Division One League Match, Hearts vs. AS Roma (Mon Dec 09)


                               Hearts  |  AS Roma
                              4-4-2 N  |  4-4-1-1 E
                         Daniel Perry  |  Chris Ridout
                                       |
                           S_Banks GK  |  GK L_McCormick
                           R_Ayala DF  |  DF B_Smith
                             L_Roy DF  |  DF F_Cannavaro
                        R_Bratseth DF  |  DF A_Britton
                     S_Hoffmeister DF  |  DF R_Tomassi
                       J_Obi_Mikel MF  |  MF O_Bosingwa
                            K_Kong MF  |  MF I_Muniain
                      G_McSheffrey MF  |  MF S_Davis
                           Saruman MF  |  MF J_Ross
                             Messi FW  |  AM F_J_Torres
                         D_Bunting FW  |  FW O_G_Solskjaer
                                       |
                           A_Basso SUB |  SUB P_Gulacsi
                      P_Kuzmanovic SUB |  SUB T_Kaizer
                     K_Katsouranis SUB |  SUB Ludovic
                          B_Hemoth SUB |  SUB N_Gomes
                            H_Kane SUB |  SUB A_Bagsy

Referee: M_de_Vries (Holland)


Min. 3  :(asr) O_Bosingwa hoists the ball across to F_J_Torres
          ...  F_J_Torres drives it towards goal !
          ...  S_Banks with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 4  :(hts) D_Bunting with a smart turn
          ...  D_Bunting with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And spins wide
Min. 10 :(hts) K_Kong pass splits open the defence and finds Saruman
          ...  Saruman hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  L_McCormick won't get to that!
          ...  Oooh it goes just over!!
Min. 10 :(asr) S_Davis puts in F_Cannavaro
          ...  F_Cannavaro fires the shot in!
          ...  It's well wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 13 :(hts) D_Bunting drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Saruman
          ...  Saruman attempts a lob!
          ...  L_McCormick is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 14 :(asr) J_Ross holds the ball up
          ...  He sees F_J_Torres in space!
          ...  F_J_Torres with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 16 :(hts) J_Obi_Mikel sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to Saruman
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from B_Smith
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_McSheffrey crosses it in!
          ...  The ball finds its way to D_Bunting
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  What agility from L_McCormick
Min. 18 :(hts) K_Kong with the heel pass to Saruman
          ...  But J_Ross puts it in row Z!
Min. 19 :(hts) J_Obi_Mikel pulls it back to D_Bunting
          ...  D_Bunting tries the shot !
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 19 :(hts) S_Hoffmeister spits at A_Britton
          ...  M_de_Vries warned him
Min. 21 :(asr) J_Ross miskicks!
          ...  He finds F_J_Torres though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  J_Obi_Mikel with a superb challenge
          ...  M_de_Vries has given the free kick the other way!
Min. 22 :(hts) Messi cuts inside his opponent
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  Messi aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  But L_McCormick dives to his left
          ...  I think L_McCormick just got a hand on that one
          ...  M_de_Vries has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 24 :(hts) G_McSheffrey runs at the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to Messi
          ...  R_Tomassi with the block
Min. 24 :(asr) O_Bosingwa with a smart turn
          ...  O_Bosingwa drives it towards goal !
          ...  S_Banks just watches it drift out of play!
Min. 25 :(hts) Messi jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  Messi tries to beat L_McCormick!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 27 :(hts) Saruman takes advantage of a bad back pass from R_Tomassi
          ...  F_Cannavaro rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's M_de_Vries going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 28 :(asr) I_Muniain with the dribble
          ...  K_Kong is late with that one
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  The boy is unlucky to get a yellow
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 30 :(hts) R_Ayala with a neat pass into G_McSheffrey
          ...  G_McSheffrey with a thundering shot!
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But lands on the roof of the net !!
          ...  L_McCormick looks relieved there!
Min. 31 :(hts) K_Kong with the heel pass to D_Bunting
          ...  D_Bunting shapes up for a shot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  In off the post
          ...  That's put Hearts ahead!
          ...  Hearts 1-0 AS Roma ...
Min. 32 :(hts) D_Bunting pulls it back to J_Obi_Mikel
          ...  A vicious shot by J_Obi_Mikel !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  L_McCormick moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  L_McCormick catches it with style!
Min. 36 :(hts) S_Hoffmeister runs at the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to L_Roy
          ...  L_Roy flings a shot at goal !
          ...  L_McCormick won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 38 :(asr) J_Ross with a penetrating pass to A_Britton
          ...  Saruman with a bad challenge
Min. 39 :(hts) J_Obi_Mikel with an in swinging cross to S_Hoffmeister
          ...  S_Hoffmeister has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Saruman floats the ball in!
          ...  It comes to D_Bunting
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  L_McCormick won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 39 :(asr) J_Ross is taking a throw in
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt
          ...  He throws the ball to O_G_Solskjaer
          ...  R_Bratseth wins the ball
Min. 42 :(asr) I_Muniain loses his marker!
          ...  S_Hoffmeister with the tackle
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  M_de_Vries calls him over
          ...  M_de_Vries tells him he has had enough warnings
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 47 :(hts) S_Hoffmeister with a glorious 60-yard pass to G_McSheffrey
          ...  But B_Smith wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 48 :(hts) G_McSheffrey with a precise ball to Saruman
          ...  B_Smith bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 48 :(asr) O_G_Solskjaer plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  O_G_Solskjaer shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But S_Banks parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 49 :(hts) J_Obi_Mikel kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  Messi gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A_Britton with the tackle

