Onel Hernández sinks Boro to put promised land in Norwich sights

An evening billed as a celebration of Middlesbrough’s once powerful international influence was hijacked by a Cuban winger and a Finnish forward who have made Norwich their home.

Reminders of Teesside’s history as a breeding ground of globetrotting explorers and industrialists were everywhere but, with the stuttering home side failing to rise to the challenge, two visiting imports assumed centre stage.

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