Elite Football League Match, Marseille vs. Santos FC (Sun Oct 25)


                            Marseille  |  Santos FC
                              4-4-2 A  |  4-1-3-2 P
                             Lee Shaw  |  Glyn Rigby
                                       |
                         R_Higuita GK  |  GK A_Marshall
                           T_Taiwo DF  |  DF L_Alberto
                       L_Koscielny DF  |  DF D_Moore
                            Sidnei DF  |  DF Josimar
                         S_Bassong DF  |  DF R_Huth
                           J_Fleck MF  |  DM Emerson_Jr
                        Y_Sankhare MF  |  MF Koki_Mizuno
                          A_Marcos MF  |  MF S_Marsden
                     Douglas_Costa MF  |  MF Rivaldo
                         J_Digweed FW  |  FW Stan_Matthews
                          Z_Zidane FW  |  FW Bar
                                       |
                           S_Given SUB |  SUB Rao
                        F_Le_Boeuf SUB |  SUB Maldini
                     K_Katsouranis SUB |  SUB R_Pletikosa
                       M_Dickinson SUB |  SUB Muniesa
                          N_Nalise SUB |  SUB Arnautovic

Referee: A_Barken (Norway)


Min. 1  :(sfc) Koki_Mizuno pass splits open the defence and finds S_Marsden
          ...  S_Marsden is through on goal!
          ...  The defender was caught napping
          ...  He just has R_Higuita to beat
          ...  He nutmegs R_Higuita
          ...  It hits the upright!!
          ...  R_Higuita recovers to save it !!
Min. 7  :(msl) A_Marcos beats Emerson_Jr
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  Rivaldo with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  Looks like he is going to be booked for that!!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  He's sent him off!!
          ...  What a terrible decision!
Min. 9  :(msl) Z_Zidane runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off L_Alberto back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  Z_Zidane hits the ball first time!
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  A_Marshall never had a chance!
Min. 11 :(msl) A_Marcos pulls it back to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  A_Marshall narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 11 :(sfc) Stan_Matthews with a real burst of pace
          ...  Stan_Matthews attempts a lob!
          ...  R_Higuita parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 13 :(msl) T_Taiwo sidesteps his marker
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  Fine tackle by Josimar
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 13 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to Bar
          ...  Bar launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
Min. 14 :(sfc) D_Moore with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to L_Alberto
          ...  But J_Fleck sweeps up the threat
Min. 17 :(msl) Z_Zidane with a clever shimmy
          ...  Z_Zidane has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  Wide of goal
Min. 18 :(msl) Douglas_Costa picks up the pass
          ...  Douglas_Costa looks to see where A_Marshall is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 19 :(msl) Z_Zidane pushes it past Emerson_Jr
          ...  Z_Zidane attempts a chip!
          ...  A_Marshall manages to turn it behind
Min. 23 :(sfc) Koki_Mizuno plays the early ball across the box to find S_Marsden in space
          ...  S_Marsden tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  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!
          ...  The corner is swung in by S_Marsden!
          ...  R_Higuita makes the catch!
Min. 27 :(msl) S_Bassong flicks the ball through
          ...  Z_Zidane runs onto it!
          ...  L_Alberto knocks him to the floor
          ...  The fans are calling for a penalty!
          ...  But A_Barken just turns away!
Min. 28 :(msl) Sidnei looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to A_Marcos
          ...  A_Marcos has a go!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 29 :(msl) Douglas_Costa spits at S_Marsden
          ...  He could be off!!
          ...  A_Barken calls him over
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 32 :(msl) J_Digweed sidesteps D_Moore
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  Josimar looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 33 :(msl) L_Koscielny plays a first time ball through the defence to Douglas_Costa
          ...  Douglas_Costa hits a great drive!
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  A_Marshall saves it !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Douglas_Costa drives it into the box!
          ...  The ball comes to J_Digweed
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But lands on the roof of the net !!
          ...  A_Marshall looks relieved there!
Min. 33 :(sfc) Josimar drives it forward to D_Moore
          ...  D_Moore has a go!
          ...  He hits the post
          ...  He follows it up!
          ...  But puts it wide!
          ...  He'll be disappointed with that
Min. 37 :(sfc) Bar with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle
          ...  Sidnei with the block
Min. 40 :(msl) Douglas_Costa sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to J_Fleck
          ...  L_Alberto with the tackle
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(sfc) Bar sprints past L_Koscielny
          ...  Sidnei takes the player down!!
          ...  PENALTY!!
          ...  No! The ref has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  Unbelievable!

