Lower Divisional Cup Quarter Final Match, Juventus vs. Lyon (Wed Mar 11)


                             Juventus  |  Lyon
                            4-1-3-2 P  |  5-1-2-2 P
                            Gary Hill  |  Neil Stockley
                                       |
                     A_Zubizarreta GK  |  GK G_Pagliuca
                       L_Koscielny DF  |  DF A_Ranocchia
                           S_Byram DF  |  DF T_Butcher
                          A_Wisdom DF  |  DF L_Amoroso
                            H_Berg DF  |  DF J_Diakiese
                       M_Dickinson DM  |  DF A_Girrese
                      Granit_Xhaka MF  |  DM E_Gabor
                       K_El_Ahmadi MF  |  MF Ribery
                           Drexler MF  |  MF Didier
                      A_Di_Stefano FW  |  FW D_Rortugal
                        E_Adebayor FW  |  FW J_Garner
                                       |
                          Kamikaze SUB |  SUB Coupet
                           Maldini SUB |  SUB Filipe_Luis
                              Park SUB |  SUB R_Donadoni
                              Raul SUB |  SUB P_Pogba
                        A_Lombardo SUB |  SUB Dyorkaeff

Referee: J_Underhill (Scotland)


Min. 2  :(jvt) L_Koscielny with a first time pass
          ...  E_Adebayor runs onto it!
          ...  E_Adebayor runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  It hits the post!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 3  :(jvt) The ball is passed in from S_Byram, he finds E_Adebayor
          ...  E_Adebayor with a stunning strike !
          ...  But G_Pagliuca reaches the ball. Good save
          ...  There was a foul on G_Pagliuca anyway
Min. 6  :(jvt) A_Wisdom turns nicely onto the ball
          ...  But E_Gabor clears the danger
Min. 10 :(lyn) Ribery can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to Didier
          ...  Drexler stands his ground and wins the tackle
Min. 12 :(jvt) A_Wisdom with a simple pass to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  A_Di_Stefano smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  It's beaten G_Pagliuca
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That puts Juventus ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  Juventus 1-0 Lyon ...
Min. 13 :(jvt) Juventus will now play C
Min. 14 :(jvt) Drexler takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  But J_Diakiese slides in
Min. 16 :(jvt) S_Byram with a slick pass to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  A_Girrese wins the ball
Min. 17 :(jvt) K_El_Ahmadi unselfishly lays the ball back to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  Didier wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Granit_Xhaka chips the ball into the area!
          ...  It comes to M_Dickinson
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  G_Pagliuca fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 18 :(jvt) A_Di_Stefano runs at A_Ranocchia
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  A_Di_Stefano with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  It fly's into Row Z!
Min. 23 :(lyn) The ball goes loose!
          ...  D_Rortugal gains possesion and thinks about the shot
          ...  D_Rortugal with a powerful header !
          ...  A_Zubizarreta makes himself big and wins the ball
Min. 38 :(jvt) A_Wisdom with a first time pass
          ...  A_Di_Stefano runs onto it!
          ...  Ribery seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 41 :(lyn) Ribery hoists the ball across to J_Garner
          ...  S_Byram tries to clear it
          ...  He has miskicked it!!!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Didier chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  The ball comes to E_Gabor
          ...  He knocks it goalward
          ...  A_Zubizarreta tips it wide for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by A_Ranocchia
          ...  A_Zubizarreta easily claims the ball!
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(lyn) Lyon changed their strategy to play E
Min. 45 :(jvt) Granit_Xhaka slides the ball across to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from A_Ranocchia

