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Season 28 Archive: Division 1, Week 8

Chelsea 0 - 3 Valencia

Division One League Match, Chelsea vs. Valencia (Sun Jun 23)


                              Chelsea  |  Valencia
                              4-4-2 P  |  5-4-1 C
                         Ian McNamara  |  Andie Glen
                                       |
                       Hugo_Lloris GK  |  GK Kamikaze
                           L_Olsen DF  |  DF O_Price
                          S_Pearce DF  |  DF D_E_Boyata
                       C_Metzelder DF  |  DF B_Ivanovic
                            M_Madl DF  |  DF E_Herbert
                         M_Kikuchi MF  |  DF J_Stam
                         A_A_Messi MF  |  MF P_Niemeyer
                         S_Mazzola MF  |  MF T_Huddlestone
                        K_Magennis MF  |  MF K_El_Ahmadi
                       D_Trezeguet FW  |  MF Eduardo
                         D_Bunting FW  |  FW N_Kanu
                                       |
                            J_Bond SUB |  SUB Q_Atoo
                        M_Cassetti SUB |  SUB A_Nouri
                         T_Cairney SUB |  SUB Maradona
                           N_Piere SUB |  SUB L_Macleod
                           Houston SUB |  SUB W_Jose

Referee: J_Hunye (Hungary)


