Elite Football League Match, Manchester City vs. Santos FC (Mon Mar 13)


                      Manchester City  |  Santos FC
                              4-5-1 D  |  3-4-1-2 A
                       Scott Matthews  |  Glyn Rigby
                                       |
                         S_Scuffet GK  |  GK A_Marshall
                           I_Garde DF  |  DF D_Moore
                         Efe_Sodje DF  |  DF Beckenbauer
                          A_Hansen DF  |  DF Maldini
                          T_Kaizer DF  |  MF Koki_Mizuno
                         P_Do_Shaw MF  |  MF Y_Toure
                             Jinky MF  |  MF Shaqiri
                        Nuri_Sahin MF  |  MF Imbula
                          Denilson MF  |  AM T_Kroos
                          Y_Cabaye MF  |  FW Stan_Matthews
                       D_Rommedahl FW  |  FW Bojan
                                       |
                             P_Out SUB |  SUB R_Wright
                          A_Carlos SUB |  SUB T_Mowbray
                      Y_Abdessadki SUB |  SUB Josimar
                          M_Murphy SUB |  SUB S_Marsden
                           G_Botti SUB |  SUB Bar

Referee: C_V_Carballo (Spain)


Min. 1  :(mnc) D_Rommedahl beats his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Fine tackle by Beckenbauer
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 2  :(mnc) I_Garde lays the ball back to Nuri_Sahin
          ...  Nuri_Sahin throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  But A_Marshall tips it behind
          ...  C_V_Carballo has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 3  :(sfc) Stan_Matthews nutmegs I_Garde, he continues to run forward
          ...  D_Rommedahl wins the ball with ease
          ...  C_V_Carballo saw something no-one else did
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 6  :(sfc) Stan_Matthews barges Denilson off the ball
          ...  Stan_Matthews with a powerful header !
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 10 :(sfc) D_Moore has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past I_Garde
          ...  He puts in Stan_Matthews!
          ...  T_Kaizer clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 28 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl takes advantage of a mistake by Y_Toure
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  A glorious effort by D_Rommedahl !
          ...  A_Marshall with an easy save
          ...  He just oozes confidence
Min. 30 :(mnc) Denilson with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past D_Moore
          ...  He knocks it to Jinky!
          ...  Jinky hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  A_Marshall is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  OH! It drifts just past the post
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  Deserved a goal really
Min. 30 :(sfc) Koki_Mizuno volleys it forward. He finds Stan_Matthews
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  T_Kaizer takes possession
Min. 33 :(mnc) Y_Cabaye with the dribble
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  D_Moore picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 33 :(sfc) Imbula moves forward
          ...  I_Garde with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  Koki_Mizuno shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to T_Kroos instead
          ...  T_Kroos uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  S_Scuffet with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 35 :(mnc) T_Kaizer with a simple pass to P_Do_Shaw
          ...  P_Do_Shaw has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  A_Marshall makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Kaizer chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  A_Marshall easily catches it!
Min. 35 :(sfc) Koki_Mizuno finds the run of Stan_Matthews
          ...  A delicate chip from Stan_Matthews !
          ...  S_Scuffet goes down well to save
Min. 36 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw plays in D_Rommedahl with a beautiful ball
          ...  D_Moore with the tackle
Min. 38 :(mnc) Denilson knocks it forward
          ...  Bojan slips
          ...  A_Hansen gets to it!
          ...  Fine tackle by Beckenbauer
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 40 :(mnc) A_Hansen takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past the defender
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  Beckenbauer with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 40 :(sfc) D_Moore holds the ball up
          ...  He sees Bojan in space!
          ...  Bojan with a powerful diving header!
          ...  S_Scuffet blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  It goes clear!
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(sfc) Imbula takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into Bojan
          ...  A_Hansen read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 46 :(sfc) D_Moore reads the run of Shaqiri
          ...  T_Kaizer slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 47 :(sfc) Koki_Mizuno takes advantage of a mistake by T_Kaizer
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  Koki_Mizuno with a thundering drive!
          ...  Wide of goal
Min. 49 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw rushes through the defence
          ...  P_Do_Shaw with a thundering volley!
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 49 :(sfc) Imbula cut's in on the inside of the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Maldini
          ...  Maldini attempts to drive it home!
          ...  S_Scuffet narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester City 0-0 Santos FC

