Elite League Match, Ajax vs. FC Porto (Sun Sep 05)


                                 Ajax  |  FC Porto
                              4-4-2 C  |  4-4-2 C
                          James Maund  |  Malky McKay
                                       |
                     A_Zubizarreta GK  |  GK Dino_Zoff
                             Fazio DF  |  DF T_Stavos
                     M_Van_D_Hoorn DF  |  DF E_Herbert
                       T_Vermaelen DF  |  DF M_Salah
                       G_Magalhaes DF  |  DF L_Jones
                       F_Ljungberg MF  |  MF S_Gerrard
                          P_Vieira MF  |  MF J_Ross
                      G_Karagounis MF  |  MF R_Donadoni
                        C_Fabregas MF  |  MF A_Postecoglou
                        A_Langlitz FW  |  FW P_Crouch
                      Jose_A_Reyes FW  |  FW Dziekanowski
                                       |
                          J_Hunter SUB |  SUB I_Cardoso
                       S_Kolasinac SUB |  SUB C_Dos_Passos
                           M_Keown SUB |  SUB D_Pereira
                         J_Cruijff SUB |  SUB Liel_Abada
                        T_Wallcott SUB |  SUB G_Borges

Referee: M_Atkinson (England)


Min. 1  :(aja) A_Langlitz beats L_Jones
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  A_Langlitz rifles it at the goal !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Dino_Zoff moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  Dino_Zoff catches it with style!
Min. 7  :(aja) G_Karagounis flicks the ball through
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes runs onto it!
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes drifts clear!
          ...  He is clean through!
          ...  He is one on one with Dino_Zoff
          ...  He tries to slide it past Dino_Zoff
          ...  Dino_Zoff pulls off a save !!
Min. 12 :(fcp) S_Gerrard controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  Dziekanowski gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  Dziekanowski hits a crisp volley!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  He has put it wide !!
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair!
Min. 12 :(aja) C_Fabregas is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to G_Karagounis
          ...  E_Herbert with an ugly foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 13 :(fcp) P_Crouch with a flashy move
          ...  M_Van_D_Hoorn with a bad challenge
          ...  M_Atkinson will want to speak to him
          ...  M_Atkinson lectures him
          ...  M_Atkinson looks across to his assistant!
          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  P_Crouch places the ball on the spot!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta pulls off the save!!
Min. 15 :(fcp) E_Herbert with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows G_Magalhaes a clean set of heals
          ...  A_Langlitz bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  M_Atkinson calls him for a talk
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  This is very far out
          ...  J_Ross swings it in
          ...  P_Crouch gets on the end of it
          ...  P_Crouch tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  Looks like it should be A_Zubizarreta's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Ross chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  P_Crouch gets his head on it
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 17 :(fcp) S_Gerrard with the towering header to Dziekanowski
          ...  P_Vieira clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 18 :(fcp) P_Crouch plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  He timed it well
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Ross floats the ball in!
          ...  L_Jones gets to it!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 23 :(fcp) Dziekanowski runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  Dziekanowski with the shot !
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 24 :(aja) T_Vermaelen steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs E_Herbert
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  T_Vermaelen looks to see where Dino_Zoff is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs towards the fans!
          ...  And slides on his knees!
          ...  That's put Ajax ahead!
          ...  Ajax 1-0 FC Porto ...
Min. 26 :(aja) G_Karagounis miskicks!
          ...  He finds A_Langlitz though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  But L_Jones will cut out the threat
Min. 27 :(fcp) M_Salah beats one
          ...  Goes past the second
          ...  He keeps going
          ...  fantastic skill!!
          ...  But Fazio barges him off the ball
Min. 28 :(aja) Jose_A_Reyes gets possession in his own half
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  L_Jones picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 30 :(fcp) T_Stavos with a slide rule pass to Dziekanowski
          ...  G_Karagounis is late with that one
          ...  He gets up and shakes the players hand
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 31 :(fcp) S_Gerrard plays the early ball across the box to find M_Salah in space
          ...  M_Salah with the punt towards goal!
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 37 :(aja) M_Van_D_Hoorn is forced back with the ball
          ...  He belts the ball up field
          ...  A_Langlitz latches onto the end of it
          ...  A_Langlitz attempts a chip!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
Min. 38 :(fcp) M_Salah wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to P_Crouch
          ...  P_Crouch with the header !
          ...  A_Zubizarreta saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one
Min. 39 :(fcp) Dziekanowski takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past T_Vermaelen
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  T_Vermaelen reacts to stop the move going any further
Min. 40 :(aja) G_Karagounis reads the run of Jose_A_Reyes
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes hits a great drive!
          ...  Dino_Zoff is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And Dino_Zoff reacts well to palm it behind!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_Karagounis chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  Dino_Zoff catches it!
Min. 41 :(fcp) Dziekanowski sidesteps Jose_A_Reyes
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  G_Magalhaes takes the player out!!
          ...  The ref turns away!!
Min. 42 :(aja) F_Ljungberg sidesteps T_Stavos
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  F_Ljungberg attempts to nutmeg Dino_Zoff!
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 46 :(aja) Fazio with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past T_Stavos
          ...  He knocks it to Jose_A_Reyes!
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes with a powerful downward header!
          ...  Saved by Dino_Zoff
Min. 49 :(fcp) R_Donadoni sidesteps Jose_A_Reyes
          ...  R_Donadoni hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Ajax 1-0 FC Porto

