Elite FA Cup Groups Match, Everton vs. Marseille (Sun Apr 06)


                              Everton  |  Marseille
                              5-3-2 A  |  4-5-1 P
                      Gareth Williams  |  Lee Shaw
                                       |
                          D_de_Gea GK  |  GK R_Higuita
                           E_Garay DF  |  DF G_Halford
                      D_Piorkowski DF  |  DF T_Taiwo
                          D_Santon DF  |  DF L_Koscielny
                           M_Kelly DF  |  DF Y_Kaboul
                           C_Obasi DF  |  MF Y_Sankhare
                            M_Ozil MF  |  MF N_Ben_Khalifa
                         D_Vazques MF  |  MF Douglas_Costa
                          I_Falque MF  |  MF D_Obua
                         A_Carroll FW  |  MF D_Albertini
                       Van_Tijkaan FW  |  FW Z_Zidane
                                       |
                          J_Hunter SUB |  SUB S_Given
                         T_Roberts SUB |  SUB L_Shawry
                       H_Badstuber SUB |  SUB A_Marcos
                          R_Savage SUB |  SUB J_Cole
                            M_Owen SUB |  SUB J_Digweed

Referee: M_de_Vries (Holland)


Min. 1  :(evn) D_Vazques sidesteps G_Halford
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  D_Vazques rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  What agility from R_Higuita
Min. 6  :(evn) D_Vazques with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  A_Carroll gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  A_Carroll has a dig at goal!
          ...  But R_Higuita makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 7  :(evn) Van_Tijkaan with the mazy run
          ...  G_Halford takes the player down!!
          ...  PENALTY!!
          ...  No! The ref has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  Unbelievable!
Min. 7  :(msl) Y_Sankhare has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past M_Kelly
          ...  He knocks it to D_Albertini!
          ...  M_Kelly goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 10 :(evn) M_Kelly finds A_Carroll in the box
          ...  A vicious shot by A_Carroll !
          ...  R_Higuita with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 15 :(msl) Y_Sankhare unselfishly heads the ball back to Z_Zidane
          ...  E_Garay fouls badly
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  It is deep inside there own half
          ...  L_Koscielny passes to G_Halford
          ...  G_Halford has a go!
          ...  D_de_Gea fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 16 :(msl) Z_Zidane takes possession
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  Z_Zidane attempts a lob!
          ...  D_de_Gea with the acrobatic save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 18 :(msl) Y_Sankhare lays the ball back to Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs towards the Marseille fans!
          ...  Marseille have snatched the lead!
          ...  Everton 0-1 Marseille ...
Min. 19 :(msl) It seems Marseille are making a tactical change to D
Min. 19 :(evn) D_Vazques squares it to A_Carroll
          ...  A_Carroll sees R_Higuita off his line !
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And spins wide
Min. 25 :(evn) A_Carroll with the kinky dribble
          ...  D_Obua with the block
Min. 27 :(evn) I_Falque brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Vazques gets on the end of the pass
          ...  D_Albertini dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 27 :(evn) C_Obasi falls badly. He's unable to continue
Min. 27 :(evn) T_Roberts replaces C_Obasi to play as a DF
Min. 28 :(evn) Van_Tijkaan with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past Y_Kaboul
          ...  T_Taiwo wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
Min. 28 :(msl) D_Obua has time and space on the edge of the box
          ...  T_Roberts read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 33 :(evn) A_Carroll finds himself with plenty of time
          ...  Intercepted by G_Halford
Min. 34 :(msl) Z_Zidane takes possession
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  Z_Zidane shapes up for a shot!
          ...  D_de_Gea makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 35 :(msl) Y_Sankhare brings it under control
          ...  He takes on D_Santon
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Z_Zidane!
          ...  E_Garay wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(msl) Z_Zidane with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past T_Roberts
          ...  Z_Zidane with a terrific drive !
          ...  D_de_Gea parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 44 :(evn) A_Carroll steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  Douglas_Costa wins the ball with ease
          ...  M_de_Vries saw something no-one else did
          ...  M_de_Vries lectures him
Min. 45 :(evn) M_Kelly volleys it forward. He finds A_Carroll
          ...  But T_Taiwo wins the ball
Min. 47 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Douglas_Costa gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Fine tackle by D_Santon
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 47 :(evn) D_Vazques beats his marker
          ...  L_Koscielny with a deliberate foul
          ...  M_de_Vries will want to speak to him
          ...  M_de_Vries warns him

