Elite League Match, Werder Bremen vs. Valencia (Wed Dec 22)


                        Werder Bremen  |  Valencia
                            4-3-1-2 E  |  4-4-2 A
                       Harry Kleinjan  |  James Burns
                                       |
                        J_Pavlenka GK  |  GK J_Pickford
                         J_Zanetti DF  |  DF J_Stam
                        J_Ekstrand DF  |  DF Bauer
                     L_Augustinson DF  |  DF P_Thompson
                         Cece_Pepe DF  |  DF Y_Stamm
                          J_Ledley MF  |  MF M_Woods
                           P_Erras MF  |  MF L_Macleod
                     Jose_Callejon MF  |  MF R_Tabatta
                     L_Bittencourt AM  |  MF S_Mazzola
                        E_Stranger FW  |  FW W_Jose
                         M_Ducksch FW  |  FW D_Trezeguet
                                       |
                        T_Courtois SUB |  SUB Coupet
                       E_Henderson SUB |  SUB B_Ivanovic
                        K_Moehwald SUB |  SUB A_Nouri
                            Calmac SUB |  SUB M_Barry
                        E_Bergkamp SUB |  SUB D_Suker

Referee: N_Alexander (Northern_Ireland)


Min. 1  :(wbn) P_Erras sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Ekstrand
          ...  J_Ekstrand with a thundering volley!
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 5  :(vla) R_Tabatta plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  S_Mazzola keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  Cece_Pepe fouls badly
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He's in trouble!!
          ...  He could be sent off for that!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He was lucky to get away with that!
Min. 8  :(vla) J_Stam with a short pass to find D_Trezeguet
          ...  D_Trezeguet sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  J_Pavlenka just watches it fly safely wide!
Min. 14 :(vla) D_Trezeguet flicks it over J_Zanetti and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  D_Trezeguet with the shot on net !
          ...  J_Pavlenka with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 17 :(vla) D_Trezeguet steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  D_Trezeguet attempts to nutmeg J_Pavlenka!
          ...  J_Pavlenka blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  It goes clear!
Min. 18 :(vla) M_Woods plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  M_Woods fires a shot at goal !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  J_Pavlenka moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  J_Pavlenka looks dejected!
          ...  That's given Valencia the advantage!
          ...  Werder Bremen 0-1 Valencia ...
Min. 22 :(wbn) J_Ledley lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  J_Zanetti latches on to it
          ...  J_Zanetti with the strike !
          ...  But J_Pickford smothers the ball.
Min. 24 :(wbn) E_Stranger takes on 3 men
          ...  E_Stranger with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  The shot slips through J_Pickford's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 28 :(vla) D_Trezeguet with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves L_Augustinson behind
          ...  D_Trezeguet could have let it bounce!
          ...  J_Pavlenka with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 30 :(wbn) P_Erras with the cross-field pass to J_Ledley
          ...  J_Ledley hits a great shot !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 34 :(vla) L_Macleod with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from L_Augustinson
          ...  A cheeky lob from L_Macleod !
          ...  J_Pavlenka falls over
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway!
Min. 39 :(wbn) L_Bittencourt dribbles it into the box
          ...  L_Bittencourt flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  J_Pickford dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had J_Pickford beaten!
Min. 39 :(vla) L_Macleod runs at J_Zanetti
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from Cece_Pepe
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 41 :(wbn) Jose_Callejon jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to E_Stranger
          ...  E_Stranger chases it through, he must score !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  J_Pickford dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had J_Pickford beaten!
Min. 41 :(wbn) J_Zanetti finds L_Bittencourt on the edge of the box
          ...  L_Macleod bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 42 :(wbn) J_Ledley is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to L_Bittencourt
          ...  Fine tackle by Y_Stamm
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(wbn) L_Augustinson hoofs it up field to find M_Ducksch
          ...  M_Ducksch with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 43 :(vla) D_Trezeguet with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past the defender
          ...  D_Trezeguet carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  J_Pavlenka can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It drifts wide!
          ...  J_Pavlenka has a smile on his face
          ...  Did he know that was going wide?
Min. 44 :(wbn) E_Stranger sidesteps his marker
          ...  But Y_Stamm puts it in row Z!
Min. 46 :(wbn) J_Zanetti rushes through the defence
          ...  J_Zanetti controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  J_Pickford fists it away

