Division Two League Match, AC Milan vs. Lyon (Mon Feb 26)


                             AC Milan  |  Lyon
                            4-3-1-2 A  |  4-3-1-2 E
                    Darren Broadhurst  |  Roberto Ciccotelli
                                       |
                     M_Steklenburg GK  |  GK T_Snelders
                         C_Ferrara DF  |  DF P_Jones
                              Hugo DF  |  DF T_Alderweirel
                           Ricadio DF  |  DF T_Butcher
                            T_Haas DF  |  DF J_Diakiese
                         Leroy_Fer MF  |  MF P_Pogba
                              Jese MF  |  MF M_Ball
                      D_Boerrigter MF  |  MF L_Burt
                            Imbula AM  |  AM A_Karnak
                             Pezza FW  |  FW J_Valdivia
                           J_Vardy FW  |  FW J_A_Vardy
                                       |
                          J_Hunter SUB |  SUB R_Edgehill
                          D_Yedlin SUB |  SUB R_Carlos
                            J_Cole SUB |  SUB Jesus_Cordoba
                            Alexis SUB |  SUB T_Erak
                       D_Stanfield SUB |  SUB Rodrigo

Referee: G_Poll (England)


Min. 1  :(amn) J_Vardy barges the defender off the ball
          ...  A delicate chip from J_Vardy !
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 2  :(lyn) J_A_Vardy with the dribble
          ...  The defender is easily beaten
          ...  D_Boerrigter with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 3  :(lyn) T_Alderweirel controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  J_Diakiese gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  J_Diakiese looks to see where M_Steklenburg is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  But M_Steklenburg comes out and dives at his feet
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest
Min. 5  :(lyn) L_Burt looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to J_Diakiese
          ...  J_Diakiese has slipped behind the defence!
          ...  He is one on one with M_Steklenburg
          ...  He lobs it over M_Steklenburg
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  That's put Lyon ahead!
          ...  AC Milan 0-1 Lyon ...
Min. 6  :(amn) Imbula with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows the defender a clean set of heals
          ...  P_Jones stands firm and knocks the player to the ground!!
          ...  That's a rash challenge!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  Darren Broadhurst looks bemused that it wasn't more!
          ...  INDIRECT FREE KICK!
          ...  Ricadio swings it in
          ...  Pezza gets on the end of it
          ...  Pezza attempts a chip!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  In off the post
          ...  That's the equaliser!
          ...  AC Milan 1-1 Lyon ...
Min. 7  :(amn) C_Ferrara plays in Pezza with a beautiful ball
          ...  Pezza goes for the top corner !
          ...  T_Snelders makes himself big and wins the ball
Min. 8  :(amn) Leroy_Fer with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  D_Boerrigter gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  T_Butcher read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 9  :(amn) Leroy_Fer has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past P_Pogba
          ...  He puts in J_Vardy!
          ...  J_Vardy looks to see where T_Snelders is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  But T_Snelders punches it away
          ...  He took a knock there
          ...  His manager is looking on anxiously
          ...  He's ok to carry on
Min. 11 :(amn) D_Boerrigter steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs J_A_Vardy
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  D_Boerrigter gets his head to the ball !
          ...  But T_Snelders punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 12 :(amn) Leroy_Fer looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Pezza
          ...  Pezza uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  T_Snelders parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And T_Snelders recovers to save!!
Min. 13 :(lyn) L_Burt brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  J_A_Vardy gets on the end of the pass
          ...  J_A_Vardy carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Karnak chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  M_Steklenburg jumps well to claim it!
Min. 14 :(amn) J_Vardy skips the challenge from J_Diakiese
          ...  J_Diakiese goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 15 :(amn) J_Vardy holds up the ball
          ...  He plays the ball to Imbula
          ...  Imbula beats the defender to the ball
          ...  He beats a second defender
          ...  He just has T_Snelders to beat!
          ...  He dinks it over T_Snelders
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That puts AC Milan ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  AC Milan 2-1 Lyon ...
Min. 16 :(amn) T_Haas sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to Pezza
          ...  Pezza sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  T_Snelders with a great save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 19 :(lyn) A_Karnak with an intelligent ball to J_Valdivia
          ...  A left-footer by J_Valdivia !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs to the corner and dives on his belly
          ...  That is his 10th goal this campaign!!
          ...  That's got Lyon back level!
          ...  AC Milan 2-2 Lyon ...
Min. 21 :(amn) Leroy_Fer finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled the defender
          ...  T_Alderweirel tackles from behind
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  He deserves punishment for that!
          ...  G_Poll calls him over
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 22 :(amn) Jese with a precise ball to Leroy_Fer
          ...  Leroy_Fer aims for the top right corner !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 23 :(lyn) J_A_Vardy flicks it past T_Haas
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  But Hugo reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 23 :(amn) Pezza jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  J_Valdivia fouls badly
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  G_Poll shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 24 :(amn) Imbula jumps over M_Ball's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  Imbula with his head down lets it go !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He kicks the sponsor hoarding in delight!
