Elite League Cup Group Match 3, Valencia vs. Inter Milan (Thu Nov 03)


                             Valencia  |  Inter Milan
                            5-1-3-1 A  |  4-4-2 N
                           Andie Glen  |  Peter Griffin
                                       |
                          K_Jensen GK  |  GK K_Ghost
                       K_Ramsteijn DF  |  DF V_Mosthovoy
                       M_Friedrich DF  |  DF J_Ekstrand
                           P_Jones DF  |  DF A_Ranocchia
                     Roberto_Carlo DF  |  DF G_Angella
                     B_A_Hangeland DF  |  MF I_Perisic
                              Jese MF  |  MF M_Valbuena
                           Saruman AM  |  MF L_Clark
                         O_Ruggeri AM  |  MF G_Sigurdsson
                          P_Nedved AM  |  FW I_Gabilondo
                       K_Huntelaar FW  |  FW A_Douglas
                                       |
                            J_Hart SUB |  SUB A_Capivara
                       D_Criscrito SUB |  SUB Mariano
                       C_Prandelli SUB |  SUB G_Burdisso
                            M_Isco SUB |  SUB B_Matuidi
                            Sansao SUB |  SUB M_Icardi

Referee: J_Eriksson (Sweden)


Min. 9  :(vla) P_Nedved kills the ball dead
          ...  Beautiful turn
          ...  He could get a shot of here
          ...  J_Ekstrand tackles cleanly
Min. 12 :(irm) I_Gabilondo skips the challenge from B_A_Hangeland
          ...  A wicked drive by I_Gabilondo !
          ...  K_Jensen with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 14 :(irm) A_Douglas looks in some pain. He'll have to come off
Min. 14 :(irm) M_Icardi replaces an unhappy A_Douglas and will play as a FW
Min. 16 :(vla) K_Huntelaar runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  J_Ekstrand reads the play well
Min. 20 :(vla) P_Jones breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on K_Ghost!
          ...  G_Sigurdsson brings him down!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 23 :(vla) Saruman feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  P_Jones runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  P_Jones tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  K_Ghost takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 24 :(vla) P_Jones knocks it forward
          ...  A_Ranocchia slips
          ...  O_Ruggeri gets to it!
          ...  O_Ruggeri with the strike !
          ...  K_Ghost has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  K_Ghost reacts well to tip it wide!!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by Saruman
          ...  K_Ghost easily claims the ball!
Min. 24 :(irm) G_Angella with a first time pass
          ...  V_Mosthovoy runs onto it!
          ...  V_Mosthovoy must beat K_Jensen!
          ...  K_Jensen is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  K_Jensen looks very relieved!
Min. 25 :(irm) M_Icardi sidesteps K_Ramsteijn
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  M_Friedrich picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 27 :(vla) Saruman with a glorious long pass to O_Ruggeri
          ...  O_Ruggeri with the chance !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 27 :(irm) M_Valbuena with a slide rule pass to G_Angella
          ...  G_Angella from 20 yards !
          ...  K_Jensen saves, but he fumbles
          ...  But he gathers at the second attempt!
Min. 28 :(irm) M_Valbuena steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs B_A_Hangeland
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  A thundering drive by M_Valbuena !
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 33 :(irm) I_Perisic miskicks!
          ...  He finds M_Icardi though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  An audacious effort from M_Icardi !
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And goes out
Min. 35 :(vla) P_Nedved is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to K_Huntelaar
          ...  K_Huntelaar with the crafty shot!
          ...  K_Ghost tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  Corner not given!!
Min. 37 :(irm) The ball runs loose!
          ...  G_Angella seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  A well-placed shot from G_Angella !
          ...  But K_Jensen parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 40 :(vla) The ball is passed in from K_Huntelaar, he finds Jese
          ...  L_Clark with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
          ...  J_Eriksson tries to calm him down
Min. 42 :(irm) G_Sigurdsson plays in L_Clark with a beautiful ball
          ...  But Roberto_Carlo slides in
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(vla) P_Nedved pushes it past A_Ranocchia
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by A_Ranocchia
          ...  He timed it well
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Jones lofts the ball in!
          ...  K_Ghost comes out and claims it!
Min. 45 :(vla) Saruman moves out wide
          ...  He plays the ball through to K_Huntelaar
          ...  The cross hits K_Huntelaar on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 45 :(irm) J_Ekstrand is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to M_Icardi
          ...  M_Icardi flings a shot at goal !
          ...  He hits the post
          ...  He follows it up!
          ...  But puts it wide!
          ...  He'll be disappointed with that

