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Season 23 Archive: Elite League, Week 4

FC Porto 0 - 0 Marseille

Elite Football League Match, FC Porto vs. Marseille (Sun Oct 30)


                             FC Porto  |  Marseille
                            4-2-2-2 P  |  4-5-1 E
                         Shaun Winzor  |  Lee Shaw
                                       |
                        D_Marshall GK  |  GK R_Higuita
                       P_Rodriguez DF  |  DF T_Taiwo
                            C_Barr DF  |  DF L_Shawry
                           B_Moore DF  |  DF L_Koscielny
                         H_Almeida DF  |  DF S_Byram
                           Gandolf DM  |  MF Y_Sankhare
                          G_Fofana DM  |  MF J_Fleck
                          Di_Maria MF  |  MF M_Dickinson
                         D_Pereira MF  |  MF A_Marcos
                         S_Morison FW  |  MF Douglas_Costa
                           L_Massu FW  |  FW J_Digweed
                                       |
                            Helton SUB |  SUB H_Lloris
                        S_McEveley SUB |  SUB M_Amoros
                      J_R_Riquelme SUB |  SUB F_Wood
                        E_Adebayor SUB |  SUB N_Ben_Khalifa
                       D_Sulejmani SUB |  SUB Z_Zidane

Referee: M_Stadio (Austria)


Min. 3  :(fcp) H_Almeida controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  S_Morison gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  S_Morison hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  R_Higuita gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 8  :(msl) J_Fleck skips the challenge from P_Rodriguez
          ...  J_Fleck gets up high for the header !
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!
Min. 11 :(fcp) L_Massu with the nutmeg
          ...  He takes the ball forward
          ...  L_Massu sees R_Higuita off his line !
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 11 :(fcp) C_Barr with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves the defender behind
          ...  Douglas_Costa is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 13 :(msl) Y_Sankhare boots it towards L_Koscielny
          ...  A wicked drive by L_Koscielny !
          ...  D_Marshall can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It drifts wide!
          ...  D_Marshall has a smile on his face
          ...  Did he know that was going wide?
Min. 14 :(fcp) L_Massu jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison with only one thing on his mind!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  R_Higuita gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 19 :(fcp) G_Fofana is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  R_Higuita falls over
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway!
Min. 20 :(fcp) Di_Maria pulls it back to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  R_Higuita makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 22 :(msl) S_Byram rushes through the defence
          ...  S_Morison gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 24 :(msl) Douglas_Costa controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs P_Rodriguez
          ...  He puts in J_Digweed!
          ...  J_Digweed smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  But D_Marshall punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a goal kick
          ...  It was clear to everyone that D_Marshall got a touch
Min. 25 :(fcp) H_Almeida with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past T_Taiwo
          ...  M_Dickinson with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Right on the edge of the box!
          ...  S_Morison with the thundering drive
          ...  R_Higuita watches it sail safely wide!
Min. 29 :(msl) J_Fleck flicks it over the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  J_Fleck hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  OH!! He has hit the side netting
          ...  Goal kick given
Min. 31 :(msl) J_Digweed has space to run with the ball
          ...  But B_Moore wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 32 :(fcp) Gandolf hits a hard pass to H_Almeida
          ...  H_Almeida attempts to drive it home!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 32 :(msl) Douglas_Costa boots it towards M_Dickinson
          ...  M_Dickinson has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  D_Marshall with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 36 :(msl) M_Dickinson finds L_Shawry with a ball over the defence
          ...  L_Shawry is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round D_Marshall
          ...  He dinks it over D_Marshall
          ...  It goes wide!!
Min. 37 :(fcp) S_Morison squares it to D_Pereira
          ...  D_Pereira chases it through, he must score !
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 39 :(fcp) L_Massu with the diagonal pass S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison aims for the top right corner !
          ...  R_Higuita gets up well to catch that one
Min. 40 :(fcp) G_Fofana hoists the ball across to L_Massu
          ...  Driven towards goal by L_Massu !
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 46 :(fcp) L_Massu knocks the ball past T_Taiwo
          ...  L_Massu with a bicycle kick !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Massu lofts the ball in!
          ...  R_Higuita makes the catch!
Min. 47 :(msl) Y_Sankhare plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  L_Shawry decides to go for goal instead!
          ...  A glorious effort by L_Shawry !
          ...  D_Marshall was lucky there

