June Ridout Memorial Cup Match 2, Borussia Dortmund vs. Arsenal (Wed May 20)


                    Borussia Dortmund  |  Arsenal
                            5-3-1-1 A  |  4-5-1 A
                         Rune Oldeide  |  Adrian Dalmedo
                                       |
                           S_Maier GK  |  GK D_James
                           M_Motta DF  |  DF P_Evra
                            R_Song DF  |  DF C_Chambers
                            Danilo DF  |  DF C_Blewitt
                              Lazo DF  |  DF D_Burn
                         L_Rongifo DF  |  MF P_Bouba_Diop
                         A_Lallana MF  |  MF D_Rocastle
                          J_Height MF  |  MF E_Spence
                           Dembele MF  |  MF B_Yaga
                           Shaqiri AM  |  MF S_Wiltord
                         C_Bellamy FW  |  FW N_Anelka
                                       |
                           P_Check SUB |  SUB D_de_Gea
                        M_Reiziger SUB |  SUB R_Holding
                      Martins_Indi SUB |  SUB S_Matthews
                       A_Del_Piero SUB |  SUB L_Suarez
                        S_Radacanu SUB |  SUB Freddy_Abu

Referee: C_Tango (Wales)


Min. 1  :(arn) C_Chambers takes advantage of a mistake by M_Motta
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  C_Bellamy with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  N_Anelka hits it hard
          ...  S_Maier makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 2  :(bor) J_Height crosses into the box, finding A_Lallana
          ...  A_Lallana runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  D_James acrobatically tips it over !!
          ...  Great keeping!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Lallana lofts the ball in!
          ...  D_James easily catches it!
Min. 5  :(arn) E_Spence looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to C_Chambers
          ...  M_Motta gets the foot in to win the ball
Min. 11 :(arn) N_Anelka nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward
          ...  N_Anelka bears down on goal!
          ...  S_Maier with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 14 :(bor) Dembele with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to Shaqiri
          ...  Shaqiri with a terrific drive !
          ...  D_James falls over
          ...  But D_James is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 15 :(bor) Dembele cuts the ball back to Shaqiri
          ...  Shaqiri tries to beat D_James!
          ...  D_James with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 19 :(bor) Shaqiri looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards A_Lallana
          ...  C_Blewitt beats him to the ball
Min. 19 :(arn) D_Rocastle runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs Lazo
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  Lazo with a bad challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  Adrian Dalmedo looks bemused that it wasn't more!
Min. 26 :(bor) Shaqiri is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  Danilo latches onto the ball
          ...  D_Burn beats him to the ball
Min. 27 :(bor) Dembele is first to the loose ball
          ...  Dembele has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  D_James with a great save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 27 :(arn) D_Burn takes advantage of a mistake by Danilo
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  D_Burn attempts to drive it home!
          ...  S_Maier makes a great save
          ...  And he manages to hold onto it as well!
Min. 32 :(bor) J_Height takes advantage of a mistake by P_Evra
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  Blocked by D_Burn
Min. 32 :(arn) E_Spence takes possession
          ...  What can he do here?
          ...  C_Bellamy with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
Min. 32 :(arn) E_Spence holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to N_Anelka
          ...  N_Anelka tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing!
          ...  That's put Arsenal ahead!
          ...  Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal ...
Min. 32 :(arn) D_Burn spits at C_Bellamy
          ...  He is fortunate to be given just a warning
Min. 33 :(bor) M_Motta barges C_Blewitt off the ball
          ...  M_Motta attempts to nutmeg D_James!
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 33 :(bor) A_Lallana flicks it over P_Evra and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  N_Anelka with the tackle
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 38 :(arn) N_Anelka sidesteps M_Motta
          ...  N_Anelka hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  But S_Maier is equal to it
Min. 41 :(arn) D_Burn nutmegs A_Lallana
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by D_Burn !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 46 :(arn) P_Evra sprints past the defender
          ...  P_Evra hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  S_Maier can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It drifts wide!
          ...  S_Maier has a smile on his face
          ...  Did he know that was going wide?

