{"id":16799,"date":"2009-10-20T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=16799"},"modified":"2020-10-20T07:29:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T06:29:33","slug":"di-matteo-it-should-be-a-good-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2009\/10\/20\/di-matteo-it-should-be-a-good-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Di Matteo – It Should Be A Good Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Di Matteo will pit his side – who head the Championship scoring charts against one of the meanest defences at the Hawthorns on Tuesday night as Swansea City roll into town.<\/span><\/p>\n

And he is anticipating a good battle against a side that he acknowledges is a good footballing team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to the Albion official site, Di Matteo said “They are a very good football<\/span> team<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“They are similar to Reading but with more quality, they’ve hit good form lately. <\/span><\/p>\n

“There’s a few of their players I quite like so it should be a good game.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The game represents a return to the Hawthorns for Craig Beattie who grabbed his first Swansea goal on the weekend and Di Matteo added “He’s a great lad, a great guy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“He was a good player at training because he gave 100 per cent but he was down the pecking order here and wanted regular football. <\/span><\/p>\n

“He will be trying to prove a point.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We feel every team will want to beat us, not just us, but also Newcastle and Middlesbrough because we are the three teams that came down from the Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Teams will always raise their game against us and we’ve had to deal with that from day one.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m quite happy to lead from the front.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’d rather be there than chasing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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