Elite Football League Cup 1st Round Match, Everton vs. AS Roma (Mon Oct 29)


                              Everton  |  AS Roma
                              4-3-3 A  |  5-3-1-1 A
                      Gareth Williams  |  Chris Ridout
                                       |
                          I_Turner GK  |  GK L_McCormick
                      P_Kuzmanovic DF  |  DF J_Esparza
                           E_Garay DF  |  DF T_Kaizer
                       H_Badstuber DF  |  DF A_Britton
                       S_Battaglia DF  |  DF A_Kerzhakov
                        C_N_Zogbia MF  |  DF M_Twaddle
                            M_Ozil MF  |  MF Ludovic
                         D_Vazques MF  |  MF O_Bosingwa
                         F_Inzaghi FW  |  MF J_Wilshere
                          R_Fowler FW  |  AM P_Nedved
                      Nacho_Verdes FW  |  FW Taliyah
                                       |
                          J_Hunter SUB |  SUB Kindonga
                       K_Ratcliffe SUB |  SUB L_Amoruso
                            M_Gabb SUB |  SUB F_Corsten
                     K_Katsouranis SUB |  SUB Kwaga
                       Fabinhioski SUB |  SUB A_Anyukov

Referee: P_Dowd (England)


Min. 2  :(evn) C_N_Zogbia holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to Nacho_Verdes
          ...  Nacho_Verdes beats the offside trap!
          ...  He is clean through
          ...  L_McCormick comes towards him
          ...  He dinks it over L_McCormick
          ...  A_Britton gets back to hack it off the line!!
Min. 3  :(asr) Taliyah spits at D_Vazques
          ...  He could be off!!
          ...  P_Dowd calls him over
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 4  :(evn) D_Vazques knocks it forward
          ...  J_Esparza slips
          ...  F_Inzaghi gets to it!
          ...  F_Inzaghi heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 6  :(evn) C_N_Zogbia heads the ball back to P_Kuzmanovic
          ...  J_Esparza anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 11 :(evn) D_Vazques spots Nacho_Verdes who is in acres of space
          ...  Nacho_Verdes with a powerful downward header!
          ...  L_McCormick falls over
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway!
Min. 13 :(asr) P_Nedved runs at H_Badstuber
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  P_Nedved cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  I_Turner manages to turn it behind
Min. 15 :(asr) J_Esparza with a 50-yard pass to M_Twaddle
          ...  M_Twaddle sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  I_Turner can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  I_Turner makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 29 :(evn) F_Inzaghi with a flashy move
          ...  Fine tackle by A_Kerzhakov
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 29 :(asr) Taliyah with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past S_Battaglia
          ...  Taliyah with a blistering shot !
          ...  I_Turner with a great save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 32 :(evn) Nacho_Verdes finds a hole in the defence
          ...  But M_Twaddle wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 37 :(evn) Nacho_Verdes looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to E_Garay
          ...  E_Garay with the shot on net !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  L_McCormick never had a chance!
Min. 37 :(evn) Nacho_Verdes sidesteps J_Wilshere
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  Ludovic wins the ball well
          ...  P_Dowd has given a free kick
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 39 :(asr) M_Twaddle beats H_Badstuber
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves P_Dowd
          ...  R_Fowler wins the ball well
          ...  P_Dowd has given a free kick
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 39 :(asr) M_Twaddle controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs S_Battaglia
          ...  He puts in O_Bosingwa!
          ...  O_Bosingwa with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  I_Turner was lucky there
Min. 40 :(asr) Taliyah with the dribble
          ...  This is a great chance
          ...  Taliyah with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  But I_Turner parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 41 :(asr) O_Bosingwa gets to the by line and finds P_Nedved with a beautiful cross
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  S_Battaglia takes possession
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(asr) Ludovic is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to O_Bosingwa
          ...  S_Battaglia reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 46 :(evn) C_N_Zogbia has it now
          ...  He takes on J_Esparza
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in D_Vazques!
          ...  J_Esparza recovers to win the ball back

