Division Two League Match, Lyon vs. Borussia Dortmund (Sun Dec 22)


                                 Lyon  |  Borussia Dortmund
                              4-4-2 P  |  4-1-4-1 N
                           Care Taker  |  Rune Oldeide
                                       |
                        G_Pagliuca GK  |  GK S_Maier
                           P_Jones DF  |  DF Danilo
                         T_Butcher DF  |  DF R_Song
                         L_Amoroso DF  |  DF G_McQueen
                         A_Girrese DF  |  DF Guilherme
                            Didier MF  |  DM J_Height
                            Ribery MF  |  MF K_Dalglish
                            M_Ball MF  |  MF Shaqiri
                           P_Pogba MF  |  MF D_Alli
                        D_Rortugal FW  |  MF Dembele
                         Dyorkaeff FW  |  FW J_Cruz
                                       |
                            Coupet SUB |  SUB I_Banks
                     T_Alderweirel SUB |  SUB M_Motta
                           J_Fleck SUB |  SUB Lazo
                          A_Karnak SUB |  SUB A_Vidal
                           D_Costa SUB |  SUB S_Radacanu

Referee: M_Stadio (Austria)


Min. 3  :(lyn) D_Rortugal with the nod to L_Amoroso
          ...  L_Amoroso with a thundering shot!
          ...  S_Maier with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 9  :(lyn) Dyorkaeff finds himself in acres of space
          ...  But R_Song puts it in row Z!
Min. 10 :(bor) J_Cruz has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past P_Jones
          ...  He puts in D_Alli!
          ...  D_Alli shoots towards goal !
          ...  G_Pagliuca with the acrobatic save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 11 :(lyn) Dyorkaeff with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle
          ...  But D_Alli reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 13 :(bor) K_Dalglish sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to Guilherme
          ...  Guilherme cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  But G_Pagliuca palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 14 :(lyn) P_Pogba is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to L_Amoroso
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  G_McQueen takes possession
Min. 14 :(bor) K_Dalglish has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Shaqiri gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Shaqiri shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 17 :(bor) D_Alli volleys it forward. He finds J_Cruz
          ...  J_Cruz blasts it at the goal !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 18 :(lyn) Ribery brings it under control
          ...  He takes on Shaqiri
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in T_Butcher!
          ...  Guilherme hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Ribery hits it towards the far post!
          ...  It comes to M_Ball
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And spins wide
Min. 22 :(lyn) P_Pogba with a measured ball to Dyorkaeff
          ...  Guilherme cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 27 :(lyn) D_Rortugal picks up the pass
          ...  J_Height plays the back pass
          ...  S_Maier can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Pogba chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  Ribery gets to it!
          ...  It hits the bar and goes over
          ...  Well, sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't
Min. 28 :(lyn) Dyorkaeff with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows Danilo a clean set of heals
          ...  R_Song steals the ball of off him
Min. 34 :(lyn) L_Amoroso has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past J_Cruz!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Guilherme takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 35 :(lyn) Lyon switch to playing E
Min. 35 :(lyn) P_Pogba skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  Shaqiri with a well timed tackle
          ...  M_Stadio didn't like it though
          ...  M_Stadio wants a quiet word
Min. 36 :(bor) Dembele flicks it over T_Butcher's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  But D_Rortugal wins the ball
Min. 37 :(lyn) D_Rortugal sidesteps his marker
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  D_Rortugal unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that?
Min. 39 :(bor) K_Dalglish 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!
          ...  Guilherme receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  The ball hits Ribery in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 40 :(bor) Dembele drives it across the face of the goal J_Cruz
          ...  P_Jones reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 41 :(lyn) D_Rortugal runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs R_Song
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  D_Rortugal tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  But it goes wide
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(bor) J_Cruz beats P_Jones
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  J_Cruz drives the shot in!
          ...  G_Pagliuca watches it sail safely wide!
Min. 45 :(lyn) Ribery gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside R_Song!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A great volley from Ribery !
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 47 :(bor) J_Height with the diagonal pass Shaqiri
          ...  Shaqiri goes for the top corner !
          ...  G_Pagliuca with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Lyon 0-0 Borussia Dortmund

