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Season 18 Archive: Elite League, Week 7

Everton 2 - 2 Rangers FC

Elite Football League Match, Everton vs. Rangers FC (Mon Apr 14)


                              Everton  |  Rangers FC
                              5-3-2 N  |  4-1-4-1 E
                      Gareth Williams  |  Gazza Grant
                                       |
                          D_de_Gea GK  |  GK G_Buffon
                           E_Garay DF  |  DF D_Maicon
                      D_Piorkowski DF  |  DF L_Wallace
                          D_Santon DF  |  DF K_Uddin
                           M_Kelly DF  |  DF M_Smith
                         T_Roberts DF  |  DM J_Wilshere
                            M_Ozil MF  |  MF L_Copland
                         D_Vazques MF  |  MF R_VD_Vaart
                          I_Falque MF  |  MF J_Jurado
                         A_Carroll FW  |  MF B_Yaga
                       Van_Tijkaan FW  |  FW R_Acquafresca
                                       |
                          J_Hunter SUB |  SUB G_Adam
                       H_Badstuber SUB |  SUB A_Van_Buuren
                          R_Savage SUB |  SUB A_McLeish
                             Verdu SUB |  SUB Dillon
                            M_Owen SUB |  SUB M_Murphy

Referee: W_Stark (Germany)


Min. 3  :(evn) M_Kelly with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Van_Tijkaan gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Van_Tijkaan with a powerful diving header!
          ...  G_Buffon with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 3  :(rfc) B_Yaga curls the ball out wide to L_Wallace
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  E_Garay looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 6  :(evn) I_Falque with an intelligent ball to Van_Tijkaan
          ...  Van_Tijkaan tries to beat G_Buffon from outside the area!
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 7  :(evn) I_Falque rushes through the defence
          ...  L_Copland gets the foot in to win the ball
Min. 12 :(evn) D_Vazques gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past D_Maicon!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  M_Smith clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 13 :(rfc) B_Yaga takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to R_Acquafresca
          ...  A skilful effort from R_Acquafresca !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled home!
          ...  The Rangers FC fans go wild!
          ...  Lets see if Rangers FC can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Everton 0-1 Rangers FC ...
Min. 15 :(rfc) J_Jurado pulls it back to L_Wallace
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by A_Carroll
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 15 :(evn) D_Vazques runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off the defender back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  R_Acquafresca with a nasty foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  W_Stark wants a quiet word
Min. 17 :(evn) M_Ozil plays it forward to A_Carroll
          ...  A_Carroll shapes up for a shot!
          ...  G_Buffon gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Everton have squared things up with that goal!
          ...  Everton 1-1 Rangers FC ...
Min. 18 :(evn) I_Falque knocks it past D_Maicon and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Fine tackle by K_Uddin
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 19 :(evn) E_Garay 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!
          ...  D_Piorkowski receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  R_VD_Vaart wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 20 :(evn) D_Vazques runs towards the goal
          ...  D_Vazques uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  G_Buffon blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 21 :(evn) E_Garay kicks J_Jurado off the ball
          ...  He's Butted him !
          ...  W_Stark has stopped play
          ...  W_Stark lectures him
Min. 25 :(rfc) D_Maicon kicks T_Roberts off the ball
          ...  He's Butted him !
          ...  W_Stark has stopped play
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  He's been hard done by for that!!
Min. 25 :(evn) M_Owen comes on for E_Garay and will play FW to the delight of the fans
Min. 26 :(evn) M_Owen jumps over J_Wilshere's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  L_Wallace gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 28 :(evn) I_Falque controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs J_Jurado
          ...  He puts in A_Carroll!
          ...  Driven towards goal by A_Carroll !
          ...  G_Buffon makes himself big
          ...  Superb Stop !
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him
Min. 28 :(rfc) R_VD_Vaart looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to B_Yaga
          ...  But D_Piorkowski barges him off the ball
Min. 32 :(evn) D_Piorkowski looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Carroll
          ...  A_Carroll swings in the shot!
          ...  G_Buffon makes a good save
Min. 33 :(evn) D_Vazques leaves L_Wallace standing
          ...  A delicate header from D_Vazques !
          ...  He hits the side netting
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in!
Min. 37 :(evn) D_Vazques kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  M_Kelly gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  M_Kelly tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  G_Buffon moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And goes out!
Min. 39 :(evn) M_Owen finds his way through
          ...  They tried to play the offside trap
          ...  L_Wallace with a nasty foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  W_Stark wants a word
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  I_Falque swings it in
          ...  M_Owen gets on the end of it
          ...  M_Owen curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  G_Buffon with a superb tip over the bar
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Vazques swings it in!
          ...  The ball comes to Van_Tijkaan
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  But G_Buffon stops that one easily
Min. 40 :(rfc) The defender slips and falls over!
          ...  K_Uddin is through!
          ...  K_Uddin with a little chip!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  D_de_Gea never had a chance!
Min. 40 :(evn) M_Ozil with the through ball to I_Falque
          ...  J_Wilshere wins the ball with ease
          ...  W_Stark saw something no-one else did
          ...  He is ordered to cool off
Min. 41 :(rfc) J_Wilshere with a glorious long pass to R_VD_Vaart
          ...  R_VD_Vaart with the drive!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Jurado hits it into the box!
          ...  D_Santon wins the ball
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(rfc) J_Wilshere with a perfectly timed run
          ...  But M_Kelly puts it in row Z!
Min. 45 :(evn) D_Vazques slides it through the middle to A_Carroll
          ...  J_Jurado with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Everton 1-1 Rangers FC

