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Season 22 Archive: Elite League, Week 8

Ajax 0 - 1 Valencia

Elite Football League Match, Ajax vs. Valencia (Sun May 22)


                                 Ajax  |  Valencia
                              4-4-2 E  |  5-4-1 P
                          James Maund  |  Andie Glen
                                       |
                       E_Van_d_Sar GK  |  GK K_Jensen
                      C_dos_Passos DF  |  DF S_Logan
                            M_Hart DF  |  DF K_Ramsteijn
                           D_Agger DF  |  DF D_Criscrito
                         V_Kompany DF  |  DF C_Prandelli
                         Ridoutski MF  |  DF Henrique
                        W_Sneijder MF  |  MF I_Falque
                            A_Ross MF  |  MF P_Nedved
                        O_Curkovic MF  |  MF O_Ruggeri
                            C_Nade FW  |  MF Emerson_Jr
                        A_Arshavin FW  |  FW Stefano
                                       |
                      M_De_Sanctis SUB |  SUB J_Hart
                           M_Keown SUB |  SUB P_Jones
                     Oscar_Serrano SUB |  SUB Roberto_Carlo
                          J_Crujff SUB |  SUB A_Isaksson
                        T_Wallcott SUB |  SUB G_Puciato

Referee: S_Dougal (Scotland)


Min. 2  :(aja) D_Agger kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  A_Arshavin gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A_Arshavin drives the shot in!
          ...  K_Jensen makes himself big
          ...  Superb Stop !
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him
Min. 2  :(vla) I_Falque finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled C_dos_Passos
          ...  I_Falque with his head down lets it go !
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar won't get to that!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Pick that one out!!
          ...  And Valencia are leading in the game now
          ...  Ajax 0-1 Valencia ...
Min. 3  :(aja) It looks as though Ajax is now playing A
Min. 5  :(aja) A_Arshavin stops the ball and looks around for movement
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  But Henrique clears the danger
Min. 7  :(aja) C_Nade headbutts Emerson_Jr!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  I think he deserved that!
Min. 7  :(vla) O_Ruggeri beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds P_Nedved
          ...  P_Nedved with the cheeky shot!
          ...  But E_Van_d_Sar punches it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 8  :(vla) Stefano spits at A_Arshavin
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 11 :(vla) S_Logan kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  P_Nedved gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Fine tackle by D_Agger
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 15 :(aja) O_Curkovic with the towering header to A_Arshavin
          ...  But K_Ramsteijn sweeps up the threat
Min. 17 :(aja) W_Sneijder beats his marker
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Stefano fouls badly
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
          ...  An early bath or him then!
Min. 20 :(aja) A_Arshavin takes advantage of a bad back pass
          ...  A_Arshavin tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  K_Jensen with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 20 :(vla) O_Ruggeri with the dribble
          ...  This is a great chance
          ...  O_Ruggeri strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 23 :(aja) A_Ross is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to C_dos_Passos
          ...  Good sliding challenge from S_Logan
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_dos_Passos floats the ball in!
          ...  K_Jensen jumps well to claim it!
Min. 28 :(aja) W_Sneijder finds his way through
          ...  He lost his man too easily
          ...  W_Sneijder shapes up for a shot!
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  K_Jensen is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  O_Curkovic plays it towards the near post!
          ...  C_Prandelli wins the ball
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 28 :(vla) O_Ruggeri runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to C_Prandelli
          ...  D_Agger gets the foot in to win the ball
Min. 30 :(aja) W_Sneijder floats the ball in to find O_Curkovic
          ...  O_Curkovic heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  But K_Jensen tips it behind
          ...  S_Dougal has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 33 :(aja) Ridoutski puts in W_Sneijder
          ...  W_Sneijder must beat K_Jensen!
          ...  K_Jensen narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 37 :(aja) D_Agger skips the challenge from S_Logan
          ...  D_Agger tries to beat K_Jensen!
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 38 :(aja) Ridoutski hoists the ball across to A_Arshavin
          ...  D_Criscrito gathers up the loose ball
Min. 39 :(aja) A_Arshavin beats his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  C_Prandelli reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Ross chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  Emerson_Jr reads it well and clears the danger
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(aja) O_Curkovic jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to A_Arshavin
          ...  From long range A_Arshavin bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  K_Jensen parries it
Min. 45 :(vla) E_Van_d_Sar miss-kicks!
          ...  P_Nedved is through!
          ...  P_Nedved fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 46 :(aja) Ridoutski runs down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He cuts the ball back
          ...  A_Arshavin latches onto the pass
          ...  He carves out some space
          ...  A_Arshavin rifles it at the goal !
          ...  K_Jensen saves, but he fumbles
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Ridoutski plays it towards the near post!
          ...  It is kicked away by D_Criscrito

