Division Two League Match, AS Roma vs. Lyon (Sun Sep 01)


                              AS Roma  |  Lyon
                            4-1-3-2 C  |  4-3-1-2 C
                         Graham Brown  |  Care Taker
                                       |
                         S_T_Perry GK  |  GK G_Buffon
                             Bauer DF  |  DF T_Alderweirel
                            Aldair DF  |  DF T_Butcher
                        A_Arrondel DF  |  DF J_Diakiese
                           J_Matip DF  |  DF L_Amoroso
                           A_Pirlo DM  |  MF S_Malbranque
                         C_Makiadi MF  |  MF Didier
                      G_Karagounis MF  |  MF M_Overmars
                            L_Figo MF  |  AM A_Karnak
                           G_Botti FW  |  FW D_Rortugal
                          Geminiho FW  |  FW Dyorkaeff
                                       |
                           G_Banks SUB |  SUB Coupet
                           Roberto SUB |  SUB A_Girrese
                          S_Gruber SUB |  SUB J_Fleck
                           D_Solga SUB |  SUB P_Pogba
                        F_Rabtotti SUB |  SUB J_A_Vardy

Referee: J_Hunye (Hungary)


Min. 1  :(asr) Geminiho has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past J_Diakiese!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Geminiho strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  G_Buffon manages to turn it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Pirlo swings it in!
          ...  L_Amoroso belts it clear
Min. 2  :(lyn) S_Malbranque whips the ball across to Dyorkaeff
          ...  A_Arrondel reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 3  :(asr) Geminiho backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  A_Pirlo gets on the end of it
          ...  A_Pirlo sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  G_Buffon makes the save
          ...  He hits the ball up field!
Min. 4  :(lyn) D_Rortugal beats G_Karagounis
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  D_Rortugal drives the ball low !
          ...  S_T_Perry with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 8  :(asr) Aldair is first to the loose ball
          ...  A cheeky lob from Aldair !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Superb strike!
          ...  His team mates join him in a celebration
          ...  They dance around his shirt in delight!!
          ...  AS Roma go ahead in this match now!
          ...  AS Roma 1-0 Lyon ...
Min. 11 :(asr) A_Pirlo is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to G_Karagounis
          ...  G_Karagounis with the drive!
          ...  G_Buffon tips it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Makiadi drives it into the box!
          ...  J_Diakiese reads it well and clears the danger
Min. 26 :(asr) L_Figo with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past J_Diakiese
          ...  He knocks it to Geminiho!
          ...  Geminiho smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 27 :(asr) G_Botti takes possession
          ...  J_Diakiese with a bad challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 31 :(asr) L_Figo has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past J_Diakiese
          ...  He puts in G_Botti!
          ...  L_Amoroso plays the back pass
          ...  G_Buffon can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  What a lucky escape!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Makiadi crosses it in!
          ...  L_Amoroso reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 32 :(lyn) Didier squares it to M_Overmars
          ...  L_Figo bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 36 :(lyn) Dyorkaeff hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  D_Rortugal latches onto it!
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  A_Pirlo takes possession
Min. 37 :(lyn) Dyorkaeff runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off the defender back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from A_Arrondel
Min. 41 :(lyn) D_Rortugal whips the ball across to M_Overmars
          ...  The cross hits M_Overmars on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  S_T_Perry gathers it comfortably
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(lyn) M_Overmars looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Dyorkaeff
          ...  Dyorkaeff tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  It flies wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 48 :(asr) L_Figo pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  G_Botti is clean through!
          ...  G_Botti attempts to nutmeg G_Buffon!
          ...  But G_Buffon parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away

