Elite League Cup Group Match, Arsenal vs. Valencia (Wed Apr 20)


                              Arsenal  |  Valencia
                              5-4-1 C  |  4-2-0-2-2 A
                       Adrian Dalmedo  |  Andie Glen
                                       |
                           D_James GK  |  GK K_Jensen
                       G_Griffiths DF  |  DF S_Logan
                           S_Ramos DF  |  DF K_Ramsteijn
                          S_Proedl DF  |  DF D_Criscrito
                        S_McEveley DF  |  DF Henrique
                           K_Rekik DF  |  DM I_Falque
                        Seitaridis MF  |  DM Emerson_Jr
                       Fernandinho MF  |  AM P_Nedved
                         M_Dembele MF  |  AM O_Ruggeri
                            G_Boyd MF  |  FW Stefano
                           H_Sabry FW  |  FW G_Puciato
                                       |
                        M_Landreau SUB |  SUB J_Hart
                       B_Hangeland SUB |  SUB C_Prandelli
                           D_Prime SUB |  SUB P_Jones
                          D_Murphy SUB |  SUB Raul
                         B_McBride SUB |  SUB T_Kroos

Referee: S_Dougal (Scotland)


Min. 4  :(vla) K_Ramsteijn with the nod to Stefano
          ...  Stefano hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  But D_James makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 5  :(arn) The defender loses control of the ball!
          ...  H_Sabry seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  H_Sabry attempts the shot!
          ...  But it goes wide
Min. 5  :(vla) I_Falque lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  G_Puciato latches on to it
          ...  Good sliding challenge from S_McEveley and it had to be
Min. 9  :(arn) H_Sabry gets possession in his own half
          ...  H_Sabry aims the cheeky shot at goal!
          ...  It's gone over
          ...  Well he must have left his shooting boots at home for that one
Min. 11 :(arn) G_Griffiths brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  S_Ramos gets on the end of the pass
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  S_Logan looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 11 :(arn) Fernandinho bursts forward
          ...  I_Falque with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  He got away with just a warning
Min. 15 :(arn) M_Dembele runs at the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to S_McEveley
          ...  S_McEveley attempts the shot!
          ...  It's beaten K_Jensen
          ...  It goes wide !!
Min. 20 :(arn) Fernandinho is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  H_Sabry latches onto the ball
          ...  K_Ramsteijn cuts it out easily
          ...  He clears the ball up field
Min. 20 :(arn) Fernandinho finds H_Sabry in the box
          ...  S_Logan is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was pushing down on his man
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 21 :(vla) Stefano jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  S_Proedl fouls badly
Min. 26 :(arn) G_Boyd 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 H_Sabry
          ...  G_Puciato with an awful challenge
Min. 27 :(arn) H_Sabry with the dribble
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  H_Sabry swings in the shot!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 32 :(vla) O_Ruggeri gains possession
          ...  K_Rekik slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 37 :(vla) Emerson_Jr with a neat pass into G_Puciato
          ...  G_Griffiths bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It's in a very dangerous position!
          ...  Stefano bends it in
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Nedved drives it into the box!
          ...  It is cleared by S_Proedl
Min. 38 :(arn) H_Sabry nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  H_Sabry with a thundering volley!
          ...  But K_Jensen pulls out a save of the game
Min. 39 :(arn) A defence splitting pass from G_Boyd to S_Ramos
          ...  S_Ramos attempts to nutmeg K_Jensen!
          ...  K_Jensen gathers it easily
Min. 40 :(vla) A defence splitting pass from P_Nedved to Stefano
          ...  S_Ramos reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 41 :(arn) H_Sabry beats S_Logan
          ...  I_Falque steals the ball of off him
Min. 42 :(vla) O_Ruggeri works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to G_Puciato
          ...  G_Puciato fires a shot at goal !
          ...  D_James makes a difficult save
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Arsenal 0-0 Valencia

