Division One League Match, Arsenal vs. Juventus (Sun Jul 28)


                              Arsenal  |  Juventus
                              4-5-1 A  |  4-4-2 P
                       Adrian Dalmedo  |  Gary Hill
                                       |
                           D_James GK  |  GK A_Zubizarreta
                         G_Collins DF  |  DF H_Berg
                         R_Holding DF  |  DF Beckenbauer
                            D_Burn DF  |  DF L_Digne
                         J_Souttar DF  |  DF Kommper
                     N_Ben_Khalifa MF  |  MF Park
                          T_Cruise MF  |  MF Drexler
                        D_Rocastle MF  |  MF Platini
                        S_Matthews MF  |  MF J_R_Riquelme
                      H_Mkhitaryan MF  |  FW Stefano
                          D_Murphy FW  |  FW E_Stranger
                                       |
                          D_de_Gea SUB |  SUB H_Manzoni
                           S_Ramos SUB |  SUB G_Burdisso
                      P_Bouba_Diop SUB |  SUB Kak
                          P_Crouch SUB |  SUB Tardelli
                           Ricardo SUB |  SUB A_Lombardo

Referee: S_Farina (Italy)


Min. 2  :(jvt) The ball goes loose!
          ...  Stefano seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  J_Souttar forces him off the ball
Min. 3  :(arn) N_Ben_Khalifa plays the early ball across the box to find D_Murphy in space
          ...  But L_Digne puts it in row Z!
Min. 4  :(jvt) Drexler with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to Stefano
          ...  Fine tackle by R_Holding
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 5  :(jvt) Drexler backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  Stefano latches onto the end of it
          ...  Stefano with the drive!
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 6  :(jvt) Kommper beats the defender
          ...  D_Murphy reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 10 :(arn) D_Murphy with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from Park
          ...  Kommper brings him down in the area
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely!
          ...  But S_Farina waves play on!!!
Min. 14 :(arn) D_Murphy slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone!
          ...  Cleaned up by Platini
Min. 15 :(jvt) Platini with a penetrating pass to Stefano
          ...  Stefano tries to beat D_James!
          ...  D_James fists it away
Min. 16 :(jvt) H_Berg boots it towards Stefano
          ...  Stefano with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  D_James gets up well to catch that one
Min. 17 :(arn) D_Rocastle nutmegs the defender
          ...  D_Rocastle has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 19 :(jvt) Drexler flicks the ball through
          ...  J_R_Riquelme runs onto it!
          ...  J_Souttar is late with that one
          ...  He gets up and shakes the players hand
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 23 :(arn) D_Murphy has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  D_Murphy tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  OH! It drifts just past the post
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  Deserved a goal really
Min. 25 :(arn) D_Rocastle with a flicked pass to D_Murphy
          ...  D_Murphy blasts it at the goal !
          ...  A_Zubizarreta manages to turn it behind
Min. 25 :(jvt) Curled in dangerously from Drexler to Stefano
          ...  Stefano has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  But D_James tips it over
          ...  S_Farina has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 27 :(arn) R_Holding with a neat pass into H_Mkhitaryan
          ...  L_Digne scythes the player down.
          ...  Like Joey Barton would!
Min. 28 :(arn) H_Mkhitaryan lays the ball back to D_Burn
          ...  Beckenbauer bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 28 :(jvt) Stefano runs forward
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  D_Burn pulls the player to the ground!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
Min. 29 :(jvt) Drexler takes possession
          ...  He has his back towards goal
          ...  He turns well
          ...  Drexler hits the ball first time!
          ...  But D_James parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 33 :(jvt) H_Berg jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  D_Murphy with an ugly foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  He's lucky to be let off for that one
          ...  Adrian Dalmedo looks relieved
          ...  Gary Hill is far from happy with that decision
Min. 37 :(jvt) H_Berg knocks it forward
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa slips
          ...  J_R_Riquelme gets to it!
          ...  D_Burn goes in with high feet!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 37 :(jvt) Drexler runs at J_Souttar
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  Drexler with a thundering shot!