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

Min. 46 :(asr) Bauer with a first time pass
          ...  G_Botti runs onto it!
          ...  A_Karnak takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 51 :(lyn) A_Karnak with the mazy run
          ...  Aldair plays the back pass
          ...  S_T_Perry can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Overmars chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  The ball comes to A_Karnak
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  S_T_Perry guesses right
Min. 54 :(asr) C_Makiadi hits in a wicked shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Geminiho latches onto it!
          ...  J_Diakiese stands his ground and wins the tackle
Min. 56 :(lyn) Didier with a glorious long pass to A_Karnak
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by A_Arrondel
Min. 56 :(lyn) S_Malbranque spits at G_Botti
          ...  He is fortunate to be given just a warning
Min. 59 :(asr) Aldair sidesteps his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Aldair pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  But G_Buffon tips it behind
          ...  J_Hunye has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 60 :(lyn) J_A_Vardy is being brought on
          ...  Dyorkaeff is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 60 :(asr) L_Figo looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to A_Pirlo
          ...  A_Pirlo flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  G_Buffon gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 62 :(asr) Aldair has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Geminiho gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  L_Amoroso hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by Aldair
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of G_Buffon
Min. 64 :(asr) G_Karagounis has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past T_Alderweirel
          ...  He puts in Geminiho!
          ...  Geminiho swings in the shot!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 65 :(asr) C_Makiadi hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  Geminiho latches onto it!
          ...  Geminiho with the overhead !
          ...  G_Buffon watches it sail wide!
Min. 67 :(lyn) T_Alderweirel feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  A_Karnak runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  But Bauer wins the ball with a sliding challenge
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Overmars plays it towards the near post!
          ...  J_A_Vardy loses his marker
          ...  He gets his head onto it!
          ...  But S_T_Perry comes out and dives at his feet
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest
Min. 68 :(asr) L_Figo looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to G_Botti
          ...  M_Overmars takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  What a silly place to give away a free kick
          ...  L_Figo hits it over the wall
          ...  But G_Buffon just gets his fingers to that one
Min. 69 :(lyn) T_Alderweirel takes advantage of a mistake by A_Arrondel
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  T_Alderweirel with the crafty shot!
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 69 :(asr) G_Botti sprints past the defender
          ...  L_Amoroso with the tackle
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  J_Hunye wants a word
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 70 :(asr) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  Roberto will come on for Bauer and play DF
Min. 70 :(lyn) A_Karnak looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to J_A_Vardy
          ...  The ball comes in high
          ...  J_A_Vardy beats the defender to the ball and heads it into his path
          ...  He just has S_T_Perry to beat
          ...  He tries to beat S_T_Perry
          ...  S_T_Perry dives on the ball !!
Min. 73 :(asr) C_Makiadi has it now
          ...  He takes on T_Butcher
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Geminiho!
          ...  Geminiho with a powerful header !
          ...  G_Buffon can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  G_Buffon makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 75 :(lyn) A_Girrese is being brought on
          ...  T_Butcher is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 75 :(lyn) P_Pogba is going to be brought on
          ...  A_Karnak is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play AM
Min. 75 :(lyn) It looks as though Lyon is now playing A
Min. 80 :(asr) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  S_Gruber will come on for C_Makiadi and play MF
Min. 80 :(asr) F_Rabtotti is being brought on
          ...  Geminiho is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 80 :(asr) L_Figo works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Roberto
          ...  Roberto sees G_Buffon off his line !
          ...  G_Buffon saves it
          ...  Good goalkeeping
Min. 83 :(lyn) M_Overmars sidesteps his marker
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  J_Matip with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  This is very far out
          ...  M_Overmars passes to P_Pogba
          ...  P_Pogba with the goal bound shot!
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The AS Roma fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 84 :(asr) F_Rabtotti with the dribble
          ...  He uses his pace to get free
          ...  F_Rabtotti shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But G_Buffon punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 86 :(asr) S_Gruber is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to F_Rabtotti
          ...  But J_Diakiese wins the ball from behind
          ...  The crowd appeal but J_Hunye has none of it.
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(asr) A_Pirlo brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  F_Rabtotti makes himself available
          ...  S_Malbranque with an over the top challenge
Min. 91 :(lyn) D_Rortugal catches L_Figo with an elbow!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!

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


Match Details
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Venue                : Olimpico Stadium
Attendance           : 70,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AS Roma Match Info
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best player          : Aldair (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Aldair (8)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_Matip (83)
Injured              : N/A
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lyon Match Info
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best player          : A_Karnak
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Rortugal (91)
Injured              : N/A
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Match Statistics
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             AS Roma      |     Lyon
Attempts on Goal     :          14        |       8
Off target           :           5        |       3
On target            :           9        |       5
Possession           :          45        |       55
Corners              :           4        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           4        |       12
Key Tackles          :           7        |       5
Key Passes           :          14        |       8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final Score          : AS Roma 1 - 0 Lyon
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Player Statistics - AS Roma
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S_T_Perry      GK  32   2   2   2  22 |  94   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  65   0   0   0
Bauer          DF   2  28   9   5  32 |  73   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
Aldair         DF   2  28   8   4  11 |  94   0   1   1   0   2   1   0   0   0  60  10  35
A_Arrondel     DF   2  28   4   7  12 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
J_Matip        DF   3  27   8   7  10 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
A_Pirlo        DM   1  13  27   7  11 |  94   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   6
C_Makiadi      MF   2   7  28   4  10 |  83   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
G_Karagounis   MF   2  10  27   9  33 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
L_Figo         MF   1   7  26  10  40 |  94   0   1   5   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  70  25
G_Botti        FW   1   9   9  30  32 |  94   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Geminiho       FW   3  10  11  27  31 |  83   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  10   9
G_Banks        GK  29   3   1   3  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Roberto        DF   3  27   8   8  40 |  21   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
S_Gruber       MF   3   8  26   8  21 |  11   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
D_Solga        MF   2  10  25  10  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Rabtotti     FW   2   8   8  17  42 |  11   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

Player Statistics - Lyon
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G_Buffon       GK  34   2   3   1  22 |  94   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  35   0   0   0
T_Alderweirel  DF   1  28   8   9  31 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
T_Butcher      DF   2  28   9   7  23 |  78   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Diakiese     DF   3  28   8   6  18 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
L_Amoroso      DF   2  27   6   9  11 |  94   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
S_Malbranque   MF   3   9  29  11  33 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Didier         MF   3   6  29   8  33 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
M_Overmars     MF   2  10  27  14  32 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
A_Karnak       AM   3   4  26  14  31 |  78   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
D_Rortugal     FW   3  10   9  30  21 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8   3
Dyorkaeff      FW   1   7   8  27  23 |  63   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
Coupet         GK  29   3   1   3  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Girrese      DF   1  27   8   8  32 |  16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  27   7  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Pogba        AM   2   8  26  13  21 |  16   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -19
J_A_Vardy      FW   2   7   5  27  20 |  31   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -10
1567370635 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35