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Season 26 Archive: Division 1, Week 6

Tottenham 0 - 2 Marseille

Division One League Match, Tottenham vs. Marseille (Sun May 27)


                            Tottenham  |  Marseille
                            4-2-0-4 A  |  3-4-3 A
                         Levi Stephen  |  Lee Shaw
                                       |
                            R_Ceni GK  |  GK R_Higuita
                          A_Wisdom DF  |  DF L_Shawry
                          W_Morgan DF  |  DF L_Koscielny
                        A_R_Essien DF  |  DF J_Pedro
                            Doriva DF  |  MF Y_Sankhare
                           E_Gabor DM  |  MF I_Perisic
                          D_McHale DM  |  MF N_Kante
                           R_Sharp FW  |  MF M_Dickinson
                           J_Vardy FW  |  FW Z_Zidane
                      Hugo_Sanchez FW  |  FW A_Di_Stefano
                           Janssen FW  |  FW A_Carroll
                                       |
                         C_Poenaru SUB |  SUB S_Given
                        C_McGregor SUB |  SUB S_Byram
                        T_Manniman SUB |  SUB P_Viera
                           R_Pires SUB |  SUB C_Ridout
                            G_Weah SUB |  SUB Z_Ibrahimovic

Referee: F_Brych (Germany)


Min. 1  :(msl) Y_Sankhare backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  Z_Zidane latches onto the end of it
          ...  Z_Zidane beats the offside trap!
          ...  He runs at R_Ceni
          ...  He lobs it over R_Ceni
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Marseille go in front now with that goal!
          ...  Tottenham 0-1 Marseille ...
Min. 3  :(tth) D_McHale with an inch perfect pass to Janssen
          ...  Janssen has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  R_Higuita with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Wisdom plays it towards the near post!
          ...  R_Higuita fists it away!
Min. 5  :(tth) R_Sharp flicks it over L_Shawry's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 6  :(tth) J_Vardy looks for options
          ...  He decides to go it alone
          ...  J_Pedro with an over the top challenge
          ...  F_Brych wants a quiet word
Min. 7  :(tth) D_McHale knocks the ball past L_Koscielny
          ...  D_McHale with the cheeky shot!
          ...  R_Higuita catches the ball
Min. 8  :(msl) I_Perisic sidesteps his marker
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  Cleaned up by W_Morgan
Min. 14 :(tth) A_Wisdom is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to Janssen
          ...  Janssen has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  R_Higuita collects it comfortably
          ...  The shot never troubled him
Min. 17 :(tth) Doriva beats J_Pedro
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves F_Brych
          ...  L_Koscielny gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 19 :(msl) I_Perisic threads the through ball to A_Carroll
          ...  Janssen is called for the holding foul
          ...  Well spotted by the referee
          ...  F_Brych just wants to lecture him
Min. 19 :(msl) A_Carroll with a clever shimmy
          ...  But A_Wisdom clears the ball to safety
Min. 20 :(msl) M_Dickinson picks out L_Koscielny with the cross
          ...  A_Wisdom anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 21 :(tth) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  A_Wisdom is through!
          ...  A_Wisdom rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 22 :(msl) Y_Sankhare takes possession of the ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  A_Di_Stefano tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  The shot slips through R_Ceni's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 23 :(tth) E_Gabor runs down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He cuts the ball back
          ...  J_Vardy latches onto the pass
          ...  He carves out some space
          ...  J_Vardy fires the shot in!
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 24 :(msl) A_Carroll is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to Z_Zidane
          ...  Doriva makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Dickinson lofts the ball in!
          ...  Z_Zidane swings a leg at it!
          ...  But it goes wide
Min. 25 :(msl) N_Kante has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Y_Sankhare collects the loose ball!
          ...  A_Wisdom dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 26 :(msl) A_Carroll with the dribble
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  The fans are on their feet
          ...  A_Carroll hits the ball first time!
          ...  It hits the post!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 28 :(tth) J_Vardy pushes it past J_Pedro
          ...  J_Pedro goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 28 :(msl) Z_Zidane flicks it past Hugo_Sanchez
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  Z_Zidane has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  The shot slips through R_Ceni's hands
          ...  But R_Ceni recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 31 :(tth) A_R_Essien heads the ball back to R_Sharp
          ...  R_Sharp attempts to nutmeg R_Higuita!
          ...  It floats over R_Higuita
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 32 :(tth) Doriva knocks it forward
          ...  L_Koscielny slips
          ...  Janssen gets to it!
          ...  Janssen with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  R_Higuita gets up well to catch that one
Min. 33 :(tth) Hugo_Sanchez with a slide rule pass to Janssen
          ...  The cross hits Janssen on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  R_Higuita fists it away
Min. 34 :(tth) E_Gabor with a reverse pass to R_Sharp
          ...  R_Sharp with the punt towards goal!
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 34 :(msl) M_Dickinson with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past J_Vardy
          ...  He knocks it to A_Di_Stefano!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Sankhare curls it into the box!
          ...  The ball comes to Z_Zidane
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  What agility from R_Ceni
Min. 39 :(tth) Hugo_Sanchez runs at J_Pedro
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  But L_Koscielny puts the ball out of play
Min. 40 :(tth) R_Sharp drives it across the face of the goal Doriva
          ...  J_Pedro hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Gabor floats the ball in!
          ...  R_Higuita comes out and claims it!
Min. 40 :(msl) L_Shawry has it now
          ...  He takes on W_Morgan
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Z_Zidane!
          ...  A_Wisdom leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!
          ...  F_Brych called him over for a strong verbal warning
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano with the delicate chip over the wall
          ...  It fly's into Row Z!
Min. 40 :(msl) Y_Sankhare is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  W_Morgan plays it back
          ...  R_Ceni slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by I_Perisic
          ...  W_Morgan clears the corner
Min. 41 :(msl) A_Carroll sidesteps A_R_Essien
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  A_Carroll fires the shot in!
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 42 :(msl) Y_Sankhare takes advantage of a bad back pass from A_Wisdom
          ...  A_Wisdom reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(msl) M_Dickinson takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Carroll
          ...  The defender plays it back to R_Ceni
          ...  A_Carroll intercepts the back pass!
          ...  He tries to dummy R_Ceni
          ...  He rounds R_Ceni
          ...  He thumps it towards the goal!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Tottenham 0-2 Marseille ...
Min. 44 :(msl) A_Di_Stefano makes the tackle
          ...  He gets to his feet quickly
          ...  He's beat the defender to the ball
          ...  A_Wisdom takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 44 :(tth) R_Sharp breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on R_Higuita!
          ...  Z_Zidane brings him down!
          ...  F_Brych warns him
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  This is a good chance!
          ...  J_Vardy hits it hard
          ...  But R_Higuita makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 45 :(tth) T_Manniman comes on for J_Vardy and will play DF to the delight of the fans
Min. 45 :(tth) Tottenham restructured their strategy to P
Min. 45 :(msl) A_Carroll wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to Z_Zidane
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by Z_Zidane !
          ...  R_Ceni with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 45 :(tth) A_R_Essien holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to R_Sharp
          ...  Y_Sankhare with the foul