Min. 46 :(evn) A_Carroll sidesteps his marker
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  A well-placed shot from A_Carroll !
          ...  But G_Buffon reaches the ball. Good save
          ...  There was a foul on G_Buffon anyway
Min. 46 :(rfc) B_Yaga takes advantage of a bad back pass from D_Vazques
          ...  B_Yaga sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 53 :(evn) M_Kelly is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to A_Carroll
          ...  R_VD_Vaart with a bad challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  PENALTY !! Looked like a dive to me
          ...  But W_Stark has given it
          ...  Van_Tijkaan will take it
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  That's given Everton the advantage!
          ...  Everton 2-1 Rangers FC...
Min. 60 :(evn) D_Vazques knocks it forward
          ...  B_Yaga slips
          ...  A_Carroll gets to it!
          ...  A_Carroll curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  G_Buffon with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 65 :(rfc) Up goes the substitution board - A_Van_Buuren on for K_Uddin as a DF
Min. 65 :(rfc) R_Acquafresca runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off Van_Tijkaan back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  T_Roberts rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's W_Stark going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 66 :(evn) I_Falque with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to M_Ozil
          ...  M_Ozil hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  G_Buffon tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  Corner not given!!
Min. 67 :(rfc) B_Yaga pulls it back to R_Acquafresca
          ...  R_Acquafresca rifles it to the far post !
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 70 :(rfc) Dillon replaces an unhappy J_Jurado and will play as a MF
Min. 70 :(rfc) M_Murphy is coming on and R_Acquafresca is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 70 :(evn) D_Santon drives it across the face of the goal Van_Tijkaan
          ...  Van_Tijkaan goes for the top corner !
          ...  G_Buffon makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 72 :(evn) A_Carroll 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!
          ...  M_Owen receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  M_Owen with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  But G_Buffon just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  W_Stark has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 73 :(evn) M_Ozil crosses in from the wing, he finds Van_Tijkaan in the box
          ...  Dillon stands his ground and wins the tackle
Min. 73 :(rfc) R_VD_Vaart with the nod to M_Murphy
          ...  M_Murphy with the drive!
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 76 :(evn) H_Badstuber takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace M_Kelly
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 77 :(evn) Verdu is being prepared to come on
          ...  T_Roberts is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 79 :(rfc) M_Murphy flicks it past H_Badstuber
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  M_Murphy tries to chip the ball over D_de_Gea!
          ...  D_de_Gea tips it over his bar
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Copland drives it into the box!
          ...  H_Badstuber heads it away
Min. 80 :(rfc) Rangers FC altered their play to a A strategy
Min. 81 :(evn) Verdu cut's in on the inside of the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to D_Vazques
          ...  D_Vazques with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 82 :(rfc) A_Van_Buuren has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past D_Piorkowski
          ...  He puts in L_Copland!
          ...  The defender plays it back to D_de_Gea
          ...  L_Copland intercepts the back pass!
          ...  He tries to dummy D_de_Gea
          ...  He tries to slide it past D_de_Gea
          ...  D_de_Gea gets a foot to it !!
Min. 83 :(rfc) M_Murphy finds his way through
          ...  The offside trap didn't work
          ...  M_Murphy aims for the top right corner !
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 85 :(rfc) M_Murphy plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Dillon keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  A great volley from Dillon !
          ...  D_de_Gea is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  And Rangers FC have squared it up late on!!
          ...  Everton 2-2 Rangers FC ...
Min. 86 :(rfc) Dillon unselfishly lays the ball back to A_Van_Buuren
          ...  A_Van_Buuren hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  The shot deflects wide into the crowd!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Dillon swings it in!
          ...  M_Smith loses his marker
          ...  He gets his head onto it!
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And D_de_Gea reacts well to tip it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_VD_Vaart floats the ball in!
          ...  L_Wallace gets on the end of it
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 87 :(rfc) L_Copland with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  M_Murphy gets on the end of the pass
