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Season 22 Archive: Elite League, Week 3

FC Porto 0 - 3 Marseille

Elite Football League Match, FC Porto vs. Marseille (Mon Apr 18)


                             FC Porto  |  Marseille
                          4-2-1-1-2 E  |  4-4-2 P
                         Shaun Winzor  |  Lee Shaw
                                       |
                        D_Marshall GK  |  GK R_Higuita
                       P_Rodriguez DF  |  DF T_Taiwo
                          J_Conroy DF  |  DF L_Shawry
                           B_Moore DF  |  DF L_Koscielny
                       L_Squillaci DF  |  DF F_Le_Boeuf
                           Gandolf DM  |  MF Y_Sankhare
                          G_Fofana DM  |  MF J_Fleck
                            K_Kong MF  |  MF M_Dickinson
                      J_R_Riquelme AM  |  MF A_Marcos
                        E_Adebayor FW  |  FW J_Digweed
                          Juanfran FW  |  FW Z_Zidane
                                       |
                            Helton SUB |  SUB G_Banks
                         H_Almeida SUB |  SUB S_Gronkjaer
                          Di_Maria SUB |  SUB M_Amoros
                         T_Hurlock SUB |  SUB N_Ben_Khalifa
                         S_Morison SUB |  SUB Z_Ibrahimovic

Referee: K_Ippi (Finland)


Min. 1  :(msl) Y_Sankhare leaps into the air
          ...  He wins the header
          ...  He heads it across to F_Le_Boeuf
          ...  F_Le_Boeuf tries to beat D_Marshall!
          ...  D_Marshall with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 4  :(fcp) Gandolf spots E_Adebayor who is in acres of space
          ...  But L_Koscielny wins the tackle
Min. 5  :(fcp) K_Kong floats the ball in to find P_Rodriguez
          ...  Intercepted by F_Le_Boeuf
Min. 5  :(msl) A_Marcos with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane goes for goal !
          ...  D_Marshall fists it away
Min. 9  :(msl) L_Koscielny pulls it back to Y_Sankhare
          ...  Y_Sankhare with the side footed shot!
          ...  But D_Marshall makes an easy save
Min. 10 :(msl) L_Shawry runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  Looks like it should be D_Marshall's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  D_Marshall looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Marcos lofts the ball in!
          ...  The danger is dealt with by Gandolf
Min. 12 :(msl) L_Shawry off the woodwork.
          ...  Y_Sankhare picks up the deflection
          ...  P_Rodriguez goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 14 :(fcp) K_Kong takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into E_Adebayor
          ...  E_Adebayor cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  It sails over!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 17 :(fcp) Juanfran flicks it past L_Shawry
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  T_Taiwo reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 18 :(fcp) K_Kong with a pinpoint pass to P_Rodriguez
          ...  A left-footer by P_Rodriguez !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  R_Higuita never had a chance!
Min. 19 :(msl) J_Fleck bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to Z_Zidane
          ...  L_Squillaci is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  D_Marshall misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  F_Le_Boeuf chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  D_Marshall reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 19 :(fcp) Juanfran runs with pace at the defence
          ...  L_Koscielny with a nasty foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  K_Ippi lectures him
Min. 22 :(msl) M_Dickinson changes direction inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Fleck
          ...  J_Fleck shapes up for a shot!
          ...  D_Marshall gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by D_Marshall !!
Min. 27 :(msl) Z_Zidane sprints forward with the ball
          ...  J_R_Riquelme stands firm and knocks the player to the ground!!
          ...  That's a rash challenge!!
          ...  He's warned for that one
          ...  Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book
Min. 28 :(msl) M_Dickinson takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  M_Dickinson blasts it at the goal !
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 32 :(msl) Z_Zidane gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past L_Squillaci!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Z_Zidane with the drive!
          ...  It clips the post!!
          ...  The net bulges !!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's given Marseille the lead!
          ...  FC Porto 0-1 Marseille ...
Min. 33 :(fcp) G_Fofana is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to Juanfran
          ...  Juanfran with the chance !
          ...  It's well wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 33 :(msl) J_Fleck sidesteps L_Squillaci
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  A thundering drive by J_Fleck !
          ...  D_Marshall gathers it comfortably
Min. 35 :(fcp) Gandolf sidesteps L_Shawry
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  Gandolf hits the shot with the inside of the left foot!
          ...  But R_Higuita makes a fine save
Min. 36 :(msl) Z_Zidane with the Cruyff turn
          ...  Z_Zidane keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  It fly's into Row Z!
Min. 37 :(fcp) B_Moore looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to G_Fofana
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  F_Le_Boeuf takes possession
Min. 38 :(fcp) K_Kong hits in a wicked shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Juanfran latches onto it!
          ...  Y_Sankhare fouls badly
          ...  That looked malicious
Min. 40 :(msl) F_Le_Boeuf with a short pass to find J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  D_Marshall saves, but he fumbles
          ...  But he gathers at the second attempt!
Min. 41 :(msl) L_Koscielny takes possession
          ...  He has his back towards goal
          ...  He turns well
          ...  L_Koscielny with the goal bound shot!
          ...  It's well wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 42 :(msl) Y_Sankhare moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He plays the ball through to Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane tries to beat D_Marshall from outside the area!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  D_Marshall dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The deflection beat D_Marshall!
          ...  FC Porto 0-2 Marseille ...
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(fcp) It seems FC Porto are making a tactical change to A
Min. 43 :(msl) It looks as though Marseille is now playing D
Min. 43 :(msl) F_Le_Boeuf with a perfectly timed run
          ...  F_Le_Boeuf has a dig at goal!
          ...  D_Marshall with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: FC Porto 0-2 Marseille

