Division Two League Match, Aberdeen vs. Sao Paulo FC (Sun Aug 31)


                             Aberdeen  |  Sao Paulo FC
                              4-4-2 A  |  5-3-2 P
                          Dan Haldane  |  Daniel Perry
                                       |
                         T_Flowers GK  |  GK R_Ceni
                          W_A_Glen DF  |  DF Y_Kaboul
                     C_Azpilicueta DF  |  DF Henrique
                            N_Wade DF  |  DF P_Swanson
                         A_Pereira DF  |  DF Douglas
                      M_Le_Tissier MF  |  DF P_Miranda
                           S_Brown MF  |  MF Denilson
                          J_Tessem MF  |  MF A_Johnson
                         H_Rutland MF  |  MF Adnan_Januzaj
                          S_Lovell FW  |  FW H_Kane
                          D_Murphy FW  |  FW L_Fabiano
                                       |
                       F_Eggington SUB |  SUB Porcaria
                           I_Golac SUB |  SUB Ciaran_Clark
                          A_Alrawi SUB |  SUB Reinaldo
                              Kaka SUB |  SUB Song_Billong
                        J_Valdivia SUB |  SUB Jese

Referee: B_Kupu (Australia)


Min. 6  :(sao) A_Johnson hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  H_Kane latches onto it!
          ...  H_Kane tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 9  :(abn) D_Murphy runs at P_Miranda
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  D_Murphy with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  R_Ceni tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by J_Tessem
          ...  Henrique reads it well and clears the danger
Min. 11 :(abn) S_Brown bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to M_Le_Tissier
          ...  P_Miranda gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 12 :(abn) H_Rutland holds up the ball
          ...  He plays the ball to C_Azpilicueta
          ...  Y_Kaboul with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 13 :(sao) Adnan_Januzaj finds L_Fabiano with a ball over the defence
          ...  But N_Wade wins the tackle
Min. 14 :(abn) S_Lovell is unmarked!
          ...  H_Kane with a nasty foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  This is a good chance!
          ...  M_Le_Tissier swings it in
          ...  D_Murphy takes control of it!
          ...  D_Murphy tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled into the top corner!
          ...  He runs off to the Aberdeen fans to celebrate!
          ...  That's given Aberdeen the lead!
          ...  Aberdeen 1-0 Sao Paulo FC ...
Min. 15 :(abn) N_Wade takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to D_Murphy
          ...  L_Fabiano takes the player down!!
          ...  PENALTY!!
          ...  No! The ref has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  Unbelievable!
Min. 15 :(sao) P_Swanson beats A_Pereira
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  A_Pereira reacts to stop the move going any further
Min. 16 :(sao) Denilson with an incisive pass to P_Swanson
          ...  P_Swanson sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But T_Flowers palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 18 :(sao) P_Swanson has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  H_Kane gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  H_Kane goes for goal !
          ...  T_Flowers narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 20 :(abn) H_Rutland is rolling on the ground!
          ...  He isn't going to continue!
Min. 20 :(abn) Kaka is being brought on
          ...  H_Rutland is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 24 :(abn) M_Le_Tissier knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  M_Le_Tissier attempts the shot!
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 25 :(abn) W_A_Glen looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to N_Wade
          ...  N_Wade chases it through, he must score !
          ...  But R_Ceni with the difficult save
Min. 25 :(abn) W_A_Glen slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  Henrique rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 27 :(sao) H_Kane steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  H_Kane with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  It hits the bar and goes over
          ...  Well, sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't
Min. 29 :(abn) Kaka hits in a wicked shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  J_Tessem latches onto it!
          ...  Y_Kaboul makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Le_Tissier crosses it in!
          ...  C_Azpilicueta gets on the end of it
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Kaka hits it towards the far post!
          ...  S_Lovell with the header
          ...  R_Ceni blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 38 :(abn) Kaka chips the ball over the defence and finds S_Lovell
          ...  S_Lovell with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  R_Ceni is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Superb finish!
          ...  Aberdeen 2-0 Sao Paulo FC ...
Min. 39 :(abn) Aberdeen changed their strategy to play D
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(abn) W_A_Glen with a probing through ball D_Murphy
          ...  Douglas slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 45 :(sao) Y_Kaboul looks around for some movement
          ...  He knocks the ball across to Douglas
          ...  Douglas with a thundering drive!
          ...  T_Flowers gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 46 :(abn) S_Lovell with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows Y_Kaboul a clean set of heals
          ...  S_Lovell sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  R_Ceni never had a chance!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Aberdeen 2-0 Sao Paulo FC

