Division One League Match, Arsenal vs. Werder Bremen (Sun Feb 07)


                              Arsenal  |  Werder Bremen
                              5-4-1 E  |  4-4-2 C
                       Adrian Dalmedo  |  Harry Kleinjan
                                       |
                           D_James GK  |  GK L_Bowazski
                       G_Griffiths DF  |  DF Ronaldo
                         D_Caicedo DF  |  DF K_Ramsteijn
                        S_McEveley DF  |  DF P_Miranda
                           S_Ramos DF  |  DF M_Pavlovic
                           K_Rekik DF  |  MF C_Gemmell
                        C_Makelele MF  |  MF Asier_Munoz
                        Seitaridis MF  |  MF C_Makiadi
                         M_Dembele MF  |  MF M_Canete
                          B_Harley MF  |  FW D_Berbatov
                          D_Murphy FW  |  FW A_Anyukov
                                       |
                          I_Lawlor SUB |  SUB S_Mielitz
                          A_Alrawi SUB |  SUB J_Neeskens
                           D_Prime SUB |  SUB J_Ledley
                           H_Sabry SUB |  SUB J_Garcia
                          A_Little SUB |  SUB M_Kobylanski

Referee: M_de_Vries (Holland)


Min. 1  :(arn) C_Makelele slides it through the middle to D_Caicedo
          ...  D_Caicedo lobs L_Bowazski!
          ...  L_Bowazski is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  L_Bowazski looks very relieved!
Min. 2  :(wbn) D_Berbatov controls the ball with ease
          ...  D_Caicedo beats him to the ball
Min. 6  :(arn) Seitaridis sidesteps P_Miranda
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  K_Ramsteijn cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 6  :(wbn) C_Gemmell moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He plays the ball through to D_Berbatov
          ...  M_Dembele with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!, he is in the book for that one
Min. 8  :(arn) C_Makelele is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to S_Ramos
          ...  S_Ramos unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  But L_Bowazski hits it away
          ...  He could have held onto that!
Min. 9  :(arn) B_Harley kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Murphy gets on the end of the pass
          ...  D_Murphy has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  But L_Bowazski makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 10 :(arn) S_McEveley leaves his marker standing
          ...  But M_Pavlovic reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 13 :(arn) M_Dembele is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to B_Harley
          ...  B_Harley with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 15 :(wbn) K_Ramsteijn sidesteps S_Ramos
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by Seitaridis
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 19 :(wbn) C_Makiadi nutmegs D_Caicedo, he continues to run forward
          ...  C_Makiadi cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 20 :(arn) B_Harley is first to the loose ball
          ...  B_Harley with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  L_Bowazski with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 36 :(wbn) P_Miranda knocks the ball past G_Griffiths
          ...  P_Miranda cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  D_James can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  D_James makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 37 :(arn) D_Murphy runs into space
          ...  D_Murphy with the chance !
          ...  L_Bowazski blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 39 :(arn) D_Caicedo runs with pace at the defence
          ...  D_Caicedo looks to see where L_Bowazski is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  L_Bowazski was lucky there
Min. 41 :(wbn) Ronaldo finds Asier_Munoz with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  A left-footer by Asier_Munoz !
          ...  But D_James just gets his fingers to that one
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(wbn) Ronaldo looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to D_Berbatov
          ...  M_Dembele leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Arsenal 0-0 Werder Bremen

