Elite FA Cup Groups Match, FC Porto vs. Osasuna (Wed Apr 01)


                             FC Porto  |  Osasuna
                            3-2-3-2 E  |  5-3-2 A
                         Shaun Winzor  |  Dillon Grant
                                       |
                        D_Marshall GK  |  GK A_Guaita
                       P_Rodriguez DF  |  DF K_Abrha
                           B_Moore DF  |  DF C_Cox
                         G_Collins DF  |  DF F_Da_Silva
                          G_Fofana DM  |  DF T_Hoban
                        R_Nomvethe DM  |  DF A_Moreno
                            K_Kong MF  |  MF K_El_Ahmadi
                      J_R_Riquelme MF  |  MF C_Ronaldo
                         Romagnoli MF  |  MF R_Radke
                        E_Adebayor FW  |  FW W_Jose
                          L_Modric FW  |  FW M_Fernandes
                                       |
                           C_Clark SUB |  SUB E_Mulder
                          J_Conroy SUB |  SUB M_Abel
                           Gandolf SUB |  SUB T_Cruise
                            Dillon SUB |  SUB E_Manson
                          Juanfran SUB |  SUB M_Vucinic

Referee: H_Kinbull (Germany)


Min. 1  :(fcp) FC Porto altered their play to a C strategy
Min. 1  :(fcp) G_Fofana looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to L_Modric
          ...  Driven towards goal by L_Modric !
          ...  A_Guaita saves, but he fumbles
          ...  But he gathers at the second attempt!
Min. 1  :(osa) C_Ronaldo heads the ball back to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose with the header !
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 4  :(fcp) Romagnoli steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs A_Moreno
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  A_Moreno reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 6  :(fcp) R_Nomvethe looks around for some movement
          ...  He knocks the ball across to L_Modric
          ...  F_Da_Silva reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 7  :(fcp) B_Moore beats W_Jose
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  B_Moore from 20 yards !
          ...  A_Guaita catches the ball
Min. 8  :(fcp) Romagnoli knocks it forward
          ...  K_Abrha slips
          ...  E_Adebayor gets to it!
          ...  E_Adebayor smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He kisses his shirt!!
          ...  He shows his love for the club!!
          ...  The fans cheer him and chant his name!!
          ...  That puts FC Porto ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  FC Porto 1-0 Osasuna ...
Min. 11 :(fcp) L_Modric gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside A_Moreno!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A_Moreno goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 15 :(fcp) Romagnoli gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to L_Modric
          ...  L_Modric is clean through!
          ...  He rounds A_Guaita
          ...  He lobs it over A_Guaita
          ...  It just didn't dip quickly enough!!
Min. 16 :(osa) K_El_Ahmadi with a 40-yard pass to M_Fernandes
          ...  A skilful effort from M_Fernandes !
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 17 :(fcp) Romagnoli looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to E_Adebayor
          ...  But F_Da_Silva sweeps up the threat
Min. 19 :(fcp) G_Fofana with the mazy run
          ...  G_Fofana with the header !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Moore swings it in!
          ...  A_Guaita catches it!
Min. 21 :(osa) W_Jose turns past the defender
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  W_Jose chases it through, he must score !
          ...  D_Marshall with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
Min. 26 :(fcp) Romagnoli with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past the defender
          ...  Romagnoli has a go!
          ...  A_Guaita parries it, he follows it up
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The defence had gone walk about!
          ...  FC Porto 2-0 Osasuna ...
Min. 27 :(fcp) FC Porto will now play D after the order comes from the dugout
Min. 28 :(osa) W_Jose plays a long ball to A_Moreno
          ...  A_Moreno hits the ball first time!
          ...  But D_Marshall punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a throw in
Min. 31 :(osa) A_Moreno cuts through the defence
          ...  G_Fofana with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
Min. 39 :(fcp) Romagnoli finds the run of E_Adebayor
          ...  E_Adebayor with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  A_Guaita won't get to that!
          ...  Oooh it goes just over!!
Min. 40 :(osa) R_Radke crosses into the box, finding W_Jose
          ...  E_Adebayor goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 42 :(fcp) Romagnoli looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to K_Kong
          ...  T_Hoban with the tackle
          ...  He did well to stop that attack!
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(fcp) R_Nomvethe runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to L_Modric
          ...  W_Jose reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises

