Division Two League Match, Lyon vs. Borussia Dortmund (Sun Nov 21)


                                 Lyon  |  Borussia Dortmund
                          4-1-2-1-2 C  |  5-3-2 A
                          David Blair  |  Rune Oldeide
                                       |
                          G_Bailey GK  |  GK S_Maier
                           F_Fazio DF  |  DF R_Song
                          R_Varane DF  |  DF Danilo
                          C_Soares DF  |  DF L_Rongifo
                         G_Neville DF  |  DF D_Franz
                          N_Stiles DM  |  DF Martins_Indi
                       H_Fernandez MF  |  MF J_Height
                          L_Modric MF  |  MF D_Alli
                         B_Gilmour AM  |  MF L_Cook
                        A_Lombardo FW  |  FW C_Bellamy
                           Cantona FW  |  FW R_M_Perry
                                       |
                            B_Amos SUB |  SUB I_Banks
                        J_Diakiese SUB |  SUB Lazo
                           N_Vidic SUB |  SUB N_Santos
                        J_Grealish SUB |  SUB Shaqiri
                       N_Whiteside SUB |  SUB S_Radacanu

Referee: O_Bundy (USA)


Min. 1  :(lyn) F_Fazio takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  A well-placed shot from F_Fazio !
          ...  S_Maier with the acrobatic save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 2  :(lyn) C_Soares is all alone
          ...  the linesman keeps his flag down
          ...  C_Soares attempts to drive it home!
          ...  It clips the post!!
          ...  The net bulges !!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  And Lyon are leading in the game now
          ...  Lyon 1-0 Borussia Dortmund ...
Min. 3  :(lyn) F_Fazio is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  A_Lombardo latches onto the ball
          ...  A_Lombardo with the punt towards goal!
          ...  The shot slips through S_Maier's hands
          ...  But S_Maier recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 6  :(bor) J_Height fires over a low cross to C_Bellamy
          ...  An audacious effort from C_Bellamy !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  A quality strike
          ...  That's the equaliser!
          ...  Lyon 1-1 Borussia Dortmund ...
Min. 6  :(lyn) F_Fazio pass splits open the defence and finds C_Soares
          ...  L_Cook fouls
          ...  That was disgusting
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just inside there own half
          ...  L_Modric hoists it forward
          ...  A_Lombardo gets on the end of it
          ...  A_Lombardo rifles it at the goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  S_Maier had no chance!
          ...  Lyon go ahead in this match now!
          ...  Lyon 2-1 Borussia Dortmund ...
Min. 9  :(bor) C_Bellamy 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!
          ...  C_Bellamy aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Fine finish !
          ...  All square, that should make things interesting!
          ...  Lyon 2-2 Borussia Dortmund ...
Min. 10 :(lyn) N_Stiles controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  B_Gilmour gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  B_Gilmour strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  It's gone over
          ...  Well he must have left his shooting boots at home for that one
Min. 10 :(bor) D_Franz finds Danilo on the edge of the box
          ...  Danilo curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  But G_Bailey palms it behind
          ...  O_Bundy has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 12 :(lyn) B_Gilmour pushes it past the defender
          ...  B_Gilmour throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  S_Maier manages to turn it behind
Min. 12 :(bor) D_Alli takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to R_M_Perry
          ...  R_M_Perry with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  G_Bailey tips it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Height crosses it in!
          ...  N_Stiles wins the ball
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 16 :(lyn) N_Stiles pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  B_Gilmour is clean through!
          ...  B_Gilmour with the side footed shot!
          ...  But S_Maier smothers the ball.
Min. 18 :(bor) L_Cook holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to R_M_Perry
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by R_Varane
Min. 21 :(lyn) B_Gilmour leaves R_Song standing
          ...  A powerful header from B_Gilmour !
          ...  It looks good
          ...  But S_Maier comes out and dives at his feet
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest
Min. 21 :(bor) J_Height with the first time pass to C_Bellamy
          ...  F_Fazio hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by D_Franz!
          ...  G_Bailey easily catches it!
Min. 22 :(bor) R_M_Perry runs at the defence
          ...  C_Soares with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!
Min. 23 :(bor) L_Cook with a precise ball to Martins_Indi
          ...  F_Fazio body checks his opponent!!
          ...  That's a careless challenge!!
          ...  O_Bundy calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  David Blair looks relieved
Min. 24 :(lyn) Cantona unselfishly lays the ball back to A_Lombardo
          ...  A_Lombardo launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  S_Maier can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  S_Maier makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 27 :(bor) R_M_Perry loses C_Soares
          ...  L_Modric is late with that one
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball
          ...  O_Bundy wants a word
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 28 :(bor) R_M_Perry takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past the defender
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  R_M_Perry belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  G_Bailey gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 29 :(lyn) F_Fazio boots it towards Cantona
          ...  Cantona with the attempt at goal!
          ...  But S_Maier just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  O_Bundy has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 35 :(lyn) F_Fazio controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Martins_Indi
          ...  He puts in Cantona!
          ...  But C_Bellamy slid in
          ...  It was a well timed tackle and it had to be
Min. 36 :(lyn) B_Gilmour with a burst of pace
          ...  B_Gilmour hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  But S_Maier parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 37 :(bor) C_Bellamy sidesteps his marker
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  R_Varane is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(lyn) R_Varane is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to A_Lombardo
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by R_Song
          ...  He timed it well
Min. 45 :(lyn) N_Vidic will come on for C_Soares and play DF
Min. 45 :(lyn) a big roar from the crowd as J_Diakiese comes on for G_Neville to play DF