Min. 46 :(msl) J_Digweed breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on D_Marshall!
          ...  J_R_Riquelme brings him down!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 48 :(msl) A_Marcos beats J_Conroy
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  A_Marcos with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He is dancing round the corner flag!
          ...  FC Porto 0-3 Marseille ...
Min. 51 :(fcp) B_Moore runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to E_Adebayor
          ...  E_Adebayor hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  R_Higuita just watches float over the bar!
Min. 55 :(msl) J_Digweed looks up for support for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him!
          ...  A powerful shot by J_Digweed !
          ...  D_Marshall was lucky there
Min. 56 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme spots E_Adebayor who is in acres of space
          ...  E_Adebayor with the strike !
          ...  The shot deflects wide into the crowd!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Juanfran chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  R_Higuita easily claims the ball!
Min. 59 :(fcp) E_Adebayor takes possession
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  J_Fleck fouls badly
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was unlucky to be booked for that
Min. 63 :(fcp) S_Morison is being prepared to come on
          ...  G_Fofana is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 63 :(msl) F_Le_Boeuf miskicks!
          ...  He finds J_Digweed though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  J_Digweed aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  D_Marshall makes himself big
          ...  Superb Stop !
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him
Min. 64 :(fcp) Gandolf bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to Juanfran
          ...  M_Dickinson forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Conroy plays it towards the near post!
          ...  R_Higuita reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 65 :(msl) S_Gronkjaer is being brought on
          ...  F_Le_Boeuf is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 67 :(fcp) Di_Maria is coming on for K_Kong and playing MF
Min. 68 :(fcp) H_Almeida will replace P_Rodriguez and play DF
Min. 70 :(msl) There's going to be a change
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa will come on for A_Marcos and play MF
Min. 72 :(fcp) E_Adebayor sidesteps T_Taiwo
          ...  But L_Shawry clears the danger
Min. 73 :(fcp) Gandolf hoists the ball across to J_R_Riquelme
          ...  J_R_Riquelme hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 75 :(fcp) Di_Maria unselfishly heads the ball back to B_Moore
          ...  L_Shawry is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was pushing down on his man
Min. 76 :(fcp) B_Moore holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to S_Morison
          ...  A wicked drive by S_Morison !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  R_Higuita is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Adebayor curls it into the box!
          ...  R_Higuita easily claims the ball!
Min. 79 :(msl) Y_Sankhare knocks it past H_Almeida and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  B_Moore reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 80 :(msl) Z_Ibrahimovic is being prepared to come on
          ...  J_Digweed is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 80 :(msl) J_Fleck has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past J_Conroy
          ...  He puts in Z_Zidane!
          ...  Z_Zidane leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  D_Marshall with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(msl) Curled in dangerously from L_Shawry to Z_Ibrahimovic
          ...  S_Morison muscles him off the ball
          ...  Looked like a good tackle but the referee has awarded them a free kick

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estádio do Dragãos
Attendance           : 150,000
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FC Porto Match Info
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Best player          : Gandolf
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_R_Riquelme (46)
Injured              : N/A
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : Z_Zidane (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Z_Zidane (32,42), A_Marcos (48)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_Fleck (59)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              FC Porto    |    Marseille
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       17
Off target           :           7        |       4
On target            :           1        |       13
Possession           :          42        |       58
Corners              :           3        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           9        |       9
Key Tackles          :           3        |       6
Key Passes           :          11        |       11
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Final Score          : FC Porto 0 - 3 Marseille
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Player Statistics - FC Porto
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_Marshall     GK  38   7   5   7  14 |  93  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
P_Rodriguez    DF   2  30   8  10  28 |  70   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   1
J_Conroy       DF   2  28  12   9  21 |  93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Moore        DF   2  27  13  11  20 |  93   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
L_Squillaci    DF   4  24  10   7  37 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20
Gandolf        DM   2  19  27   8  19 |  93   0   1   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  30   5
G_Fofana       DM   1  16  25   7  21 |  65   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
K_Kong         MF   1   6  30   9  18 |  69   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
J_R_Riquelme   AM   3   6  26  20  34 |  93   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -1
E_Adebayor     FW   2   7   7  28  35 |  93   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3
Juanfran       FW   3   6   6  25  31 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Helton         GK  29   1   1   2  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Almeida      DF   2  27  12  10  29 |  23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Di_Maria       MF   1   6  27   5  37 |  24   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Hurlock      AM   1   8  23  18  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Morison      FW   1   2   7  28  36 |  28   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1

Player Statistics - Marseille
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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R_Higuita      GK  38   2   2   2  34 |  93   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
T_Taiwo        DF   2  31   4   4  31 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
L_Shawry       DF   2  29   8   7  15 |  93   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  40  20
L_Koscielny    DF   2  28  10   7  36 |  93   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
F_Le_Boeuf     DF   2  26  10   7  22 |  67   0   2   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  80  20  10
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  29  11  36 |  93   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0  20  55  25
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  29   9  28 |  93   0   0   2   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2  18   8
M_Dickinson    MF   2  15  27   7  28 |  93   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  27  15  32 |  72   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  10  20
J_Digweed      FW   1   8   9  28  19 |  82   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  15
Z_Zidane       FW   2   8   8  28  34 |  93   0   0   0   0   6   2   0   0   0   0   0  52
G_Banks        GK  27   3   1   3  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Gronkjaer    DF   2  27   8   7  12 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Amoros       DF   2  25   9   7  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  11  26  11  25 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Z_Ibrahimovic  FW   1   4   4  26  35 |  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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