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

Min. 46 :(msl) M_Dickinson whips the ball across to J_Digweed
          ...  H_Almeida robs him of the ball
Min. 55 :(fcp) S_Morison sidesteps his marker
          ...  S_Morison sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  But R_Higuita makes a superb stop down low.
Min. 55 :(msl) Y_Sankhare with the through ball to A_Marcos
          ...  A_Marcos tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  That was a terrible attempt!
Min. 56 :(fcp) Di_Maria nutmegs L_Koscielny, he continues to run forward
          ...  Di_Maria fires a shot at goal !
          ...  R_Higuita falls over
          ...  But R_Higuita is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 57 :(msl) T_Taiwo jumps over P_Rodriguez's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  From long range T_Taiwo bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  D_Marshall with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 58 :(fcp) G_Fofana is on the ground
          ...  He looks in agony
          ...  He won't be able to continue!
Min. 58 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme replaces G_Fofana and will play DM
Min. 59 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme will now play as AM
Min. 60 :(fcp) H_Almeida retreats under pressure
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  L_Massu latches onto the end of it
          ...  Douglas_Costa gets to the ball first
Min. 60 :(msl) L_Koscielny with the towering header to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed sees D_Marshall off his line !
          ...  D_Marshall gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  He has put it wide !!
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair!
Min. 62 :(fcp) C_Barr finds L_Massu in acres of space
          ...  L_Massu has a dig at goal!
          ...  R_Higuita takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 62 :(msl) Douglas_Costa with the towering header to S_Byram
          ...  S_Byram with the cheeky shot!
          ...  But D_Marshall just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  M_Stadio has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 62 :(fcp) P_Rodriguez beats M_Dickinson
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves M_Stadio
          ...  M_Dickinson is late with that one
          ...  He gets up and shakes the players hand
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 63 :(fcp) L_Massu with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves the defender behind
          ...  L_Massu hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  R_Higuita guesses right
Min. 64 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme takes advantage of a mistake by S_Byram
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  M_Dickinson wins the ball
Min. 65 :(msl) J_Fleck is forced back with the ball
          ...  He belts the ball up field
          ...  T_Taiwo latches onto the end of it
          ...  The ball hits C_Barr in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 66 :(msl) J_Digweed runs forward
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  D_Pereira with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 67 :(fcp) S_McEveley will replace H_Almeida and play DF
Min. 67 :(fcp) L_Massu takes advantage of a bad back pass from L_Shawry
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from L_Massu !
          ...  R_Higuita won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 68 :(msl) A_Marcos moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Fleck
          ...  J_Fleck beats the offside trap!
          ...  He is clean through
          ...  D_Marshall comes towards him
          ...  He rounds D_Marshall
          ...  He thumps it towards the goal!
          ...  D_Marshall somehow manages to get to it !!
Min. 72 :(fcp) It looks as though FC Porto is now playing A
Min. 73 :(fcp) The ball goes loose!
          ...  L_Massu gains possesion and thinks about the shot
          ...  L_Massu tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 75 :(fcp) S_Morison comes to collect the ball
          ...  Great turn!!!
          ...  Superb play
          ...  S_Morison hits a great shot !
          ...  R_Higuita falls over
          ...  But R_Higuita is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 76 :(msl) J_Fleck barges S_McEveley off the ball
          ...  J_Fleck hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  But D_Marshall makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 77 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme is first to the ball
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  L_Shawry looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 78 :(fcp) S_Morison leaves S_Byram standing
          ...  L_Koscielny with a late tackle
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul
          ...  M_Stadio will just give him a speaking to
Min. 80 :(msl) There's going to be a change
          ...  M_Amoros will come on for S_Byram and play DF
Min. 80 :(fcp) A defence splitting pass from Di_Maria to J_R_Riquelme
          ...  Y_Sankhare takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 81 :(fcp) Di_Maria looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to L_Massu
          ...  M_Amoros reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 81 :(msl) M_Dickinson moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Digweed
          ...  A well-placed shot from J_Digweed !
          ...  D_Marshall goes down well to save
Min. 82 :(msl) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  F_Wood will come on for M_Dickinson and play MF
Min. 83 :(fcp) Gandolf whips the ball across to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison with the chance !
          ...  The shot slips through R_Higuita's hands
          ...  But R_Higuita recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 84 :(msl) T_Taiwo flicks it past B_Moore
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  T_Taiwo hits a curling shot!
          ...  But D_Marshall parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 85 :(msl) Z_Zidane is being brought on
          ...  J_Digweed is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 86 :(msl) F_Wood with the cross-field pass to Douglas_Costa
          ...  Douglas_Costa attempts a chip!
          ...  D_Marshall gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 87 :(fcp) Gandolf whips the ball across to J_R_Riquelme
          ...  J_R_Riquelme tries to beat R_Higuita from outside the area!
          ...  But it clips the post and goes wide
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(fcp) S_McEveley sprints past L_Shawry
          ...  S_McEveley tries to chip the ball over R_Higuita!
          ...  R_Higuita with an easy save
          ...  He just oozes confidence
Min. 89 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme barges the defender off the ball
          ...  Y_Sankhare robs him of the ball
Min. 89 :(msl) Z_Zidane has it on the edge of the box
          ...  Z_Zidane runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  D_Marshall is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 90 :(fcp) D_Pereira with a pinpoint pass to J_R_Riquelme
          ...  A thundering drive by J_R_Riquelme !
          ...  R_Higuita makes a difficult save
Min. 91 :(fcp) S_McEveley sidesteps T_Taiwo
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  S_McEveley hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  Looks like it should be R_Higuita's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  R_Higuita looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Rodriguez lofts the ball in!
          ...  R_Higuita catches it!
Min. 94 :(msl) Y_Sankhare has it now
          ...  He takes on Gandolf
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Z_Zidane!
          ...  Z_Zidane is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round D_Marshall
          ...  He tries to slide it past D_Marshall
          ...  D_Marshall smothers the ball !!
Min. 94 :(fcp) D_Pereira is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to L_Massu
          ...  A_Marcos goes in studs first
          ...  M_Stadio called him over for a strong verbal warning