Min. 6  :(vla) N_Kanu breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Hugo_Lloris!
          ...  M_Madl brings him down!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  He's off!!
Min. 8  :(vla) K_El_Ahmadi bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to O_Price
          ...  O_Price gets up high for the header !
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris palms it behind
          ...  J_Hunye has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 11 :(vla) P_Niemeyer holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to Eduardo
          ...  D_Bunting with an ugly foul
          ...  J_Hunye calls him for a talk
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  This is a good chance!
          ...  K_El_Ahmadi swings it in
          ...  N_Kanu takes control of it!
          ...  N_Kanu tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris never had a chance!
Min. 12 :(vla) O_Price barges L_Olsen off the ball
          ...  A thundering drive by O_Price !
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris punches it away
          ...  He commands his area so well
Min. 13 :(vla) Eduardo threads the through ball to T_Huddlestone
          ...  S_Mazzola scythes the player down.
          ...  Like Joey Barton would!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  This is a good chance!
          ...  T_Huddlestone passes to O_Price
          ...  L_Olsen plays it back
          ...  Hugo_Lloris slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Niemeyer drives it into the box!
          ...  B_Ivanovic gets on the end of it
          ...  Hugo_Lloris falls over
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway!
Min. 13 :(vla) K_El_Ahmadi kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  P_Niemeyer gets on the end of the pass
          ...  P_Niemeyer must beat Hugo_Lloris!
          ...  It fly's into Row Z!
Min. 15 :(chs) D_Trezeguet with a glorious 60-yard pass to D_Bunting
          ...  J_Stam rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
Min. 18 :(vla) J_Stam gets to the by line and finds O_Price with a beautiful cross
          ...  O_Price shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 19 :(chs) K_Magennis has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past B_Ivanovic
          ...  He puts in D_Trezeguet!
          ...  D_Trezeguet with a little chip!
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 19 :(vla) N_Kanu sidesteps his marker
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  M_Kikuchi with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 21 :(vla) K_El_Ahmadi with a first time pass
          ...  N_Kanu runs onto it!
          ...  N_Kanu curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  Hugo_Lloris guesses right
Min. 23 :(vla) B_Ivanovic knocks the ball past the lunge of L_Olsen
          ...  A_A_Messi with a clumsy challenge
Min. 25 :(vla) T_Huddlestone is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate loosing his marker
          ...  He throws it to D_E_Boyata
          ...  C_Metzelder gets the foot in to win the ball
          ...  It rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_E_Boyata curls it into the box!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris fists it away!
Min. 26 :(chs) S_Mazzola controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  D_Trezeguet gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  A delicate header from D_Trezeguet !
          ...  Kamikaze with a fantastic save
          ...  His captain pats him on the back for that one
Min. 29 :(chs) K_Magennis with an inch perfect pass to D_Bunting
          ...  D_Bunting shapes up for a shot!
          ...  Kamikaze parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And Kamikaze recovers to save!!
Min. 30 :(vla) K_El_Ahmadi with the kinky dribble
          ...  K_El_Ahmadi with a powerful diving header!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris just watches it drift out of play!
Min. 35 :(vla) Eduardo has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past M_Kikuchi
          ...  He puts in E_Herbert!
          ...  D_Trezeguet with a reckless challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  J_Hunye reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 36 :(vla) T_Huddlestone is all alone
          ...  the linesman keeps his flag down
          ...  S_Mazzola with an ugly foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  Eduardo floats it forward
          ...  N_Kanu latches onto the end of it
          ...  N_Kanu goes for goal !
          ...  But it goes wide
Min. 36 :(vla) J_Stam takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  J_Stam with a low drive through the rain!
          ...  It floats over Hugo_Lloris
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 38 :(chs) C_Metzelder looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to S_Pearce
          ...  S_Pearce with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  Kamikaze gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by Kamikaze !!
Min. 38 :(vla) E_Herbert is down clutching his leg
          ...  He is ok to carry on though
Min. 42 :(chs) D_Bunting finds himself in a good position
          ...  A powerful shot by D_Bunting !
          ...  But he puts it wide
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(vla) K_El_Ahmadi crosses in from the wing, he finds T_Huddlestone in the box
          ...  T_Huddlestone cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  Looks like it should be Hugo_Lloris's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Ivanovic chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris catches it!
Min. 44 :(chs) D_Bunting knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  D_Bunting attempts to nutmeg Kamikaze!
          ...  Kamikaze with a fantastic save
          ...  His captain pats him on the back for that one
Min. 44 :(vla) N_Kanu with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from A_A_Messi
          ...  N_Kanu has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris plucks the ball out of the air
          ...  Good goalkeeping there!
Min. 46 :(vla) N_Kanu 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!
          ...  L_Olsen gets to the ball first
Min. 48 :(chs) S_Mazzola chips the ball over the defence and finds D_Bunting
          ...  D_E_Boyata gathers up the loose ball
Min. 49 :(vla) T_Huddlestone hits a hard pass to K_El_Ahmadi
          ...  K_El_Ahmadi strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Huddlestone hits it towards the far post!
          ...  C_Metzelder wins the ball
          ...  And he clears the danger

