Division Two League Match, AC Milan vs. Chelsea (Sun Mar 10)


                             AC Milan  |  Chelsea
                              4-4-2 P  |  4-1-2-1-2 C
                          Mike McLeod  |  Dan Williams
                                       |
                           Belushi GK  |  GK A_Boruc
                          M_Bordon DF  |  DF C_Cuellar
                          D_Oleary DF  |  DF Samba_Sow
                            B_Berg DF  |  DF Alvaro_Rubio
                       J_Tomkinson DF  |  DF M_Richards
                           P_Rossi MF  |  DM M_Izzet
                           F_Zappa MF  |  MF J_Barnes
                         F_Baumann MF  |  MF Eugen_Shakhov
                       A_Carvalhas MF  |  AM M_Bidoudane
                         R_Wolford FW  |  FW M_Magnusson
                         C_Canista FW  |  FW Gerd_Muller
                                       |
                          Carlotta SUB |  SUB R_Edgehill
                      U_Emanuelson SUB |  SUB S_Pressley
                            P_Cocu SUB |  SUB A_Mariappa
                           M_Maigi SUB |  SUB L_Miller
                            Romero SUB |  SUB Nasim_Khalifa

Referee: M_Stadio (Austria)


Min. 1  :(amn) F_Baumann looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to R_Wolford
          ...  R_Wolford with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Runs off and slides on his knees!!
          ...  The fans go wild!
          ...  AC Milan have snatched the lead!
          ...  AC Milan 1-0 Chelsea ...
Min. 8  :(chs) M_Magnusson flicks it past the defender
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  F_Zappa with a late tackle
          ...  It looked worse than what it was
          ...  He is surrounded by the Chelsea players
          ...  He had to endure a strong lecture from M_Stadio
Min. 11 :(amn) R_Wolford with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from C_Cuellar
          ...  Gerd_Muller with the high feet
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 16 :(amn) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  R_Wolford is through!
          ...  M_Richards fouls badly
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 17 :(amn) F_Baumann takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into R_Wolford
          ...  But Alvaro_Rubio sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 18 :(chs) Gerd_Muller steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs J_Tomkinson
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  B_Berg plays it back
          ...  Belushi slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Bidoudane curls it into the box!
          ...  B_Berg reads it well
          ...  And he knocks it away
Min. 19 :(chs) Eugen_Shakhov lays the ball back to Gerd_Muller
          ...  Gerd_Muller hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  But Belushi punches it away
Min. 20 :(amn) J_Tomkinson knocks it past C_Cuellar and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  J_Tomkinson carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The Chelsea fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 26 :(chs) Alvaro_Rubio skips the challenge from M_Bordon
          ...  Alvaro_Rubio with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Belushi dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had Belushi beaten!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Samba_Sow chips the ball into the area!
          ...  Belushi catches it!
Min. 27 :(chs) J_Barnes nutmegs the defender
          ...  M_Bordon clears with a diving header
Min. 32 :(chs) M_Richards takes on the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Magnusson
          ...  A thundering drive by M_Magnusson !
          ...  Belushi gets his fingertips to it
Min. 33 :(amn) P_Rossi pass splits open the defence and finds R_Wolford
          ...  R_Wolford attempts a chip!
          ...  A_Boruc just watches float over the bar!
Min. 34 :(amn) F_Zappa finds his way through
          ...  They tried to play the offside trap
          ...  A powerful shot by F_Zappa !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  A_Boruc had no chance!
          ...  AC Milan 2-0 Chelsea ...
Min. 35 :(amn) The AC Milan manager shouts at them from the touchline to play D
Min. 35 :(chs) Alvaro_Rubio with the dribble
          ...  He uses his pace to get free
          ...  M_Bordon swings an elbow at his opponent!!
          ...  That looked nasty!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  M_Stadio had no choice there!!
          ...  Dan Williams appluads the decision
Min. 35 :(chs) Samba_Sow knocks the ball past the lunge of the defender
          ...  Samba_Sow tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  Belushi is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 36 :(amn) F_Baumann puts in R_Wolford
          ...  Alvaro_Rubio cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 37 :(amn) A_Carvalhas threads the through ball to P_Rossi
          ...  J_Barnes with the block
Min. 41 :(amn) F_Zappa knocks it forward
          ...  Alvaro_Rubio slips
          ...  D_Oleary gets to it!
          ...  M_Izzet clears with a diving header
Min. 41 :(chs) M_Bidoudane sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  Gerd_Muller runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  Gerd_Muller with a stunning strike !
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(chs) M_Bidoudane finds himself in a good position
          ...  B_Berg tackles cleanly
          ...  The linesman flags for the foul though! Unbelievable! It looked clean to me
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  Eugen_Shakhov knocks it forward
          ...  J_Barnes gets on the end of it
          ...  J_Barnes drives the ball low !
          ...  Belushi can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It drifts wide!
          ...  Belushi has a smile on his face
          ...  Did he know that was going wide?
Min. 45 :(amn) C_Canista plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  M_Richards with a nasty foul
Min. 47 :(amn) F_Zappa pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  P_Rossi is clean through!
          ...  P_Rossi has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It floats over A_Boruc
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: AC Milan 2-0 Chelsea

