Elite FA Cup Group Match, Everton vs. Ajax (Wed May 17)


                              Everton  |  Ajax
                              4-4-2 E  |  4-1-3-2 N
                         John O Brien  |  James Maund
                                       |
                        I_Casillas GK  |  GK E_Van_d_Sar
                          D_Oleary DF  |  DF C_dos_Passos
                           M_Kelly DF  |  DF J_Stam
                         T_Roberts DF  |  DF T_Vermaelen
                       J_Knoxville DF  |  DF M_Van_D_Hoorn
                            M_Ozil MF  |  DM Oscar_Serrano
                         D_Vazques MF  |  MF Ridoutski
                     A_Kanchelskis MF  |  MF S_Marlet
                          T_Cruise MF  |  MF A_Ross
                         A_Carroll FW  |  FW Fabinhioski
                     Rolando_Silva FW  |  FW A_Arshavin
                                       |
                        S_Mignolet SUB |  SUB G_Langerak
                           P_Kachu SUB |  SUB D_Agger
                           K_Coman SUB |  SUB C_Luciano
                          S_Niguez SUB |  SUB Granit_Xhaka
                         A_Sanchez SUB |  SUB T_Wallcott

Referee: C_Cakir (Turkey)


Min. 1  :(evn) J_Knoxville with the nod to T_Cruise
          ...  T_Cruise rifles it to the far post !
          ...  But E_Van_d_Sar parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 2  :(evn) T_Roberts kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Rolando_Silva gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Rolando_Silva heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  But E_Van_d_Sar smothers the ball.
Min. 3  :(aja) A_Ross runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of Fabinhioski
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  Fabinhioski tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  I_Casillas catches the ball
Min. 5  :(aja) Fabinhioski takes on 3 men
          ...  Fabinhioski has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  I_Casillas takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 6  :(evn) J_Knoxville plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Rolando_Silva decides to go for goal instead!
          ...  Ridoutski with the tackle
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He got away with just a warning
Min. 8  :(evn) Rolando_Silva finds himself in a good position
          ...  Rolando_Silva fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 15 :(evn) A_Carroll beats C_dos_Passos
          ...  A_Carroll with the crafty shot!
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 16 :(aja) Ridoutski pass splits open the defence and finds Oscar_Serrano
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by T_Roberts
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 19 :(evn) T_Cruise steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  T_Cruise sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  But E_Van_d_Sar smothers the ball.
Min. 21 :(evn) M_Ozil with a smart pass to Rolando_Silva
          ...  Rolando_Silva hits a crisp volley!
          ...  It floats over E_Van_d_Sar
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 25 :(evn) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  Rolando_Silva is through!
          ...  A well-placed shot from Rolando_Silva !
          ...  But it whistles just past the post
Min. 25 :(aja) A_Arshavin loses Rolando_Silva
          ...  A_Arshavin hits the ball first time!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He is dancing round the corner flag!
          ...  That's put Ajax ahead!
          ...  Everton 0-1 Ajax ...
Min. 26 :(evn) Everton changed their strategy to play C
Min. 26 :(aja) Ajax made the switch to a C strategy
Min. 26 :(evn) A_Carroll beats M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  J_Stam with the foul
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 34 :(aja) A_Arshavin leaves J_Knoxville standing
          ...  M_Kelly with a nasty foul
          ...  The referee calls him over!
          ...  RED CARD!
          ...  He's off!
Min. 34 :(evn) P_Kachu replaces A_Carroll to play as a DF
Min. 35 :(evn) M_Ozil looks around for some movement
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Knoxville
          ...  T_Vermaelen takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 41 :(evn) D_Vazques has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  He puts in T_Roberts!
          ...  T_Roberts with a bicycle kick !
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(aja) A_Ross holds up the ball
          ...  He plays the ball to C_dos_Passos
          ...  D_Oleary takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 44 :(aja) Fabinhioski 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!
          ...  Fabinhioski drives the shot in!
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Everton 0-2 Ajax ...
Min. 45 :(aja) Ajax altered their play to a A strategy
Min. 46 :(evn) M_Ozil is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to D_Vazques
          ...  D_Vazques hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  It hits the inside of the post
          ...  It falls right into E_Van_d_Sar's arms
          ...  Unlucky
Min. 46 :(aja) Fabinhioski with a precise pass to M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  M_Van_D_Hoorn with a thundering shot!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  I_Casillas never had a chance!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Everton 0-2 Ajax