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Ajax 0-1 Valencia

Min. 49 :(aja) C_dos_Passos runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs Emerson_Jr
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by C_dos_Passos !
          ...  K_Jensen with the acrobatic save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 50 :(aja) J_Crujff is being prepared to come on
          ...  A_Ross is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 51 :(aja) M_Keown comes on for M_Hart and takes up a DF role
Min. 51 :(aja) W_Sneijder with a precise ball to V_Kompany
          ...  O_Ruggeri with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!
Min. 52 :(aja) J_Crujff finds A_Arshavin in the box
          ...  A_Arshavin curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 52 :(vla) O_Ruggeri sidesteps his marker
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  V_Kompany with a well timed tackle
          ...  S_Dougal didn't like it though
          ...  S_Dougal ignores the protests for a card
          ...  James Maund looks relieved
Min. 53 :(aja) Ridoutski has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past K_Ramsteijn
          ...  He puts in A_Arshavin!
          ...  A wicked drive by A_Arshavin !
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But lands on the roof of the net !!
          ...  K_Jensen looks relieved there!
Min. 55 :(vla) P_Jones is coming on for P_Nedved and playing DF
Min. 56 :(aja) W_Sneijder with a clever shimmy
          ...  W_Sneijder drives it low !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 57 :(vla) I_Falque plays a first time ball through the defence to P_Jones
          ...  P_Jones curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Emerson_Jr plays it into the danger area!
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar fists it away!
Min. 60 :(vla) O_Ruggeri finds Emerson_Jr in the box
          ...  V_Kompany rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  S_Dougal calls him over
          ...  S_Dougal tells him he has had enough warnings
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 67 :(vla) K_Ramsteijn takes advantage of a mistake by M_Keown
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  C_dos_Passos is late with that one
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 68 :(aja) A_Arshavin moves forward
          ...  S_Logan is late with that one
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 69 :(aja) V_Kompany with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past D_Criscrito
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from O_Ruggeri
Min. 69 :(vla) S_Logan beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds Henrique
          ...  Henrique tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 74 :(aja) V_Kompany knocks the ball past the lunge of Henrique
          ...  V_Kompany hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  K_Jensen with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 74 :(vla) O_Ruggeri slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone!
          ...  M_Keown is called for the holding foul
          ...  He won that header unfairly
Min. 76 :(vla) K_Ramsteijn hoofs it up field to find O_Ruggeri
          ...  W_Sneijder with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 78 :(vla) C_Prandelli with a glorious 60-yard pass to P_Jones
          ...  D_Agger reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 79 :(vla) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  P_Jones is through!
          ...  P_Jones curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 81 :(vla) O_Ruggeri with the dribble
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  The fans are on their feet
          ...  Good sliding challenge from V_Kompany
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Ramsteijn curls it into the box!
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 83 :(vla) Henrique sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  K_Ramsteijn runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  C_dos_Passos belts it clear
Min. 83 :(aja) Ridoutski brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  V_Kompany makes himself available
          ...  P_Jones with an inch perfect tackle
          ...  The whistle has gone! Incredible!
          ...  S_Dougal calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  Andie Glen looks relieved
Min. 86 :(aja) A_Arshavin finds his way through
          ...  The offside trap didn't work
          ...  P_Jones takes the player down!!
          ...  PENALTY!!
          ...  No! The ref has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  Unbelievable!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(aja) W_Sneijder nutmegs K_Ramsteijn
          ...  C_Prandelli rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's S_Dougal going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 90 :(vla) Henrique looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Emerson_Jr
          ...  C_dos_Passos beats him to the ball
Min. 91 :(aja) W_Sneijder runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  W_Sneijder with the punt towards goal!
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  K_Jensen moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  K_Jensen catches it with style!
Min. 91 :(vla) C_Prandelli plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  O_Ruggeri keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  V_Kompany with an awful challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  RED CARD!! that'll be the end of the game for him

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Amsterdam Arena
Attendance           : 120,000
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Ajax Match Info
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Best player          : A_Arshavin
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : C_Nade (7), V_Kompany (91)
Booked               :
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : C_Prandelli (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : I_Falque (2)
Sent Off             : Stefano (17)
Booked               : S_Logan (68)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                               Ajax       |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          14        |       7
Off target           :           5        |       3
On target            :           9        |       4
Possession           :          39        |       61
Corners              :           4        |       2
Red Cards            :           2        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           2        |       1
Fouls                :          14        |       10
Key Tackles          :           6        |       9
Key Passes           :          12        |       11
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Final Score          : Ajax 0 - 1 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Ajax
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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E_Van_d_Sar    GK  37   5   5   7  14 |  93   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
C_dos_Passos   DF   2  31  11   9  46 |  93   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
M_Hart         DF   2  30   4   1  22 |  53   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Agger        DF   2  27  12   5  24 |  93   0   3   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  10   1
V_Kompany      DF   2  26  11   8  33 |  93   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10 -30 -25
Ridoutski      MF   1   5  31   4  32 |  93   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
W_Sneijder     MF   2   8  29   8  23 |  93   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  20  12
A_Ross         MF   1   3  28   2  36 |  52   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
O_Curkovic     MF   1   4  25   9  30 |  93   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
C_Nade         FW   1   2   8  29  27 |   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
A_Arshavin     FW   2   6   7  24  32 |  93   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  22
M_De_Sanctis   GK  27   8   5   5  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Keown        DF   3  24  11   7  21 |  40   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Oscar_Serrano  MF   2  15  27  12  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Crujff       MF   2   6  27  10  28 |  41   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
T_Wallcott     FW   3   8  10  25  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Valencia
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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K_Jensen       GK  39   4   5   3  18 |  93  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  90   0   0   0
S_Logan        DF   3  28  10   8  36 |  93   0   1   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  18  -2
K_Ramsteijn    DF   1  27  11  10  42 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20  20
D_Criscrito    DF   2  27  10   7  27 |  93   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 100  20  20
C_Prandelli    DF   1  25  12   7  29 |  93   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  20   0
Henrique       DF   1  25  11   8  29 |  93   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20   5
I_Falque       MF   3  14  26   9  19 |  93   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  10  20
P_Nedved       MF   1   7  24  22  17 |  57   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
O_Ruggeri      MF   1   8  24  21  19 |  93   0   2   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  30   1
Emerson_Jr     MF   3  17  24  10  21 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
Stefano        FW   2   9   8  28  39 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
J_Hart         GK  28   2   2   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Jones        DF   2  24  11   6  28 |  36   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   6
Roberto_Carlo  DF   1  23  12   5  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Isaksson     MF   1   8  28   4  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Puciato      FW   2   9   9  26  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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