          ...  But D_James parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 38 :(arn) N_Ben_Khalifa gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside H_Berg!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa drives the shot in!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 38 :(jvt) Platini wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to Stefano
          ...  Stefano carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(arn) J_Souttar with a pinpoint pass to N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  Drexler is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Rocastle lofts the ball in!
          ...  H_Berg wins the ball
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 45 :(arn) N_Ben_Khalifa cuts inside his opponent
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  L_Digne rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's S_Farina going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 45 :(arn) D_Rocastle with a 40-yard pass to J_Souttar
          ...  Park scythes the player down.
          ...  Like Joey Barton would!
          ...  S_Farina reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Arsenal 0-0 Juventus

Min. 49 :(jvt) J_R_Riquelme plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  E_Stranger keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  E_Stranger fires a shot at goal !
          ...  But D_James makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 51 :(arn) R_Holding looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  Beckenbauer read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 52 :(arn) S_Matthews hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  D_Murphy latches onto it!
          ...  Beckenbauer gets the foot in to win the ball
          ...  It rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by H_Mkhitaryan!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta catches it!
Min. 54 :(arn) T_Cruise with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from Beckenbauer
          ...  T_Cruise with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  A_Zubizarreta won't get to that!
          ...  Oooh it goes just over!!
Min. 54 :(jvt) Park with an intelligent ball to E_Stranger
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from J_Souttar
Min. 57 :(jvt) Drexler controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs R_Holding
          ...  He puts in J_R_Riquelme!
          ...  J_R_Riquelme with the side footed shot!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Platini curls it into the box!
          ...  J_Souttar reads it well and clears the danger
Min. 58 :(arn) D_Rocastle controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Beckenbauer
          ...  He puts in N_Ben_Khalifa!
          ...  H_Berg wins the ball!
          ...  But he caught the player also!
          ...  The ref gives nothing!
Min. 61 :(jvt) Juventus restructured their strategy to E
Min. 61 :(jvt) The ball is passed in from Park, he finds Stefano
          ...  Stefano curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  D_James with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 63 :(jvt) Drexler holds the ball up
          ...  He sees E_Stranger in space!
          ...  T_Cruise plays it back
          ...  D_James slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Beckenbauer chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  D_James fists it away!
Min. 64 :(jvt) Stefano jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 65 :(arn) Ricardo replaces an unhappy H_Mkhitaryan and will play as a FW
Min. 66 :(jvt) Platini with an incisive pass to E_Stranger
          ...  E_Stranger hits a crisp volley!
          ...  D_James gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by D_James !!
Min. 67 :(arn) G_Collins pass splits open the defence and finds D_Murphy
          ...  Drexler slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 68 :(jvt) Stefano finds his way through
          ...  He lost his man too easily
          ...  Stefano attempts the shot!
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 71 :(jvt) Stefano jumps over G_Collins's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  Stefano hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  But D_James just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  S_Farina has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 72 :(arn) Curled in dangerously from J_Souttar to D_Burn
          ...  D_Burn pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  A_Zubizarreta makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 72 :(jvt) Drexler spots Stefano who is in acres of space
          ...  But R_Holding with the fine tackle
Min. 73 :(jvt) J_R_Riquelme with an in swinging cross to Stefano
          ...  D_Rocastle lunges in with two feet!!
          ...  And play is brought to a halt by S_Farina
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  I think he was unlucky there, deserve a booking only!
Min. 76 :(jvt) Platini with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from T_Cruise
          ...  Platini goes for goal !
          ...  But D_James just gets his fingers to that one
Min. 77 :(jvt) Stefano nutmegs G_Collins, he continues to run forward
          ...  Stefano tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  D_James falls over
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post!
          ...  But it hits his back!
          ...  And goes wide!!
          ...  D_James looks relieved!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by E_Stranger
          ...  D_James comes out and claims it!
Min. 79 :(arn) D_Burn with a 40-yard pass to D_Murphy
          ...  D_Murphy sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 79 :(jvt) Platini gets to the by line and finds Kommper with a beautiful cross
          ...  Kommper is miles offside!