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Hearts 1-0 AS Roma

Min. 46 :(hts) Saruman sidesteps B_Smith
          ...  Saruman has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  L_McCormick makes a difficult save
Min. 47 :(hts) R_Bratseth plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  R_Bratseth has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 54 :(hts) D_Bunting runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  I_Muniain with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  M_de_Vries ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Chris Ridout looks relieved
Min. 55 :(hts) G_McSheffrey gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from F_Cannavaro
Min. 56 :(hts) S_Hoffmeister runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to Messi
          ...  Messi looks to see where L_McCormick is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  L_McCormick has to pick the ball out of the net
          ...  Hearts 2-0 AS Roma ...
Min. 57 :(asr) F_J_Torres with a precise ball to O_G_Solskjaer
          ...  O_G_Solskjaer tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  It floats over S_Banks
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 60 :(asr) N_Gomes comes on for O_G_Solskjaer and will play FW to the delight of the fans
Min. 62 :(hts) H_Kane is coming on and D_Bunting is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 62 :(hts) L_Roy 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!
          ...  H_Kane receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  H_Kane has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_McSheffrey hits it towards the far post!
          ...  Messi makes a firm connection with his head
          ...  L_McCormick with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 62 :(asr) F_J_Torres takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  F_J_Torres curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  Brilliant save from S_Banks
          ...  That must have impressed his national manager sitting in the stands
Min. 63 :(hts) P_Kuzmanovic is being prepared to come on
          ...  R_Bratseth is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 63 :(hts) J_Obi_Mikel with an intelligent ball to H_Kane
          ...  A_Britton wins the ball!
          ...  But he caught the player also!
          ...  The ref gives nothing!
Min. 64 :(hts) R_Ayala finds the run of G_McSheffrey
          ...  R_Tomassi clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 65 :(hts) B_Hemoth is being prepared to come on
          ...  K_Kong is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 65 :(asr) Ludovic is coming on for S_Davis and playing MF
Min. 65 :(asr) J_Ross has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past L_Roy
          ...  He knocks it to F_J_Torres!
          ...  F_J_Torres belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 66 :(hts) J_Obi_Mikel gets to the by line and finds H_Kane with a beautiful cross
          ...  H_Kane unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  L_McCormick with a superb tip around the post
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Hemoth swings it in!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of L_McCormick
Min. 69 :(asr) Up goes the substitution board - T_Kaizer on for R_Tomassi as a DF
Min. 69 :(asr) F_J_Torres is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to N_Gomes
          ...  N_Gomes uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  O_Bosingwa curls it into the box!
          ...  S_Banks jumps well to claim it!
Min. 71 :(hts) The defender loses control of the ball!
          ...  Messi seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  Messi pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But lands on the roof of the net !!
          ...  L_McCormick looks relieved there!
Min. 74 :(hts) P_Kuzmanovic with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows T_Kaizer a clean set of heals
          ...  P_Kuzmanovic shoots towards goal !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Roy hits it towards the far post!
          ...  L_McCormick jumps well to claim it!
Min. 80 :(hts) Messi pushes it past T_Kaizer
          ...  Messi hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Obi_Mikel lofts the ball in!
          ...  B_Hemoth gets something on it!
          ...  But L_McCormick punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 80 :(asr) N_Gomes finds his way through
          ...  That was sheer effort
          ...  N_Gomes with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  S_Banks gets his fingertips to it
Min. 86 :(hts) G_McSheffrey moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to H_Kane
          ...  But N_Gomes sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(asr) F_J_Torres runs at the heart of the defence