Min. 46 :(sfc) Imbula has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Denilson
          ...  He puts in Stan_Matthews!
          ...  Stan_Matthews has a dig at goal!
          ...  S_Scuffet gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 47 :(sfc) Bojan breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on S_Scuffet!
          ...  Efe_Sodje brings him down!
          ...  He deserves punishment for that!
          ...  C_V_Carballo calls him over
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 47 :(sfc) Shaqiri off the woodwork.
          ...  T_Kroos picks up the deflection
          ...  T_Kroos with the crafty shot!
          ...  But S_Scuffet tips it over
          ...  C_V_Carballo has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 49 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl loses D_Moore
          ...  Bojan with an ugly foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  Denilson shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to P_Do_Shaw instead
          ...  A glorious effort by P_Do_Shaw !
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 50 :(sfc) Up goes the substitution board - T_Mowbray on for D_Moore as a DF
Min. 50 :(mnc) T_Kaizer makes himself available
          ...  T_Kaizer with the side footed shot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled into the top corner!
          ...  But it's been disallowed.
          ...  The linesman flags for offside
Min. 54 :(mnc) Nuri_Sahin with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past Imbula
          ...  He knocks it to P_Do_Shaw!
          ...  T_Mowbray makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Cabaye hits it towards the far post!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of A_Marshall
Min. 57 :(mnc) Nuri_Sahin with the diagonal pass Jinky
          ...  Jinky has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  A_Marshall with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 57 :(sfc) Y_Toure with a precise pass to Stan_Matthews
          ...  A well-placed shot from Stan_Matthews !
          ...  S_Scuffet watches it sail wide!
Min. 58 :(mnc) Nuri_Sahin beats Imbula
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Maldini reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 59 :(mnc) The defender loses control of the ball!
          ...  Y_Cabaye seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  Y_Toure looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 59 :(sfc) Koki_Mizuno with a neat pass into Stan_Matthews
          ...  Stan_Matthews tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  S_Scuffet dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had S_Scuffet beaten!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Toure swings it in!
          ...  A_Hansen reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 60 :(sfc) Bar is being brought on
          ...  Stan_Matthews is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 63 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl loses T_Mowbray
          ...  Bar is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 65 :(sfc) S_Marsden replaces Koki_Mizuno and will play MF
Min. 69 :(sfc) S_Marsden gets to the by line and finds Bar with a beautiful cross
          ...  I_Garde with an over the top challenge
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 69 :(sfc) Shaqiri pass splits open the defence and finds Bojan
          ...  Bojan heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  S_Scuffet gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by S_Scuffet !!
Min. 72 :(sfc) Imbula skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to Bar
          ...  Bar attempts a lob!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs towards the bench
          ...  He jumps on a delighted Glyn Rigby
          ...  That's given Santos FC the lead!
          ...  Manchester City 0-1 Santos FC ...
Min. 73 :(sfc) Santos FC's manager orders his side to play C
Min. 75 :(sfc) Bojan has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past T_Kaizer!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  The cross hits Bojan on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Was that a smile we saw on his manager's face?
          ...  Manchester City 0-2 Santos FC ...
Min. 77 :(mnc) I_Garde is first to the ball
          ...  I_Garde attempts to drive it home!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  A_Marshall plucks the ball out of the air
          ...  Good goalkeeping there!
Min. 82 :(sfc) Bar with the mazy run
          ...  Bar hits a great drive!
          ...  S_Scuffet makes a great save
          ...  And he manages to hold onto it as well!
Min. 84 :(mnc) Denilson drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to A_Hansen
          ...  A_Hansen with the attempt at goal!
          ...  A_Marshall gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 85 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows the defender a clean set of heals
          ...  D_Rommedahl tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on

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


Match Details
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Venue                : City Of Manchester Stadium
Attendance           : 68,000
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : Nuri_Sahin
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Rommedahl (3), Efe_Sodje (47), I_Garde (69)
Injured              : N/A
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Santos FC Match Info
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Best player          : Imbula (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Bar (72), Bojan (75)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Bojan (49)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                         Manchester City  |    Santos FC
Attempts on Goal     :          11        |       14
Off target           :           4        |       4
On target            :           7        |       10
Possession           :          59        |       41
Corners              :           2        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           3        |       1
Subs Used            :           0        |       3
Fouls                :           8        |       6
Key Tackles          :           4        |       8
Key Passes           :           8        |       14
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Final Score          : Manchester City 0 - 2 Santos FC
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Player Statistics - Manchester City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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S_Scuffet      GK  39   5   1   4  41 |  95   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
I_Garde        DF   2  29  11   6  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8   3
Efe_Sodje      DF   2  28   4   3  28 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
A_Hansen       DF   3  27   6  10  19 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20 -20 -15
T_Kaizer       DF   2  27   7   4  37 |  95   0   3   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  10   5
P_Do_Shaw      MF   2   9  28   8  25 |  95   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   7
Jinky          MF   3   8  28   8  41 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Nuri_Sahin     MF   1   8  28   8  19 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
Denilson       MF   1  15  27   2  18 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20  10 -20
Y_Cabaye       MF   2  11  26  11  14 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Rommedahl    FW   2   6   9  26  27 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   4
P_Out          GK  12   5   4   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Carlos       DF   1  27  12   8  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Y_Abdessadki   MF   2   8  27   8  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Murphy       FW   1  12  14  28  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Botti        FW   1   8   9  27  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Santos FC
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_Marshall     GK  39   4   6   5  11 |  95   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0   0
D_Moore        DF   3  30  13  10  16 |  54   0   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  30   0
Beckenbauer    DF   2  26   8   7  21 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
Maldini        DF   2  25   8   7  41 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
Koki_Mizuno    MF   1   7  31   6  28 |  69   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   1
Y_Toure        MF   1   9  27   4  32 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  30  20
Shaqiri        MF   2   9  23  17  31 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Imbula         MF   1   9  23  15  20 |  95   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  55   0
T_Kroos        AM   3   8  23  20  30 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
Stan_Matthews  FW   1   8   5  32  31 |  64   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  13
Bojan          FW   2   6   9  24  12 |  95   0   0   0   0   3   1   1   0   0  -2  -2  28
R_Wright       GK  27   2   2   2  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Mowbray      DF   2  30   9   5  29 |  41   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Josimar        DF   2  28  13   7  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Marsden      MF   1   8  28   8  46 |  26   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
Bar            FW   1   7   9  29  22 |  31   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
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