Middllesbrough team news for tonight

27 april 2006, 16:06

Koen Freriks

Middllesbrough manager Steve McClaren will hand Brad Jones the task of deputising for goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, who fractured his cheekbone on Sunday, for tonight's UEFA Cup semi-final against Steaua Bucharest.

Mark Viduka, who has missed the last two games with a thigh problem, is back in training.

And although McClaren hinted publicly that Viduka may not start, he is privately confident that the Australian will be able to play some role in a tie which represents the culmination of the manager's five-year blueprint