Division Two League Match, Manchester Utd vs. Atletico Madrid (Fri Oct 17)


                       Manchester Utd  |  Atletico Madrid
                            4-2-2-2 E  |  4-5-1 A
                         Derek Purvis  |  Alan Jenkins
                                       |
                      Tom_Clements GK  |  GK A_Julian
                      Sergio_Ramos DF  |  DF L_Emanuel
                          J_O_Shea DF  |  DF D_Walker
                        L_Nyatanga DF  |  DF T_Paralta
                           C_Puyol DF  |  DF T_Hibbert
                         J_Forrest MF  |  MF C_Makelele
                          Z_Zidane MF  |  MF Cantera
                       Fernandinho AM  |  MF M_Giglio
                        R_Berbatov AM  |  MF P_Lejeune
                        Sheringham FW  |  MF A_Griffin
                     M_Klosenbeger FW  |  FW M_Vucinic
                                       |
                        M_Marshall SUB |  SUB W_Thompson
                         P_Hoskins SUB |  SUB P_Huntington
                           J_Quigg SUB |  SUB R_Knight
                          G_Hooper SUB |  SUB H_Henriksson
                         H_Larsson SUB |  SUB Osvaldo

Referee: I_Williamson (England)


Min. 6  :(amd) C_Makelele plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  C_Makelele has a dig at goal!
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 7  :(amd) M_Vucinic with a flashy move
          ...  M_Vucinic drives it low !
          ...  Tom_Clements parries it
Min. 8  :(amd) A_Griffin with a glorious 60-yard pass to T_Paralta
          ...  J_O_Shea wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Makelele plays it towards the near post!
          ...  The ball finds its way to M_Giglio
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  Tom_Clements falls over
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post!
          ...  But it hits his back!
          ...  And goes wide!!
          ...  Tom_Clements looks relieved!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Lejeune hits it towards the far post!
          ...  T_Hibbert makes a firm connection with his head
          ...  Tom_Clements with a superb tip around the post
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by M_Giglio!
          ...  T_Paralta gets his head on it
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But sails wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Cantera curls it into the box!
          ...  M_Vucinic makes a firm connection with his head
          ...  Tom_Clements makes himself big and wins the ball
Min. 9  :(amd) P_Lejeune looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to M_Vucinic
          ...  Sergio_Ramos gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 11 :(amd) A_Griffin leaves L_Nyatanga standing
          ...  C_Puyol dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 12 :(amd) C_Makelele with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to M_Vucinic
          ...  But J_Forrest wins the ball with a sliding challenge
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Makelele lofts the ball in!
          ...  L_Nyatanga wins the ball
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 16 :(mnu) Sergio_Ramos wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Forrest
          ...  T_Hibbert takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 17 :(amd) P_Lejeune sidesteps Fernandinho
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  P_Lejeune heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He pulls his shirt over his face in celebration!
          ...  That's put Atletico Madrid in front!
          ...  Manchester Utd 0-1 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 18 :(mnu) J_Forrest knocks the ball past T_Paralta
          ...  L_Emanuel reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 18 :(amd) P_Lejeune with a slide rule pass to Cantera
          ...  Cantera with a powerful downward header!
          ...  But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Cantera chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  C_Puyol reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 21 :(mnu) Sheringham sidesteps his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  T_Paralta wins the ball with ease
          ...  I_Williamson saw something no-one else did
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  They are lining up to take this one!
          ...  Z_Zidane swings it in
          ...  Fernandinho gets on the end of it
          ...  Fernandinho fires the shot in!
          ...  He hits the side netting
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in!
Min. 24 :(amd) A_Griffin jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Vucinic
          ...  M_Vucinic smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 25 :(mnu) R_Berbatov miskicks!
          ...  He finds Fernandinho though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  But D_Walker slides in two footed.
          ...  I_Williamson has a look but waves "Play On!"
Min. 29 :(mnu) J_Forrest takes advantage of a mistake by T_Hibbert
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  J_Forrest curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 33 :(mnu) C_Puyol with an in swinging cross to Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  A_Julian narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 38 :(amd) M_Vucinic gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past C_Puyol!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Blocked by L_Nyatanga
Min. 39 :(amd) C_Makelele sidesteps C_Puyol
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  C_Makelele with a powerful diving header!
          ...  What agility from Tom_Clements
Min. 40 :(mnu) M_Klosenbeger looks injured. He's been stretchered off
          ...  He isn't going to continue
Min. 40 :(mnu) G_Hooper will replace M_Klosenbeger and play FW
Min. 40 :(amd) M_Vucinic bursts forward
          ...  M_Vucinic sees Tom_Clements off his line !
          ...  But Tom_Clements tips it over
          ...  I_Williamson has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 42 :(mnu) Fernandinho runs at the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to G_Hooper
          ...  G_Hooper aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  A_Julian gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(amd) A_Griffin bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to P_Lejeune
          ...  Z_Zidane wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 43 :(mnu) Sheringham plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He looks around for options
          ...  He moves forward with the ball
          ...  C_Makelele with an over the top challenge
          ...  I_Williamson just wants to lecture him
Min. 45 :(amd) C_Makelele finds the run of M_Vucinic
          ...  G_Hooper tackles cleanly

