Elite FA Cup Group Stage Match, Manchester Utd vs. Werder Bremen (Wed Dec 16)


                       Manchester Utd  |  Werder Bremen
                              4-4-2 N  |  4-1-2-1-2 C
                   Roberto Ciccotelli  |  Harry Kleinjan
                                       |
                        T_O_Conner GK  |  GK J_Pavlenka
                          C_Moreno DF  |  DF J_Zanetti
                        D_McDonald DF  |  DF J_Ekstrand
                       Daley_Blind DF  |  DF L_Augustinson
                         M_Pearson DF  |  DF Cece_Pepe
                           J_Maria MF  |  DM K_Moehwald
                          B_Harley MF  |  MF Park
                            L_Figo MF  |  MF F_Kainz
                      Bradley_Dack MF  |  AM J_Ledley
                       M_Crickmore FW  |  FW E_Bergkamp
                      N_Ciccotelli FW  |  FW E_Stranger
                                       |
                        Tim_Lavaku SUB |  SUB T_Courtois
                            Varane SUB |  SUB D_Dalot
                        Arnautovic SUB |  SUB Calmac
                         D_Thaguif SUB |  SUB L_Bittencourt
                        D_Flanders SUB |  SUB G_Weah

Referee: M_Stadio (Austria)


Min. 1  :(mnu) J_Maria puts in D_McDonald
          ...  D_McDonald curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  J_Pavlenka with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 2  :(wbn) K_Moehwald knocks it forward
          ...  J_Maria slips
          ...  E_Bergkamp gets to it!
          ...  L_Figo makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 3  :(mnu) M_Pearson steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs J_Zanetti
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  M_Pearson sees J_Pavlenka off his line !
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 4  :(mnu) B_Harley looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to L_Figo
          ...  But E_Stranger clears the danger
Min. 4  :(wbn) F_Kainz is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to E_Stranger
          ...  E_Stranger looks to see where T_O_Conner is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  He has put it wide!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 6  :(wbn) J_Ledley brings it under control
          ...  He takes on M_Pearson
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in L_Augustinson!
          ...  The ball comes in high
          ...  L_Augustinson beats the defender to the ball and heads it into his path
          ...  He just has T_O_Conner to beat
          ...  He nutmegs T_O_Conner
          ...  It hits the upright!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Werder Bremen go in front now with that goal!
          ...  Manchester Utd 0-1 Werder Bremen ...
Min. 8  :(wbn) Werder Bremen changed their strategy to play E
Min. 8  :(wbn) K_Moehwald is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to J_Ledley
          ...  J_Ledley goes for the top corner !
          ...  T_O_Conner blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  It goes clear!
Min. 9  :(mnu) M_Crickmore takes possession
          ...  He looks up
          ...  He's in acres of space
          ...  E_Bergkamp reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 10 :(mnu) L_Figo with the first time pass to M_Pearson
          ...  K_Moehwald with the high feet
          ...  He got away with just a warning
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  B_Harley swings it in
          ...  M_Crickmore takes control of it!
          ...  But J_Zanetti clears the ball to safety
Min. 13 :(mnu) Bradley_Dack with electric pace
          ...  He eases past L_Augustinson
          ...  Bradley_Dack carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a well worked goal!
          ...  That's got Manchester Utd back level!
          ...  Manchester Utd 1-1 Werder Bremen ...
Min. 14 :(mnu) Bradley_Dack flicks it over Cece_Pepe and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  A skilful effort from Bradley_Dack !
          ...  J_Pavlenka with the acrobatic save
          ...  Well saved
Min. 15 :(wbn) Park with a glorious 60-yard pass to J_Ledley
          ...  J_Ledley shapes up for a shot!
          ...  T_O_Conner saves it
          ...  He got his body behind the ball there
Min. 21 :(mnu) Bradley_Dack finds a hole in the defence
          ...  The defence was sleeping
          ...  He made a fantastic run though
          ...  Park fouls badly
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  M_Stadio just wants to lecture him
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Daley_Blind with the thundering drive
          ...  J_Pavlenka gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 25 :(mnu) J_Maria with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to N_Ciccotelli
          ...  E_Bergkamp reads the play well
Min. 25 :(wbn) Park with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past M_Pearson
          ...  M_Pearson recovers to win the ball back
Min. 27 :(wbn) The ball runs loose!
          ...  E_Stranger seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  E_Stranger gets his head to the ball !
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 31 :(mnu) L_Figo looks around for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Daley_Blind
          ...  Daley_Blind hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  J_Pavlenka gets the finger tips to it
          ...  And puts it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Figo chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  N_Ciccotelli with the shot!
          ...  J_Pavlenka parries it
Min. 31 :(wbn) E_Stranger takes advantage of a mistake by Daley_Blind
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  E_Stranger with the overhead !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  T_O_Conner was well beaten there!
          ...  Lets see if Werder Bremen can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Manchester Utd 1-2 Werder Bremen ...
Min. 32 :(mnu) L_Figo twists his ankle!
          ...  He isn't going to continue!
Min. 32 :(mnu) There's going to be a change
          ...  Varane will come on for L_Figo and play MF
Min. 33 :(wbn) K_Moehwald volleys it forward. He finds E_Bergkamp
          ...  E_Bergkamp hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  T_O_Conner never had a chance!
Min. 36 :(mnu) Varane with a measured pass to N_Ciccotelli
          ...  N_Ciccotelli is clean through!
          ...  He rounds J_Pavlenka
          ...  He nutmegs J_Pavlenka
          ...  It goes wide!!
Min. 38 :(mnu) M_Pearson cuts the ball back to M_Crickmore
          ...  M_Crickmore attempts the shot!
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  J_Pavlenka is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Bradley_Dack chips the ball into the area!
          ...  Daley_Blind gets on the end of it
          ...  But J_Pavlenka makes an easy save
Min. 40 :(wbn) Park off the woodwork.
          ...  E_Stranger picks up the deflection
          ...  E_Stranger goes for goal !
          ...  T_O_Conner with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester Utd 1-2 Werder Bremen

