Division One League Match, AS Roma vs. FC Porto (Sun May 24)


                              AS Roma  |  FC Porto
                            4-4-1-1 C  |  4-1-3-2 N
                         Chris Ridout  |  Shaun Winzor
                                       |
                           J_Reina GK  |  GK D_Marshall
                         A_McLeish DF  |  DF P_Rodriguez
                         B_McNeill DF  |  DF B_Moore
                         G_Collins DF  |  DF H_Almeida
                           P_Jones DF  |  DF A_Kerzhakov
                     T_Huddlestone MF  |  DM G_Fofana
                           Rivaldo MF  |  MF K_Kong
                         Ridoutska MF  |  MF J_R_Riquelme
                              Jese MF  |  MF Romagnoli
                          M_Murphy AM  |  FW E_Adebayor
                            Yeboah FW  |  FW Juanfran
                                       |
                          Kindonga SUB |  SUB C_Clark
                        A_Cissokho SUB |  SUB J_Conroy
                         J_Butland SUB |  SUB Gandolf
                     Robin_Van_Gik SUB |  SUB Di_Maria
                       J_Rodriguez SUB |  SUB L_Modric

Referee: G_Reddy (Republic_of_Ireland)


Min. 1  :(asr) Jese races into the box
          ...  He sees Yeboah lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  Yeboah hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  D_Marshall tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  Corner not given!!
Min. 4  :(asr) Rivaldo whips the ball across to M_Murphy
          ...  B_Moore cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 6  :(asr) Ridoutska hoofs it up field to find T_Huddlestone
          ...  T_Huddlestone could have let it bounce!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 9  :(asr) Rivaldo with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to Ridoutska
          ...  Ridoutska gets his head to the ball !
          ...  D_Marshall makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 9  :(fcp) B_Moore fires over a low cross to P_Rodriguez
          ...  P_Rodriguez drives it low !
          ...  It flies wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 11 :(fcp) H_Almeida pushes it past G_Collins
          ...  H_Almeida with a thundering drive!
          ...  J_Reina with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 12 :(fcp) Romagnoli gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to E_Adebayor
          ...  P_Jones robs him of the ball
Min. 13 :(asr) M_Murphy with a pinpoint pass to Yeboah
          ...  Yeboah attempts to drive it home!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But sails wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Huddlestone hits it into the box!
          ...  The ball comes to Jese
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  D_Marshall gets his fingertips to it
          ...  It's pushed around the post to safety
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Jese crosses it in!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of D_Marshall
Min. 13 :(fcp) G_Fofana flicks it over G_Collins and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  G_Fofana with a thundering drive!
          ...  J_Reina makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 14 :(asr) M_Murphy jumps over H_Almeida's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  A glorious effort by M_Murphy !
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 15 :(asr) Rivaldo finds G_Collins with a ball over the defence
          ...  G_Collins controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  But it whistles just past the post
Min. 17 :(asr) T_Huddlestone plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  M_Murphy decides to go for goal instead!
          ...  H_Almeida wins the ball
Min. 19 :(asr) Yeboah knocks it past A_Kerzhakov and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  B_Moore with the tackle
          ...  He did well to stop that attack!
Min. 21 :(asr) Jese is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to Rivaldo
          ...  K_Kong forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Jese curls it into the box!
          ...  D_Marshall makes the catch!
Min. 23 :(fcp) K_Kong with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to Juanfran
          ...  But P_Jones puts the ball out of play
Min. 24 :(fcp) Juanfran punches Rivaldo off the ball
          ...  G_Reddy warns him
Min. 25 :(fcp) It seems FC Porto are making a tactical change to P
Min. 30 :(asr) Yeboah beats A_Kerzhakov
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves G_Reddy
          ...  Yeboah leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 31 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme flicks the ball through
          ...  Juanfran runs onto it!
          ...  Juanfran shapes up for a shot!
          ...  Looks like it should be J_Reina's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  J_Reina looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  H_Almeida drives it into the box!
          ...  J_Reina comes out and claims it!
Min. 32 :(fcp) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  J_R_Riquelme is through!
          ...  J_R_Riquelme hits a curling shot!
          ...  The shot slips through J_Reina's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
          ...  Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me
Min. 35 :(asr) M_Murphy controls it with ease
          ...  K_Kong wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 35 :(asr) Yeboah takes possession
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  J_R_Riquelme leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!
          ...  He had to endure a strong lecture from G_Reddy
Min. 36 :(asr) Yeboah beats J_R_Riquelme
          ...  P_Rodriguez with an ugly foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  G_Reddy gave him a strong warning
Min. 37 :(asr) Yeboah finds Rivaldo with a ball over the defence
          ...  P_Rodriguez seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 38 :(fcp) J_R_Riquelme unselfishly lays the ball back to E_Adebayor
          ...  E_Adebayor hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 40 :(fcp) Curled in dangerously from Romagnoli to G_Fofana
          ...  G_Fofana fires a shot at goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He nutmegged J_Reina
          ...  That's put FC Porto in front!
          ...  AS Roma 0-1 FC Porto ...
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(asr) AS Roma switch to playing A
Min. 45 :(asr) Yeboah runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  H_Almeida reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 46 :(fcp) E_Adebayor is first to the ball
          ...  E_Adebayor cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  What agility from J_Reina
Min. 47 :(fcp) G_Fofana is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass under pressure
          ...  J_R_Riquelme latches onto the ball
          ...  Rivaldo is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was pushing down on his man
Min. 47 :(fcp) K_Kong kills the ball dead
          ...  G_Collins hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Rodriguez chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  J_Reina easily catches it!