Min. 48 :(bor) J_Height drives it across the face of the goal J_Cruz
          ...  J_Cruz drives the shot in!
          ...  G_Pagliuca with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 52 :(bor) J_Cruz with the kinky dribble
          ...  J_Cruz with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  G_Pagliuca was well beaten there!
          ...  And Borussia Dortmund are leading in the game now
          ...  Lyon 0-1 Borussia Dortmund ...
Min. 55 :(lyn) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  T_Alderweirel will come on for P_Jones and play DF
Min. 55 :(lyn) Ribery controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs R_Song
          ...  He puts in D_Rortugal!
          ...  R_Song reacts to stop the move going any further
Min. 56 :(lyn) T_Alderweirel with the dribble
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  T_Alderweirel lobs S_Maier!
          ...  But S_Maier dives to his left
          ...  I think S_Maier just got a hand on that one
          ...  M_Stadio has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 57 :(bor) Dembele looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Cruz
          ...  T_Butcher with a nasty foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  J_Cruz with the thundering drive
          ...  G_Pagliuca gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 58 :(lyn) Didier kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Rortugal gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from D_Rortugal !
          ...  S_Maier gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic save by S_Maier to tip it wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Didier hits it towards the far post!
          ...  The danger is dealt with by Danilo
Min. 61 :(lyn) Didier controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  Dyorkaeff gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  A glorious effort by Dyorkaeff !
          ...  S_Maier just watches float over the bar!
Min. 63 :(lyn) P_Pogba with the cross-field pass to L_Amoroso
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  G_McQueen picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 65 :(lyn) Up goes the substitution board - A_Karnak on for Didier as a MF
Min. 65 :(lyn) Lyon altered their play to a A strategy
Min. 67 :(lyn) M_Ball has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  D_Rortugal gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  D_Rortugal with the overhead !
          ...  S_Maier saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one
Min. 67 :(bor) K_Dalglish brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  Danilo gets on the end of the pass
          ...  T_Alderweirel slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 68 :(lyn) P_Pogba is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to D_Rortugal
          ...  D_Rortugal has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  But S_Maier punches it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 69 :(lyn) P_Pogba lobs it over G_McQueen
          ...  G_McQueen reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 71 :(bor) J_Cruz runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  D_Rortugal read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 72 :(lyn) Ribery retreats under pressure
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  T_Alderweirel gets on the end of it
          ...  But Guilherme wins the ball from behind
          ...  The crowd appeal but M_Stadio has none of it.
Min. 75 :(lyn) Up goes the substitution board - D_Costa on for Dyorkaeff as a FW
Min. 75 :(bor) M_Motta is being brought on
          ...  R_Song is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DF
Min. 75 :(bor) Up goes the substitution board - A_Vidal on for J_Height as a MF
Min. 75 :(bor) S_Radacanu is going to be brought on
          ...  J_Cruz is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 81 :(bor) D_Alli has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past A_Girrese
          ...  He puts in Dembele!
          ...  Dembele tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 83 :(lyn) D_Costa runs forward
          ...  D_Costa drives the ball low !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  He found himself with no room to manoeuvre
Min. 84 :(lyn) D_Costa barges the defender off the ball
          ...  Shaqiri pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 87 :(bor) S_Radacanu finds a hole in the defence
          ...  The defence was sleeping
          ...  He made a fantastic run though
          ...  S_Radacanu launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(lyn) M_Ball brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  A_Karnak makes himself available
          ...  A_Vidal pulls the player to the ground!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  M_Stadio refrained from booking him but had words
Min. 91 :(lyn) T_Alderweirel runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs Guilherme
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  T_Alderweirel with a thundering shot!
          ...  S_Maier has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  S_Maier reacts well to save!!!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Groupama Stadium
Attendance           : 80,000
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Lyon Match Info
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Best player          : D_Rortugal
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Borussia Dortmund Match Info
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Best player          : J_Cruz (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : J_Cruz (52)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                               Lyon       | Borussia Dortmund
Attempts on Goal     :          13        |       11
Off target           :           7        |       5
On target            :           6        |       6
Possession           :          47        |       53
Corners              :           3        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           5        |       4
Key Tackles          :           5        |       13
Key Passes           :          12        |       10
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Final Score          : Lyon 0 - 1 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_Pagliuca     GK  37   5   5   2  23 |  95   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
P_Jones        DF   2  28  12   7  28 |  58   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
T_Butcher      DF   2  28   9   7  23 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Amoroso      DF   2  27   6   9  11 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -15
A_Girrese      DF   1  27   8   8  32 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
Didier         MF   3   6  30   8  33 |  68   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Ribery         MF   1   7  29  10  33 |  95   0   1   3   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  30   2
M_Ball         MF   2  12  27   4  23 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
P_Pogba        MF   2   8  26  13  21 |  95   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
D_Rortugal     FW   3  10   9  30  21 |  95   0   2   1   0   5   0   0   0   0  40  10  17
Dyorkaeff      FW   1   7   8  28  23 |  78   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Coupet         GK  29   3   1   3  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Alderweirel  DF   1  28   8   9  31 |  37   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0  10
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  27   7  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Karnak       MF   3   4  26  15  31 |  27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Costa        FW   3   7   9  25  42 |  17   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1

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  31   1   1   3  11 |  95   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
Danilo         DF   2  27   7   8  32 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
R_Song         DF   2  26   8   7  33 |  78   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
G_McQueen      DF   2  25   8   9  41 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
Guilherme      DF   1  25   3   8  17 |  95   0   4   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  80   0   5
J_Height       DM   3  15  26   7  22 |  78   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
K_Dalglish     MF   3   7  26  13  18 |  95   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  60  20
Shaqiri        MF   2   9  25  19  31 |  95   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   6
D_Alli         MF   1   8  25  13  21 |  95   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20   5
Dembele        MF   3   6  25   7  12 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
J_Cruz         FW   1   6   8  27  31 |  78   0   0   1   0   5   1   0   0   0   0  10  42
I_Banks        GK  29   2   2   3  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Motta        DF   1  28   8   6  32 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lazo           DF   3  25   8   6  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Vidal        MF   2  13  25   7  21 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Radacanu     FW   3   5   5  25  22 |  17   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  21
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