          ...  The cross hits F_J_Torres on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Ross lofts the ball in!
          ...  S_Banks easily claims the ball!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Tynecastle Park
Attendance           : 50,000
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Hearts Match Info
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Best player          : D_Bunting (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : D_Bunting (31), Messi (56)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : K_Kong (28), S_Hoffmeister (42)
Injured              : N/A
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AS Roma Match Info
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Best player          : F_J_Torres
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                               Hearts     |     AS Roma
Attempts on Goal     :          23        |       11
Off target           :          14        |       7
On target            :           9        |       4
Possession           :          54        |       46
Corners              :           6        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           8        |       5
Key Tackles          :           1        |       11
Key Passes           :          20        |       7
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Final Score          : Hearts 2 - 0 AS Roma
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Player Statistics - Hearts
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_Banks        GK  38   5   1   4  11 |  95   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
R_Ayala        DF   1  27  12   1  24 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  24   0
L_Roy          DF   3  26   7   9  29 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  12   1
R_Bratseth     DF   3  26   8   5  17 |  67   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  15   0   1
S_Hoffmeister  DF   3  25  12   9  31 |  95   0   0   3   1   1   0   1   0   0  -2  54  -1
J_Obi_Mikel    MF   2   7  27   9  32 |  95   0   0   6   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  72   8
K_Kong         MF   1   5  27   9  18 |  69   0   0   3   1   0   0   1   0   0  -2  54  -2
G_McSheffrey   MF   1   6  25  17  37 |  95   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  36   1
Saruman        MF   2   6  24  22  30 |  95   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
Messi          FW   1   9   7  27  18 |  95   0   0   0   0   6   1   0   0   0   0   0  47
D_Bunting      FW   1   2   8  25  31 |  66   0   0   2   0   5   1   0   0   0  20  44  59
A_Basso        GK  16   5   5   2  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Kuzmanovic   DF   3  25   7   8  18 |  28   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  20  21
K_Katsouranis  MF   1   3  25   1  34 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Hemoth       MF   2   4  23   5  22 |  26   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
H_Kane         FW   1   7   9  23  33 |  29   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   9

Player Statistics - AS Roma
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_McCormick    GK  33   2   3   2  17 |  95   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
B_Smith        DF   1  26  11   1  31 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0   0
F_Cannavaro    DF   2  26   6   2  21 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  30   0   1
A_Britton      DF   2  23   8   7  15 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0
R_Tomassi      DF   1  23   7   6  37 |  73   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0
O_Bosingwa     MF   4   7  24  16  47 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  12   1
I_Muniain      MF   1   9  24   7  24 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Davis        MF   1   3  23  11  35 |  69   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
J_Ross         MF   1   7  23   7  27 |  95   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  36   0
F_J_Torres     AM   3   8  24  11  23 |  95   0   0   2   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  24  19
O_G_Solskjaer  FW   1   1   9  26  26 |  64   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   9
P_Gulacsi      GK  23   2   3   3  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Kaizer       DF   2  23   6   4  37 |  22   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ludovic        MF   2   1  26   1  25 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
N_Gomes        FW   1   4   3  26  37 |  31   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  15   0   9
A_Bagsy        FW   1   8   4  25  15 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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