Min. 48 :(mnu) Bradley_Dack with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  N_Ciccotelli gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Cece_Pepe robs him of the ball
Min. 51 :(wbn) Park with a glorious long pass to E_Stranger
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from E_Stranger !
          ...  T_O_Conner gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 56 :(wbn) J_Ledley drives it across the face of the goal J_Ekstrand
          ...  Daley_Blind with an ugly foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 63 :(mnu) B_Harley runs at the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to N_Ciccotelli
          ...  J_Zanetti gets the foot in to win the ball
          ...  It rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Maria chips the ball into the area!
          ...  J_Zanetti heads it away
Min. 66 :(mnu) C_Moreno with a glorious long pass to Bradley_Dack
          ...  Bradley_Dack hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  J_Pavlenka parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 70 :(wbn) K_Moehwald with a flashy move
          ...  C_Moreno gets the foot in to win the ball
          ...  It rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by F_Kainz!
          ...  The danger is dealt with by Daley_Blind
Min. 71 :(mnu) N_Ciccotelli turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to M_Pearson
          ...  M_Pearson tries to beat J_Pavlenka!
          ...  J_Pavlenka can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  J_Pavlenka makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 73 :(wbn) There's going to be a change
          ...  G_Weah will come on for E_Bergkamp and play FW
Min. 73 :(mnu) J_Maria passes the ball to M_Crickmore
          ...  M_Crickmore fires a shot at goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He jumps up and punches the air
          ...  But it's been ruled out!
          ...  He was caught offside
Min. 73 :(wbn) F_Kainz spots Park who is in acres of space
          ...  Varane gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 74 :(mnu) C_Moreno flicks it over E_Stranger and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  C_Moreno with the overhead !
          ...  J_Pavlenka is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  J_Pavlenka looks very relieved!
Min. 75 :(mnu) Bradley_Dack with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows J_Ekstrand a clean set of heals
          ...  J_Zanetti with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 76 :(wbn) J_Ledley gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside C_Moreno!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  J_Ledley sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  He hits the post
          ...  He follows it up!
          ...  But puts it wide!
          ...  He'll be disappointed with that
Min. 77 :(wbn) J_Ledley moves forward
          ...  Good sliding challenge from C_Moreno and it had to be
Min. 78 :(mnu) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  N_Ciccotelli is through!
          ...  N_Ciccotelli sees J_Pavlenka off his line !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Harley plays it into the danger area!
          ...  E_Stranger gets up well
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 81 :(mnu) N_Ciccotelli knocks the ball past the lunge of J_Zanetti
          ...  A cheeky lob from N_Ciccotelli !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 83 :(wbn) G_Weah runs into space
          ...  G_Weah with the drive!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled home!
          ...  The Werder Bremen fans go wild!
          ...  Manchester Utd 1-3 Werder Bremen ...
Min. 84 :(wbn) Werder Bremen restructured their strategy to D
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(wbn) Park sidesteps his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Park attempts a chip!
          ...  T_O_Conner makes a difficult save
Min. 91 :(wbn) G_Weah has it on the edge of the box
          ...  C_Moreno with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
          ...  M_Stadio ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Roberto Ciccotelli looks relieved
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  Park floats it forward
          ...  E_Stranger latches onto the end of it
          ...  A wicked drive by E_Stranger !
          ...  The shot deflects wide into the crowd!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Ledley swings it in!
          ...  C_Moreno reads it
          ...  He clears the danger

