Elite League Match, Valencia vs. Santos FC (Sun Oct 31)


                             Valencia  |  Santos FC
                              4-4-2 A  |  4-3-1-2 C
                          James Burns  |  Glyn Rigby
                                       |
                        J_Pickford GK  |  GK Ederson
                        B_Ivanovic DF  |  DF Leonardo
                             Bauer DF  |  DF T_Silva
                            J_Stam DF  |  DF Ni_Na_Lee
                           A_Nouri DF  |  DF D_Walker
                         M_Kikuchi MF  |  MF Draxler
                         L_Macleod MF  |  MF Emerson_Jr
                         R_Tabatta MF  |  MF Eusebio
                         S_Mazzola MF  |  AM Enrique
                            W_Jose FW  |  FW J_Greaves
                           D_Suker FW  |  FW Bojan
                                       |
                            Coupet SUB |  SUB Leo
                        D_E_Boyata SUB |  SUB Josimar
                        P_Thompson SUB |  SUB J_Litmanen
                           M_Woods SUB |  SUB Jairzinho
                       D_Trezeguet SUB |  SUB L_Suarez

Referee: C_Cakir (Turkey)


Min. 2  :(vla) R_Tabatta gets to the bye line
          ...  He puts it into the box
          ...  He finds D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Ederson shouts at his defenders
          ...  That's given Valencia the lead!
          ...  Valencia 1-0 Santos FC ...
Min. 2  :(sfc) Draxler gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Greaves
          ...  J_Greaves hits the ball first time!
          ...  Wide of goal
Min. 5  :(vla) J_Stam is forced back with the ball
          ...  He belts the ball up field
          ...  L_Macleod latches onto the end of it
          ...  L_Macleod strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  Ederson manages to turn it behind
Min. 8  :(vla) S_Mazzola wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to M_Kikuchi
          ...  J_Greaves tackles from behind
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  He's been hard done by for that!!
Min. 9  :(sfc) Enrique lobs it over the defender
          ...  Enrique could have let it bounce!
          ...  J_Pickford gets his fingertips to it
Min. 10 :(vla) J_Stam with a measured ball to L_Macleod
          ...  L_Macleod attempts to nutmeg Ederson!
          ...  Ederson manages to turn it behind
Min. 12 :(vla) R_Tabatta knocks it forward
          ...  Ni_Na_Lee slips
          ...  L_Macleod gets to it!
          ...  L_Macleod attempts to nutmeg Ederson!
          ...  Ederson tips it wide for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Mazzola curls it into the box!
          ...  Ederson reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 13 :(sfc) Draxler with a slide rule pass to Bojan
          ...  Bojan fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  J_Pickford beats the ball away
Min. 16 :(vla) W_Jose has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past T_Silva!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A powerful header from W_Jose !
          ...  It looks good
          ...  Ederson guesses right
Min. 22 :(vla) S_Mazzola with a short pass to find W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  Ederson gets his fingertips to it
Min. 23 :(sfc) D_Walker takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past A_Nouri
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  J_Stam makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 25 :(vla) D_Suker gets to the bye line
          ...  He puts it into the box
          ...  He finds S_Mazzola
          ...  Eusebio is late with that one
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  C_Cakir refrained from booking him but had stern words
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  W_Jose bends it round the wall
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And goes out
Min. 30 :(vla) A_Nouri is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to D_Suker
          ...  T_Silva with an inch perfect tackle
          ...  The whistle has gone! Incredible!
          ...  C_Cakir warns him
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  C_Cakir signals that it is indirect
          ...  Bauer swings it in
          ...  D_Suker gets on the end of it
          ...  D_Walker steals the ball of off him
Min. 34 :(sfc) Enrique with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Walker gets on the end of the pass
          ...  J_Stam wins the ball with ease
          ...  C_Cakir saw something no-one else did
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!, he is in the book for that one
Min. 34 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr with an intelligent ball to Bojan
          ...  Bojan chases it through, he must score !
          ...  J_Pickford heads it away
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 35 :(sfc) Santos FC made the switch to a A strategy
Min. 37 :(vla) S_Mazzola pushes it past D_Walker
          ...  S_Mazzola aims for the top right corner !
          ...  Ederson won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Excellent strike!!
          ...  Valencia 2-0 Santos FC ...
Min. 39 :(sfc) Ni_Na_Lee knocks the ball past the lunge of A_Nouri
          ...  M_Kikuchi with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is in a good position!
          ...  Emerson_Jr bends it round the wall
          ...  But J_Pickford palms it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Eusebio chips the ball into the area!
          ...  J_Stam gets up well
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 41 :(vla) R_Tabatta unselfishly heads the ball back to L_Macleod
          ...  A delicate chip from L_Macleod !
          ...  Ederson with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(vla) A_Nouri looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to D_Suker
          ...  Cleared by Emerson_Jr
Min. 45 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr plays a long ball to D_Walker
          ...  A well-placed shot from D_Walker !
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The Valencia fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 49 :(vla) L_Macleod finds Bauer with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  Enrique with an ugly foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  It is deep inside there own half
          ...  L_Macleod floats it forward
          ...  W_Jose latches onto the end of it
          ...  W_Jose attempts a low drive!
          ...  Ederson won't get to that!
          ...  Oooh it goes just over!!