Min. 47 :(chs) M_Magnusson with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows J_Tomkinson a clean set of heals
          ...  M_Magnusson rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 48 :(amn) J_Tomkinson with the header on
          ...  He finds C_Canista in space
          ...  C_Canista has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 53 :(chs) Gerd_Muller finds his way through
          ...  D_Oleary cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 55 :(amn) R_Wolford kills the ball dead
          ...  R_Wolford keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  A_Boruc watches it sail wide!
Min. 67 :(chs) Gerd_Muller takes advantage of a bad back pass
          ...  F_Baumann gathers up the loose ball
Min. 68 :(chs) M_Izzet finds M_Magnusson with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  M_Magnusson hits a great drive!
          ...  Belushi makes the save
          ...  He hits the ball up field!
Min. 70 :(chs) M_Bidoudane finds the space intelligently
          ...  M_Bidoudane has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 71 :(amn) P_Rossi passes the ball to C_Canista
          ...  C_Canista with a terrific drive !
          ...  A_Boruc with the acrobatic save
          ...  Well saved
Min. 72 :(chs) Gerd_Muller pushes it past D_Oleary
          ...  Gerd_Muller tries to beat Belushi from outside the area!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  Belushi plucks the ball out of the air
          ...  Good goalkeeping there!
Min. 73 :(chs) L_Miller is coming on and Eugen_Shakhov is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play MF
Min. 75 :(chs) S_Pressley is being brought on
          ...  M_Richards is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DF
Min. 78 :(chs) Nasim_Khalifa is ready to come on to replace Gerd_Muller
          ...  Looks like he will play as a FW
Min. 78 :(amn) C_Canista breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on A_Boruc!
          ...  Samba_Sow brings him down!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  M_Stadio reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he deserved that!
Min. 82 :(amn) C_Canista with the dribble
          ...  He spots the run of his team-mate
          ...  He's decided to go alone
          ...  M_Magnusson with an ugly foul
          ...  M_Stadio will want to speak to him
          ...  M_Stadio refrained from booking him but had words
Min. 83 :(amn) P_Rossi cut's in on the inside of the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to R_Wolford
          ...  Nasim_Khalifa with a nasty foul
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again
Min. 84 :(chs) M_Bidoudane takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into L_Miller
          ...  An audacious effort from L_Miller !
          ...  But Belushi makes a superb stop down low
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by M_Izzet!
          ...  Belushi jumps well to claim it!
Min. 85 :(chs) C_Cuellar beats F_Zappa
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  C_Cuellar hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  Belushi tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  Corner not given!!
Min. 86 :(chs) Alvaro_Rubio finds his way through
          ...  He bears down on goal
          ...  Alvaro_Rubio goes for goal !
          ...  Belushi with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 87 :(amn) C_Canista takes possession
          ...  What can he do here?
          ...  L_Miller fouls badly
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  He had to endure a strong lecture from M_Stadio
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                : San Siro Stadium
Attendance           : 42,988
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AC Milan Match Info
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Best player          : F_Baumann (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : R_Wolford (1), F_Zappa (34)
Sent Off             : M_Bordon (35)
Booked               : B_Berg (43)
Injured              : N/A
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Chelsea Match Info
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Best player          : M_Magnusson
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Gerd_Muller (11), M_Richards (16), Samba_Sow (78), Nasim_Khalifa (83)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                                AC Milan  |    Chelsea
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       13
Off target           :           5        |       6
On target            :           3        |       7
Possession           :          43        |       57
Corners              :           0        |       3
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       4
Subs Used            :           0        |       3
Fouls                :           9        |       14
Key Tackles          :           4        |       4
Key Passes           :          10        |       5
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Final Score          : AC Milan 2 - 0 Chelsea
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Player Statistics - AC Milan
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Belushi        GK  32   8   8   5  11 |  93   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  85   0   0   0
M_Bordon       DF   2  24   7   6  26 |  35   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   5 -10 -10
D_Oleary       DF   1  23   9   5  24 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0
B_Berg         DF   2  23   7   6  33 |  93   0   2   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  68  -2  -2
J_Tomkinson    DF   1  23   7   7  29 |  93   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  32  21
P_Rossi        MF   2   8  25   9  37 |  93   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  36   1
F_Zappa        MF   1   5  24   2  19 |  93   0   0   2   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  24  28
F_Baumann      MF   1   5  23   6  30 |  93   0   1   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  15  56   0
A_Carvalhas    MF   1   5  23   6  19 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
R_Wolford      FW   1   1   2  24   8 |  93   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0  20  20  50
C_Canista      FW   1   4   3  23  33 |  93   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   9
Carlotta       GK  24   2   5   6  18 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
U_Emanuelson   DF   1  22   2   1  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Cocu         MF   3  10  22  10  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Maigi        FW   1   8  12  23  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Romero         FW   1   6   3  22  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Chelsea
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Boruc        GK  33   1   1   1  11 |  93   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -15   0   0   0
C_Cuellar      DF   2  24   6   8  41 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
Samba_Sow      DF   1  23  12   4  23 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -1
Alvaro_Rubio   DF   2  22   8  10  36 |  93   0   2   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  30   0   9
M_Richards     DF   2  22   9   5  45 |  77   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  10  -2
M_Izzet        DM   2  10  22   7  25 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  12   0
J_Barnes       MF   1   7  22   8  30 |  93   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  15   0   1
Eugen_Shakhov  MF   1   6  22   6  21 |  75   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
M_Bidoudane    AM   2   8  23  13  27 |  93   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  24   1
M_Magnusson    FW   1   3   5  23  22 |  93   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  17
Gerd_Muller    FW   2   7   6  22  27 |  80   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   0   0 -22 -22  -5
R_Edgehill     GK  24   2   5   2  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Pressley     DF   2  22   8   6  39 |  16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Mariappa     DF   2  21   9   8  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Miller       MF   1   7  21   2  27 |  18   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -12
Nasim_Khalifa  FW   2   8   4  22  34 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
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