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Tottenham 0-2 Marseille

Min. 46 :(tth) E_Gabor with the diagonal pass R_Sharp
          ...  L_Koscielny gets to the ball first
Min. 49 :(tth) A_R_Essien has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past L_Shawry
          ...  He knocks it to Doriva!
          ...  L_Koscielny clears with a diving header
Min. 50 :(tth) C_McGregor is being brought on
          ...  Janssen is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DM
Min. 50 :(tth) A defence splitting pass from A_R_Essien to Hugo_Sanchez
          ...  J_Pedro slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 51 :(tth) A_R_Essien curls the ball out wide to R_Sharp
          ...  R_Sharp with a powerful diving header!
          ...  R_Higuita makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 55 :(tth) R_Pires will replace the useless R_Sharp and will play AM
Min. 55 :(msl) Y_Sankhare back heels to find A_Di_Stefano in space
          ...  W_Morgan clears with a diving header
Min. 58 :(tth) Doriva comes to collect the ball
          ...  Great turn!!!
          ...  Superb play
          ...  Doriva hits a crisp volley!
          ...  R_Higuita tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_McHale curls it into the box!
          ...  R_Higuita makes the catch!
Min. 58 :(msl) Y_Sankhare runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from T_Manniman
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano hits it into the box!
          ...  R_Ceni catches it!
Min. 62 :(tth) D_McHale with the dribble
          ...  J_Pedro is easily beaten
          ...  D_McHale with the cheeky shot!
          ...  R_Higuita is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  R_Higuita looks very relieved!
Min. 63 :(msl) R_Ceni miss-kicks!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano is through!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano attempts a low drive!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  R_Ceni is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Sankhare lofts the ball in!
          ...  It comes to A_Carroll
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  But it goes wide
Min. 64 :(tth) R_Pires could get a shot on goal here
          ...  R_Pires with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  But R_Higuita makes a superb stop down low.
Min. 65 :(tth) E_Gabor finds Hugo_Sanchez on the edge of the box
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And R_Higuita reacts well to tip it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by A_R_Essien
          ...  R_Higuita comes out and claims it!
Min. 66 :(tth) C_McGregor finds A_Wisdom in acres of space
          ...  A_Wisdom has a go!
          ...  But R_Higuita makes an easy save
Min. 67 :(tth) C_McGregor miskicks!
          ...  He finds R_Pires though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  R_Pires rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  He miskicks the ball
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium
Min. 71 :(tth) Doriva slides it through the middle to Hugo_Sanchez
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez tries the shot !
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 72 :(tth) A_Wisdom brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 73 :(tth) A_R_Essien hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  D_McHale collects the loose ball!
          ...  L_Shawry beats him to the ball
Min. 74 :(tth) R_Pires 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!
          ...  But Z_Zidane clears the ball to safety
Min. 75 :(msl) M_Dickinson runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  Doriva bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
Min. 76 :(msl) N_Kante holds up the ball
          ...  He plays the ball to Y_Sankhare
          ...  Y_Sankhare tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 78 :(msl) M_Dickinson looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to A_Carroll
          ...  But D_McHale will cut out the threat
Min. 80 :(msl) S_Byram takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace J_Pedro as DF
Min. 81 :(msl) N_Kante with the first time flick to S_Byram
          ...  S_Byram with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 82 :(msl) There's going to be a change
          ...  C_Ridout will come on for Y_Sankhare and play MF
Min. 84 :(msl) M_Dickinson retreats under pressure
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  N_Kante latches onto the end of it
          ...  N_Kante gets up high for the header !
          ...  R_Ceni is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 85 :(msl) Z_Ibrahimovic takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Z_Zidane as FW
Min. 85 :(tth) Hugo_Sanchez sidesteps S_Byram
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Hugo_Sanchez aims the cheeky shot at goal!
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The Marseille fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 87 :(tth) Doriva with the dribble
          ...  The defender is easily beaten
          ...  Doriva tries the lob from 30 yards !
          ...  R_Higuita gets his fingertips to it
Min. 87 :(msl) C_Ridout sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  Z_Ibrahimovic runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by W_Morgan
          ...  He timed it well
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  N_Kante plays it towards the near post!
          ...  It comes to Z_Ibrahimovic
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  But R_Ceni pulls out a save of the game
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 91 :(tth) W_Morgan crosses to Hugo_Sanchez
          ...  But N_Kante puts the ball out of play
Min. 91 :(msl) A_Di_Stefano runs at the defender
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  R_Pires fouls badly
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He's warned for that one
          ...  Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book