          ...  M_Murphy unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  D_de_Gea gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(evn) D_Vazques floats the ball in to find A_Carroll
          ...  M_Smith takes the player out!!
          ...  The ref turns away!!
Min. 90 :(rfc) B_Yaga 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!
          ...  D_Piorkowski fouls
          ...  That was disgusting
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  Gazza Grant looks bemused that it wasn't more!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Goodison Park
Attendance           : 72,947
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Everton Match Info
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Best player          : A_Carroll (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : A_Carroll (17), Van_Tijkaan (53 pen)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Piorkowski (90)
Injured              : N/A
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Rangers FC Match Info
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Best player          : Dillon
Scorers              : R_Acquafresca (13), Dillon (85)
Sent Off             : D_Maicon (25)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Everton     |    Rangers FC
Attempts on Goal     :          17        |       14
Off target           :           4        |       9
On target            :          13        |       5
Possession           :          45        |       55
Corners              :           1        |       4
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       14
Key Tackles          :           5        |       8
Key Passes           :          17        |       11
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Final Score          : Everton 2 - 2 Rangers FC
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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   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
E_Garay        DF   2  25   5   5  21 |  25   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  12   0
D_Piorkowski   DF   1  24  10   7  31 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  13  10  -2
D_Santon       DF   2  24  10   5  24 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  12   0
M_Kelly        DF   2  23  13  13  33 |  79   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  15  12   1
T_Roberts      DF   2  23  11   9  27 |  80   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  12   0
M_Ozil         MF   2   7  26   7  18 |  95   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  56   8
D_Vazques      MF   1   7  25  14  22 |  95   0   0   4   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  48  10
I_Falque       MF   3  13  24   9  19 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  36   0
A_Carroll      FW   2   7   6  25  38 |  95   0   1   1   0   5   1   0   0   0  15  12  60
Van_Tijkaan    FW   1   8   7  24  22 |  95   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  53
J_Hunter       GK  27   4   1   1  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Badstuber    DF   2  22   6   5  23 |  16   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0
R_Savage       MF   2   7  24   6  15 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Verdu          MF   2  14  20   6  28 |  15   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
M_Owen         FW   1   4   4  22  35 |  70   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  16

Player Statistics - Rangers FC
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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G_Buffon       GK  34   3   4   2  10 |  95  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  35   0   0   0
D_Maicon       DF   2  27  13   3  24 |  25   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
L_Wallace      DF   1  26   5   6  37 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  15   0   1
K_Uddin        DF   2  25  11   7  40 |  68   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  15   0   1
M_Smith        DF   3  25  10   6  34 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  30   0   8
J_Wilshere     DM   2  17  25  11  19 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
L_Copland      MF   1   8  26   6  21 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  15  12   8
R_VD_Vaart     MF   2   9  25   8  24 |  95   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  15  24   1
J_Jurado       MF   1  14  24   7  28 |  73   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  12   0
B_Yaga         MF   2   8  24   8  35 |  95   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  56   1
R_Acquafresca  FW   1   6   8  27  36 |  73   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  29
G_Adam         GK  20   5   1   2  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Van_Buuren   DF   2  24  11   7  25 |  27   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  12   1
A_McLeish      DF   1  23  10   5  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dillon         MF   1   7  23  18  27 |  22   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  15  12  28
M_Murphy       FW   1  12  13  26  26 |  22   0   0   1   1   4   0   0   0   0   0  32  11
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