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

Min. 56 :(fcp) A defence splitting pass from E_Adebayor to L_Modric
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  C_Cox hits it out for a throw
Min. 56 :(fcp) G_Fofana drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to L_Modric
          ...  A_Moreno with a well timed tackle
          ...  H_Kinbull didn't like it though
          ...  He's in trouble!!
          ...  He could be sent off for that!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He was lucky to get away with that!
Min. 57 :(osa) C_Ronaldo with a first time pass
          ...  W_Jose runs onto it!
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from E_Adebayor
Min. 57 :(fcp) E_Adebayor with electric pace
          ...  He eases past the defender
          ...  M_Fernandes rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  R_Nomvethe swings it in
          ...  E_Adebayor takes control of it!
          ...  F_Da_Silva forces him off the ball
Min. 58 :(fcp) E_Adebayor takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  E_Adebayor controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  A_Guaita is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  A_Guaita looks very relieved!
Min. 58 :(osa) K_El_Ahmadi controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  W_Jose gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  W_Jose pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  What agility from D_Marshall
Min. 59 :(fcp) G_Fofana bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to E_Adebayor
          ...  E_Adebayor tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He puts his hands to his ears!!
          ...  He is winding the Osasuna fans up!!
          ...  They greet the gesture with jeers!
          ...  FC Porto 3-0 Osasuna ...
Min. 60 :(osa) K_Abrha is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  F_Da_Silva latches onto the ball
          ...  R_Nomvethe wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
Min. 61 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme plays in G_Fofana with a beautiful ball
          ...  R_Radke pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 63 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme finds himself in a good position
          ...  J_R_Riquelme with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  But he puts it wide
Min. 65 :(fcp) L_Modric jumps over R_Radke's challenge
          ...  L_Modric with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  A_Guaita with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 66 :(osa) M_Fernandes turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to C_Cox
          ...  L_Modric with a terrible tackle
          ...  He got away with just a warning
Min. 67 :(fcp) Gandolf replaces K_Kong and will play MF
Min. 67 :(fcp) Juanfran takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace L_Modric as FW
Min. 68 :(fcp) J_Conroy is being prepared to come on
          ...  G_Collins is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 72 :(fcp) J_Conroy has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past K_Abrha
          ...  He puts in Juanfran!
          ...  Fine tackle by C_Cox
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 78 :(fcp) Gandolf skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to J_Conroy
          ...  C_Cox clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 79 :(osa) C_Ronaldo picks out W_Jose with the cross
          ...  B_Moore dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 80 :(osa) C_Cox has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  C_Ronaldo collects the loose ball!
          ...  C_Ronaldo with the shot !
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 85 :(fcp) Juanfran sidesteps F_Da_Silva
          ...  W_Jose with a nasty foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again
Min. 86 :(osa) R_Radke 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!
          ...  W_Jose receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  P_Rodriguez gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 87 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme with the cross-field pass to Juanfran
          ...  But T_Hoban wins the ball from behind
          ...  The crowd appeal but H_Kinbull has none of it.
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(osa) M_Fernandes with electric pace
          ...  He eases past P_Rodriguez
          ...  J_Conroy takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 89 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  J_R_Riquelme goes for the top corner !
          ...  A_Guaita with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 91 :(osa) C_Ronaldo looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to C_Cox
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  J_Conroy belts it clear

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estádio do Dragãos
Attendance           : 130,756
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FC Porto Match Info
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Best player          : E_Adebayor (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : E_Adebayor (8,59), Romagnoli (26)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Osasuna Match Info
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Best player          : W_Jose
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : A_Moreno (56), W_Jose (85)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             FC Porto     |    Osasuna
Attempts on Goal     :          12        |       6
Off target           :           5        |       3
On target            :           7        |       3
Possession           :          59        |       41
Corners              :           1        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       0
Fouls                :           7        |       5
Key Tackles          :           7        |       12
Key Passes           :          15        |       12
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Final Score          : FC Porto 3 - 0 Osasuna
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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  36   7   5   7  14 |  95   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  55   0   0   0
P_Rodriguez    DF   2  28   8  10  28 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
B_Moore        DF   2  25  12  11  20 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
G_Collins      DF   2  24   8   6  19 |  71   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Fofana       DM   1  16  24   7  21 |  95   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  45   1
R_Nomvethe     DM   2  18  23   6  28 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
K_Kong         MF   1   6  29   9  18 |  70   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_R_Riquelme   MF   3   5  25  20  34 |  95   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  40  26
Romagnoli      MF   3   6  24  12  26 |  95   0   0   5   1   1   1   0   0   0  20  85  40
E_Adebayor     FW   2   7   7  27  35 |  95   0   2   1   0   4   2   0   0   0  40  10  42
L_Modric       FW   1   7   2  26  31 |  70   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
C_Clark        GK  27   4   2   3  38 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Conroy       DF   2  26  12   9  21 |  24   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Gandolf        MF   2  18  26   8  19 |  25   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Dillon         AM   1   7  23  18  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Juanfran       FW   3   6   6  25  31 |  25   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Osasuna
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_Guaita       GK  32   3   2   2  29 |  95   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
K_Abrha        DF   1  24   9   6  33 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
C_Cox          DF   2  23  10   7  26 |  95   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40 -10 -20
F_Da_Silva     DF   1  23   8   4  28 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
T_Hoban        DF   2  21   6   7  23 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
A_Moreno       DF   2  17   8   6  20 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  38  -2   3
K_El_Ahmadi    MF   1  10  24   6  15 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
C_Ronaldo      MF   3   6  24   8  21 |  95   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  40   1
R_Radke        MF   3   6  19   7  23 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20
W_Jose         FW   3   8   8  23  10 |  95   0   1   1   0   3   0   1   0   0  18   8   9
M_Fernandes    FW   2   6   8  21  41 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
E_Mulder       GK  20   4   1   4  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Abel         DF   1  27   3   3  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Cruise       MF   2   9  25   8  39 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Manson       MF   1   9  25   9  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Vucinic      MF   2   8   8  25  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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