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

Min. 46 :(asr) M_Murphy sidesteps his marker
          ...  M_Murphy must beat D_Marshall!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  The FC Porto fans laugh at him
Min. 47 :(fcp) B_Moore backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  Juanfran latches onto the end of it
          ...  P_Jones with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 48 :(fcp) K_Kong kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  E_Adebayor gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Jese with a well timed tackle
          ...  G_Reddy didn't like it though
          ...  G_Reddy calls him for a talk
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Just outside the box!
          ...  Romagnoli drives it under the wall
          ...  J_Reina parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 51 :(asr) M_Murphy beats his marker
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  M_Murphy with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  D_Marshall watches it sail safely wide!
Min. 52 :(asr) Yeboah is through on goal
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from H_Almeida
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 58 :(fcp) B_Moore with an incisive pass to Romagnoli
          ...  Romagnoli with a little chip!
          ...  It floats over J_Reina
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 61 :(fcp) Romagnoli with an in swinging cross to J_R_Riquelme
          ...  M_Murphy with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 63 :(fcp) Gandolf comes on for Romagnoli and takes up a DM role
Min. 63 :(fcp) Gandolf has changed his position on the pitch to a MF
Min. 63 :(asr) P_Jones turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to Yeboah
          ...  Yeboah tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  D_Marshall never had a chance!
Min. 65 :(asr) Robin_Van_Gik is being brought on
          ...  M_Murphy is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 65 :(asr) J_Butland will replace the useless T_Huddlestone and will play MF
Min. 65 :(fcp) J_Conroy is being brought on
          ...  B_Moore is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 65 :(fcp) FC Porto made the switch to a D strategy
Min. 69 :(fcp) L_Modric will come on for Juanfran and play FW
Min. 69 :(asr) B_McNeill beats his marker
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  A cracking drive from B_McNeill !
          ...  D_Marshall with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 73 :(fcp) K_Kong controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  J_R_Riquelme gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  But B_McNeill slides in
Min. 75 :(asr) J_Rodriguez comes on for Yeboah and takes up a FW role
Min. 81 :(fcp) K_Kong pass splits open the defence and finds L_Modric
          ...  J_Rodriguez is called for the holding foul
          ...  He won that header unfairly
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  Shaun Winzor looks bemused that it wasn't more!
Min. 81 :(fcp) J_Conroy gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to E_Adebayor
          ...  B_McNeill with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 83 :(fcp) K_Kong can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to L_Modric
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  A_McLeish hits it out for a throw
Min. 86 :(asr) A_McLeish lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  B_McNeill latches on to it
          ...  J_Conroy pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 87 :(asr) Rivaldo hits a hard pass to Robin_Van_Gik
          ...  Robin_Van_Gik with a low drive through the rain!
          ...  D_Marshall parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(fcp) G_Fofana is all alone
          ...  the linesman keeps his flag down
          ...  But A_McLeish wins the ball

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Olimpico Stadium
Attendance           : 54,000
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AS Roma Match Info
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Best player          : Rivaldo
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_Rodriguez (81)
Injured              : N/A
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FC Porto Match Info
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Best player          : Romagnoli (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : G_Fofana (40)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              AS Roma     |     FC Porto
Attempts on Goal     :          13        |       10
Off target           :           9        |       5
On target            :           4        |       5
Possession           :          46        |       54
Corners              :           3        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           5        |       6
Key Tackles          :           9        |       9
Key Passes           :          12        |       14
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Final Score          : AS Roma 0 - 1 FC Porto
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Player Statistics - AS Roma
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_Reina        GK  29   2   3   1  18 |  95   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
A_McLeish      DF   1  24  11   5  26 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
B_McNeill      DF   2  24  10  10  31 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
G_Collins      DF   2  24   8   6  19 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -19
P_Jones        DF   2  23  11   6  28 |  95   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
T_Huddlestone  MF   1   9  25  10  19 |  67   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
Rivaldo        MF   2   7  25   8  37 |  95   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
Ridoutska      MF   2  15  24   7  34 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Jese           MF   2   4  24   7  41 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
M_Murphy       AM   1  12  13  26  26 |  67   0   1   1   0   3   0   0   0   0  20  10   3
Yeboah         FW   1   6   6  26  31 |  77   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10   8
Kindonga       GK  24   5   6   5  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Cissokho     DF   2  23  10   6  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Butland      MF   2   9  23  10  41 |  28   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
Robin_Van_Gik  FW   2   9   9  23  31 |  28   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
J_Rodriguez    FW   2   4   7  23  23 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2

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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D_Marshall     GK  37   7   5   7  14 |  95   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
P_Rodriguez    DF   2  29   8  10  28 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   1
B_Moore        DF   2  26  12  11  20 |  67   0   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  30   0
H_Almeida      DF   2  26  12  10  29 |  95   0   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  60   0   5
A_Kerzhakov    DF   1  24  10   7  42 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Fofana       DM   1  16  24   7  21 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
K_Kong         MF   1   6  29   9  18 |  95   0   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  70  20
J_R_Riquelme   MF   3   6  25  20  34 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
Romagnoli      MF   3   6  24  12  26 |  65   0   0   3   1   2   0   0   0   0   0  45   6
E_Adebayor     FW   2   7   7  27  35 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Juanfran       FW   3   6   6  25  31 |  71   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
C_Clark        GK  27   4   2   3  38 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Conroy       DF   2  27  12   9  21 |  28   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
Gandolf        MF   2  19  26   8  19 |  30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Di_Maria       MF   1   6  26   5  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Modric       FW   1   7   2  27  31 |  24   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
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