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

Min. 52 :(vla) R_Tabatta takes advantage of a bad back pass from Emerson_Jr
          ...  R_Tabatta sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 55 :(sfc) Josimar is being prepared to come on
          ...  Leonardo is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 55 :(sfc) Eusebio crosses to Bojan
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by A_Nouri
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 55 :(vla) B_Ivanovic boots it towards W_Jose
          ...  T_Silva with a terrible tackle
          ...  C_Cakir reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 56 :(vla) A_Nouri is hurt
          ...  He's receiving some treatment now
          ...  He looks like he will continue
Min. 57 :(vla) R_Tabatta gains control of the loose ball
          ...  But T_Silva comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 57 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr runs at Bauer
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  Bauer with a bad challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
Min. 58 :(sfc) Eusebio slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  R_Tabatta with an awful challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Draxler shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to Bojan instead
          ...  A_Nouri slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 60 :(vla) A defence splitting pass from B_Ivanovic to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 62 :(vla) A_Nouri controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Josimar
          ...  He puts in D_Suker!
          ...  D_Suker tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  What agility from Ederson
Min. 63 :(vla) M_Kikuchi controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs D_Walker
          ...  He puts in R_Tabatta!
          ...  A cheeky lob from R_Tabatta !
          ...  Ederson goes down well to save
Min. 63 :(sfc) Draxler has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Emerson_Jr collects the loose ball!
          ...  Emerson_Jr gets his head to the ball !
          ...  J_Pickford with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 65 :(sfc) J_Litmanen is ready to come on to replace Draxler
          ...  Looks like he will play as a MF
Min. 66 :(vla) A_Nouri is first to the ball
          ...  A great volley from A_Nouri !
          ...  But Ederson punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 72 :(vla) L_Macleod holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  He miskicks the ball
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium
Min. 72 :(sfc) Eusebio steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs J_Stam
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  A_Nouri clears with a diving header
Min. 73 :(vla) S_Mazzola finds the run of R_Tabatta
          ...  R_Tabatta carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  But Ederson tips it over
          ...  C_Cakir has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 73 :(sfc) Eusebio lobs it over the defender
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from A_Nouri
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 74 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr makes himself available
          ...  B_Ivanovic with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  C_Cakir reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 74 :(sfc) Bojan sidesteps A_Nouri
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  B_Ivanovic picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 75 :(sfc) L_Suarez replaces an unhappy Bojan and will play as a FW
Min. 75 :(sfc) Enrique leaves his marker standing
          ...  Enrique tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  J_Pickford parries it
Min. 79 :(vla) M_Woods takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace S_Mazzola as MF
Min. 79 :(sfc) D_Walker takes advantage of a bad back pass
          ...  D_Walker with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  J_Pickford can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It drifts wide!
          ...  J_Pickford has a smile on his face
          ...  Did he know that was going wide?
Min. 80 :(vla) a big roar from the crowd as D_Trezeguet comes on for D_Suker to play FW
Min. 80 :(vla) W_Jose loses D_Walker
          ...  A powerful shot by W_Jose !
          ...  Ederson can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  Ederson makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 81 :(vla) D_E_Boyata comes on for J_Stam and takes up a DF role
Min. 81 :(sfc) Enrique beats B_Ivanovic
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  L_Macleod with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 83 :(vla) L_Macleod skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  An audacious effort from L_Macleod !
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The Santos FC fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 83 :(sfc) L_Suarez barges D_E_Boyata off the ball
          ...  Good sliding challenge from B_Ivanovic
Min. 87 :(sfc) J_Litmanen passes the ball to Enrique
          ...  D_E_Boyata knocks the ball back to J_Pickford
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past J_Pickford!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Litmanen drives it into the box!
          ...  Enrique with the shot!
          ...  J_Pickford gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He just manages to tip it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by J_Litmanen
          ...  It comes to Emerson_Jr
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  It flies wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(vla) W_Jose with the kinky dribble
          ...  W_Jose looks to see where Ederson is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  Ederson makes himself big
          ...  Superb Stop !
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him
Min. 89 :(vla) R_Tabatta has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Ni_Na_Lee!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Josimar knocks the ball back to Ederson
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past Ederson!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Woods floats the ball in!
          ...  Ederson easily claims the ball!
Min. 89 :(sfc) J_Litmanen hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Josimar collects the loose ball!
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by M_Kikuchi
          ...  He timed it well
Min. 92 :(vla) L_Macleod looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to D_Trezeguet
          ...  D_Trezeguet with a blistering shot !
          ...  Ederson gets up well to catch that one