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Werder Bremen 0-1 Valencia

Min. 47 :(wbn) Jose_Callejon with a 50-yard pass to M_Ducksch
          ...  J_Stam slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 47 :(vla) D_Trezeguet dribbles it into the box
          ...  P_Erras with an over the top challenge
Min. 51 :(vla) S_Mazzola is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  D_Trezeguet latches onto the ball
          ...  L_Augustinson with a superb challenge
          ...  The referee has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  What a silly place to give away a free kick
          ...  P_Thompson plays it short to D_Trezeguet
          ...  D_Trezeguet cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 51 :(vla) L_Macleod jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  J_Pavlenka gets his fingertips to it
Min. 55 :(wbn) Jose_Callejon finds E_Stranger with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  E_Stranger tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  But J_Pickford pulls out a save of the game
Min. 55 :(vla) W_Jose is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to L_Macleod
          ...  But L_Augustinson wins the tackle
Min. 58 :(vla) L_Macleod slides it through the middle to W_Jose
          ...  Cece_Pepe goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 60 :(wbn) The Werder Bremen manager told his side to change to a A strategy
Min. 60 :(vla) L_Macleod passes the ball to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  J_Pavlenka gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 63 :(wbn) J_Zanetti knocks it past J_Stam and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  Y_Stamm brings him down from behind!
          ...  But the ref gives nothing!
Min. 64 :(wbn) Jose_Callejon with a short pass to find J_Zanetti
          ...  The cross hits J_Zanetti on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!
Min. 65 :(wbn) M_Ducksch flicks it over J_Stam and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  R_Tabatta is late with that one
          ...  He gets up and shakes the players hand
          ...  He's warned for that one
          ...  Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book
Min. 66 :(wbn) M_Ducksch breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on J_Pickford!
          ...  D_Trezeguet brings him down in the area!
          ...  He deserves punishment for that!
          ...  N_Alexander calls him over
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  N_Alexander consults with his assistant!
          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  M_Ducksch places the ball on the spot!
          ...  He's put it over!
Min. 67 :(vla) S_Mazzola beats the defender
          ...  E_Stranger clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 70 :(vla) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  D_Trezeguet is through!
          ...  Cece_Pepe with a nasty foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  His 2nd yellow card, that's an early shower for him !
Min. 70 :(wbn) E_Henderson replaces Jose_Callejon and will play DF
Min. 71 :(vla) W_Jose barges the defender off the ball
          ...  E_Henderson bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 72 :(vla) M_Woods hoofs it up field to find D_Trezeguet
          ...  L_Augustinson reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 74 :(vla) S_Mazzola hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  W_Jose collects the loose ball!
          ...  W_Jose lobs J_Pavlenka!
          ...  But J_Pavlenka just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  N_Alexander has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 75 :(wbn) E_Stranger pauses and waits for support
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  R_Tabatta pulls on his opponent's shirt!!
          ...  N_Alexander has stopped play
          ...  Well spotted by N_Alexander!
          ...  N_Alexander reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 76 :(wbn) E_Henderson whips the ball across to E_Stranger
          ...  E_Stranger shoots towards goal !
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 77 :(wbn) J_Ledley loses his marker!
          ...  J_Ledley leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
Min. 78 :(vla) P_Thompson has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  W_Jose gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  M_Ducksch with a late tackle
          ...  It looked worse than what it was
          ...  He is surrounded by the Valencia players
Min. 79 :(wbn) E_Bergkamp replaces an unhappy M_Ducksch and will play as a FW
Min. 79 :(vla) M_Barry is being brought on
          ...  S_Mazzola is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 80 :(vla) D_Suker replaces D_Trezeguet and will play FW
Min. 81 :(wbn) K_Moehwald is coming on for J_Ledley and will play MF
Min. 81 :(vla) B_Ivanovic is being brought on
          ...  P_Thompson is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 81 :(vla) D_Suker runs at P_Erras
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  D_Suker has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  J_Pavlenka with a fantastic save
          ...  His captain pats him on the back for that one
Min. 82 :(vla) M_Woods takes possession of the ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to R_Tabatta
          ...  R_Tabatta hits a great shot !
          ...  J_Pavlenka makes a difficult save
Min. 83 :(vla) M_Woods retreats under pressure
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  D_Suker latches onto the end of it
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from D_Suker !
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 85 :(vla) L_Macleod looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  The shot slips through J_Pavlenka's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
          ...  Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me
Min. 86 :(vla) M_Barry skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to R_Tabatta
          ...  J_Zanetti slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(wbn) K_Moehwald runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to L_Bittencourt
          ...  J_Stam beats him to the ball
Min. 88 :(vla) D_Suker is force to hold onto the ball
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone!
          ...  D_Suker has a dig at goal!
          ...  J_Pavlenka was lucky there