Min. 49 :(aja) a big roar from the crowd as D_Agger comes on for C_dos_Passos to play DF
Min. 49 :(aja) Ridoutski with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Fabinhioski gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  J_Knoxville gets the foot in to win the ball
Min. 50 :(aja) Granit_Xhaka is being prepared to come on
          ...  Oscar_Serrano is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 51 :(aja) T_Wallcott comes on for A_Arshavin and takes up a FW role
Min. 53 :(aja) Fabinhioski takes possession
          ...  He has his back towards goal
          ...  He turns well
          ...  Fabinhioski with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  He hits the side netting
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in!
Min. 54 :(aja) Fabinhioski spits at T_Cruise
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 56 :(evn) D_Vazques looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to T_Roberts
          ...  A cheeky lob from T_Roberts !
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 57 :(aja) M_Van_D_Hoorn with a probing through ball T_Wallcott
          ...  Driven towards goal by T_Wallcott !
          ...  I_Casillas tips it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Granit_Xhaka curls it into the box!
          ...  I_Casillas jumps well to claim it!
Min. 58 :(evn) Rolando_Silva with the dribble
          ...  He made that look easy
          ...  But D_Agger sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 58 :(aja) Fabinhioski has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  P_Kachu gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 61 :(evn) D_Oleary kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  P_Kachu gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  S_Marlet gathers up the loose ball
Min. 63 :(aja) M_Van_D_Hoorn with the through ball to Fabinhioski
          ...  Rolando_Silva fouls badly
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  C_Cakir tries to calm him down
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  What a silly place to give away a free kick
          ...  S_Marlet hits it hard
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Ross floats the ball in!
          ...  It comes to M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Marlet plays it towards the near post!
          ...  D_Agger tries to place the shot!
          ...  I_Casillas narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 64 :(aja) T_Wallcott beats the defender
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  T_Cruise looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 65 :(aja) D_Agger knocks it past D_Oleary and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  D_Agger rifles it to the far post !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 66 :(evn) T_Roberts with the diagonal pass Rolando_Silva
          ...  S_Marlet rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 69 :(evn) T_Cruise hoists the ball across to Rolando_Silva
          ...  D_Agger dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 71 :(evn) A_Kanchelskis is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to Rolando_Silva
          ...  Fabinhioski makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 73 :(evn) T_Cruise looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to T_Roberts
          ...  T_Roberts swings in the shot!
          ...  But E_Van_d_Sar dives to his left
          ...  I think E_Van_d_Sar just got a hand on that one
          ...  C_Cakir has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 73 :(aja) Fabinhioski knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  T_Roberts with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
          ...  C_Cakir calls him over!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
Min. 75 :(evn) M_Ozil finds his way through
          ...  That was sheer effort
          ...  M_Ozil hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Cruise swings it in!
          ...  The ball finds its way to M_Ozil
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar palms it behind !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Vazques hits it into the box!
          ...  T_Roberts gets something on it!
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 76 :(evn) T_Cruise knocks it past Granit_Xhaka and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  T_Cruise with the shot !
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar parries it, he follows it up
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The defence had gone walk about!
          ...  Can Everton get back into the game now!
          ...  Everton 1-2 Ajax ...
Min. 77 :(aja) It looks as though Ajax is now playing C
Min. 78 :(evn) Rolando_Silva takes advantage of a mistake by D_Agger
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  From long range Rolando_Silva bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 79 :(evn) T_Cruise has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past M_Van_D_Hoorn
          ...  He knocks it to Rolando_Silva!
          ...  Intercepted by Granit_Xhaka
Min. 80 :(evn) K_Coman replaces an unhappy M_Ozil and will play as a MF
Min. 81 :(aja) S_Marlet crosses in from the wing, he finds T_Wallcott in the box
          ...  T_Wallcott attempts a low drive!
          ...  But I_Casillas palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 83 :(evn) D_Oleary backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  K_Coman latches onto the end of it
          ...  J_Stam is called for the holding foul
          ...  He won that header unfairly
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  Rolando_Silva bends it in
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  E_Van_d_Sar reacts well to tip it wide!!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Coman hits it into the box!
          ...  D_Vazques with the header
          ...  But it goes just over
Min. 86 :(evn) K_Coman reads the run of Rolando_Silva
          ...  Rolando_Silva with the strike !
          ...  But E_Van_d_Sar parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(aja) D_Agger with the cross-field pass to T_Wallcott
          ...  But T_Roberts slides in two footed.
          ...  C_Cakir has a look but waves "Play On!"