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Lyon 2-2 Borussia Dortmund

Min. 46 :(bor) R_M_Perry beats his marker
          ...  R_M_Perry from 20 yards !
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 47 :(bor) C_Bellamy with the Cruyff turn
          ...  J_Diakiese is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  G_Bailey misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Alli chips the ball into the area!
          ...  F_Fazio gets up well
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 49 :(bor) L_Cook is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to C_Bellamy
          ...  J_Diakiese knocks the ball back to G_Bailey
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past G_Bailey!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Cook hits it towards the far post!
          ...  The ball finds its way to D_Alli
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 56 :(lyn) A_Lombardo loses L_Rongifo
          ...  R_Song forces him off the ball
Min. 57 :(lyn) A_Lombardo has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past C_Bellamy!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A_Lombardo tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  S_Maier makes a fine save
Min. 57 :(bor) R_Song drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to Martins_Indi
          ...  A powerful header from Martins_Indi !
          ...  It looks good
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  It looks like he enjoyed that one!!
          ...  He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing!
          ...  But it's been disallowed.
          ...  The linesman flagged for offside
          ...  He was miles on
Min. 58 :(lyn) N_Stiles lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  N_Vidic latches on to it
          ...  N_Vidic with a blistering shot !
          ...  S_Maier won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 58 :(bor) L_Cook back heels to find C_Bellamy in space
          ...  But J_Diakiese wins the tackle
Min. 59 :(bor) L_Cook holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to R_Song
          ...  R_Varane rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's O_Bundy going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 59 :(lyn) A_Lombardo picks out H_Fernandez with the cross
          ...  L_Cook with a bad challenge
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
          ...  The fans chant pedophile pedophile pedophile to him!!
Min. 62 :(lyn) B_Gilmour heads the ball back to A_Lombardo
          ...  Martins_Indi with the foul
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 65 :(bor) L_Rongifo holds up the ball
          ...  He plays the ball to D_Alli
          ...  D_Alli hits a crisp volley!
          ...  G_Bailey makes himself big
          ...  Superb Stop !
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him
Min. 66 :(lyn) B_Gilmour finds A_Lombardo in acres of space
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from D_Alli
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Lombardo curls it into the box!
          ...  S_Maier fists it away!
Min. 70 :(bor) Up goes the substitution board - Lazo on for L_Rongifo as a DF
Min. 70 :(bor) Shaqiri is being brought on
          ...  J_Height is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 70 :(bor) S_Radacanu is coming on for R_M_Perry and playing FW
Min. 71 :(lyn) H_Fernandez pass splits open the defence and finds A_Lombardo
          ...  A_Lombardo drives it low !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 72 :(bor) C_Bellamy gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  N_Vidic reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Shaqiri hits it towards the far post!
          ...  N_Stiles clears the danger
Min. 74 :(bor) Danilo takes on the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to D_Alli
          ...  B_Gilmour with a clumsy challenge
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
Min. 77 :(lyn) L_Modric kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  A_Lombardo gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A_Lombardo with the cheeky shot!
          ...  S_Maier blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  It goes clear!
Min. 77 :(lyn) L_Modric passes the ball to A_Lombardo
          ...  R_Song knobbles the attacking player.
          ...  O_Bundy blows up for a foul
Min. 81 :(lyn) N_Stiles with an inch perfect pass to A_Lombardo
          ...  A_Lombardo tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  S_Maier saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one
Min. 82 :(lyn) F_Fazio has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Cantona gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Cantona with a terrific drive !
          ...  It floats over S_Maier
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 84 :(bor) D_Franz takes advantage of a bad back pass from N_Vidic
          ...  D_Franz sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  But he puts it well wide
          ...  The Lyon fans taunt him!
Min. 84 :(bor) D_Franz spits at N_Stiles
          ...  O_Bundy wants a quiet word
Min. 86 :(lyn) B_Gilmour nutmegs Lazo
          ...  Shaqiri wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(lyn) L_Modric controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Lazo
          ...  He puts in A_Lombardo!
          ...  A_Lombardo hits a great shot !
          ...  But S_Maier dives to his left
          ...  I think S_Maier just got a hand on that one
          ...  O_Bundy has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 89 :(lyn) J_Diakiese jumps over Lazo's challenge
          ...  Martins_Indi with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
          ...  He is fortunate to be given just a warning
Min. 90 :(lyn) N_Stiles with a short pass to find Cantona
          ...  Cantona tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  It's gone over
          ...  Well he must have left his shooting boots at home for that one

