June Ridout Memorial Cup Group Match, Rangers FC vs. Sunderland (Wed May 11)


                           Rangers FC  |  Sunderland
                              5-3-2 C  |  4-3-1-2 P
                          Steve Brown  |  John Gemmell
                                       |
                            Rafael GK  |  GK T_McGill
                         F_Ricksen DF  |  DF D_Aitken
                             Doria DF  |  DF Boli
                         J_Serrano DF  |  DF D_Jones
                        Juan_Foyth DF  |  DF D_Yedlin
                        J_Drummond DF  |  MF A_Guardado
                          B_MacKay MF  |  MF D_Solga
                         A_Hazzard MF  |  MF P_A_McNamara
                          Lee_Kang MF  |  AM Atsu
                            N_Pepe FW  |  FW J_Maddison
                       Steve_Brown FW  |  FW J_Vardy
                                       |
                        P_Lattuada SUB |  SUB R_Clemance
                           K_Rekik SUB |  SUB J_Vallejo
                         J_A_Riise SUB |  SUB D_Horzano
                          D_Cooper SUB |  SUB S_Evans
                          P_Crouch SUB |  SUB D_Burdisso

Referee: P_Graham (Wales)


Min. 3  :(rfc) Lee_Kang turns well with ball
          ...  He has some space now
          ...  P_A_McNamara reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 3  :(rfc) B_MacKay with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to Steve_Brown
          ...  T_McGill with an ugly foul
          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  N_Pepe steps up
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  That's given Rangers FC the advantage!
          ...  Rangers FC 1-0 Sunderland...
Min. 4  :(sun) It seems Sunderland are making a tactical change to A
Min. 4  :(rfc) J_Drummond with a pinpoint pass to N_Pepe
          ...  N_Pepe flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  It was a top drawer goal
          ...  Rangers FC 2-0 Sunderland ...
Min. 5  :(rfc) The manager shouting something towards his players
          ...  It looks like he's turning things round a bit
          ...  Rangers FC will now play D
Min. 5  :(sun) Atsu with a measured ball to P_A_McNamara
          ...  But Doria will cut out the threat
Min. 10 :(rfc) B_MacKay has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past D_Yedlin
          ...  He knocks it to Steve_Brown!
          ...  Steve_Brown tries to beat T_McGill!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 12 :(sun) J_Maddison sidesteps F_Ricksen
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  J_Maddison hits a great shot !
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 17 :(rfc) A_Hazzard with the cross-field pass to Steve_Brown
          ...  J_Maddison with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  N_Pepe fires it towards the goal
          ...  T_McGill makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 22 :(sun) J_Maddison pushes it past F_Ricksen
          ...  Juan_Foyth forces him off the ball
Min. 25 :(sun) Atsu crosses in from the wing, he finds Boli in the box
          ...  F_Ricksen takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 28 :(rfc) N_Pepe knocks the ball past the lunge of D_Aitken
          ...  N_Pepe attempts to drive it home!
          ...  T_McGill with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
Min. 34 :(rfc) Lee_Kang fires over a low cross to N_Pepe
          ...  D_Aitken goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 34 :(rfc) N_Pepe gains possession
          ...  P_A_McNamara fouls badly
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 38 :(rfc) B_MacKay kills the ball dead
          ...  D_Aitken gets the foot in to win the ball
          ...  It rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Hazzard lofts the ball in!
          ...  D_Jones wins the ball
          ...  He belts it away
Min. 40 :(rfc) N_Pepe is force to hold onto the ball
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone!
          ...  Boli with the block
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(rfc) Lee_Kang with the towering header to Steve_Brown
          ...  D_Yedlin reads the play well
Min. 49 :(rfc) Steve_Brown flicks it past A_Guardado
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  Atsu beats him to the ball

