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Season 23 Archive: Elite League, Week 11

Santos FC 2 - 1 Manchester City

Elite Football League Match, Santos FC vs. Manchester City (Sun Dec 18)


                            Santos FC  |  Manchester City
                              4-4-2 E  |  4-4-2 C
                           Glyn Rigby  |  Scott Matthews
                                       |
                        A_Marshall GK  |  GK S_Scuffet
                         T_Mowbray DF  |  DF I_Garde
                           D_Moore DF  |  DF M_Laursen
                            R_Huth DF  |  DF A_Carlos
                           Maldini DF  |  DF A_Britton
                       Koki_Mizuno MF  |  MF Denilson
                      G_McSheffrey MF  |  MF Jinky
                         S_Marsden MF  |  MF Y_Abdessadki
                          J_Tessem MF  |  MF Y_Cabaye
                     Stan_Matthews FW  |  FW G_Botti
                             Bojan FW  |  FW D_Rommedahl
                                       |
                          R_Wright SUB |  SUB P_Out
                           Josimar SUB |  SUB Efe_Sodje
                        Emerson_Jr SUB |  SUB P_Do_Shaw
                           T_Kroos SUB |  SUB Nuri_Sahin
                               Bar SUB |  SUB M_Murphy

Referee: P_Graham (Wales)


Min. 5  :(sfc) S_Marsden spits at Denilson
          ...  P_Graham calls him over!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He is lucky not to have seen red!
Min. 10 :(mnc) Jinky crosses into the box, finding G_Botti
          ...  But Maldini puts it in row Z!
Min. 13 :(mnc) G_Botti barges Maldini off the ball
          ...  G_Botti attempts a chip!
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 14 :(sfc) D_Moore with an incisive pass to Stan_Matthews
          ...  Stan_Matthews rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  But S_Scuffet makes a superb stop down low.
Min. 15 :(sfc) S_Marsden plays the early ball across the box to find Bojan in space
          ...  But G_Botti sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 17 :(sfc) Bojan beats his marker
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves P_Graham
          ...  D_Rommedahl with an over the top challenge
Min. 18 :(sfc) Bojan turns past I_Garde
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  Bojan unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  But S_Scuffet tips it over
          ...  P_Graham has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 19 :(sfc) J_Tessem controls it with ease
          ...  J_Tessem has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  S_Scuffet plucks the ball out of the air
          ...  Good goalkeeping there!
Min. 19 :(mnc) Denilson finds G_Botti with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  A glorious effort by G_Botti !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  A_Marshall dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The deflection beat A_Marshall!
          ...  That's put Manchester City in front!
          ...  Santos FC 0-1 Manchester City ...
Min. 20 :(sfc) J_Tessem sidesteps Y_Cabaye
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  A powerful header from J_Tessem !
          ...  It looks good
          ...  But he puts it well wide
          ...  The Manchester City fans taunt him!
Min. 20 :(mnc) Y_Abdessadki looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Jinky
          ...  What a shot from Jinky !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 21 :(sfc) T_Mowbray reads the run of Stan_Matthews
          ...  Stan_Matthews hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 22 :(mnc) Y_Abdessadki knocks it forward
          ...  D_Moore slips
          ...  D_Rommedahl gets to it!
          ...  D_Rommedahl is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round A_Marshall
          ...  He lobs it over A_Marshall
          ...  Its hit the bar and over!!
Min. 25 :(mnc) Jinky runs forward
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  Jinky hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  A_Marshall with a superb tip over the bar
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Cabaye lofts the ball in!
          ...  A_Marshall catches it!
Min. 27 :(sfc) S_Marsden drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to Stan_Matthews
          ...  I_Garde reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 30 :(sfc) Santos FC are switching their playing style to A
Min. 30 :(sfc) T_Mowbray is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  Stan_Matthews latches onto the ball
          ...  A_Britton cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 30 :(mnc) Denilson is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to G_Botti
          ...  R_Huth slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 33 :(mnc) Denilson brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  Jinky gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Maldini dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 36 :(sfc) G_McSheffrey plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  J_Tessem decides to keep possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  J_Tessem gets his head to the ball !
          ...  S_Scuffet fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 36 :(mnc) Denilson finds the space intelligently
          ...  A glorious effort by Denilson !
          ...  A_Marshall with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 39 :(mnc) Denilson with the heel pass to G_Botti
          ...  G_Botti shapes up for a shot!
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  A_Marshall palms it behind !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  I_Garde plays it towards the near post!
          ...  A_Marshall jumps well to claim it!
Min. 39 :(mnc) Y_Abdessadki punches G_McSheffrey off the ball
          ...  P_Graham warned him
Min. 40 :(mnc) Jinky spits at Stan_Matthews
          ...  P_Graham warned him
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(sfc) S_Marsden plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Stan_Matthews keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  Stan_Matthews keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And spins wide