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Everton 0-1 Marseille

Min. 46 :(evn) A_Carroll beats Y_Kaboul
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves M_de_Vries
          ...  A_Carroll hits a great shot !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But sails wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Van_Tijkaan chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  R_Higuita catches it!
Min. 47 :(msl) Douglas_Costa with a slide rule pass to Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  The shot slips through D_de_Gea's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
          ...  Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me
Min. 48 :(msl) D_Albertini kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  D_Obua gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  A_Carroll wins the ball well
          ...  M_de_Vries has given a free kick
          ...  M_de_Vries ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Gareth Williams looks relieved
Min. 50 :(evn) T_Roberts hits a hard pass to Van_Tijkaan
          ...  Van_Tijkaan runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 51 :(evn) M_Kelly leaves N_Ben_Khalifa standing
          ...  Y_Kaboul plays it back
          ...  R_Higuita slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  I_Falque crosses it in!
          ...  R_Higuita comes out and claims it!
Min. 55 :(evn) D_Vazques steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  D_Vazques fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  R_Higuita gets up well to catch that one
Min. 60 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs E_Garay
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  Van_Tijkaan with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He is warned by M_de_Vries
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 62 :(evn) D_Vazques plays a long ball to D_Santon
          ...  D_Santon attempts a low drive!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 66 :(msl) L_Koscielny is unmarked!
          ...  L_Koscielny with a powerful downward header!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 67 :(msl) D_Albertini squares it to D_Obua
          ...  M_Kelly takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 68 :(evn) D_Vazques slides it through the middle to E_Garay
          ...  Z_Zidane reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 69 :(msl) D_Obua flicks the ball through
          ...  Douglas_Costa runs onto it!
          ...  M_Kelly forces him off the ball
Min. 71 :(evn) M_Ozil kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  T_Roberts gets on the end of the pass
          ...  T_Roberts looks to see where R_Higuita is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  R_Higuita parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 71 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  L_Koscielny latches onto it!
          ...  L_Koscielny tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  D_de_Gea was lucky there
Min. 72 :(msl) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  L_Shawry will come on for T_Taiwo and play DF
Min. 73 :(msl) Y_Sankhare runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off D_Santon back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  E_Garay goes in with high feet!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Just outside the box!
          ...  D_Albertini shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to Z_Zidane instead
          ...  Z_Zidane drives the shot in!
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 75 :(msl) J_Cole takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Y_Sankhare as MF
Min. 76 :(evn) Van_Tijkaan runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  Van_Tijkaan launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  But R_Higuita is equal to it
Min. 78 :(evn) M_Owen comes on for Van_Tijkaan and takes up a FW role
Min. 80 :(msl) J_Digweed comes on for Z_Zidane and will play FW to the delight of the fans
Min. 82 :(evn) E_Garay spits at L_Koscielny
          ...  M_de_Vries lectures him
Min. 83 :(msl) G_Halford knocks the ball past the lunge of D_Piorkowski
          ...  From long range G_Halford bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  A quality strike
          ...  Everton 0-2 Marseille ...
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(evn) E_Garay plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  A cracking drive from E_Garay !
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 90 :(msl) D_Albertini has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  J_Digweed collects the loose ball!
          ...  M_Kelly with a deliberate foul
          ...  That deserves a punishment
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Goodison Park
Attendance           : 80,000
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Everton Match Info
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Best player          : D_Vazques
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : E_Garay (73), M_Kelly (90)
Injured              : C_Obasi (27)
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : G_Halford (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Z_Zidane (18), G_Halford (83)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Everton     |     Marseille
Attempts on Goal     :          11        |       10
Off target           :           5        |       3
On target            :           6        |       7
Possession           :          39        |       61
Corners              :           2        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          13        |       13
Key Tackles          :           6        |       8
Key Passes           :           9        |       10
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Final Score          : Everton 0 - 2 Marseille
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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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D_de_Gea       GK  26   2   3   3  38 |  95   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
E_Garay        DF   2  25   5   5  21 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -7 -22 -21
D_Piorkowski   DF   1  24  10   7  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Santon       DF   2  24  10   5  24 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  15   0   1
M_Kelly        DF   2  23  13  13  33 |  95   0   3   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  43  22  -2
C_Obasi        DF   2  23  10   8  39 |  27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Ozil         MF   2   7  26   7  18 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
D_Vazques      MF   1   7  25  14  22 |  95   0   0   4   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  48  16
I_Falque       MF   3  13  24   9  19 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
A_Carroll      FW   2   7   6  25  38 |  95   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  18
Van_Tijkaan    FW   1   8   7  24  22 |  80   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   9
J_Hunter       GK  27   4   1   1  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Roberts      DF   2  23  11   9  27 |  68   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  15  12   8
H_Badstuber    DF   2  22   6   5  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Savage       MF   2   7  24   6  15 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Owen         FW   1   4   4  22  35 |  15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20

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  38   2   2   2  34 |  95   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0   0
G_Halford      DF   1  27   8   3  35 |  95   0   2   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  30   0  36
T_Taiwo        DF   2  27   4   3  31 |  74   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0
L_Koscielny    DF   2  25  10   7  36 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  20  29
Y_Kaboul       DF   1  23   6   2  31 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  26  11  36 |  77   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  56   0
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  11  25  11  25 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  24   0
Douglas_Costa  MF   2   7  25  10  42 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
D_Obua         MF   2  11  23   8  31 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  12   0
D_Albertini    MF   2   7  23  11  24 |  95   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  36   0
Z_Zidane       FW   2   8   7  27  34 |  82   0   1   0   0   6   1   0   0   0  35  20  74
S_Given        GK  27   5   5   2  13 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Shawry       DF   2  26   8   7  15 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  25  15  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Cole         MF   3   7  21   6  33 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Digweed      FW   1   7   8  27  19 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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