Source: Northern_Echo
Boro firm up Slovenia trip
MIDDLESBROUGH have confirmed their opponents for their upcoming tour of Slovenia.[LNB] Tony Mowbray takes his squad next week for a fitness camp in the north-east of the country, which will be supplemented by games against two top flight Turkish sides and one from Croatia.[LNB] The first game is on Thursday July 14, when Boro take on Istanbul BB FC in the Stojnci Stadium, Markovci, to the south-east of Maribor.[LNB] They follow that with a trip to northern Croatia to take on Varteks Varazdin in Varazdin on July 17.[LNB] The final game is on July 19 against Turkish outfit Antalyaspor in Dravograd, which is to the north-east of the capital, Ljubljana. All games kick-off at 6pm.[LNB] Boro fly out on July 13 and return July 21, two days before the first of three friendly games in this country, at Darlington on Saturday, July 23, kick-off 3pm.[LNB] Their next game is away to Carlisle on Tuesday, July 26, with a 7.45pm kick-off, before they conclude their warm-up programme against Dutch side PSV Eindhoven at the Riverside Stadium on Friday July 29, also at 7.45pm.[LNB]
