets’ penalty area, but Gomes did more than enough to deal with everything he faced, securing a hard-fought win for the Hertfordshire side.<\/p>\n

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Source: TalkSport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A wonderful Jose Holebas goal was enough for Watford to beat Middlesbrough and move into the top half of the Premier League table. The Greek wing-back struck a superb second-half\u00a0strike from just outside the area which secured the Hornets all three points in a match lacking in any other moments of quality. It was an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":258795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[1753,12724,12725,12726],"class_list":["post-258793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-epl","tag-jose-holebas","tag-premier-league-games","tag-talk-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/258795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}