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester Utd 0-1 Atletico Madrid

Min. 49 :(mnu) Fernandinho slides it through the middle to Sheringham
          ...  D_Walker with the tackle
Min. 50 :(amd) M_Giglio knocks it forward
          ...  L_Nyatanga slips
          ...  M_Vucinic gets to it!
          ...  Driven towards goal by M_Vucinic !
          ...  Tom_Clements with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 51 :(amd) D_Walker takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  D_Walker sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He kisses his shirt!!
          ...  He shows his love for the club!!
          ...  The fans cheer him and chant his name!!
          ...  Manchester Utd 0-2 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 51 :(mnu) C_Puyol kills the ball dead
          ...  M_Giglio is called for the holding foul
          ...  Well spotted by the referee
Min. 52 :(mnu) J_Forrest volleys it forward. He finds Sheringham
          ...  Sheringham curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 54 :(mnu) J_Forrest controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  Fernandinho gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  Fernandinho with the overhead !
          ...  A_Julian blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  It goes clear!
Min. 55 :(mnu) P_Hoskins is being prepared to come on
          ...  C_Puyol is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 55 :(amd) T_Paralta kicks Z_Zidane off the ball
          ...  He's Butted him !
          ...  I_Williamson has stopped play
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  He's off!!
Min. 55 :(amd) P_Huntington replaces Cantera and will play DF
Min. 59 :(mnu) G_Hooper takes advantage of a bad back pass from A_Griffin
          ...  G_Hooper with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  But A_Julian hits it away
          ...  He could have held onto that!
Min. 60 :(mnu) J_Quigg will replace the useless Z_Zidane and will play MF
Min. 61 :(amd) P_Lejeune runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to M_Vucinic
          ...  M_Vucinic with the goal bound shot!
          ...  Tom_Clements tips it over his bar
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Giglio chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  J_Forrest wins the ball
          ...  And he clears the danger
Min. 62 :(amd) C_Makelele loses his marker
          ...  Good sliding challenge from Sergio_Ramos and it had to be
Min. 67 :(mnu) J_Quigg controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  Sheringham gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  Sheringham with the shot on net !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  A_Julian moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And goes out!
Min. 67 :(amd) M_Vucinic plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  J_Quigg slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 69 :(amd) D_Walker moves forward
          ...  L_Nyatanga beats him to the ball
Min. 71 :(mnu) Fernandinho with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Sheringham gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Fine tackle by T_Hibbert
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 71 :(amd) A_Griffin finds P_Huntington in the box
          ...  P_Huntington tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 72 :(amd) M_Vucinic takes advantage of a mistake by J_O_Shea
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  M_Vucinic drives it low !
          ...  Tom_Clements gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 73 :(amd) D_Walker is first to the loose ball
          ...  D_Walker sees Tom_Clements off his line !
          ...  But he puts it wide
Min. 75 :(amd) R_Knight is going to be brought on
          ...  M_Giglio is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 75 :(mnu) Sheringham is taking a throw in
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt
          ...  He throws the ball to Fernandinho
          ...  Fernandinho flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  A_Julian just watches it drift out of play!
Min. 75 :(amd) C_Makelele with a precise ball to P_Lejeune
          ...  G_Hooper with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!
Min. 77 :(amd) Osvaldo is going to be brought on
          ...  M_Vucinic is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 79 :(mnu) Sheringham finds his way through
          ...  They tried to play the offside trap
          ...  Good sliding challenge from D_Walker and it had to be
Min. 79 :(amd) R_Knight with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to A_Griffin
          ...  A_Griffin shapes up for a shot!
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And spins wide
Min. 82 :(amd) R_Knight curls the ball out wide to Osvaldo
          ...  Osvaldo hits the ball first time!
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 83 :(mnu) G_Hooper knocks it past L_Emanuel and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by D_Walker
          ...  He timed it well
Min. 83 :(amd) P_Lejeune knocks the ball past J_Forrest
          ...  L_Nyatanga with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!
Min. 84 :(mnu) R_Berbatov sidesteps his marker
          ...  He runs forward now
          ...  R_Berbatov sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!
Min. 84 :(amd) A_Griffin has it now
          ...  He takes on P_Hoskins
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in P_Lejeune!
          ...  P_Lejeune keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He puts his hands to his ears!!
          ...  He is winding the Manchester Utd fans up!!