Min. 46 :(aja) Fazio flicks it over the defenders head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  Dziekanowski with a pull on the shirt
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  T_Vermaelen hoists it forward
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes gets on the end of it
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  Dino_Zoff makes a great save
          ...  And he manages to hold onto it as well!
Min. 50 :(aja) S_Kolasinac takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace G_Magalhaes
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 51 :(aja) M_Keown takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace F_Ljungberg as MF
Min. 52 :(aja) T_Wallcott takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace A_Langlitz
          ...  He'll play as a FW
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 52 :(aja) G_Karagounis looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Jose_A_Reyes
          ...  But T_Stavos with the fine tackle
Min. 56 :(aja) T_Vermaelen bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to T_Wallcott
          ...  E_Herbert clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 59 :(fcp) Dziekanowski sidesteps Fazio
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  T_Vermaelen reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 60 :(fcp) Dziekanowski sidesteps S_Kolasinac
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes fouls badly
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
Min. 65 :(aja) S_Kolasinac with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves M_Salah behind
          ...  But L_Jones sweeps up the threat
Min. 65 :(fcp) L_Jones plays it forward to S_Gerrard
          ...  S_Gerrard with a thundering drive!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta saves it
          ...  He got his body behind the ball there
Min. 70 :(fcp) S_Gerrard brings it under control
          ...  He takes on Fazio
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in M_Salah!
          ...  T_Wallcott fouls badly
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 74 :(fcp) Dziekanowski finds himself with plenty of time
          ...  T_Wallcott with a pull on the shirt
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  M_Atkinson signals that it is indirect
          ...  J_Ross swings it in
          ...  Dziekanowski gets on the end of it
          ...  Dziekanowski attempts a low drive!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta won't get to that!
          ...  Oooh it goes just over!!
Min. 75 :(fcp) FC Porto altered their play to a A strategy
Min. 75 :(aja) G_Karagounis kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes with the attempt at goal!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But sails wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_Karagounis lofts the ball in!
          ...  Dino_Zoff comes out and claims it!
Min. 75 :(fcp) S_Gerrard volleys it forward. He finds T_Stavos
          ...  But Fazio wins the ball
Min. 76 :(aja) M_Keown brings it under control
          ...  He takes on T_Stavos
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in S_Kolasinac!
          ...  S_Kolasinac with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  But Dino_Zoff makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 76 :(fcp) T_Stavos flicks the ball through
          ...  E_Herbert runs onto it!
          ...  E_Herbert hits a curling shot!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 80 :(aja) T_Vermaelen sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from M_Salah
Min. 82 :(fcp) C_Dos_Passos takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace T_Stavos
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 82 :(fcp) Liel_Abada is being prepared to come on
          ...  R_Donadoni is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 82 :(fcp) a big roar from the crowd as D_Pereira comes on for J_Ross to play MF
Min. 83 :(fcp) A_Postecoglou plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  S_Gerrard keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  M_Van_D_Hoorn goes in with high feet!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  M_Atkinson calls him over
          ...  M_Atkinson tells him he has had enough warnings
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Right on the edge of the box!
          ...  A_Postecoglou passes to E_Herbert
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  Fazio takes possession
Min. 83 :(aja) G_Karagounis with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past M_Salah
          ...  He knocks it to C_Fabregas!
          ...  Liel_Abada with a bad challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  M_Atkinson calls him over!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(aja) M_Van_D_Hoorn with the cross-field pass to Jose_A_Reyes
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes has a go!
          ...  Dino_Zoff just watches it drift out of play!
Min. 89 :(aja) The defender slips and falls over!