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Chelsea 0-0 Valencia

Min. 46 :(chs) L_Olsen is in some pain
          ...  He's receiving some treatment now
          ...  He looks like he will continue
Min. 46 :(vla) T_Huddlestone with a probing through ball Eduardo
          ...  But L_Olsen wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 47 :(vla) D_E_Boyata with a slick pass to N_Kanu
          ...  N_Kanu is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round Hugo_Lloris
          ...  He rounds Hugo_Lloris
          ...  He taps it towards the goal!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Valencia go ahead in this match now!
          ...  Chelsea 0-1 Valencia ...
Min. 48 :(chs) The Chelsea manager told his side to change to a A strategy
Min. 48 :(vla) T_Huddlestone slides the ball across to O_Price
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from O_Price !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris tips it wide !!
          ...  Great goalkeeping there!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Huddlestone curls it into the box!
          ...  The ball comes to B_Ivanovic
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  Hugo_Lloris makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt!
Min. 49 :(chs) S_Mazzola with a precise ball to A_A_Messi
          ...  But D_E_Boyata will cut out the threat
Min. 50 :(chs) D_Trezeguet skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  A left-footer by D_Trezeguet !
          ...  Kamikaze is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And Kamikaze reacts well to palm it behind!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Magennis floats the ball in!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of Kamikaze
Min. 51 :(vla) B_Ivanovic knocks it forward
          ...  L_Olsen slips
          ...  Eduardo gets to it!
          ...  C_Metzelder reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 52 :(vla) P_Niemeyer sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to Eduardo
          ...  Eduardo sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  Looks like it should be Hugo_Lloris's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris looks embarrassed!
          ...  Chelsea 0-2 Valencia ...
Min. 54 :(vla) D_E_Boyata knocks the ball past S_Pearce
          ...  Intercepted by L_Olsen
Min. 55 :(vla) A_Nouri is going to be brought on
          ...  E_Herbert is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 56 :(vla) B_Ivanovic is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to N_Kanu
          ...  N_Kanu hits a great drive!
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris palms it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Huddlestone floats the ball in!
          ...  S_Pearce gets up well
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 57 :(chs) A_A_Messi runs down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He cuts the ball back
          ...  D_Bunting latches onto the pass
          ...  He carves out some space
          ...  J_Stam wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 58 :(chs) S_Mazzola looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards D_Trezeguet
          ...  Eduardo tugs on his opponent's shirt!!
          ...  J_Hunye has stopped play
          ...  Well spotted by J_Hunye!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 59 :(vla) P_Niemeyer takes advantage of a mistake by L_Olsen
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  P_Niemeyer drives the shot in!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 62 :(chs) S_Mazzola boots it towards D_Trezeguet
          ...  But T_Huddlestone slides in
Min. 62 :(vla) T_Huddlestone works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to O_Price
          ...  O_Price with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  Hugo_Lloris falls over
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris looks a little embarrassed now!
          ...  Chelsea 0-3 Valencia ...
Min. 63 :(vla) K_El_Ahmadi is taking a throw in
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt
          ...  He throws the ball to T_Huddlestone
          ...  T_Huddlestone with the strike !
          ...  Hugo_Lloris beats the ball away
Min. 64 :(chs) D_Bunting leaves his marker standing
          ...  B_Ivanovic robs him of the ball
Min. 64 :(chs) D_Trezeguet breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Kamikaze!
          ...  J_Stam brings him down!
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 65 :(vla) Maradona comes on for Eduardo and takes up a MF role
Min. 66 :(vla) W_Jose is being prepared to come on
          ...  N_Kanu is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 66 :(chs) K_Magennis races into the box
          ...  He sees D_Bunting lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by O_Price
Min. 67 :(chs) D_Bunting is rolling on the ground!
          ...  He gets up again
          ...  Looks like a little bit of play acting
Min. 70 :(chs) M_Cassetti takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace L_Olsen
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 70 :(chs) T_Cairney is ready to come on to replace M_Kikuchi
          ...  Looks like he will play as a MF
Min. 70 :(chs) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  Houston will come on for D_Bunting and play FW
Min. 70 :(vla) O_Price wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to P_Niemeyer
          ...  P_Niemeyer shapes up for a shot!
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 70 :(vla) Maradona looks injured. He's coming off
          ...  Lets hope it's not serious
          ...  They have no substitutions left. Will play a man down
Min. 72 :(vla) P_Niemeyer brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  W_Jose gets on the end of the pass
          ...  S_Pearce gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 80 :(chs) D_Trezeguet finds his way through
          ...  D_E_Boyata reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 81 :(chs) K_Magennis plays the early ball across the box to find S_Mazzola in space
          ...  A_Nouri wins the ball
Min. 84 :(chs) T_Cairney has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  K_Magennis gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  K_Magennis attempts the shot!
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 86 :(vla) W_Jose with a perfectly timed run
          ...  A powerful shot by W_Jose !
          ...  Hugo_Lloris watches it sail wide!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(vla) W_Jose with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows M_Cassetti a clean set of heals
          ...  S_Pearce clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 91 :(vla) W_Jose holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to O_Price
          ...  O_Price attempts a chip!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 93 :(chs) A_A_Messi flicks the ball through
          ...  D_Trezeguet runs onto it!
          ...  D_Trezeguet is miles offside!
          ...  The flag stays down
          ...  Kamikaze tries to close down the angle
          ...  He tries to slide it past Kamikaze
          ...  Kamikaze dives bravely at his feet !!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_A_Messi crosses it in!
          ...  D_Trezeguet makes a firm connection with his head
          ...  Kamikaze with a superb tip around the post
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Magennis hits it into the box!
          ...  It is cleared by B_Ivanovic
Min. 93 :(vla) J_Stam unselfishly heads the ball back to K_El_Ahmadi
          ...  K_El_Ahmadi chases it through, he must score !
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Stamford Bridge
Attendance           : 92,000
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Chelsea Match Info
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Best player          : D_Trezeguet
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : M_Madl (6)
Booked               : D_Trezeguet (35), S_Mazzola (36)
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : O_Price (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N_Kanu (47), Eduardo (52), O_Price (62)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Eduardo (58)
Injured              : Maradona (70)
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Match Statistics
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                              Chelsea     |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          10        |       25
Off target           :           3        |       13
On target            :           7        |       12
Possession           :          27        |       73
Corners              :           3        |       6
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          12        |       12
Key Tackles          :           8        |       8
Key Passes           :          13        |       21
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Final Score          : Chelsea 0 - 3 Valencia
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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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Hugo_Lloris    GK  33   3   2   3  13 |  98  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
L_Olsen        DF   3  28   8   6  42 |  74   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
S_Pearce       DF   1  27   7  10  18 |  98   0   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  60   0   5
C_Metzelder    DF   2  27   8   8  30 |  98   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
M_Madl         DF   3  26   9   6  22 |   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
M_Kikuchi      MF   1  15  27   8  30 |  74   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
A_A_Messi      MF   2   7  27  11  40 |  98   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
S_Mazzola      MF   2  10  26   7  33 |  98   0   0   5   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  48  -2
K_Magennis     MF   3   4  26   6  30 |  98   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  40   1
D_Trezeguet    FW   3   7  10  27  21 |  98   0   0   0   0   5   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  19
D_Bunting      FW   1   2   8  26  31 |  74   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
J_Bond         GK  27   3   3   3  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Cassetti     DF   3  26   8   6  30 |  24   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Cairney      MF   2   8  25   8  21 |  24   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
N_Piere        MF   1   6  25   7  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Houston        FW   1   5   7  25  21 |  24   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20