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal

Min. 47 :(bor) C_Bellamy finds a hole in the defence
          ...  C_Chambers bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 47 :(arn) P_Bouba_Diop with a short pass to find C_Chambers
          ...  J_Height bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  C_Tango lectures him
Min. 53 :(bor) C_Bellamy gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past P_Evra!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  D_Burn slices it
          ...  D_James moves quickly!!
          ...  He can't get there!
          ...  It inches just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Shaqiri!
          ...  D_James makes the catch!
Min. 56 :(arn) N_Anelka flicks it over L_Rongifo and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  N_Anelka with a stunning strike !
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 59 :(bor) C_Bellamy runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off C_Blewitt back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  C_Bellamy fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  D_James parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 60 :(bor) A_Lallana with a short pass to find C_Bellamy
          ...  P_Evra takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 69 :(arn) P_Evra sprints forward with the ball
          ...  M_Motta cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 70 :(bor) M_Reiziger is going to be brought on
          ...  Danilo is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 70 :(arn) R_Holding replaces B_Yaga to play as a DF
Min. 70 :(arn) D_Rocastle slides the ball across to C_Blewitt
          ...  C_Blewitt with a stunning strike !
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  S_Maier palms it behind !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Rocastle swings it in!
          ...  C_Chambers gets something on it!
          ...  It's beaten S_Maier
          ...  It goes wide !!
Min. 71 :(bor) C_Bellamy with the dribble
          ...  The defender is easily beaten
          ...  D_Burn cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 75 :(bor) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  A_Del_Piero will come on for Shaqiri and play AM
Min. 75 :(arn) L_Suarez is being prepared to come on
          ...  N_Anelka is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 75 :(arn) Arsenal restructured their strategy to D
Min. 75 :(bor) A_Del_Piero drives it across the face of the goal C_Bellamy
          ...  But C_Chambers barges him off the ball
Min. 77 :(arn) E_Spence plays a long ball to R_Holding
          ...  C_Bellamy is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was a bit too close for comfort
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
Min. 82 :(arn) L_Suarez barges the defender off the ball
          ...  R_Song is called for the holding foul
          ...  Well spotted by the referee
          ...  C_Tango will just give him a speaking to
Min. 84 :(arn) a big roar from the crowd as S_Matthews comes on for S_Wiltord to play MF
Min. 86 :(arn) C_Chambers looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to L_Suarez
          ...  L_Suarez with the cheeky shot!
          ...  S_Maier fists it away
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(arn) L_Suarez backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  E_Spence latches onto the end of it
          ...  E_Spence with his head down lets it go !
          ...  S_Maier makes the save
          ...  He hits the ball up field!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Westfalenstadion
Attendance           : 105,000
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Borussia Dortmund Match Info
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Best player          : Shaqiri
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : C_Bellamy (77)
Booked               : Lazo (19)
Injured              : N/A
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : D_Burn (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N_Anelka (32)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N_Anelka (33)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                       Borussia Dortmund  |    Arsenal
Attempts on Goal     :           6        |       12
Off target           :           1        |       4
On target            :           5        |       8
Possession           :          43        |       57
Corners              :           2        |       1
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       8
Key Tackles          :           2        |       8
Key Passes           :           7        |       7
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Final Score          : Borussia Dortmund 0 - 1 Arsenal
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Player Statistics - Borussia Dortmund
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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S_Maier        GK  32   1   1   3  11 |  95   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
M_Motta        DF   1  28   8   6  32 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20 -20 -20
R_Song         DF   2  27   8   7  33 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Danilo         DF   2  27   7   8  32 |  72   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lazo           DF   3  26   8   6  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
L_Rongifo      DF   2  25  10   6  32 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Lallana      MF   3  10  28   8  21 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
J_Height       MF   3  15  26   8  22 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Dembele        MF   3   6  25   7  12 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  10
Shaqiri        AM   2   9  26  19  31 |  77   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20  20
C_Bellamy      FW   2   6   8  27  33 |  79   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10 -10   0
P_Check        GK  31   2   3   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Reiziger     DF   2  26   7   7  21 |  23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
Martins_Indi   DF   1  25   7   7  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Del_Piero    AM   2   6  25  12  11 |  18   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
S_Radacanu     FW   3   6   5  25  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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  38   2   2   3  26 |  95   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  75   0   0   0
P_Evra         DF   3  29  12  10  21 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
C_Chambers     DF   2  29   8   8  22 |  95   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
C_Blewitt      DF   3  29   7   6  22 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0  10
D_Burn         DF   2  28   9  12  21 |  95   0   4   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  80   0  10
P_Bouba_Diop   MF   2   7  29  10  12 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Rocastle     MF   2   7  29  10  21 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
E_Spence       MF   2  10  29  10  40 |  95   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  50  10
B_Yaga         MF   2   9  29   8  35 |  72   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Wiltord      MF   3  11  25   8  41 |  86   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
N_Anelka       FW   2   4  11  28  21 |  77   0   0   0   0   5   1   1   0   0  -2  -2  63
D_de_Gea       GK  29   2   3   3  38 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Holding      DF   1  32   8   6  22 |  23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Matthews     MF   3   8  29   7  32 |   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
L_Suarez       FW   2  10   6  26  34 |  18   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
Freddy_Abu     FW   3   8  10  25  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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