          ...  They greet the gesture with jeers!
          ...  Manchester Utd 0-3 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 85 :(mnu) G_Hooper has it now
          ...  He takes on P_Huntington
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Sheringham!
          ...  Sheringham with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  A_Julian parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 87 :(amd) C_Makelele hoofs it up field to find Osvaldo
          ...  Osvaldo tries to chip the ball over Tom_Clements!
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(mnu) J_Forrest looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to G_Hooper
          ...  G_Hooper gets up high for the header !
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 90 :(amd) R_Knight is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  Osvaldo latches onto the ball
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by Osvaldo !
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Old Trafford
Attendance           : 52,479
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Manchester Utd Match Info
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Best player          : G_Hooper
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : M_Klosenbeger (40)
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Atletico Madrid Match Info
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Best player          : D_Walker (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : P_Lejeune (17,84), D_Walker (51)
Sent Off             : T_Paralta (55)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                          Manchester Utd  | Atletico Madrid
Attempts on Goal     :          12        |       22
Off target           :           8        |       10
On target            :           4        |       12
Possession           :          47        |       53
Corners              :           0        |       7
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       11
Key Tackles          :          12        |       7
Key Passes           :          13        |       16
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Final Score          : Manchester Utd 0 - 3 Atletico Madrid
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Player Statistics - Manchester Utd
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Tom_Clements   GK  26   2   3   2  42 |  97   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
Sergio_Ramos   DF   1  25   8  10  28 |  97   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20 -10 -20
J_O_Shea       DF   2  23   7   2  38 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
L_Nyatanga     DF   2  21  13   7  29 |  97   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
C_Puyol        DF   1  21   8   5  36 |  59   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
J_Forrest      MF   2   9  23   8  37 |  97   0   2   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  30   1
Z_Zidane       MF   2   5  22   8  35 |  64   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
Fernandinho    AM   4   7  23   9  25 |  97   0   0   3   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  30   7
R_Berbatov     AM   1   5  22   7  24 |  97   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
Sheringham     FW   2   5   7  24  21 |  97   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   3
M_Klosenbeger  FW   1   3   5  22  36 |  40   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Marshall     GK  25   1   2   3  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Hoskins      DF   2  21   8   5  10 |  38   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
J_Quigg        MF   2   5  24   5  30 |  33   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
G_Hooper       FW   2   9   4  23  26 |  57   0   2   1   0   3   0   0   0   0  40  10  11
H_Larsson      FW   2   6   7  22  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Atletico Madrid
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_Julian       GK  29   5   6   2  10 |  97   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
L_Emanuel      DF   2  23  11   6  45 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
D_Walker       DF   1  23   7   4  24 |  97   0   4   0   0   2   1   0   0   0 140  20  41
T_Paralta      DF   2  23   3   2  22 |  59   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10 -10  -9
T_Hibbert      DF   2  23   1   1  31 |  97   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
C_Makelele     MF   2  11  23   9  30 |  97   0   0   4   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  40   6
Cantera        MF   2  11  23   8  32 |  59   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  21
M_Giglio       MF   1   2  23   8  37 |  79   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
P_Lejeune      MF   3   6  23   7  23 |  97   0   0   3   0   2   2   0   0   0   0  30  40
A_Griffin      MF   2   9  22  10  15 |  97   0   0   5   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  65   1
M_Vucinic      FW   2   8   8  24  14 |  81   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   0   0   0   0  31
W_Thompson     GK  17   5   4   1  13 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Huntington   DF   2  25   4   2  27 |  38   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
R_Knight       MF   1   2  23   1  31 |  18   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
H_Henriksson   FW   3   7   7  24  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Osvaldo        FW   1   3   7  23  11 |  16   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3
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