Harambee Stars prospect George Gitau was a second half substitute as his Middlesbrough Under 21 side thumped Nottingham Forest Under 21 4-1 in the English Premier League 2.Premier League 2 is a competition that replaced the Under-21 Premier League from 2016/17, with a greater focus on technicality, physicality and intensity to bring players as close as possible to first-team experience.Tusker’s Apollo Otieno eyes a move abroadThe league aims to best prepare players to make the transition to senior football where the age group for players from the 2022/23 season is Under-21, changing from Under-23 as a reflection of the reality of the age of players in the competition, where the current average is 19.Middlesbrough had a perfect start to the game as they only needed four minutes to put themselves in front through Sonny Finch with Matthew Hoppe supplying the assist.##NAJAVA_MECA_6579258##The torrid start to the game for Forest exacerbated as Pharrell Willis doubled Middlesbrough’s lead in the 12th minute as they went into the break with the 2-0 advantage.Middlesbrough picked up from where they left from in the second half as they put the game beyond Forrest, two minutes after the hour mark when Sonny Finch grabbed his brace.Gitau was given the nod a minute later as he came on for Bryant Akono Bilongo as Calum Kavanagh scored the fourth for Middlesbrough in the 67th minute.Joash Onyango’s Simba invited for Champions League preparations in SudanForest got their consolation goal in the 75th minute with Lewis Salmon registering his name on the scoresheet as Middlesbrough took their foot off the pedal in the final 15 minutes to claim the win.Middlesbrough remain unbeaten after three games and currently sit second on the log while Nottingham have now suffered back to back losses.