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Old Trafford
Attendance           : 96,272
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Manchester Utd Match Info
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Best player          : Bradley_Dack
Scorers              : Bradley_Dack (13)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Daley_Blind (56)
Injured              : L_Figo (32)
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Werder Bremen Match Info
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Best player          : E_Stranger (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : L_Augustinson (6), E_Stranger (31), G_Weah (83)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_Zanetti (75)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                          Manchester Utd  |  Werder Bremen
Attempts on Goal     :          16        |       13
Off target           :           7        |       6
On target            :           9        |       7
Possession           :          44        |       56
Corners              :           4        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           1        |       1
Fouls                :           7        |       9
Key Tackles          :           5        |       6
Key Passes           :          12        |       10
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Final Score          : Manchester Utd 1 - 3 Werder Bremen
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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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T_O_Conner     GK  31   3   3   2  13 |  95   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10   0   0   0
C_Moreno       DF   2  27  10   9  32 |  95   0   3   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
D_McDonald     DF   1  27   8   8  21 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -15
Daley_Blind    DF   3  26  10   7  12 |  95   0   1   0   0   3   0   1   0   0  18  -2  13
M_Pearson      DF   2  26  10  10  42 |  95   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -20
J_Maria        MF   3   8  27   9  32 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
B_Harley       MF   1   7  27   6  33 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
L_Figo         MF   1   7  26  10  40 |  32   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
Bradley_Dack   MF   2   9  26   9  21 |  95   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   0   0   0  10  35
M_Crickmore    FW   1   6   9  26  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
N_Ciccotelli   FW   1   6   8  26  31 |  95   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Tim_Lavaku     GK  29   3   1   1  10 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Varane         MF   2  26   9   6  10 |  63   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
Arnautovic     FW   1   7   5  27  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Thaguif      FW   1   5   7  26  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Flanders     FW   1   4   7  25  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Werder Bremen
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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J_Pavlenka     GK  33   3   1   2  21 |  95   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
J_Zanetti      DF   1  32  12  10  41 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  78  18  18
J_Ekstrand     DF   1  31  12   7  22 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Augustinson  DF   2  29   7   6  23 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
Cece_Pepe      DF   2  27   6   7  22 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20  20
K_Moehwald     DM   1  20  28  12  28 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Park           MF   1   7  31   9  23 |  95   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   5
F_Kainz        MF   3   6  29  15  33 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_Ledley       AM   1   6  29  17  30 |  95   0   0   2   1   3   0   0   0   0   0  35  10
E_Bergkamp     FW   3  11   6  30  34 |  75   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
E_Stranger     FW   2  10   8  30  20 |  95   0   2   0   0   6   1   0   0   0  40   0  30
T_Courtois     GK  29   1   2   3  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Dalot        DF   2  25  10   6  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Calmac         MF   2   7  27  10  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Bittencourt  MF   2   1  26  19  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Weah         FW   1   9   7  27  22 |  20   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
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