Elite Reserve League Match, Rangers FC Res vs. Santos FC Res (Sun Sep 07)


                       Rangers FC Res  |  Santos FC Res
                              4-5-1 P  |  3-2-3-1-1 E
                          Gazza Grant  |  Glyn Rigby
                                       |
                               Leo GK  |  GK A_Begovic
                     G_Fotheringam DF  |  DF S_McEveley
                         J_A_Riise DF  |  DF Maldini
                          G_Baresi DF  |  DF Carlos
                      L_Gasparotto DF  |  DM A_R_Essien
                         L_Macleod MF  |  DM Branco
                       R_McCormack MF  |  MF Leonardo
                            J_Alba MF  |  MF Emerson_Jr
                         P_H_Ganso MF  |  MF Hoekstra
                             N_Law MF  |  AM Hugo_Sanchez
                           G_Speed FW  |  FW Arnautovic
                                       |
                            G_Adam SUB |  SUB Barbosa
                          G_Taylor SUB |  SUB M_Lumb
                       Rabizbrotta SUB |  SUB Cesar
                         F_Macheda SUB |  SUB Falcao
                         L_Ronaldo SUB |  SUB Batistuta

Referee: K_Ippi (Finland)


Min. 4  :(rfcr) R_McCormack finds his way through
          ...  That was sheer effort
          ...  Maldini wins the ball
Min. 7  :(rfcr) L_Macleod reads the run of J_A_Riise
          ...  J_A_Riise has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  A_Begovic makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt!
Min. 8  :(rfcr) R_McCormack flicks it over Hoekstra's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  A_R_Essien wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
Min. 10 :(sfcr) Hoekstra spots Arnautovic who is in acres of space
          ...  A thundering drive by Arnautovic !
          ...  Leo saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one
Min. 12 :(rfcr) L_Macleod pulls it back to G_Speed
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 13 :(sfcr) Arnautovic barges J_A_Riise off the ball
          ...  R_McCormack with an ugly foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  K_Ippi calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  Gazza Grant looks relieved
Min. 23 :(rfcr) L_Macleod with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  G_Speed gets on the end of the pass
          ...  G_Speed with a thundering shot!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 27 :(sfcr) Leonardo with a pinpoint pass to Emerson_Jr
          ...  Emerson_Jr sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  A quality strike
          ...  That puts Santos FC Res ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  Rangers FC Res 0-1 Santos FC Res ...
Min. 29 :(sfcr) Hoekstra controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  Branco gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  A vicious shot by Branco !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  Leo never had a chance!
Min. 30 :(sfcr) Hoekstra flicks the ball through
          ...  Arnautovic runs onto it!
          ...  Arnautovic has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_R_Essien drives it into the box!
          ...  Arnautovic gets to it!
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 31 :(rfcr) L_Macleod is first to the loose ball
          ...  L_Macleod smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  A_Begovic with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 31 :(sfcr) Hoekstra beats L_Gasparotto
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Hoekstra tries the lob from 30 yards !
          ...  Leo with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 32 :(sfcr) S_McEveley takes advantage of a bad back pass
          ...  G_Baresi with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is in a good position!
          ...  Emerson_Jr bends it round the wall
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And Leo reacts well to tip it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by A_R_Essien
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of Leo
Min. 32 :(sfcr) Carlos beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds Arnautovic
          ...  Arnautovic fires the shot in!
          ...  Leo with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 34 :(sfcr) Hoekstra with the cross-field pass to Hugo_Sanchez
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But Leo palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 36 :(rfcr) R_McCormack jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to G_Speed
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by S_McEveley
Min. 37 :(rfcr) G_Speed runs at S_McEveley
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  An audacious effort from G_Speed !
          ...  It hits the bar
          ...  And goes over!
          ...  A_Begovic was beaten there!
Min. 39 :(sfcr) Leonardo sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to Maldini
          ...  Maldini lobs Leo!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Leo looks dejected
          ...  Rangers FC Res 0-2 Santos FC Res ...
Min. 40 :(sfcr) Hugo_Sanchez plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez fires the shot in!
          ...  But Leo tips it over
          ...  K_Ippi has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 41 :(rfcr) R_McCormack finds G_Fotheringam on the edge of the box
          ...  G_Fotheringam with a thundering volley!
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 41 :(sfcr) Emerson_Jr 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 Hugo_Sanchez
          ...  J_A_Riise reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 42 :(sfcr) Hugo_Sanchez finds the space intelligently
          ...  G_Baresi with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
          ...  K_Ippi tries to calm him down
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(sfcr) Carlos with electric pace
          ...  He eases past the defender
          ...  G_Fotheringam with an awful challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 46 :(rfcr) N_Law beats his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  But Carlos puts the ball out of play
Min. 46 :(sfcr) S_McEveley controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs G_Speed
          ...  He puts in Arnautovic!
          ...  But G_Fotheringam clears the ball to safety