Min. 47 :(arn) D_Murphy takes advantage of a bad back pass from Ronaldo
          ...  D_Murphy attempts the shot!
          ...  L_Bowazski gets up well to catch that one
Min. 47 :(wbn) M_Canete has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past S_McEveley
          ...  He puts in D_Berbatov!
          ...  D_Murphy with the tackle
          ...  That's got to be a yellow
Min. 48 :(arn) M_Dembele nutmegs C_Gemmell
          ...  P_Miranda cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 51 :(arn) D_Murphy sidesteps Ronaldo
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  Ronaldo makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Harley drives it into the box!
          ...  L_Bowazski comes out and claims it!
Min. 52 :(wbn) Ronaldo takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  M_Dembele is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
          ...  That's better. The dirty sod should have been sent off first time of asking!
Min. 52 :(wbn) M_Canete runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to D_Berbatov
          ...  A powerful shot by D_Berbatov !
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 60 :(arn) The manager shouting something towards his players
          ...  It looks like he's turning things round a bit
          ...  Arsenal will now play A
Min. 61 :(wbn) C_Gemmell looks up for support for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him!
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by K_Rekik
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 65 :(arn) Seitaridis lobs it over the defender
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by D_Berbatov
Min. 70 :(wbn) C_Makiadi has it now
          ...  He takes on S_Ramos
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in P_Miranda!
          ...  G_Griffiths gets to the ball first
Min. 75 :(arn) C_Makelele looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to B_Harley
          ...  An audacious effort from B_Harley !
          ...  But L_Bowazski palms it behind
          ...  M_de_Vries has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 76 :(wbn) J_Neeskens is ready to come on to replace Ronaldo
          ...  Looks like he will play as a DF
Min. 82 :(wbn) J_Neeskens takes on D_Caicedo
          ...  He runs past him
          ...  D_Caicedo reacts to stop the move going any further
Min. 83 :(wbn) D_Berbatov heads the ball back to A_Anyukov
          ...  G_Griffiths reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 85 :(wbn) C_Makiadi kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  D_Berbatov gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  D_Berbatov heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  But D_James punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a throw in
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 91 :(arn) B_Harley looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Seitaridis
          ...  Seitaridis with a terrific drive !
          ...  L_Bowazski parries it
          ...  The defender clears it

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Emirates Stadium
Attendance           : 99,903
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : D_Caicedo
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : M_Dembele (52)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Werder Bremen Match Info
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Best player          : L_Bowazski (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Arsenal     | Werder Bremen
Attempts on Goal     :          10        |       5
Off target           :           2        |       3
On target            :           8        |       2
Possession           :          53        |       47
Corners              :           1        |       0
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       0
Subs Used            :           0        |       1
Fouls                :           7        |       6
Key Tackles          :           6        |       5
Key Passes           :           6        |       6
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Final Score          : Arsenal 0 - 0 Werder Bremen
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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   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0   0   0
G_Griffiths    DF   2  25  11   3  33 |  96   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
D_Caicedo      DF   1  25   8   6  47 |  96   0   2   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  40   0   6
S_McEveley     DF   2  24  11   9  24 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Ramos        DF   2  24   7   6  40 |  96   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
K_Rekik        DF   1  23   6   2  12 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
C_Makelele     MF   2  11  25   9  30 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Seitaridis     MF   2   8  24  16  27 |  96   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
M_Dembele      MF   1  11  24   6  42 |  54   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10   0 -10
B_Harley       MF   1   6  24   6  33 |  96   0   0   2   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  20  11
D_Murphy       FW   2  10   8  25  37 |  96   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  15
I_Lawlor       GK  20   2   5   5  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Alrawi       DF   1  24   3   3  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Prime        MF   2   8  23  13  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Sabry        FW   1   4   5  25  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Little       FW   2   7   7  24  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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L_Bowazski     GK  38   5   4   6  15 |  96   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  85   0   0   0
Ronaldo        DF   2  27  12   9  29 |  78   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
K_Ramsteijn    DF   1  26  11  10  42 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
P_Miranda      DF   2  24  10   7  36 |  96   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  60   0   1
M_Pavlovic     DF   3  24   5   7  22 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
C_Gemmell      MF   3   8  25  12  28 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Asier_Munoz    MF   1   9  25   3  21 |  96   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
C_Makiadi      MF   2   6  24   4  10 |  96   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
M_Canete       MF   2   5  24   5  19 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Berbatov     FW   2   8   7  25  37 |  96   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   6
A_Anyukov      FW   1   8   4  25  35 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Mielitz      GK  27   3   3   3  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Neeskens     DF   1  25   9   7  29 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Ledley       MF   1   6  24  15  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Garcia       MF   2  10  24   9  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Kobylanski   FW   2   6   8  23  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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