          ...  That puts AC Milan ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  AC Milan 3-2 Lyon ...
Min. 26 :(amn) Pezza races into the box
          ...  He sees J_Vardy lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  But T_Butcher comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 31 :(amn) J_Vardy sidesteps his marker
          ...  J_Vardy shapes up for a shot!
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 32 :(lyn) L_Burt knocks it forward
          ...  Ricadio slips
          ...  J_A_Vardy gets to it!
          ...  J_A_Vardy with the punt towards goal!
          ...  M_Steklenburg gets his fingertips to it
Min. 35 :(lyn) J_A_Vardy runs with pace at the defence
          ...  T_Haas with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 36 :(amn) Imbula runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off J_Diakiese back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  Imbula uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  T_Snelders goes down well to save
Min. 39 :(lyn) P_Pogba finds L_Burt with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  C_Ferrara with the tackle
          ...  He did well to stop that attack!
Min. 41 :(lyn) P_Jones kicks Leroy_Fer off the ball
          ...  He's Butted him !
          ...  G_Poll has stopped play
          ...  That's a terrible challenge
          ...  The referee comes over
          ...  And the ref shows him his 2nd yellow card now
          ...  RED CARD!
Min. 42 :(amn) D_Boerrigter drives it across the face of the goal Pezza
          ...  T_Butcher wins the ball!
          ...  But he caught the player also!
          ...  The ref gives nothing!
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(lyn) T_Butcher beats his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  But Ricadio wins the tackle
Min. 45 :(amn) It looks as though AC Milan is now playing D
Min. 45 :(lyn) A_Karnak hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  J_Valdivia collects the loose ball!
          ...  J_Valdivia tries the shot !
          ...  But M_Steklenburg reaches the ball. Good save
          ...  There was a foul on M_Steklenburg anyway
Min. 47 :(amn) J_Vardy finds his way through
          ...  They tried to play the offside trap
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from J_Valdivia
Min. 48 :(amn) Hugo with a burst of pace
          ...  Hugo fires the shot in!
          ...  T_Snelders parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: AC Milan 3-2 Lyon

Min. 50 :(amn) D_Boerrigter kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  Leroy_Fer gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Leroy_Fer with a little chip!
          ...  Looks like it should be T_Snelders's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  T_Snelders looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by T_Haas!
          ...  T_Snelders jumps well to claim it!
Min. 51 :(amn) D_Boerrigter plays the early ball across the box to find J_Vardy in space
          ...  J_Vardy hits the ball first time!
          ...  T_Snelders makes a difficult save
Min. 54 :(lyn) M_Ball jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_A_Vardy
          ...  T_Haas steals the ball of off him
Min. 55 :(lyn) Lyon are switching their playing style to A
Min. 55 :(amn) Pezza is too quick for the defence
          ...  Pezza with the side footed shot!
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  That was a terrible attempt!
Min. 57 :(amn) C_Ferrara could get a shot on goal here
          ...  T_Alderweirel rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  G_Poll wants a word
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 59 :(amn) The ball runs loose!
          ...  Leroy_Fer seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  Leroy_Fer fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  T_Snelders fists it away
Min. 62 :(amn) Leroy_Fer with a one-touch layoff to Imbula
          ...  Imbula curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  What agility from T_Snelders
Min. 65 :(lyn) P_Pogba can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to J_A_Vardy
          ...  J_A_Vardy hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  M_Steklenburg narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 68 :(amn) D_Boerrigter backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  J_Vardy latches onto the end of it
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from T_Alderweirel
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Imbula drives it into the box!
          ...  It is cleared by T_Butcher
Min. 68 :(lyn) P_Pogba with a smart pass to L_Burt
          ...  Ricadio with the tackle
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  G_Poll tries to calm him down
Min. 70 :(lyn) Rodrigo is being prepared to come on
          ...  J_Valdivia is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 70 :(amn) Pezza knocks it past L_Burt and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  T_Butcher fouls
          ...  That was disgusting
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  Darren Broadhurst looks bemused that it wasn't more!
Min. 72 :(amn) Imbula with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Hugo gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Rodrigo cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 73 :(amn) J_Vardy hoofs it up field to find Leroy_Fer
          ...  Leroy_Fer hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  T_Snelders with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 75 :(amn) D_Stanfield is coming on for J_Vardy and playing FW
Min. 75 :(amn) J_Cole comes on for Jese and takes up a MF role
Min. 75 :(amn) D_Stanfield sidesteps L_Burt
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  J_Diakiese brings him down in the area
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely!
          ...  But G_Poll waves play on!!!