Min. 47 :(arn) M_Dembele beats K_Ramsteijn
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  P_Nedved with an ugly foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
Min. 52 :(arn) G_Boyd gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  G_Griffiths is unmarked
          ...  G_Griffiths flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  But K_Jensen palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 53 :(arn) S_McEveley with a one-touch layoff to M_Dembele
          ...  D_Criscrito clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 54 :(arn) Seitaridis knocks it past Henrique and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  P_Nedved with an ugly foul
Min. 55 :(vla) I_Falque has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Stefano gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from K_Rekik
Min. 56 :(vla) P_Nedved nutmegs S_McEveley, he continues to run forward
          ...  P_Nedved fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  D_James makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 57 :(arn) Fernandinho knocks it past D_Criscrito and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Fernandinho with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 58 :(arn) G_Boyd sidesteps Henrique
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  O_Ruggeri with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
Min. 60 :(arn) B_Hangeland takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace S_Ramos
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 60 :(vla) I_Falque curls the ball out wide to P_Nedved
          ...  P_Nedved sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But D_James just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  S_Dougal has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 62 :(vla) Stefano takes possession
          ...  What can he do here?
          ...  S_Proedl with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 64 :(arn) B_Hangeland sidesteps his marker
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Emerson_Jr gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 64 :(vla) P_Nedved dribbles it into the box
          ...  Seitaridis with an ugly foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 65 :(vla) Raul is being prepared to come on
          ...  P_Nedved is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play AM
Min. 65 :(vla) T_Kroos is coming on for O_Ruggeri and will play AM
Min. 67 :(arn) S_Proedl hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  Seitaridis latches onto it!
          ...  Seitaridis attempts the shot!
          ...  But K_Jensen punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a corner kick
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_McEveley chips the ball into the area!
          ...  K_Jensen catches it!
Min. 72 :(arn) Seitaridis with the through ball to H_Sabry
          ...  Raul with a nasty foul
          ...  S_Dougal will want to speak to him
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is in a good position!
          ...  Seitaridis with the delicate chip over the wall
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  K_Jensen dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had K_Jensen beaten!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Seitaridis!
          ...  K_Jensen easily claims the ball!
Min. 75 :(arn) D_Prime will replace M_Dembele and play MF
Min. 75 :(arn) Seitaridis finds his way through
          ...  He bent his run well
          ...  Seitaridis looks to see where K_Jensen is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  He hits the side netting
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in!
Min. 79 :(arn) Fernandinho takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into S_Proedl
          ...  D_Criscrito goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 83 :(vla) T_Kroos plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  I_Falque decides to keep possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by I_Falque !
          ...  D_James catches the ball
Min. 84 :(arn) G_Boyd with a probing through ball H_Sabry
          ...  H_Sabry with the goal bound shot!
          ...  But he puts it well wide
          ...  That was a mishit effort!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 94 :(arn) Seitaridis with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to S_McEveley
          ...  S_McEveley aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  K_Jensen saves it
          ...  He got his body behind the ball there

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Emirates Stadium
Attendance           : 110,000
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : S_McEveley (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : G_Griffiths (37), Seitaridis (64)
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : K_Jensen
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : S_Logan (20), Raul (72)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Arsenal     |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          13        |       6
Off target           :           8        |       1
On target            :           5        |       5
Possession           :          66        |       34
Corners              :           2        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       2
Subs Used            :           2        |       2
Fouls                :           8        |       12
Key Tackles          :           5        |       6
Key Passes           :          12        |       8
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Final Score          : Arsenal 0 - 0 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Arsenal
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_James        GK  28   2   2   3  26 |  96   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  65   0   0   0
G_Griffiths    DF   2  25  11   3  33 |  96   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8   3
S_Ramos        DF   2  25   7   7  40 |  62   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
S_Proedl       DF   2  25   5   6  37 |  96   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
S_McEveley     DF   2  24  11   9  24 |  96   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   6
K_Rekik        DF   1  23   6   2  12 |  96   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
Seitaridis     MF   2   8  24  16  27 |  96   0   0   2   0   3   0   1   0   0  -2  18   5
Fernandinho    MF   2  11  24   9  19 |  96   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   1
M_Dembele      MF   1  11  24   6  42 |  77   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
G_Boyd         MF   2   2  24   9  21 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
H_Sabry        FW   1   4   5  25  25 |  96   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   9
M_Landreau     GK  27   6   2   2  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Hangeland    DF   2  23  11   5  40 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Prime        MF   2   7  23  13  40 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Murphy       FW   2  10   8  25  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_McBride      FW   2  10   9  24  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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 |  96   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  75   0   0   0
S_Logan        DF   3  28  10   8  36 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  58  -2  -2
K_Ramsteijn    DF   1  27  11  10  42 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
D_Criscrito    DF   2  27  10   7  27 |  96   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Henrique       DF   1  25  11   8  29 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
I_Falque       DM   3  14  25   9  19 |  96   0   1   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  30   5
Emerson_Jr     DM   3  17  24  10  21 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
P_Nedved       AM   1   7  24  22  17 |  67   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
O_Ruggeri      AM   1   8  24  21  19 |  67   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Stefano        FW   2   9   8  28  39 |  96   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
G_Puciato      FW   2   9   9  26  42 |  96   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
J_Hart         GK  28   2   2   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Prandelli    DF   1  25  11   7  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Jones        DF   2  23  11   6  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Raul           AM   1   8  22  20  30 |  29   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
T_Kroos        AM   3   7  22  19  30 |  29   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
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