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Everton 0-0 AS Roma

Min. 46 :(evn) R_Fowler sidesteps his marker
          ...  He runs forward now
          ...  But O_Bosingwa clears the danger
Min. 49 :(evn) C_N_Zogbia has it now
          ...  He takes on T_Kaizer
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in R_Fowler!
          ...  R_Fowler tries the lob from 30 yards !
          ...  L_McCormick gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 49 :(asr) A_Kerzhakov looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to P_Nedved
          ...  P_Kuzmanovic gathers up the loose ball
Min. 50 :(evn) D_Vazques skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  The ball hits T_Kaizer in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 52 :(asr) O_Bosingwa has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past P_Kuzmanovic
          ...  He puts in Taliyah!
          ...  Taliyah curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 54 :(asr) Ludovic gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  Taliyah is unmarked
          ...  P_Kuzmanovic with a terrible tackle
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 57 :(evn) P_Kuzmanovic drives it across the face of the goal C_N_Zogbia
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from J_Esparza
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Kuzmanovic drives it into the box!
          ...  L_McCormick reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 60 :(evn) S_Battaglia backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  F_Inzaghi latches onto the end of it
          ...  But J_Esparza wins the tackle
Min. 61 :(evn) E_Garay looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Nacho_Verdes
          ...  Nacho_Verdes hits the ball first time!
          ...  But L_McCormick tips it over
          ...  P_Dowd has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 61 :(asr) A_Kerzhakov with a glorious long pass to P_Nedved
          ...  P_Nedved with a powerful downward header!
          ...  I_Turner gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 64 :(asr) Ludovic beats his marker
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Ludovic swings in the shot!
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 65 :(evn) K_Ratcliffe will replace the useless E_Garay and will play DF
Min. 65 :(asr) a big roar from the crowd as A_Anyukov comes on for Taliyah to play FW
Min. 70 :(evn) M_Gabb is ready to come on to replace D_Vazques
          ...  Looks like he will play as a MF
Min. 70 :(evn) M_Ozil jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Gabb
          ...  M_Gabb with the shot !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that?
Min. 71 :(asr) A_Anyukov takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  P_Kuzmanovic reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 72 :(asr) L_Amoruso replaces an unhappy J_Esparza and will play as a DF
Min. 73 :(asr) F_Corsten replaces M_Twaddle to play as a DF
Min. 77 :(asr) L_McCormick pulls up
          ...  That looks like his hamstring went
          ...  He wont be able to continue!!
          ...  They have no substitutions left.
          ...  Will play a man down
Min. 77 :(asr) It appears O_Bosingwa is playing as a GK
Min. 80 :(evn) K_Katsouranis is being brought on
          ...  R_Fowler is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 82 :(asr) A_Britton races into the box
          ...  He sees A_Anyukov lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  A wicked drive by A_Anyukov !
          ...  I_Turner makes a difficult save
Min. 84 :(evn) M_Ozil with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past A_Kerzhakov
          ...  He knocks it to S_Battaglia!
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from L_Amoruso
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 91 :(asr) Ludovic looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to P_Nedved
          ...  P_Nedved has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!

*************  PENALTY SHOOTOUT  *************


          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  F_Inzaghi is taking it!
          ...  He's converted it!!
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Everton 1-0 AS Roma...

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  A_Anyukov is taking it!
          ...  I_Turner dives
          ...  And he tips it wide!

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  Nacho_Verdes steps up!
          ...  He sends O_Bosingwa the wrong way
          ...  Clinical Penalty
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Everton 2-0 AS Roma...

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  P_Nedved steps up!
          ...  I_Turner dives
          ...  And he tips it wide!

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  C_N_Zogbia is taking it!
          ...  O_Bosingwa dives
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  The keeper had no chance there!
          ...  Everton 3-0 AS Roma...

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  O_Bosingwa is taking it!
          ...  I_Turner guesses correctly
          ...  And he saves it!


          ...  Everton wins the penalty shootout



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


Match Details
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Venue                : Goodison Park
Attendance           : 62,661
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Everton Match Info
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Best player          : S_Battaglia
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : R_Fowler (39), P_Kuzmanovic (54)
Injured              : N/A
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AS Roma Match Info
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Best player          : O_Bosingwa (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Taliyah (3), Ludovic (37)
Injured              : L_McCormick (77)
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Match Statistics
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                                 Everton  |    AS Roma
Attempts on Goal     :           7        |       10
Off target           :           4        |       5
On target            :           3        |       5
Possession           :          39        |       61
Corners              :           1        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           8        |       13
Key Tackles          :           4        |       9
Key Passes           :          12        |       10
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Final Score          : Everton 0 - 0 AS Roma
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Player Statistics - Everton
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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I_Turner       GK  35   4   5   4  16 |  92   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  65   0   0   0
P_Kuzmanovic   DF   3  24   7   8  18 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  28  10  -2
E_Garay        DF   2  24   5   5  21 |  66   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  12   1
H_Badstuber    DF   2  22   6   5  23 |  92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Battaglia    DF   3  20   6   8  44 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  70  12   0
C_N_Zogbia     MF   1   3  28  12  21 |  92   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  48   0
M_Ozil         MF   2   7  24   7  18 |  92   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  24   0
D_Vazques      MF   1   6  23  14  22 |  71   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  24   0
F_Inzaghi      FW   1   3   5  27  24 |  92   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
R_Fowler       FW   1   1   8  23  25 |  81   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   6
Nacho_Verdes   FW   2   5   9  21  30 |  92   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  12  17
J_Hunter       GK  27   4   1   1  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Ratcliffe    DF   2  24   9   8  21 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Gabb         MF   2  20   4   7  36 |  21   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
K_Katsouranis  FW   1   3  24   1  34 |  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fabinhioski    FW   2   7  11  24  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - AS Roma
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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L_McCormick    GK  31   2   3   2  17 |  78   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  55   0   0   0
J_Esparza      DF   1  26   6   3  20 |  73   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  12   0
T_Kaizer       DF   2  23   6   4  37 |  92   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0
A_Britton      DF   2  23   8   7  15 |  92   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
A_Kerzhakov    DF   1  21  10   7  42 |  92   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  24   0
M_Twaddle      DF   2  18  11  17  22 |  74   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  15  12   1
Ludovic        MF   2   1  24   1  25 |  92   0   0   3   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  34  -1
O_Bosingwa     GK   4   7  23  16  47 |  92   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  15  24   8
J_Wilshere     MF   2  16  23  10  19 |  92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Nedved       AM   1   6  20  19  17 |  92   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
Taliyah        FW   2   6   6  24  44 |  66   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  15
Kindonga       GK  23   5   6   5  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Amoruso      DF   1  25  10   7  42 |  19   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0
F_Corsten      DF   2  24   8   5  28 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Kwaga          MF   3   8  19   5  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Anyukov      FW   1   8   4  23  35 |  26   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
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