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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Kamikaze       GK  36   7   2   2  20 |  98   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 100   0   0   0
O_Price        DF   2  30  12   7  26 |  98   0   1   1   0   6   1   0   0   0  60  10  51
D_E_Boyata     DF   2  29  11   8  11 |  98   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  60  25   0
B_Ivanovic     DF   3  29  11   7  22 |  98   0   2   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  20   6
E_Herbert      DF   1  28   7  11  41 |  59   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Stam         DF   2  28   8   7  29 |  98   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20   1
P_Niemeyer     MF   1  18  29   5  22 |  98   0   0   3   1   3   0   0   0   0   0  45   3
T_Huddlestone  MF   1  10  29  11  19 |  98   0   1   5   1   2   0   0   0   0  20  65   6
K_El_Ahmadi    MF   1  10  29   7  15 |  98   0   0   5   0   3   0   0   0   0  20  70  23
Eduardo        MF   2   7  29   8  21 |  69   0   0   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  -2   8  28
N_Kanu         FW   3   6   7  29  21 |  70   0   0   0   0   6   1   0   0   0   0   0  47
Q_Atoo         GK  30   3   7   4  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Nouri        DF   1  27  11   6  21 |  39   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Maradona       MF   1  11  27  17  18 |   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Macleod      MF   2   9  27  11  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
W_Jose         FW   3   8   9  28  10 |  28   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
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