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Goodison Park
Attendance           : 134,000
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Everton Match Info
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Best player          : T_Cruise (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : T_Cruise (76)
Sent Off             : M_Kelly (34)
Booked               : D_Oleary (44), T_Roberts (73)
Injured              : N/A
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Ajax Match Info
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Best player          : Fabinhioski
Scorers              : A_Arshavin (25), Fabinhioski (44)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Fabinhioski (54), S_Marlet (66)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Everton     |      Ajax
Attempts on Goal     :          19        |       12
Off target           :           8        |       5
On target            :          11        |       7
Possession           :          49        |       51
Corners              :           3        |       3
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       2
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :           7        |       14
Key Tackles          :           5        |       6
Key Passes           :          15        |       9
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Final Score          : Everton 1 - 2 Ajax
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Player Statistics - Everton
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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I_Casillas     GK  34   3   1   3  42 |  94   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0   0   0
D_Oleary       DF   1  29  10   6  24 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -2
M_Kelly        DF   2  28  14  14  33 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
T_Roberts      DF   2  26  11   9  27 |  94   0   2   2   0   4   0   1   0   0  38  18  14
J_Knoxville    DF   3  26  10   9  11 |  94   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
M_Ozil         MF   2   8  29   7  18 |  82   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  30   6
D_Vazques      MF   1   7  28  15  22 |  94   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -18
A_Kanchelskis  MF   2   7  27   6  22 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
T_Cruise       MF   2   9  26   8  39 |  94   0   1   3   0   3   1   0   0   0  20  30  30
A_Carroll      FW   2   8   7  27  38 |  34   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Rolando_Silva  FW   3  10   8  26  41 |  94   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   0   0   0   0  23
S_Mignolet     GK  27   3   3   3  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Kachu        DF   3  23  11  10  31 |  60   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
K_Coman        MF   1   9  26   7  30 |  12   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
S_Niguez       MF   2   7  26   5  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Sanchez      FW   1  10   8  25  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Ajax
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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E_Van_d_Sar    GK  39   5   5   7  14 |  94  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0   0
C_dos_Passos   DF   2  33  11   9  46 |  51   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
J_Stam         DF   2  26   8   6  29 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Vermaelen    DF   2  25   8   6  31 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
M_Van_D_Hoorn  DF   1  25   8   8  33 |  94   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20   2
Oscar_Serrano  DM   2  15  28  12  19 |  52   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ridoutski      MF   1   5  33   4  32 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
S_Marlet       MF   2   8  29   8  22 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  18   8  -1
A_Ross         MF   1   3  29   2  36 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Fabinhioski    FW   2   7  12  27  33 |  94   0   1   1   0   4   1   1   0   0  18   8  29
A_Arshavin     FW   2   6   8  25  32 |  53   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  20
G_Langerak     GK  27   2   2   6  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Agger        DF   2  28  12   5  24 |  43   0   2   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  10   6
C_Luciano      DF   2  25   7   7  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Granit_Xhaka   MF   1  10  28   7  21 |  42   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20  20
T_Wallcott     FW   3   8  10  26  21 |  41   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
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