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


Match Details
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Venue                : Mestalla Stadium
Attendance           : 110,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Valencia Match Info
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best player          : A_Nouri (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : D_Suker (2), S_Mazzola (37)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_Stam (34), M_Kikuchi (39), B_Ivanovic (74), L_Macleod (81)
Injured              : N/A
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Santos FC Match Info
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best player          : Emerson_Jr
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : J_Greaves (8)
Booked               : Enrique (49), T_Silva (55)
Injured              : N/A
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Match Statistics
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Valencia     |    Santos FC
Attempts on Goal     :          21        |       11
Off target           :           7        |       4
On target            :          14        |       7
Possession           :          52        |       48
Corners              :           2        |       3
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           4        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           9        |       8
Key Tackles          :           9        |       4
Key Passes           :          18        |       9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final Score          : Valencia 2 - 0 Santos FC
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Player Statistics - Valencia
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
J_Pickford     GK  39   3   3   5  31 |  96   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  75   0   0   0
B_Ivanovic     DF   3  32  12   7  22 |  96   0   2   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  38  18  -2
Bauer          DF   2  32  10   5  32 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Stam         DF   2  32   9   7  29 |  85   0   2   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  78  18  -2
A_Nouri        DF   1  30  12   6  21 |  96   0   4   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  80  30   5
M_Kikuchi      MF   1  16  30   9  30 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  18   8  -2
L_Macleod      MF   2   9  29  11  31 |  96   0   0   3   0   5   0   1   0   0  -2  28  18
R_Tabatta      MF   2  23  28  17  21 |  96   0   0   3   1   3   0   0   0   0   0  50  10
S_Mazzola      MF   2  10  28   7  33 |  83   0   0   3   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  30  25
W_Jose         FW   3   9   9  31  10 |  96   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   0   0   0   0  15
D_Suker        FW   1   6  12  28  31 |  84   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   0   0  20  30  50
Coupet         GK  29   3   1   3  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_E_Boyata     DF   2  33  12   9  11 |  11   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20  20
P_Thompson     DF   2  30  13   6  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Woods        MF   2  19  29   9  18 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Trezeguet    FW   3   7  11  29  21 |  12   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

Player Statistics - Santos FC
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ederson        GK  39   5   5   3  23 |  96  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0   0   0
Leonardo       DF   2  35  11  12  22 |  59   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
T_Silva        DF   1  34  11  10  42 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
Ni_Na_Lee      DF   3  32   9   7  41 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Walker       DF   2  32   9   7  43 |  96   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Draxler        MF   1   9  37   8  31 |  69   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Emerson_Jr     MF   3  20  30  12  21 |  96   0   1   2   0   3   0   0   0   0  20  20  10
Eusebio        MF   1   5  30  11  21 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Enrique        AM   1   1  29  17  26 |  96   0   0   1   0   3   0   1   0   0  -2   8  13
J_Greaves      FW   3   9   7  32  23 |   8   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -30 -30 -30
Bojan          FW   2   7  10  31  12 |  79   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
Leo            GK  28   2   2   2  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Josimar        DF   2  28   1   5  46 |  37   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Litmanen     MF   3   9  33   7  22 |  27   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Jairzinho      MF   1   9  31  12  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Suarez       FW   2  10   6  26  34 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
1635704356 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35