Elite Football League Cup Groups Match, Bayern Munich vs. Marseille (Thu Feb 26)


                        Bayern Munich  |  Marseille
                              4-4-2 A  |  4-4-2 D
                         John Raggett  |  Lee Shaw
                                       |
                       L_Fabianski GK  |  GK R_Higuita
                          C_Schulz DF  |  DF T_Taiwo
                         L_Wallace DF  |  DF G_Halford
                         W_Lavezzi DF  |  DF L_Shawry
                         D_Burford DF  |  DF M_Amoros
                              Xavi MF  |  MF A_Marcos
                       J_Obi_Mikel MF  |  MF Douglas_Costa
                            J_Ross MF  |  MF N_Ben_Khalifa
                           J_Fleck MF  |  MF J_Cole
                       K_Huntelaar FW  |  FW J_Digweed
                       Matej_Vydra FW  |  FW N_Nalise
                                       |
                            G_Goyo SUB |  SUB S_Given
                          M_Tudgay SUB |  SUB L_Koscielny
                             E_Sno SUB |  SUB J_Fleck
                      G_McSheffrey SUB |  SUB Y_Sankhare
                             Messi SUB |  SUB J_Piere

Referee: H_Webb (England)


Min. 3  :(bnm) W_Lavezzi turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to K_Huntelaar
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa intercepts the pass
Min. 3  :(msl) J_Cole knocks it forward
          ...  D_Burford slips
          ...  J_Digweed gets to it!
          ...  J_Ross with an ugly foul
          ...  The boy is unlucky to get a yellow
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 3  :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa with the dribble
          ...  He spots the run of his team-mate
          ...  He's decided to go alone
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 9  :(bnm) J_Fleck is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to K_Huntelaar
          ...  K_Huntelaar hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  R_Higuita makes himself big and wins the ball
Min. 10 :(bnm) J_Obi_Mikel brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  Matej_Vydra makes himself available
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  T_Taiwo picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 10 :(msl) N_Nalise finds his way through
          ...  He lost his man too easily
          ...  N_Nalise tries the shot !
          ...  It grazes the post!
          ...  And hits the side netting
          ...  Goal Kick!
Min. 11 :(msl) Douglas_Costa plays a long ball to J_Digweed
          ...  C_Schulz forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa hits it towards the far post!
          ...  L_Fabianski comes out and claims it!
Min. 15 :(msl) A_Marcos with a glorious 60-yard pass to J_Digweed
          ...  C_Schulz hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Douglas_Costa lofts the ball in!
          ...  L_Fabianski catches it!
Min. 18 :(bnm) J_Ross plays a long ball to J_Obi_Mikel
          ...  But Douglas_Costa with the fine tackle
Min. 22 :(msl) Curled in dangerously from A_Marcos to Douglas_Costa
          ...  Douglas_Costa tries to beat L_Fabianski!
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 24 :(bnm) W_Lavezzi breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on R_Higuita!
          ...  G_Halford brings him down!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  H_Webb reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 30 :(bnm) Matej_Vydra finds L_Wallace with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  Good sliding challenge from G_Halford
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Obi_Mikel hits it towards the far post!
          ...  M_Amoros reads it well
          ...  And he knocks it away
Min. 33 :(bnm) K_Huntelaar finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled T_Taiwo
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa with the lunge!!
          ...  And the whistle goes, that's a foul
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It's in a very dangerous position!
          ...  J_Fleck swings it in
          ...  K_Huntelaar takes control of it!
          ...  Blocked by J_Cole
Min. 37 :(bnm) J_Ross runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  J_Ross with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  But R_Higuita tips it over
          ...  H_Webb has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 38 :(bnm) J_Fleck with the header on
          ...  He finds K_Huntelaar in space
          ...  K_Huntelaar tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  It hits the inside of the post
          ...  It falls right into R_Higuita's arms
          ...  Unlucky
Min. 41 :(bnm) W_Lavezzi sidesteps L_Shawry
          ...  W_Lavezzi unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  The shot slips through R_Higuita's hands
          ...  But R_Higuita recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(msl) N_Nalise 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!
          ...  J_Ross with a bad challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  The referee comes over to him
          ...  Will he show him another yellow?
          ...  He does! That's the end of the game for him, he is sent off!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Right on the edge of the box!
          ...  N_Nalise bends it round the wall
          ...  L_Fabianski is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  L_Fabianski looks very relieved!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Bayern Munich 0-0 Marseille