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Santos FC 0-1 Manchester City

Min. 46 :(mnc) Y_Cabaye with a 40-yard pass to D_Rommedahl
          ...  D_Rommedahl looks to see where A_Marshall is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  A_Marshall gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 47 :(mnc) G_Botti kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Rommedahl gets on the end of the pass
          ...  R_Huth beats him to the ball
Min. 48 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  But R_Huth wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 50 :(sfc) Josimar is coming on for D_Moore and playing DF
Min. 52 :(sfc) Bojan gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to S_Marsden
          ...  S_Marsden with only one thing on his mind!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  S_Scuffet palms it behind !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Tessem chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  A_Britton reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 52 :(mnc) A_Britton 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!
          ...  Y_Cabaye receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  Y_Cabaye with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  A_Marshall just watches it drift out of play!
Min. 54 :(mnc) I_Garde with a perfectly timed run
          ...  R_Huth slides in to knock the ball out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Abdessadki swings it in!
          ...  The ball comes to A_Carlos
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Denilson chips the ball into the area!
          ...  It comes to M_Laursen
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  A_Marshall falls over
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post!
          ...  But it hits his back!
          ...  And goes wide!!
          ...  A_Marshall looks relieved!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Denilson chips the ball into the area!
          ...  D_Rommedahl swings a leg at it!
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  That was a terrible attempt!
Min. 55 :(sfc) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  Stan_Matthews is through!
          ...  Stan_Matthews with a low drive through the rain!
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 57 :(mnc) A_Carlos gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside T_Mowbray!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Maldini clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 60 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw is being prepared to come on
          ...  Denilson is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 60 :(mnc) Efe_Sodje takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace A_Britton
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 60 :(sfc) J_Tessem has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past G_Botti
          ...  He knocks it to Stan_Matthews!
          ...  Stan_Matthews sees S_Scuffet off his line !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that?
Min. 60 :(mnc) Y_Cabaye has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past T_Mowbray
          ...  He puts in D_Rommedahl!
          ...  A cracking drive from D_Rommedahl !
          ...  A_Marshall fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 62 :(sfc) T_Mowbray works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Bojan
          ...  Bojan flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  S_Scuffet gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by S_Scuffet !!
Min. 63 :(sfc) J_Tessem with a slick pass to G_McSheffrey
          ...  M_Laursen with an ugly foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  P_Graham tries to calm him down
Min. 64 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl with a well-controlled run
          ...  T_Mowbray with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He received a good talking to from P_Graham
Min. 65 :(sfc) Bar is coming on for Stan_Matthews and playing FW
Min. 69 :(mnc) Y_Abdessadki with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  G_Botti gets on the end of the pass
          ...  R_Huth with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He got away with just a warning
Min. 70 :(sfc) T_Kroos is being prepared to come on
          ...  Koki_Mizuno is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play AM
Min. 70 :(sfc) Bar pauses and waits for support
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  A skilful effort from Bar !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  His players jump on top of him
          ...  That's the equaliser!
          ...  Santos FC 1-1 Manchester City ...
Min. 70 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl sidesteps R_Huth
          ...  D_Rommedahl hits a curling shot!
          ...  A_Marshall can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  A_Marshall makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 72 :(mnc) A_Carlos pass splits open the defence and finds G_Botti
          ...  G_McSheffrey with a bad challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll have to watch himself now
Min. 75 :(mnc) G_Botti finds his way through
          ...  He has tremendous pace
          ...  Josimar with a reckless challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  P_Graham wants a quiet word
Min. 77 :(sfc) S_Marsden controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  J_Tessem gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  A well-placed shot from J_Tessem !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 77 :(mnc) Y_Abdessadki finds A_Carlos with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  S_Marsden with a clumsy challenge
          ...  The referee comes over to him
          ...  Will he show him another yellow?
          ...  He does! That's the end of the game for him, he is sent off!
Min. 77 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl jumps over Josimar's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  R_Huth pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 79 :(mnc) G_Botti sidesteps R_Huth
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  Bojan with the foul