          ...  The flag stays down
          ...  D_James tries to close down the angle
          ...  He rounds D_James
          ...  He has been pushed wide!
          ...  He shoots from a tight angle
          ...  It hits post!!
          ...  J_Souttar clears the danger!!
Min. 80 :(jvt) G_Burdisso is coming on for H_Berg and will play DF
Min. 81 :(jvt) Tardelli is being prepared to come on
          ...  Platini is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 82 :(jvt) There's going to be a change
          ...  A_Lombardo will come on for Stefano and play FW
Min. 83 :(arn) S_Ramos is going to be brought on
          ...  G_Collins is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 83 :(arn) P_Bouba_Diop is coming on for N_Ben_Khalifa and will play MF
Min. 84 :(jvt) Park reads the run of L_Digne
          ...  L_Digne shapes up for a shot!
          ...  Looks like it should be D_James's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  D_James looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Tardelli!
          ...  A_Lombardo loses his marker
          ...  He gets his head onto it!
          ...  D_James with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 86 :(arn) J_Souttar backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  D_Murphy gets on the end of it
          ...  D_Murphy with a powerful header !
          ...  A_Zubizarreta saves, but he fumbles
          ...  But he gathers at the second attempt!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 91 :(jvt) Park finds Kommper with a ball over the defence
          ...  D_Burn with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Emirates Stadium
Attendance           : 125,000
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : D_James
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : D_Rocastle (73)
Booked               : N_Ben_Khalifa (64)
Injured              : N/A
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Juventus Match Info
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Best player          : Drexler (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Park (45)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Arsenal     |    Juventus
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       18
Off target           :           5        |       5
On target            :           3        |       13
Possession           :          39        |       61
Corners              :           2        |       4
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          12        |       7
Key Tackles          :           7        |       10
Key Passes           :          12        |       19
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Final Score          : Arsenal 0 - 0 Juventus
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Player Statistics - Arsenal
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_James        GK  36   2   2   3  26 |  94  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 110   0   0   0
G_Collins      DF   2  30  10   7  19 |  84   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
R_Holding      DF   1  30   8   6  22 |  94   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  10   0
D_Burn         DF   2  27   9  11  21 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
J_Souttar      DF   3  25   7   8  33 |  94   0   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  30   0
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  12  29  12  25 |  84   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -1
T_Cruise       MF   2  10  29   9  39 |  94   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   1
D_Rocastle     MF   2   7  28  10  21 |  74   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10  20  -9
S_Matthews     MF   3   8  28   7  32 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
H_Mkhitaryan   MF   3   9  25  12  29 |  66   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Murphy       FW   2  11   8  28  37 |  94   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  20   0  12
D_de_Gea       GK  29   2   3   3  38 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Ramos        DF   2  29   7   7  40 |  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Bouba_Diop   MF   2   7  28  10  12 |  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Crouch       FW   1   6  12  28  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ricardo        FW   1   7   9  25  21 |  28   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Juventus
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_Zubizarreta  GK  38   5   1   1  11 |  94   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
H_Berg         DF   1  29  11   7  21 |  81   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20   0
Beckenbauer    DF   2  29   9   7  21 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
L_Digne        DF   2  28   7   8  29 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   1
Kommper        DF   1  27   9   8  32 |  94   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
Park           MF   1   6  29   9  23 |  94   0   0   4   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  38  -2
Drexler        MF   3   9  29   9  12 |  94   0   2   7   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  70  10
Platini        MF   3   4  29   6  32 |  82   0   1   4   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  40   5
J_R_Riquelme   MF   3   6  28  22  34 |  94   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
Stefano        FW   2   9   8  31  39 |  83   0   0   0   0   9   0   0   0   0   0   0  33
E_Stranger     FW   2   9   8  28  20 |  94   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
H_Manzoni      GK  16   1   3   1  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Burdisso     DF   2  27   5   9  39 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Kak            DM   2  16  27   9  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Tardelli       MF   3   6  28   6  33 |  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Lombardo     FW   3   6   9  28  32 |  11   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
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