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Valencia 0-0 Inter Milan

Min. 48 :(irm) J_Ekstrand puts in V_Mosthovoy
          ...  B_A_Hangeland is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  K_Jensen misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by L_Clark
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of K_Jensen
Min. 49 :(vla) P_Nedved curls the ball out wide to K_Huntelaar
          ...  G_Angella gets the foot in to win the ball
          ...  It rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Nedved hits it towards the far post!
          ...  K_Ghost fists it away!
Min. 52 :(irm) G_Angella cut's in on the inside of the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Icardi
          ...  M_Icardi tries the shot !
          ...  But K_Jensen reaches the ball. Good save
          ...  There was a foul on K_Jensen anyway
Min. 55 :(vla) D_Criscrito is being prepared to come on
          ...  K_Ramsteijn is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 58 :(irm) M_Valbuena 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 G_Sigurdsson
          ...  Jese with a nasty foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
Min. 59 :(vla) P_Nedved finds a hole in the defence
          ...  G_Angella slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 59 :(irm) G_Angella uses his feet well to turn on the ball
          ...  Jese with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
          ...  That's better. The dirty sod should have been sent off first time of asking!
Min. 62 :(vla) P_Nedved with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows the defender a clean set of heals
          ...  P_Nedved with the drive!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled into the top corner!
          ...  That's put Valencia in front!
          ...  Valencia 1-0 Inter Milan ...
Min. 63 :(vla) The assistant manager is out on the touchline shouting orders
          ...  It seems Valencia will now be playing L
Min. 65 :(vla) M_Isco will replace the useless O_Ruggeri and will play AM
Min. 66 :(vla) D_Criscrito looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards K_Huntelaar
          ...  J_Ekstrand slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 74 :(irm) L_Clark finds the run of M_Icardi
          ...  M_Icardi strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  K_Jensen is beaten!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Superb finish!!
          ...  Now they are back in the game!
          ...  Valencia 1-1 Inter Milan ...
Min. 75 :(vla) Valencia will now play A after the order comes from the dugout
Min. 77 :(vla) K_Huntelaar with the dribble
          ...  G_Sigurdsson is easily beaten
          ...  L_Clark with an ugly foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  J_Eriksson calls him over
          ...  J_Eriksson tells him he has had enough warnings
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 80 :(vla) D_Criscrito sprints forward with the ball
          ...  L_Clark makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 80 :(irm) I_Gabilondo runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off M_Friedrich back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  Saruman reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 81 :(irm) G_Sigurdsson looks around for some movement
          ...  He knocks the ball across to I_Gabilondo
          ...  B_A_Hangeland knocks the ball back to K_Jensen
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past K_Jensen!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by I_Perisic!
          ...  I_Gabilondo makes a firm connection with his head
          ...  K_Jensen parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 83 :(vla) P_Nedved slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone!
          ...  P_Nedved drives it low !
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 85 :(vla) Sansao is coming on and K_Huntelaar is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 85 :(vla) P_Nedved is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to Saruman
          ...  But A_Ranocchia sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(vla) B_A_Hangeland crosses into the box, finding Sansao
          ...  J_Ekstrand reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Roberto_Carlo curls it into the box!
          ...  K_Ghost easily catches it!
Min. 91 :(vla) P_Nedved miskicks!
          ...  He finds M_Isco though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  M_Isco with a thundering shot!
          ...  K_Ghost saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Mestalla Stadium
Attendance           : 109,734
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : P_Nedved (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : P_Nedved (62)
Sent Off             : Jese (59)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Inter Milan Match Info
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Best player          : M_Icardi
Scorers              : M_Icardi (74)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : G_Sigurdsson (20), L_Clark (77)
Injured              : A_Douglas (14)
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Match Statistics
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                              Valencia    |   Inter Milan
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       10
Off target           :           3        |       5
On target            :           5        |       5
Possession           :          46        |       54
Corners              :           4        |       2
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       1
Fouls                :           8        |       8
Key Tackles          :           5        |       9
Key Passes           :          11        |       10
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Final Score          : Valencia 1 - 1 Inter Milan
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Player Statistics - Valencia
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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K_Jensen       GK  39   4   5   3  18 |  92   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
K_Ramsteijn    DF   1  27  11  10  42 |  56   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Friedrich    DF   2  25  11   9  29 |  92   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
P_Jones        DF   2  24  11   6  28 |  92   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Roberto_Carlo  DF   1  23  12   5  30 |  92   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
B_A_Hangeland  DF   2  23  11   5  40 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Jese           MF   2   5  26   7  41 |  60   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
Saruman        AM   2   7  26  23  30 |  92   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
O_Ruggeri      AM   1   8  25  21  19 |  66   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
P_Nedved       AM   1   7  24  22  17 |  92   0   0   4   0   2   1   0   0   0   0  40  21
K_Huntelaar    FW   2  10   8  31  37 |  86   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   6
J_Hart         GK  28   2   2   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Criscrito    DF   2  28  11   7  27 |  36   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
C_Prandelli    DF   1  26  12   7  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Isco         AM   2   8  23  20  31 |  26   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Sansao         FW   1   8   8  26  23 |   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Inter Milan
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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K_Ghost        GK  39   6   2   6  18 |  92   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
V_Mosthovoy    DF   1  28  11   7  18 |  92   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
J_Ekstrand     DF   1  25  11   7  22 |  92   0   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  20   0
A_Ranocchia    DF   3  25  10   9  30 |  92   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
G_Angella      DF   1  24  11  10  21 |  92   0   2   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  20  10
I_Perisic      MF   1   9  29   6  11 |  92   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
M_Valbuena     MF   2  12  28  10  45 |  92   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
L_Clark        MF   2   6  26  16  37 |  92   0   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   0  18  23  -2
G_Sigurdsson   MF   2   7  26  13  30 |  92   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  18  -2
I_Gabilondo    FW   2   7   8  26  29 |  92   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
A_Douglas      FW   2   4   5  24  11 |  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Capivara     GK  27   3   2   1  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Mariano        DF   2  23   7   6  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Burdisso     DF   2  23   5   9  39 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Matuidi      MF   1   6  24  15  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Icardi       FW   1   6   7  23  31 |  78   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  27
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