Mikel Captains Middlesbrough
Chelsea hero John Obi Mikel captained
Middlesbrough for the first time as they registered a 2-0 win against Bolton
Wanderers in a Championship clash at Macron Stadium (Bolton) on Tuesday
evening.
Tony Pulis's side had lost their last six
games in the division prior to their trip to Greater Manchester and Mikel being
handed the armband helped the team return to winning ways.
With George Friend missing out through
injury, Pulis opted to name Mikel as stand-in captain for the game week 41
clash.
It was obvious that the Champions League and
Europa League winner was in contention to be named captain because of his
experience and he's treated with respect by his teammates.
Apart from captaining the Super Eagles and
the 2016 Olympic Team in Brazil, the Lyn Oslo product wore the armband in few
games while at Chelsea and skippered Tianjin Teda in his first season in China.
Mikel has started the last 13 games played by
Middlesbrough, who are two points out of the playoff positions with five games
to go in the Championship.
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