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

Min. 49 :(sfc) Bar with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past T_Taiwo
          ...  Bar with the chance !
          ...  But R_Higuita punches it away
          ...  He commands his area so well
Min. 50 :(sfc) Santos FC's manager orders his side to play E
Min. 52 :(msl) A_Marcos with an incisive pass to Sidnei
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from R_Huth
Min. 55 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr slumps to the ground!
          ...  He gets up again though
          ...  He signals to the bench he is ok to continue
Min. 59 :(sfc) D_Moore has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past T_Taiwo
          ...  He knocks it to Stan_Matthews!
          ...  Stan_Matthews has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  R_Higuita dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had R_Higuita beaten!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Marsden crosses it in!
          ...  It is kicked away by T_Taiwo
Min. 60 :(sfc) R_Pletikosa is going to be brought on
          ...  Emerson_Jr is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 60 :(msl) J_Digweed jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by J_Digweed !
          ...  But A_Marshall tips it over
          ...  A_Barken has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 64 :(msl) J_Fleck is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to A_Marcos
          ...  A_Marcos with a thundering volley!
          ...  But A_Marshall punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a goal kick
          ...  It was clear to everyone that A_Marshall got a touch
Min. 65 :(msl) F_Le_Boeuf takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace S_Bassong as DF
Min. 65 :(sfc) L_Alberto hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Bar collects the loose ball!
          ...  But L_Koscielny barges him off the ball
Min. 66 :(msl) F_Le_Boeuf runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  He has put it wide!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 66 :(msl) J_Digweed breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on A_Marshall!
          ...  S_Marsden brings him down!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is in a good position!
          ...  J_Digweed hits it hard
          ...  But A_Marshall punches it away
Min. 67 :(msl) Douglas_Costa is taking a throw in
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt
          ...  He throws the ball to Z_Zidane
          ...  Koki_Mizuno goes in stud's first
          ...  A_Barken will want to speak to him
          ...  A_Barken refrained from booking him but had words
Min. 69 :(msl) A_Marcos takes advantage of a bad back pass from Josimar
          ...  A_Marcos has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  The shot slips through A_Marshall's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
          ...  Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me
Min. 70 :(msl) M_Dickinson is being prepared to come on
          ...  Douglas_Costa is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 70 :(sfc) There's going to be a change
          ...  Arnautovic will come on for Stan_Matthews and play FW
Min. 73 :(msl) T_Taiwo plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  T_Taiwo hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  He miskicks the ball
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium
Min. 75 :(sfc) Maldini comes on for D_Moore and takes up a DF role
Min. 75 :(msl) L_Koscielny sidesteps R_Huth
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  L_Koscielny sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 78 :(sfc) Maldini has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Arnautovic collects the loose ball!
          ...  M_Dickinson reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 79 :(msl) A_Marcos 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_Marcos curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  But A_Marshall just gets his fingers to that one
Min. 79 :(sfc) L_Alberto drives it forward to Bar
          ...  Bar curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  R_Higuita is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 80 :(msl) N_Nalise replaces an unhappy Z_Zidane and will play as a FW
Min. 81 :(sfc) S_Marsden looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to R_Pletikosa
          ...  R_Pletikosa tries to beat R_Higuita!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He dives on the ground and his team mates follow him!!
          ...  That must have sealed it!!
          ...  Marseille 0-1 Santos FC ...
Min. 82 :(sfc) The Santos FC manager told his side to change to a C strategy
Min. 83 :(msl) N_Nalise sidesteps his marker
          ...  R_Huth with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 83 :(sfc) Bar runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to R_Huth
          ...  Sidnei reads the play well
Min. 85 :(msl) J_Digweed beats Maldini
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  R_Huth gets to the ball first
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(msl) T_Taiwo heads the ball back to J_Digweed
          ...  A_Marshall muscles him off the ball
          ...  Looked like a good tackle but the referee has awarded them a free kick
          ...  He is warned by A_Barken
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  INDIRECT FREE KICK!
          ...  J_Fleck plays it short to J_Digweed
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by Josimar
          ...  He made it look easy
          ...  But he can't keep it in
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Sidnei chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  A_Marshall jumps well to claim it!
Min. 91 :(msl) N_Nalise takes advantage of a mistake by R_Huth
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  N_Nalise drives it towards goal !
          ...  A_Marshall gets his fingertips to it
Min. 92 :(msl) N_Nalise is on the ground
          ...  He looks in agony
          ...  He won't be able to continue!
          ...  Always a risky tactic
          ...  now they'll have to play a man short