          ...  Jose_A_Reyes is through!
          ...  A_Postecoglou with an ugly foul
          ...  M_Atkinson will want to speak to him
Min. 90 :(fcp) D_Pereira sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to Dziekanowski
          ...  Dziekanowski attempts a lob!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  Corner not given!!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Johan Cruijff Arena
Attendance           : 143,800
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Ajax Match Info
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Best player          : T_Vermaelen (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : T_Vermaelen (24)
Sent Off             : T_Wallcott (74)
Booked               : G_Karagounis (30), M_Van_D_Hoorn (83)
Injured              : N/A
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FC Porto Match Info
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Best player          : S_Gerrard
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : E_Herbert (12), Liel_Abada (83)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                               Ajax       |    FC Porto
Attempts on Goal     :          11        |       12
Off target           :           4        |       7
On target            :           7        |       5
Possession           :          50        |       50
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          16        |       8
Key Tackles          :           8        |       6
Key Passes           :          13        |       11
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Final Score          : Ajax 1 - 0 FC Porto
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Player Statistics - Ajax
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_Zubizarreta  GK  39   5   1   1  11 |  95   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
Fazio          DF   2  33   8  10  41 |  95   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 100  10   0
M_Van_D_Hoorn  DF   1  31   9   8  33 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  18  -2
T_Vermaelen    DF   2  29   9   7  31 |  95   0   2   2   0   1   1   0   0   0  40  20  25
G_Magalhaes    DF   1  29   1   1  20 |  54   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
F_Ljungberg    MF   3   8  32  12  12 |  55   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Vieira       MF   1   8  32   9  20 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20  20
G_Karagounis   MF   2  10  29   9  33 |  95   0   0   6   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  58  -2
C_Fabregas     MF   3   8  29   7  31 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
A_Langlitz     FW   3   8  12  30  32 |  56   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Jose_A_Reyes   FW   2   3   3  28  43 |  95   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  20
J_Hunter       GK  35   4   5   4  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Kolasinac    DF   2  34  11  10  11 |  41   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  25
M_Keown        MF   3  32  13   7  21 |  40   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
J_Cruijff      MF   1   7  29  11  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Wallcott     FW   3   9  11  29  21 |  22   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10

Player Statistics - FC Porto
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Dino_Zoff      GK  39   2   2   3  30 |  95   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
T_Stavos       DF   3  32  13   5  10 |  86   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
E_Herbert      DF   1  31   7  11  41 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2 -22 -17
M_Salah        DF   2  30   8   9  22 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
L_Jones        DF   3  30   7   8  22 |  95   0   3   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  10   5
S_Gerrard      MF   2   6  30  19  21 |  95   0   0   5   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  50   5
J_Ross         MF   1   8  30   7  27 |  86   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Donadoni     MF   1   9  29   7  41 |  86   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Postecoglou  MF   2   5  28   1  23 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
P_Crouch       FW   1   6  13  30  21 |  95   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
Dziekanowski   FW   1   1   1  30  13 |  95   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -15
I_Cardoso      GK  30   2   4   1  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Dos_Passos   DF   1  32  12   5  22 |   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Pereira      MF   3  12  32   8  32 |   9   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Liel_Abada     MF   1   1  25   3  30 |   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
G_Borges       FW   1   1   1  26  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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