Min. 46 :(sao) Denilson controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs W_A_Glen
          ...  He puts in L_Fabiano!
          ...  L_Fabiano curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 49 :(abn) J_Tessem bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to D_Murphy
          ...  P_Miranda takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 50 :(sao) It looks as though Sao Paulo FC is now playing C
Min. 60 :(abn) I_Golac takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace A_Pereira as DF
Min. 60 :(abn) J_Valdivia will replace the useless S_Lovell and will play FW
Min. 61 :(sao) Reinaldo replaces P_Swanson to play as a DF
Min. 62 :(sao) Ciaran_Clark is coming on for Y_Kaboul and will play DF
Min. 62 :(sao) L_Fabiano beats W_A_Glen
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  L_Fabiano tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  T_Flowers with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 68 :(abn) N_Wade looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Valdivia
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  Ciaran_Clark takes possession
Min. 72 :(sao) Jese will replace L_Fabiano and play MF
Min. 74 :(abn) C_Azpilicueta sidesteps Henrique
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Jese with an ugly foul
          ...  B_Kupu will want to speak to him
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  Dan Haldane looks annoyed that there was no card there
Min. 75 :(abn) J_Tessem is too quick for the defence
          ...  Ciaran_Clark goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 75 :(abn) M_Le_Tissier flicks the ball through
          ...  J_Tessem runs onto it!
          ...  Ciaran_Clark with a nasty foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  B_Kupu calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  Daniel Perry looks relieved
Min. 77 :(sao) A_Johnson takes on the defender
          ...  He runs past the defender
          ...  N_Wade knocks the ball back to T_Flowers
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past T_Flowers!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Denilson lofts the ball in!
          ...  T_Flowers fists it away!
Min. 79 :(abn) D_Murphy lobs it over Ciaran_Clark
          ...  Adnan_Januzaj slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 80 :(abn) D_Murphy runs with pace at the defence
          ...  D_Murphy swings in the shot!
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 81 :(sao) A_Johnson beats N_Wade
          ...  A_Johnson drives it towards goal !
          ...  T_Flowers with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 82 :(abn) Kaka sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to C_Azpilicueta
          ...  Denilson with the tackle
Min. 82 :(sao) H_Kane takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  H_Kane goes for goal !
          ...  T_Flowers just watches it fly safely wide!
Min. 84 :(abn) N_Wade runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to M_Le_Tissier
          ...  P_Miranda wins control of the ball with his hand!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 87 :(abn) N_Wade is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to J_Valdivia
          ...  What a shot from J_Valdivia !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  But R_Ceni dives to his left
          ...  I think R_Ceni just got a hand on that one
          ...  B_Kupu has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 87 :(sao) A_Johnson jumps over M_Le_Tissier's challenge
          ...  But C_Azpilicueta wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance           : 79,050
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Aberdeen Match Info
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Best player          : N_Wade (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : D_Murphy (14), S_Lovell (38)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : H_Rutland (20)
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Sao Paulo FC Match Info
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Best player          : Denilson
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Henrique (25)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Aberdeen    |    Sao Paulo FC
Attempts on Goal     :          10        |       9
Off target           :           4        |       4
On target            :           6        |       5
Possession           :          56        |       44
Corners              :           3        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           8        |       9
Key Tackles          :           4        |       10
Key Passes           :          13        |       6
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Final Score          : Aberdeen 2 - 0 Sao Paulo FC
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Player Statistics - Aberdeen
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_Flowers      GK  34   2   2   1  27 |  93   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
W_A_Glen       DF   2  26  10   9  27 |  93   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  40  20
C_Azpilicueta  DF   2  26   9   9  13 |  93   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  60   0   1
N_Wade         DF   2  25   8   5  25 |  93   0   2   4   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  40   5
A_Pereira      DF   2  23  11   7  14 |  62   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
M_Le_Tissier   MF   2   9  27   8  22 |  93   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  25   1
S_Brown        MF   2   7  26  11  24 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
J_Tessem       MF   1   7  25  16  27 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
H_Rutland      MF   1   7  24  11  14 |  20   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
S_Lovell       FW   1   4   5  26  32 |  62   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  26
D_Murphy       FW   2  10   7  24  37 |  93   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  26
F_Eggington    GK  27   3   2   2  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
I_Golac        DF   1  23   7   3  36 |  31   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Alrawi       DF   1  23   3   3  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Kaka           MF   2   6  24  16  32 |  73   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0
J_Valdivia     FW   2   5  10  24  31 |  31   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

Player Statistics - Sao Paulo FC
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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R_Ceni         GK  28   2   2   7  30 |  93   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Y_Kaboul       DF   1  24   6   2  31 |  64   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
Henrique       DF   1  23  10   8  29 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
P_Swanson      DF   2  23  10   6  25 |  63   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Douglas        DF   2  23   9   8  18 |  93   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
P_Miranda      DF   2  22   9   7  36 |  93   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
Denilson       MF   1  14  24   2  18 |  93   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20
A_Johnson      MF   2   6  23  17  27 |  93   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -15
Adnan_Januzaj  MF   3  11  23   9  23 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
H_Kane         FW   1   7   9  25  33 |  93   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
L_Fabiano      FW   1   4  10  24  18 |  74   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   6
Porcaria       GK  15   5   1   2  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ciaran_Clark   DF   2  24   8   8  24 |  29   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Reinaldo       DF   1  22  10   6  20 |  30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Song_Billong   MF   3   6  24  17  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Jese           MF   2   4  24   7  41 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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