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Weser Stadium
Attendance           : 98,598
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Werder Bremen Match Info
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Best player          : Jose_Callejon
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : Cece_Pepe (70)
Booked               : L_Augustinson (51)
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : M_Woods (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : M_Woods (18)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : L_Macleod (41), D_Trezeguet (66), R_Tabatta (75)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                           Werder Bremen  |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          12        |       16
Off target           :           9        |       6
On target            :           3        |       10
Possession           :          47        |       53
Corners              :           0        |       0
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       3
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          13        |       11
Key Tackles          :           7        |       5
Key Passes           :          12        |       13
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Final Score          : Werder Bremen 0 - 1 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Werder Bremen
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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J_Pavlenka     GK  35   3   1   2  21 |  92   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  35   0   0   0
J_Zanetti      DF   1  34  12  10  41 |  92   0   1   1   0   3   0   0   0   0  20  10  10
J_Ekstrand     DF   1  33  12   7  22 |  92   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Augustinson  DF   2  31   7   6  23 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  38   8  -2
Cece_Pepe      DF   2  29   6   7  22 |  71   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  30 -10 -10
J_Ledley       MF   1   6  30  17  30 |  82   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
P_Erras        MF   2  17  29   1  25 |  92   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Jose_Callejon  MF   3   5  29   8  21 |  71   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
L_Bittencourt  AM   2   1  27  20  28 |  92   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Stranger     FW   2  10   8  30  20 |  92   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -15
M_Ducksch      FW   2   4   5  27  27 |  80   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Courtois     GK  29   1   2   3  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Henderson    DF   2  28   9   7  21 |  21   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
K_Moehwald     MF   1  21  29  12  28 |  10   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Calmac         MF   2   7  27  10  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Bergkamp     FW   3  11   6  31  34 |  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20

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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J_Pickford     GK  39   3   3   5  31 |  92   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  75   0   0   0
J_Stam         DF   2  33   9   7  29 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Bauer          DF   2  32  10   5  32 |  92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
P_Thompson     DF   2  30  13   6  30 |  82   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Y_Stamm        DF   3  25   8   7  22 |  92   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
M_Woods        MF   2  19  30   9  18 |  92   0   0   3   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  30  25
L_Macleod      MF   2  10  29  11  31 |  92   0   0   4   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  58  18
R_Tabatta      MF   2  23  28  17  21 |  92   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8   3
S_Mazzola      MF   2  10  28   7  33 |  80   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
W_Jose         FW   3   9   9  31  10 |  92   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10  15
D_Trezeguet    FW   3   7  11  30  21 |  81   0   0   0   0   6   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  13
Coupet         GK  29   3   1   3  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Ivanovic     DF   3  33  12   7  22 |  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Nouri        DF   1  31  12   6  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Barry        MF   2  18  30   7  32 |  12   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Suker        FW   1   6  12  29  31 |  11   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
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