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Right on the edge of the box!
          ...  P_Do_Shaw passes to G_Botti
          ...  G_Botti tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 80 :(mnc) A_Carlos plays it back
          ...  S_Scuffet slips!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He has put it into his own net!!
          ...  Santos FC 2-1 Manchester City ...
Min. 80 :(sfc) Santos FC restructured their strategy to C
Min. 80 :(mnc) Y_Cabaye chips the ball over the defence and finds G_Botti
          ...  G_Botti runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 83 :(sfc) Josimar looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to T_Kroos
          ...  T_Kroos sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  S_Scuffet won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 84 :(sfc) G_McSheffrey comes to collect the ball
          ...  Great turn!!!
          ...  Superb play
          ...  Efe_Sodje gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(mnc) G_Botti takes advantage of a mistake by Josimar
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  But R_Huth slides in
Min. 90 :(mnc) I_Garde is rolling on the ground!
          ...  He isn't going to continue!
Min. 90 :(mnc) M_Murphy is being prepared to come on
          ...  I_Garde is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 92 :(sfc) T_Mowbray turns on a sixpence
          ...  T_Mowbray carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  S_Scuffet just watches it fly safely wide!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Academic Stadium
Attendance           : 125,044
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Santos FC Match Info
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Best player          : R_Huth
Scorers              : Bar (70), A_Carlos (80 og)
Sent Off             : S_Marsden (77)
Booked               : G_McSheffrey (72)
Injured              : N/A
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : G_Botti (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : G_Botti (19)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : I_Garde (90)
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Match Statistics
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                             Santos FC    | Manchester City
Attempts on Goal     :          15        |       16
Off target           :           8        |       9
On target            :           7        |       7
Possession           :          48        |       52
Corners              :           1        |       5
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          15        |       12
Key Tackles          :           9        |       4
Key Passes           :          13        |       15
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Final Score          : Santos FC 2 - 1 Manchester City
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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 |  94   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
T_Mowbray      DF   2  30   9   5  29 |  94   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   1
D_Moore        DF   3  29  13  10  16 |  51   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
R_Huth         DF   2  27  10   8  43 |  94   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 120   0   0
Maldini        DF   2  25   8   7  41 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
Koki_Mizuno    MF   1   7  30   6  28 |  71   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_McSheffrey   MF   1   7  29  18  37 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -2
S_Marsden      MF   1   8  28   8  46 |  78   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10  30  -5
J_Tessem       MF   1   7  27  17  27 |  94   0   0   2   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  20  12
Stan_Matthews  FW   1   8   5  32  31 |  66   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0  20  20  29
Bojan          FW   2   6   9  23  12 |  94   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  30  30
R_Wright       GK  27   2   2   2  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Josimar        DF   2  28  13   7  23 |  43   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Emerson_Jr     MF   3  18  25  10  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Kroos        AM   3   8  23  20  30 |  23   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Bar            FW   1   7   9  28  22 |  28   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  20

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 |  94   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10   0   0   0
I_Garde        DF   2  29  11   6  32 |  91   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
M_Laursen      DF   2  29   9   6  30 |  94   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
A_Carlos       DF   1  27  12   8  42 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -10   1
A_Britton      DF   2  27   9   8  15 |  61   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Denilson       MF   1  15  27   2  18 |  61   0   0   4   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  55   5
Jinky          MF   3   8  27   8  41 |  94   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   6
Y_Abdessadki   MF   2   8  27   8  29 |  94   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
Y_Cabaye       MF   2  11  26  11  14 |  94   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   1
G_Botti        FW   1   8   9  27  32 |  94   0   1   1   0   5   1   0   0   0  20  10  28
D_Rommedahl    FW   2   6   9  26  27 |  94   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0 -20 -20  -7
P_Out          GK  12   5   4   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Efe_Sodje      DF   2  28   4   3  28 |  33   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
P_Do_Shaw      MF   2   9  28   8  25 |  33   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Nuri_Sahin     MF   1   8  27   8  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Murphy       DF   1  12  14  28  26 |   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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