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


Match Details
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Venue                : White Hart Lane
Attendance           : 75,000
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Tottenham Match Info
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Best player          : A_Wisdom
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Doriva (75)
Injured              : N/A
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : R_Higuita (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Z_Zidane (1), A_Carroll (43)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Tottenham     |    Marseille
Attempts on Goal     :          21        |       17
Off target           :           9        |       11
On target            :          12        |       6
Possession           :          55        |       45
Corners              :           4        |       6
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           7        |       9
Key Tackles          :          12        |       10
Key Passes           :          19        |       19
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Final Score          : Tottenham 0 - 2 Marseille
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Player Statistics - Tottenham
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_Ceni         GK  33   2   2   7  30 |  93   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
A_Wisdom       DF   2  27  22   8  34 |  93   0   5   2   0   2   0   0   0   0 100  20   6
W_Morgan       DF   3  24  11   6  10 |  93   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  80 -10 -20
A_R_Essien     DF   1  23  20   1  23 |  93   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
Doriva         DF   2  21  22  10  21 |  93   0   1   2   0   2   0   1   0   0  18  18   8
E_Gabor        DM   2  18  25   5  21 |  93   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
D_McHale       DM   2  16  23  12  28 |  93   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   6
R_Sharp        FW   3   6  10  25  22 |  56   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   7
J_Vardy        FW   1   6   7  24  30 |  45   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -14
Hugo_Sanchez   FW   2   9  16  23  27 |  93   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10   8
Janssen        FW   2   7   6  23  32 |  51   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  20
C_Poenaru      GK  20   2   3   3  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_McGregor     DM   3  14  24   8  23 |  42   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
T_Manniman     DF   2  18  23   5  25 |  48   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
R_Pires        AM   3   9  25  17  31 |  37   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
G_Weah         FW   1   9   7  25  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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 |  93  16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 120   0   0   0
L_Shawry       DF   2  33   9   8  15 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
L_Koscielny    DF   2  31  11   7  36 |  93   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 120   0   0
J_Pedro        DF   2  30   8   8  33 |  81   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   9  32  12  36 |  83   0   0   5   1   1   0   0   0   0  20  85  21
I_Perisic      MF   1   9  31   6  11 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
N_Kante        MF   3   7  30   7  13 |  93   0   1   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  30   1
M_Dickinson    MF   2  15  29   7  28 |  93   0   0   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  75   0
Z_Zidane       FW   2   8   8  31  34 |  86   0   1   0   0   5   1   0   0   0  20   0  46
A_Di_Stefano   FW   2   9  11  29  31 |  93   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  20  20  24
A_Carroll      FW   2   8   7  27  38 |  93   0   0   2   0   4   1   0   0   0   0  20  33
S_Given        GK  31   2   1   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Byram        DF   3  31   8   6  32 |  12   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
P_Viera        MF   3  10  29   8  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Ridout       MF   3   8  28   4  32 |  10   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Z_Ibrahimovic  FW   1   4   4  26  35 |   7   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
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