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Rangers FC Res 0-2 Santos FC Res

Min. 46 :(rfcr) L_Macleod floats the ball in to find G_Speed
          ...  A_R_Essien takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 48 :(sfcr) Branco knocks it forward
          ...  G_Baresi slips
          ...  Arnautovic gets to it!
          ...  Arnautovic belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 50 :(rfcr) N_Law looks injured. He's coming off
          ...  Lets hope it's not serious
Min. 50 :(rfcr) Rabizbrotta is coming on and N_Law is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play MF
Min. 50 :(sfcr) Hoekstra pulls it back to Branco
          ...  Branco with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He kisses his shirt!!
          ...  He shows his love for the club!!
          ...  The fans cheer him and chant his name!!
          ...  Rangers FC Res 0-3 Santos FC Res ...
Min. 51 :(rfcr) J_Alba takes advantage of a mistake by A_R_Essien
          ...  But S_McEveley wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 51 :(sfcr) Leonardo with a slide rule pass to Arnautovic
          ...  Arnautovic must beat Leo!
          ...  Leo gets the finger tips to it
          ...  And puts it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Hoekstra plays it into the danger area!
          ...  The ball comes to Arnautovic
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 51 :(rfcr) R_McCormack with a well-controlled run
          ...  Branco with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 52 :(sfcr) A_R_Essien looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Arnautovic
          ...  Arnautovic aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  Leo makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 53 :(rfcr) L_Gasparotto with a one-touch layoff to J_A_Riise
          ...  Carlos takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  K_Ippi calls him over
          ...  K_Ippi is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 54 :(rfcr) Curled in dangerously from J_A_Riise to Rabizbrotta
          ...  Rabizbrotta is clean through!
          ...  A_Begovic tries to make himself big
          ...  He rounds A_Begovic
          ...  He taps it towards the goal!
          ...  A_Begovic manages to get to it !!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Alba chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  J_A_Riise loses his marker
          ...  He gets his head onto it!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's a contender for goal of the season!
          ...  Rangers FC Res 1-3 Santos FC Res ...
Min. 61 :(rfcr) Rabizbrotta kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  G_Speed gets on the end of the pass
          ...  G_Speed with the overhead !
          ...  A_Begovic tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  Corner not given!!
Min. 61 :(sfcr) A_R_Essien with a probing pass to Hugo_Sanchez
          ...  G_Baresi anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 65 :(sfcr) M_Lumb is going to be brought on
          ...  Carlos is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 65 :(rfcr) J_Alba reads the run of G_Speed
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by Branco !!
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes
Min. 66 :(rfcr) J_Alba jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to G_Baresi
          ...  A thundering drive by G_Baresi !
          ...  A_Begovic gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by A_Begovic !!
Min. 70 :(rfcr) There's going to be a change
          ...  G_Taylor will come on for G_Baresi and play DF
Min. 70 :(rfcr) L_Ronaldo is coming on for G_Speed and will play MF
Min. 70 :(sfcr) There's going to be a change
          ...  Batistuta will come on for Hugo_Sanchez and play FW
Min. 70 :(rfcr) R_McCormack finds his way through
          ...  He lost his man too easily
          ...  M_Lumb wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 71 :(rfcr) L_Gasparotto with a neat pass into L_Macleod
          ...  Branco gets the foot in to win the ball
Min. 72 :(rfcr) G_Fotheringam beats one
          ...  Goes past the second
          ...  He keeps going
          ...  fantastic skill!!
          ...  But A_R_Essien wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 72 :(sfcr) Hoekstra floats the ball in to find Batistuta
          ...  But J_A_Riise comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 75 :(sfcr) Falcao takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace Leonardo
          ...  He'll play as a MF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 76 :(rfcr) L_Ronaldo slows the ball down and waits 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!
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  A_R_Essien belts it clear
Min. 82 :(rfcr) G_Taylor with a simple pass to R_McCormack
          ...  Maldini clears with a diving header
Min. 83 :(sfcr) Emerson_Jr plays in Hoekstra with a beautiful ball
          ...  Hoekstra is miles offside!
          ...  The flag stays down
          ...  Leo tries to close down the angle
          ...  He dinks it over Leo
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rangers FC Res 1-4 Santos FC Res ...
Min. 87 :(rfcr) L_Macleod gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past A_R_Essien!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  L_Macleod with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  It flies wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(sfcr) Emerson_Jr takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to Batistuta
          ...  Batistuta drives it low !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  Leo tips it over !!
          ...  Great goalkeeping there!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Emerson_Jr crosses it in!
          ...  Arnautovic with the header
          ...  Leo falls over
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post!
          ...  But it hits his back!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Unlucky!
          ...  The Santos FC Res fans start to taunt him now!
          ...  Rangers FC Res 1-5 Santos FC Res ...
Min. 91 :(rfcr) Rabizbrotta crosses in from the wing, he finds G_Fotheringam in the box
          ...  A_R_Essien takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 92 :(sfcr) Falcao is hurt
          ...  He's receiving some treatment now
          ...  But he looks unable to continue
          ...  The Manager has already made his 3 subs!
          ...  They will have to play a man down!