*************  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          : S_Morison (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : G_Fofana (58)
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : R_Higuita
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Douglas_Costa (11), M_Dickinson (25)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             FC Porto     |    Marseille
Attempts on Goal     :          23        |       18
Off target           :          12        |       7
On target            :          11        |       11
Possession           :          54        |       46
Corners              :           2        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       2
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       14
Key Tackles          :           4        |       6
Key Passes           :          16        |       14
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Final Score          : FC Porto 0 - 0 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  39   7   5   7  14 |  97  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  95   0   0   0
P_Rodriguez    DF   2  31   9  10  28 |  97   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Barr         DF   2  29  13  10  27 |  97   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
B_Moore        DF   2  28  13  11  20 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
H_Almeida      DF   2  28  12  10  29 |  70   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  20   1
Gandolf        DM   2  19  28   8  19 |  97   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
G_Fofana       DM   1  16  25   7  21 |  61   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Di_Maria       MF   1   6  28   5  37 |  97   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   5
D_Pereira      MF   3  11  26   7  32 |  97   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
S_Morison      FW   1   2   7  28  36 |  97   0   1   1   0   9   0   0   0   0  20  10  33
L_Massu        FW   1   7  10  26  13 |  97   0   0   2   0   7   0   0   0   0   0  20  15
Helton         GK  29   1   1   2  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_McEveley     DF   2  24  12   9  24 |  27   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
J_R_Riquelme   AM   3   6  26  21  34 |  36   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
E_Adebayor     FW   2   7   7  28  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Sulejmani    FW   1   2  16  24  36 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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  39   2   2   2  34 |  97  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 105   0   0   0
T_Taiwo        DF   2  32   4   4  31 |  97   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  40   0  10
L_Shawry       DF   2  30   8   8  15 |  97   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   6
L_Koscielny    DF   2  29  10   7  36 |  97   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
S_Byram        DF   3  28   8   6  32 |  83   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  30  11  36 |  97   0   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  40   0
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  30   9  28 |  97   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10  12
M_Dickinson    MF   2  15  28   7  28 |  85   0   1   3   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  28   3
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  28  15  32 |  97   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
Douglas_Costa  MF   2   8  28  10  42 |  97   0   1   3   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  28   3
J_Digweed      FW   1   8   9  29  19 |  88   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
H_Lloris       GK  26   2   3   1  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Amoros       DF   2  26   9   7  42 |  14   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
F_Wood         MF   1  12  27   7  41 |  12   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  11  26  11  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Z_Zidane       FW   2   8   8  29  34 |   9   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
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