Min. 77 :(amn) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  D_Yedlin will come on for C_Ferrara and play DF
Min. 80 :(lyn) J_Diakiese runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to T_Butcher
          ...  T_Butcher shapes up for a shot!
          ...  M_Steklenburg catches the ball
Min. 82 :(amn) Hugo brings it under control
          ...  He takes on T_Butcher
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in D_Boerrigter!
          ...  D_Boerrigter hits the shot with the inside of the left foot!
          ...  T_Snelders was lucky there
Min. 84 :(amn) Leroy_Fer is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to T_Haas
          ...  T_Haas sees T_Snelders off his line !
          ...  T_Snelders with an easy save
          ...  He just oozes confidence
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(lyn) J_A_Vardy beats Leroy_Fer
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  J_A_Vardy goes for the top corner !
          ...  M_Steklenburg with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 89 :(amn) D_Boerrigter 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 Pezza
          ...  Pezza with a powerful diving header!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 90 :(lyn) L_Burt with a probing through ball J_A_Vardy
          ...  J_A_Vardy tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  M_Steklenburg claws it off the line
          ...  G_Poll consults his assistant
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a time to grab an equaliser!!
          ...  AC Milan 3-3 Lyon ...
Min. 92 :(lyn) J_A_Vardy steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs D_Yedlin
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  A great volley from J_A_Vardy !
          ...  But it clips the post and goes wide
Min. 94 :(amn) J_Cole looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Ricadio
          ...  Ricadio with the header !
          ...  T_Snelders gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by T_Snelders !!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : San Siro Stadium
Attendance           : 75,000
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AC Milan Match Info
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Best player          : Imbula (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Pezza (6), Imbula (15,24)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Lyon Match Info
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Best player          : L_Burt
Scorers              : J_Diakiese (5), J_Valdivia (19), J_A_Vardy (90)
Sent Off             : P_Jones (41)
Booked               : T_Alderweirel (21), J_Valdivia (23), T_Butcher (70)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             AC Milan     |      Lyon
Attempts on Goal     :          23        |       11
Off target           :           6        |       2
On target            :          17        |       9
Possession           :          66        |       34
Corners              :           2        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       3
Subs Used            :           3        |       1
Fouls                :           9        |       8
Key Tackles          :           5        |       8
Key Passes           :          19        |       12
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Final Score          : AC Milan 3 - 3 Lyon
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Player Statistics - AC 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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M_Steklenburg  GK  35   3   1   1  32 |  97   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
C_Ferrara      DF   2  26   8   6  22 |  80   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
Hugo           DF   2  25  12   9  42 |  97   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
Ricadio        DF   3  25   8   6  32 |  97   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  20  15   5
T_Haas         DF   2  24  12   7  11 |  97   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   5
Leroy_Fer      MF   2  10  27   8  36 |  97   0   0   5   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  50  12
Jese           MF   2   5  27   7  41 |  78   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Boerrigter   MF   2   9  25  12  32 |  97   0   0   5   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  50  10
Imbula         AM   1   9  24  16  20 |  97   0   0   1   0   4   2   0   0   0   0  10  70
Pezza          FW   1   8  12  25  32 |  97   0   0   1   0   6   1   0   0   0   0  10  47
J_Vardy        FW   1   6   7  24  30 |  78   0   0   2   1   4   0   0   0   0   0  35  12
J_Hunter       GK  27   4   1   1  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Yedlin       DF   1  23  10   5  23 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Cole         MF   3   8  25   7  33 |  19   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Alexis         MF   3   9  24  13  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Stanfield    FW   2   8   5  27  32 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Lyon
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_Snelders     GK  35   2   3   4  16 |  97  15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0   0   0
P_Jones        DF   2  25  12   6  28 |  41   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
T_Alderweirel  DF   1  25   8   9  31 |  97   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  18   8  -2
T_Butcher      DF   2  25   8   7  23 |  97   0   4   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  78  -2   3
J_Diakiese     DF   3  25   8   6  18 |  97   0   2   1   0   2   1   0   0   0  40  10  35
P_Pogba        MF   2   8  25  13  21 |  97   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
M_Ball         MF   2  12  25   4  23 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
L_Burt         MF   1   7  24   9  31 |  97   0   0   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0
A_Karnak       AM   3   4  25  14  31 |  97   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  35   0
J_Valdivia     FW   2   5  10  26  31 |  73   0   1   0   0   2   1   1   0   0  18  -2  33
J_A_Vardy      FW   2   7   5  26  20 |  97   0   0   0   0   6   1   0   0   0   0   0  47
R_Edgehill     GK  27   2   5   2  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Carlos       DF   3  24  11   6  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Jesus_Cordoba  MF   2   8  24  10  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Erak         FW   2   6   6  26  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rodrigo        FW   1   7   7  24  20 |  24   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
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