Division One League Match, Manchester City vs. Valencia (Mon Jan 11)


                      Manchester City  |  Valencia
                              5-4-1 N  |  5-4-1 A
                       Scott Matthews  |  Andie Glen
                                       |
                         S_Scuffet GK  |  GK K_Jensen
                            C_Barr DF  |  DF S_Logan
                         M_Laursen DF  |  DF D_Criscrito
                         Efe_Sodje DF  |  DF Henrique
                         E_Johnson DF  |  DF M_Friedrich
                        M_Nastasic DF  |  DF C_Prandelli
                         A_Andanov MF  |  MF G_McSheffrey
                         P_Do_Shaw MF  |  MF K_Richard
                         Y_Hussein MF  |  MF Saruman
                             Jinky MF  |  MF P_Nedved
                         S_Morison FW  |  FW G_Puciato
                                       |
                             P_Out SUB |  SUB J_Hart
                         C_Luciano SUB |  SUB C_Mongongu
                          G_Clichy SUB |  SUB O_Ruggeri
                           D_Silva SUB |  SUB Stefano
                         A_Negredo SUB |  SUB Z_Ibrahimovic

Referee: W_Stark (Germany)


Min. 4  :(vla) Saruman knocks it past Efe_Sodje and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  P_Do_Shaw knobbles the attacking player.
          ...  W_Stark blows up for a foul
          ...  W_Stark calls him for a talk
Min. 4  :(vla) P_Nedved gets possession in his own half
          ...  P_Nedved goes for the top corner !
          ...  S_Scuffet was lucky there
Min. 11 :(vla) S_Logan is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to C_Prandelli
          ...  C_Prandelli chases it through, he must score !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hammered home!
          ...  Lets see if Valencia can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Manchester City 0-1 Valencia ...
Min. 12 :(vla) Valencia's manager orders his side to play P
Min. 13 :(vla) Saruman is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to G_Puciato
          ...  But M_Laursen puts the ball out of play
Min. 14 :(vla) Saruman with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to G_Puciato
          ...  A cheeky lob from G_Puciato !
          ...  S_Scuffet is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  OH! It drifts just past the post
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  Deserved a goal really
Min. 16 :(mnc) S_Morison finds his way through
          ...  He bent his run well
          ...  G_McSheffrey with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  The boy is unlucky to get a yellow
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 18 :(vla) Saruman controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs A_Andanov
          ...  He puts in G_Puciato!
          ...  But M_Laursen clears the ball to safety
Min. 24 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to M_Laursen
          ...  Henrique wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 26 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw bursts forward
          ...  S_Logan rushes in with a clumsy challenge!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 28 :(mnc) Jinky holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to S_Morison
          ...  S_Logan makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Hussein curls it into the box!
          ...  K_Jensen catches it!
Min. 31 :(mnc) A_Andanov has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  S_Morison collects the loose ball!
          ...  M_Friedrich with the tackle
Min. 40 :(mnc) A_Andanov with a perfectly timed run
          ...  K_Richard with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 40 :(vla) S_Logan whips the ball across to P_Nedved
          ...  E_Johnson with a superb challenge
          ...  W_Stark has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  W_Stark reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 40 :(vla) G_Puciato lobs it over Efe_Sodje
          ...  G_Puciato with a powerful header !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that?
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(mnc) M_Laursen 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!
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him!
          ...  D_Criscrito intercepts the pass
Min. 45 :(mnc) Y_Hussein controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs D_Criscrito
          ...  He puts in M_Laursen!
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  S_Logan takes possession