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



Match Details
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Venue                : Ibrox Stadium
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Rangers FC Res Match Info
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Best player          : L_Macleod
Scorers              : J_A_Riise (54)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N_Law (50)
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Santos FC Res Match Info
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Best player          : Emerson_Jr (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Emerson_Jr (27), Maldini (39), Branco (50), Hoekstra (83), Arnautovic (90)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Branco (51), Carlos (53)
Injured              : Falcao (92)
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Match Statistics
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                          Rangers FC Res  |    Santos FC Res
Attempts on Goal     :          10        |       19
Off target           :           4        |       5
On target            :           6        |       14
Possession           :          48        |       52
Corners              :           1        |       4
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       6
Key Tackles          :           4        |       14
Key Passes           :          14        |       17
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Final Score          : Rangers FC Res 1 - 5 Santos FC Res
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Player Statistics - Rangers FC Res
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Leo            GK  24   2   2   2  23 |  95  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Fotheringam  DF   2  22   8  10  30 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   1
J_A_Riise      DF   3  22   6   8  32 |  95   0   2   1   0   2   1   0   0   0  40  10  25
G_Baresi       DF   2  22   7   7  48 |  73   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
L_Gasparotto   DF   3  19   7   6  23 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
L_Macleod      MF   2   8  22  10  31 |  95   0   0   4   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  40   6
R_McCormack    MF   2  10  22  10  25 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -20
J_Alba         MF   1   5  22   4  38 |  95   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  35   0
P_H_Ganso      MF   2   2  22   2  26 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Law          MF   1   6  21   7  11 |  53   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Speed        FW   1  12   7  21  27 |  73   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -13
G_Adam         GK  20   5   1   2  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Taylor       DF   2  19   8   7  36 |  22   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Rabizbrotta    MF   1   7  20   7  15 |  42   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
F_Macheda      MF   2   8  19  16  48 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Ronaldo      MF   1   7  10  20  30 |  22   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Santos FC Res
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_Begovic      GK  22   3   2   1  22 |  95   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
S_McEveley     DF   2  22  11   9  24 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Maldini        DF   2  22   8   7  41 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  40   0  20
Carlos         DF   2  20  10   5  29 |  68   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  18   8  -2
A_R_Essien     DM   1  19  18   1  23 |  95   0   5   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 100  20   0
Branco         DM   2  19  15   5  26 |  95   0   2   1   0   2   1   1   0   0  38   8  19
Leonardo       MF   1  12  22   4  35 |  78   0   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0
Emerson_Jr     MF   3  16  21   9  21 |  95   0   0   3   2   2   1   0   0   0   0  60  25
Hoekstra       MF   3   8  21  10  12 |  95   0   0   6   1   2   1   0   0   0  20  95  45
Hugo_Sanchez   AM   2   9  15  22  27 |  73   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0  10
Arnautovic     FW   1   6   4  22  11 |  95   0   0   0   0   9   1   0   0   0   0   0  44
Barbosa        GK  20   4   2   4  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Lumb         DF   2  20   2   5  36 |  27   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Cesar          MF   1   6  22   6  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Falcao         MF   2  11  20   8  29 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Batistuta      FW   2   6   7  20  41 |  22   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  25
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