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Stade Veladrome
Attendance           : 150,000
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : A_Marcos
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Douglas_Costa (29)
Injured              : N_Nalise (92)
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Santos FC Match Info
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Best player          : Josimar (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : R_Pletikosa (81)
Sent Off             : Rivaldo (7)
Booked               : S_Marsden (66)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Marseille    |    Santos FC
Attempts on Goal     :          17        |       9
Off target           :           9        |       5
On target            :           8        |       4
Possession           :          51        |       49
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       9
Key Tackles          :           6        |       8
Key Passes           :          10        |       11
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Final Score          : Marseille 0 - 1 Santos FC
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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 |  95   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0   0   0
T_Taiwo        DF   2  30   4   4  31 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
L_Koscielny    DF   2  28  10   7  36 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -19
Sidnei         DF   2  28   7   8  22 |  95   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
S_Bassong      DF   2  27  11   6  30 |  67   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  29   9  28 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -20
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  28  11  36 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  27  15  32 |  95   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  20  12
Douglas_Costa  MF   2   8  27  10  42 |  72   0   0   2   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2  18   4
J_Digweed      FW   1   8   9  28  19 |  95   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  16
Z_Zidane       FW   2   8   8  28  34 |  82   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
S_Given        GK  27   5   5   2  13 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Le_Boeuf     DF   2  25  10   7  22 |  28   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
K_Katsouranis  MF   1   3  27   1  34 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Dickinson    MF   2  15  26   7  28 |  23   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
N_Nalise       FW   2   4   7  24  20 |  12   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

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   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  85   0   0   0
L_Alberto      DF   2  31  13   8  28 |  95   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  20   0
D_Moore        DF   3  28  12  10  16 |  77   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
Josimar        DF   2  26  12   7  23 |  95   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
R_Huth         DF   2  26  10   8  43 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
Emerson_Jr     DM   3  17  23  10  21 |  62   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Koki_Mizuno    MF   1   7  29   6  28 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
S_Marsden      MF   1   8  27   8  46 |  95   0   0   1   1   2   0   1   0   0  -2  23   4
Rivaldo        MF   2   7  25   8  37 |   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
Stan_Matthews  FW   1   8   5  31  31 |  72   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Bar            FW   1   7   9  28  22 |  95   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0  20  30  27
Rao            GK  27   3   3   3  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Maldini        DF   2  23   8   7  41 |  18   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
R_Pletikosa    MF   3  10  27   8  40 |  33   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  20
Muniesa        MF   1   7  24   8  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Arnautovic     FW   1   6   4  23  11 |  23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
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