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester City 0-1 Valencia

Min. 48 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to S_Morison
          ...  But S_Logan spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 49 :(mnc) Jinky with an inch perfect pass to S_Morison
          ...  S_Morison hits a crisp volley!
          ...  K_Jensen watches it sail wide!
Min. 49 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw with an intelligent ball to S_Morison
          ...  S_Logan with the tackle
          ...  That's got to be a yellow
          ...  W_Stark tells him to calm his game down a bit
Min. 50 :(mnc) Jinky looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to A_Andanov
          ...  S_Logan reads the play well
Min. 50 :(mnc) Y_Hussein kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Jinky gets on the end of the pass
          ...  G_Puciato with a pull on the shirt
Min. 56 :(mnc) S_Morison sidesteps Henrique
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  S_Logan plays the back pass
          ...  K_Jensen can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Hussein plays it towards the near post!
          ...  The ball comes to E_Johnson
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  K_Jensen moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  K_Jensen catches it with style!
Min. 57 :(vla) Saruman is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to G_Puciato
          ...  G_Puciato fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  S_Scuffet was left standing
          ...  Manchester City 0-2 Valencia ...
Min. 59 :(mnc) S_Morison gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past Henrique!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  C_Prandelli with the tackle
          ...  He did well to stop that attack!
Min. 60 :(mnc) C_Luciano is being brought on
          ...  M_Laursen is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 60 :(mnc) There's going to be a change
          ...  D_Silva will come on for A_Andanov and play MF
Min. 60 :(vla) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  C_Mongongu will come on for D_Criscrito and play MF
Min. 64 :(mnc) Y_Hussein has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past C_Prandelli
          ...  He puts in S_Morison!
          ...  But K_Richard with the fine tackle
Min. 65 :(vla) O_Ruggeri will replace G_McSheffrey and play MF
Min. 65 :(vla) Stefano replaces G_Puciato and will play FW
Min. 67 :(mnc) S_Morison finds his way through
          ...  The offside trap didn't work
          ...  Stefano with a well timed tackle
          ...  W_Stark didn't like it though
          ...  He had to endure a strong lecture from W_Stark
Min. 70 :(vla) Henrique takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  C_Luciano with the tackle
          ...  That's got to be a yellow
          ...  W_Stark called him over for a strong verbal warning
Min. 70 :(vla) The ball rolls free!
          ...  Stefano takes control of it on the half way line
          ...  He sprints past the defenders!!
          ...  C_Barr takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 74 :(vla) K_Richard has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past C_Barr
          ...  He knocks it to Saruman!
          ...  But Y_Hussein sweeps up the threat
Min. 76 :(vla) P_Nedved jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Stefano
          ...  Stefano tries to beat S_Scuffet from outside the area!
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 77 :(vla) Saruman headbutts Y_Hussein!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  I think he deserved that!
Min. 83 :(vla) C_Prandelli kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  S_Logan gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A wicked drive by S_Logan !
          ...  S_Scuffet catches the ball
Min. 87 :(mnc) Efe_Sodje kicks M_Friedrich off the ball
          ...  He's Butted him !
          ...  W_Stark has stopped play
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(mnc) E_Johnson latches onto the ball
          ...  He has some space now
          ...  E_Johnson has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  But K_Jensen punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 90 :(mnc) C_Luciano finds his way through
          ...  He sets up the shot
          ...  S_Logan slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 90 :(vla) Henrique finds S_Logan in the box
          ...  Jinky beats him to the ball

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


Match Details
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Venue                : City Of Manchester Stadium
Attendance           : 37,000
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : Y_Hussein
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : E_Johnson (40), Efe_Sodje (87)
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : S_Logan (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : C_Prandelli (11), G_Puciato (57)
Sent Off             : Saruman (77)
Booked               : G_McSheffrey (16), S_Logan (26)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                          Manchester City |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :           3        |       7
Off target           :           1        |       3
On target            :           2        |       4
Possession           :          45        |       55
Corners              :           2        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       2
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          12        |       15
Key Tackles          :           5        |       12
Key Passes           :          10        |       10
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Final Score          : Manchester City 0 - 2 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Manchester City
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_Scuffet      GK  36   5   1   4  41 |  95   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10   0   0   0
C_Barr         DF   2  27  12   9  27 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
M_Laursen      DF   2  27   9   6  30 |  61   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20 -20 -20
Efe_Sodje      DF   2  27   4   2  28 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
E_Johnson      DF   1  26   8   5  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   8
M_Nastasic     DF   1  23   2   2  45 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Andanov      MF   2   7  28   7  25 |  61   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
P_Do_Shaw      MF   2   9  27   8  25 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Y_Hussein      MF   2   9  26   9  39 |  95   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
Jinky          MF   3   8  26   8  41 |  95   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
S_Morison      FW   1   2   7  28  36 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
P_Out          GK  12   5   4   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Luciano      DF   2  24   7   7  31 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Clichy       DF   1  22   9   8  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Silva        MF   2   5  23   7  19 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
A_Negredo      FW   1   1   9  23  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Valencia
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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K_Jensen       GK  39   4   5   3  18 |  95   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  55   0   0   0
S_Logan        DF   3  27  10   8  36 |  95   0   6   2   1   1   0   1   0   0 118  33   3
D_Criscrito    DF   2  27  10   7  27 |  61   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Henrique       DF   1  25  11   8  29 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
M_Friedrich    DF   2  24  11   9  29 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
C_Prandelli    DF   1  24  11   7  29 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  80  30  40
G_McSheffrey   MF   1   7  28  18  37 |  66   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
K_Richard      MF   1  10  27   9  26 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Saruman        MF   2   7  25  23  30 |  78   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   1   0 -10  45 -10
P_Nedved       MF   1   7  24  22  17 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
G_Puciato      FW   2   9   9  26  42 |  66   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  22
J_Hart         GK  28   2   2   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Mongongu     MF   2  25   8   6  36 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
O_Ruggeri      MF   1   8  24  21  19 |  29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Stefano        FW   2   9   8  28  39 |  29   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Z_Ibrahimovic  FW   1   4   4  26  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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