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

Min. 49 :(sun) P_A_McNamara with the dribble
          ...  J_Drummond is easily beaten
          ...  F_Ricksen knobbles the attacking player.
          ...  P_Graham blows up for a foul
          ...  P_Graham shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 50 :(sun) J_Maddison breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Rafael!
          ...  N_Pepe brings him down!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  P_Graham reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 56 :(sun) P_A_McNamara unselfishly heads the ball back to Atsu
          ...  Atsu gets his head to the ball !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rafael looks dejected
          ...  Rangers FC 2-1 Sunderland ...
Min. 58 :(rfc) Juan_Foyth jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to N_Pepe
          ...  Fine tackle by D_Aitken
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 60 :(sun) J_Vallejo replaces an unhappy D_Yedlin and will play as a DF
Min. 60 :(sun) S_Evans is being brought on
          ...  P_A_McNamara is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 60 :(sun) Up goes the substitution board - D_Burdisso on for J_Vardy as a FW
Min. 60 :(rfc) Steve_Brown dribbles it into the box
          ...  D_Aitken wins the ball
Min. 62 :(rfc) Steve_Brown gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to Lee_Kang
          ...  Lee_Kang heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 62 :(sun) Atsu with the heel pass to J_Maddison
          ...  Lee_Kang fouls badly
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  John Gemmell looks bemused that it wasn't more!
Min. 62 :(rfc) N_Pepe has space to run with the ball
          ...  J_Vallejo leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!
          ...  P_Graham gave him a strong warning
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  A_Hazzard plays it short to N_Pepe
          ...  N_Pepe has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing!
          ...  Yes he does it!!
          ...  He grabs his hat trick!
          ...  Rangers FC 3-1 Sunderland ...
Min. 64 :(sun) Atsu knocks the ball past F_Ricksen
          ...  Doria wins the ball
Min. 70 :(rfc) Steve_Brown bursts forward
          ...  D_Burdisso fouls badly
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 71 :(rfc) T_McGill miskicks!
          ...  Steve_Brown is takes control of the ball!
          ...  D_Jones takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 73 :(sun) D_Burdisso 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!
          ...  Steve_Brown with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!, he is in the book for that one
Min. 75 :(rfc) K_Rekik is coming on and J_Serrano is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play DF
Min. 75 :(rfc) D_Cooper is being prepared to come on
          ...  Lee_Kang is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 75 :(rfc) P_Crouch will replace Steve_Brown and play FW
Min. 75 :(sun) A_Guardado controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs F_Ricksen
          ...  He puts in D_Aitken!
          ...  D_Aitken attempts a low drive!
          ...  But Rafael reaches the ball. Good save
Min. 82 :(sun) D_Solga holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to D_Aitken
          ...  Doria takes the player out!!
          ...  The ref turns away!!
Min. 83 :(sun) Boli loses Doria
          ...  K_Rekik gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 86 :(rfc) Juan_Foyth has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past D_Aitken!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Juan_Foyth attempts a chip!
          ...  T_McGill goes down well to save
Min. 86 :(sun) S_Evans controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Juan_Foyth
          ...  He puts in D_Burdisso!
          ...  Doria steals the ball of off him
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 92 :(rfc) Juan_Foyth looks in some pain
          ...  He'll have to come off
Min. 92 :(rfc) J_A_Riise comes on for Juan_Foyth and takes up a DF role

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Ibrox Stadium
Attendance           : 137,088
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Rangers FC Match Info
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Best player          : N_Pepe (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N_Pepe (3 pen,4,62)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : F_Ricksen (49), N_Pepe (50), Lee_Kang (62), Steve_Brown (73)
Injured              : Juan_Foyth (92)
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Sunderland Match Info
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Best player          : Atsu
Scorers              : Atsu (56)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Rangers FC   |   Sunderland
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       3
Off target           :           2        |       1
On target            :           6        |       2
Possession           :          51        |       49
Corners              :           1        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           4        |       0
Subs Used            :           4        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       8
Key Tackles          :           7        |       9
Key Passes           :           6        |       7
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Final Score          : Rangers FC 3 - 1 Sunderland
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Player Statistics - Rangers 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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Rafael         GK  35   2   2   2  20 |  97   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
F_Ricksen      DF   2  30   8   7  33 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
Doria          DF   3  30   7   5  32 |  97   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
J_Serrano      DF   1  30   1   1  30 |  79   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
Juan_Foyth     DF   2  28   8   6  30 |  96   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
J_Drummond     DF   2  25  18   1  27 |  97   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
B_MacKay       MF   2   1  29   5  17 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
A_Hazzard      MF   1   1  28   2  26 |  97   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Lee_Kang       MF   3  11  27  12  31 |  79   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  18  -2
N_Pepe         FW   3   8  11  28  33 |  97   0   0   0   0   4   3   1   0   0  -2  -2  83
Steve_Brown    FW   1  16  22  27  29 |  79   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -2
P_Lattuada     GK  31   3   2   1  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Rekik        DF   1  32   8   2  12 |  18   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_A_Riise      DF   3  31   8   9  32 |   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Cooper       MF   2   3  27   5  32 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Crouch       FW   1   7  13  31  21 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20

Player Statistics - Sunderland
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_McGill       GK  34   2   3   1  31 |  97   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -35   0   0   0
D_Aitken       DF   1  28   9   6  20 |  97   0   4   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  80   0   5
Boli           DF   2  27  12   7  32 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
D_Jones        DF   3  27  11   9  22 |  97   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
D_Yedlin       DF   1  26  10   6  23 |  64   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
A_Guardado     MF   2   7  29   6  20 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
D_Solga        MF   2  10  26  10  19 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
P_A_McNamara   MF   3  12  25  11  12 |  64   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
Atsu           AM   1  10  28  12  18 |  97   0   1   3   0   1   1   0   0   0  20  30  25
J_Maddison     FW   2   7   9  27  30 |  97   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Vardy        FW   1   7   8  27  30 |  64   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Clemance     GK  15   3   3   1  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Vallejo      DF   2  25  13   7  41 |  33   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Horzano      DF   2  25   9   7  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Evans        MF   1   1  27  16  28 |  33   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Burdisso     FW   3   6   6  25  32 |  33   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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