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Juventus 1-0 Lyon

Min. 53 :(jvt) H_Berg jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to K_El_Ahmadi
          ...  But J_Diakiese wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 56 :(jvt) A_Di_Stefano heads the ball back to Granit_Xhaka
          ...  Granit_Xhaka fires a shot at goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled into the top corner!
          ...  Juventus 2-0 Lyon ...
Min. 57 :(jvt) Park is being prepared to come on
          ...  Granit_Xhaka is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 57 :(jvt) Drexler controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  E_Adebayor gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  E_Adebayor tries to beat G_Pagliuca from outside the area!
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 58 :(jvt) H_Berg gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  D_Rortugal is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was a bit too close for comfort
          ...  J_Underhill calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  Neil Stockley looks relieved
Min. 60 :(jvt) A_Lombardo is going to be brought on
          ...  A_Di_Stefano is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 60 :(jvt) E_Adebayor takes on Ribery
          ...  He runs past him
          ...  A_Girrese with a bad challenge
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  J_Underhill will just give him a speaking to
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  J_Underhill signals that it is indirect
          ...  K_El_Ahmadi shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to A_Di_Stefano instead
          ...  A_Di_Stefano with only one thing on his mind!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  G_Pagliuca with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
Min. 64 :(jvt) L_Koscielny knocks the ball past the lunge of L_Amoroso
          ...  The cross hits L_Koscielny on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 65 :(lyn) The assistant manager is out on the touchline shouting orders
          ...  It seems Lyon will now be playing A
Min. 69 :(lyn) A_Ranocchia with the mazy run
          ...  A_Ranocchia hits the ball first time!
          ...  A_Zubizarreta manages to turn it behind
Min. 70 :(lyn) P_Pogba is being brought on
          ...  A_Girrese is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play AM
Min. 70 :(jvt) Park chips the ball over the defence and finds A_Lombardo
          ...  A great volley from A_Lombardo !
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 71 :(jvt) Juventus made the switch to a A strategy
Min. 71 :(lyn) Didier 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 D_Rortugal
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by Drexler
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 72 :(jvt) M_Dickinson with a measured pass to A_Lombardo
          ...  A_Lombardo aims for the top right corner !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a well worked goal!
          ...  He has notched up his 10th goal this season with that one!!
          ...  Juventus 3-0 Lyon ...
Min. 72 :(lyn) D_Rortugal nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by M_Dickinson
          ...  He made it look easy
          ...  But he can't keep it in
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Didier!
          ...  Ribery gets something on it!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 75 :(lyn) Dyorkaeff will replace J_Garner and play FW
Min. 75 :(jvt) A_Wisdom with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Park gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Park keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 80 :(jvt) E_Adebayor turns past A_Ranocchia
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  Ribery with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  J_Underhill refrained from booking him but had words
Min. 81 :(jvt) K_El_Ahmadi 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!
          ...  J_Diakiese tackles cleanly
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(lyn) E_Gabor with a neat pass into D_Rortugal
          ...  Park with a superb challenge
          ...  The referee has given the free kick the other way!
Min. 89 :(lyn) E_Gabor knocks it forward
          ...  A_Wisdom slips
          ...  Dyorkaeff gets to it!
          ...  Dyorkaeff blasts it at the goal !
          ...  It hits the bar and goes over
          ...  Well, sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't
Min. 90 :(lyn) Ribery finds his way through
          ...  They tried to play the offside trap
          ...  Ribery has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 91 :(jvt) A_Lombardo makes the tackle
          ...  A_Lombardo belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  G_Pagliuca watches it sail safely wide!
Min. 93 :(jvt) Drexler hoofs it up field to find A_Lombardo
          ...  A_Lombardo has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  G_Pagliuca tips it wide !!
          ...  Great goalkeeping there!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  H_Berg chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  G_Pagliuca comes out and claims it!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Allianz Stadium
Attendance           : 140,000
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Juventus Match Info
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Best player          : A_Di_Stefano (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : A_Di_Stefano (12), Granit_Xhaka (56), A_Lombardo (72)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Lyon Match Info
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Best player          : Ribery
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Juventus     |     Lyon
Attempts on Goal     :          14        |       6
Off target           :           7        |       3
On target            :           7        |       3
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           2        |       3
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       2
Fouls                :           4        |       4
Key Tackles          :           4        |       8
Key Passes           :          15        |       4
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Final Score          : Juventus 3 - 0 Lyon
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Player Statistics - Juventus
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Zubizarreta  GK  39   5   1   1  11 |  94   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
L_Koscielny    DF   2  34  11   8  36 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   1
S_Byram        DF   3  34   9   7  32 |  94   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
A_Wisdom       DF   2  30  24   9  34 |  94   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0
H_Berg         DF   1  30  11   7  21 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
M_Dickinson    DM   2  16  32   7  28 |  94   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0  20  25  10
Granit_Xhaka   MF   1  11  32   7  21 |  58   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  20  30  55
K_El_Ahmadi    MF   1  11  30   7  15 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Drexler        MF   3   9  30   9  12 |  94   0   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  30   0
A_Di_Stefano   FW   2  10  12  33  31 |  61   0   0   1   1   3   1   0   0   0  20  45  66
E_Adebayor     FW   2   8   7  32  35 |  94   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
Kamikaze       GK  37   7   2   2  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Maldini        DF   2  29   9   8  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Park           MF   1   6  30   9  23 |  36   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
Raul           AM   1   9  25  22  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Lombardo     FW   3   6   9  28  32 |  33   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  47

Player Statistics - Lyon
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_Pagliuca     GK  37   5   5   2  23 |  94   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
A_Ranocchia    DF   3  31  11   9  30 |  94   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10
T_Butcher      DF   2  29   9   7  23 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
L_Amoroso      DF   2  28   6   9  11 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Diakiese     DF   3  28   9   6  18 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
A_Girrese      DF   1  27   8   8  32 |  71   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
E_Gabor        DM   2  19  26   5  21 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10  10
Ribery         MF   1   7  30  10  33 |  94   0   1   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  20   2
Didier         MF   3   6  30   8  33 |  94   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
D_Rortugal     FW   3  10   9  31  21 |  94   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
J_Garner       FW   3   7   9  29  11 |  76   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Coupet         GK  29   3   1   3  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Filipe_Luis    DF   2  25   4   8  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Donadoni     MF   1   8  28   7  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Pogba        AM   2   8  27  13  21 |  23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dyorkaeff      FW   1   7   8  28  23 |  18   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
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