Min. 50 :(msl) J_Digweed looks for options
          ...  He decides to go it alone
          ...  W_Lavezzi wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 51 :(bnm) J_Obi_Mikel looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Matej_Vydra
          ...  M_Amoros is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  R_Higuita misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Xavi plays it into the danger area!
          ...  J_Fleck gets a shot in
          ...  It fly's into Row Z!
Min. 52 :(msl) N_Nalise stops the ball and looks around for movement
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  N_Nalise with a terrific drive !
          ...  L_Fabianski makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 53 :(msl) G_Halford with a precise ball to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 54 :(msl) M_Amoros falls badly. He's unable to continue
Min. 54 :(msl) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  L_Koscielny will come on for M_Amoros and play DF
Min. 60 :(bnm) Messi will replace K_Huntelaar and play FW
Min. 69 :(bnm) Messi backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  J_Fleck latches onto the end of it
          ...  J_Fleck has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  R_Higuita parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 69 :(msl) A_Marcos runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs D_Burford
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  Xavi with a nasty foul
          ...  H_Webb will want to speak to him
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  J_Cole passes to J_Digweed
          ...  A cheeky lob from J_Digweed !
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 70 :(bnm) M_Tudgay takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace L_Wallace as DF
Min. 70 :(msl) J_Fleck is being prepared to come on
          ...  A_Marcos is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 73 :(bnm) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  E_Sno will come on for Xavi and play MF
Min. 73 :(bnm) J_Obi_Mikel plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Messi decides to keep possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  Messi curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  But R_Higuita makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 77 :(bnm) J_Fleck lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  Matej_Vydra latches on to it
          ...  Matej_Vydra flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  R_Higuita makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 80 :(msl) J_Piere is being brought on
          ...  J_Digweed is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 80 :(msl) Douglas_Costa runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to J_Fleck
          ...  But M_Tudgay comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 81 :(bnm) Messi plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  Messi sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs towards the fans!
          ...  And slides on his knees!
          ...  That goal looks certain to be the winner!
          ...  Bayern Munich 1-0 Marseille ...
Min. 81 :(msl) It looks as though Marseille is now playing A
Min. 81 :(msl) Douglas_Costa with the diagonal pass J_Piere
          ...  J_Piere rifles it at the goal !
          ...  L_Fabianski with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 83 :(msl) Douglas_Costa curls the ball out wide to J_Fleck
          ...  J_Fleck with the cheeky shot!
          ...  L_Fabianski makes a great save
          ...  And he manages to hold onto it as well!
Min. 85 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs C_Schulz
          ...  He puts in J_Piere!
          ...  J_Fleck with a nasty foul
          ...  H_Webb will want to speak to him
          ...  H_Webb wants a word
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 86 :(bnm) J_Obi_Mikel holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to Matej_Vydra
          ...  Matej_Vydra with the overhead !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hammered home!
          ...  Bayern Munich 2-0 Marseille ...
Min. 87 :(msl) J_Cole has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Douglas_Costa gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  C_Schulz bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(bnm) E_Sno finds his way through
          ...  He lost his man too easily
          ...  E_Sno tries to chip the ball over R_Higuita!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 88 :(msl) Douglas_Costa volleys it forward. He finds N_Nalise
          ...  J_Obi_Mikel slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 89 :(bnm) Matej_Vydra takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  T_Taiwo takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 92 :(bnm) E_Sno with electric pace
          ...  He eases past L_Shawry
          ...  E_Sno with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  R_Higuita plucks the ball out of the air
          ...  Good goalkeeping there!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : The Allianz Arena
Attendance           : 145,000
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Bayern Munich Match Info
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Best player          : J_Obi_Mikel (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Messi (81), Matej_Vydra (86)
Sent Off             : J_Ross (44)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : Douglas_Costa
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : G_Halford (24)
Injured              : M_Amoros (54)
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Match Statistics
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                           Bayern Munich  |    Marseille
Attempts on Goal     :          12        |       9
Off target           :           3        |       6
On target            :           9        |       3
Possession           :          47        |       53
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           7        |       8
Key Tackles          :           6        |       7
Key Passes           :          11        |       11
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Final Score          : Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Marseille
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Player Statistics - Bayern Munich
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_Fabianski    GK  39   8   4   7  14 |  94   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  65   0   0   0
C_Schulz       DF   2  34   6   2  22 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 100   0   0
L_Wallace      DF   1  28   6   6  37 |  72   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
W_Lavezzi      DF   2  25  13   6  45 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
D_Burford      DF   1  25  12   5  12 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Xavi           MF   1   5  38   3  20 |  75   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Obi_Mikel    MF   2   8  29   9  32 |  94   0   1   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  55   0
J_Ross         MF   1   7  24   7  27 |  44   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10   0  -5
J_Fleck        MF   1   5  23   7  31 |  94   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  50  26
K_Huntelaar    FW   2  10   8  29  37 |  62   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Matej_Vydra    FW   1   9   6  25  13 |  94   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   0   0   0  10  25
G_Goyo         GK  27   5   5   2  15 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Tudgay       DF   2  27   5   7  32 |  22   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
E_Sno          MF   1  10  28   9  30 |  19   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
G_McSheffrey   MF   1   7  26  17  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Messi          FW   1   9   7  28  18 |  32   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   0   0   0  10  25

Player Statistics - Marseille
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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R_Higuita      GK  39   2   2   2  34 |  94   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
T_Taiwo        DF   2  29   4   3  31 |  94   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
G_Halford      DF   1  28   8   3  35 |  94   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  18   8  -2
L_Shawry       DF   2  27   8   7  15 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
M_Amoros       DF   2  24   8   7  42 |  56   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  26  15  32 |  72   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Douglas_Costa  MF   2   7  26  10  42 |  94   0   1   5   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  50   1
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  11  25  11  25 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
J_Cole         MF   3   7  23   7  33 |  94   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
J_Digweed      FW   1   7   8  27  19 |  82   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
N_Nalise       FW   2   4   6  23  20 |  94   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -13
S_Given        GK  27   5   5   2  13 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Koscielny    DF   2  27  10   7  36 |  38   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  28   9  28 |  22   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  27  11  36 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Piere        FW   1   6   7  23  22 |  12   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
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