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Groupama Stadium
Attendance           : 100,000
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Lyon Match Info
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Best player          : A_Lombardo (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : C_Soares (2), A_Lombardo (6)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : B_Gilmour (74)
Injured              : N/A
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Borussia Dortmund Match Info
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Best player          : C_Bellamy
Scorers              : C_Bellamy (6,9)
Sent Off             : L_Cook (59)
Booked               : Martins_Indi (62)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                               Lyon       | Borussia Dortmund
Attempts on Goal     :          19        |       10
Off target           :           6        |       3
On target            :          13        |       7
Possession           :          66        |       34
Corners              :           1        |       5
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :           9        |       8
Key Tackles          :           8        |       5
Key Passes           :          18        |       12
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Final Score          : Lyon 2 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
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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_Bailey       GK  30   1   5   5   9 |  95   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
F_Fazio        DF   2  34   9   5  30 |  95   0   2   5   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  50   5
R_Varane       DF   1  31  10   4  11 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
C_Soares       DF   2  27   7  11  28 |  45   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  20   0  25
G_Neville      DF   2  27   7   3  22 |  45   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Stiles       DM   2  17  28   1  24 |  95   0   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  50   0
H_Fernandez    MF   1   8  30   8  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
L_Modric       MF   2   3  28   2  23 |  95   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
B_Gilmour      AM   1   9  25  19  33 |  95   0   0   2   0   5   0   1   0   0  -2  18  18
A_Lombardo     FW   3   6  10  30  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   8   1   0   0   0   0  10  50
Cantona        FW   1   5   9  29  13 |  95   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
B_Amos         GK  24   1   5   2  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Diakiese     DF   3  32   9   6  18 |  50   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
N_Vidic        DF   2  28   5   4  27 |  50   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Grealish     MF   1   1  29  12  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Whiteside    MF   1  11  27  11  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Borussia Dortmund
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_Maier        GK  34   1   1   3  11 |  95  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0   0
R_Song         DF   2  29   8   7  33 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Danilo         DF   2  29   7   8  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
L_Rongifo      DF   2  27  10   6  32 |  74   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Franz        DF   2  25   7   8  22 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Martins_Indi   DF   1  25   7   7  23 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   3
J_Height       MF   3  16  28   8  22 |  74   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
D_Alli         MF   1   8  27  13  21 |  95   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
L_Cook         MF   1   9  26  10  22 |  63   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10  40 -10
C_Bellamy      FW   2   6   9  28  33 |  95   0   1   0   0   2   2   0   0   0  20   0  50
R_M_Perry      FW   1   9  12  27  30 |  74   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
I_Banks        GK  29   2   2   3  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lazo           DF   3  28   9   6  31 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Santos       DF   2  26  11   1  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Shaqiri        MF   2   9  27  20  31 |  21   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
S_Radacanu     FW   3   6   5  25  22 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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