Division One League Match, Marseille vs. Arsenal (Sun Nov 02)


                            Marseille  |  Arsenal
                              3-5-2 A  |  5-4-1 N
                             Lee Shaw  |  Adrian Dalmedo
                                       |
                         R_Higuita GK  |  GK A_Zogbo
                           T_Taiwo DF  |  DF R_Delap
                          L_Shawry DF  |  DF N_Burdisso
                       L_Koscielny DF  |  DF D_Caicedo
                           J_Fleck MF  |  DF O_Price
                        Y_Sankhare MF  |  DF S_Ramos
                          A_Marcos MF  |  MF S_Marsden
                     Douglas_Costa MF  |  MF N_Scally
                     N_Ben_Khalifa MF  |  MF Matheus
                         J_Digweed FW  |  MF M_Dembele
                          Z_Zidane FW  |  FW J_Portillo
                                       |
                           S_Given SUB |  SUB F_Carini
                          M_Amoros SUB |  SUB N_Vidic
                            J_Cole SUB |  SUB S_Davies
                       C_Griffiths SUB |  SUB D_Berbatov
                            Yeboah SUB |  SUB A_Little

Referee: S_Farina (Italy)


Min. 1  :(arn) S_Marsden whips the ball across to J_Portillo
          ...  L_Koscielny hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  N_Scally chips the ball into the area!
          ...  R_Higuita fists it away!
Min. 4  :(arn) S_Marsden is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to N_Scally
          ...  N_Scally with a blistering shot !
          ...  The shot slips through R_Higuita's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 4  :(msl) J_Digweed knocks it past R_Delap and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  M_Dembele takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Just outside the box!
          ...  J_Digweed with the delicate chip over the wall
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 6  :(arn) S_Ramos takes advantage of a bad back pass from T_Taiwo
          ...  T_Taiwo fouls
          ...  That was disgusting
Min. 8  :(arn) S_Ramos controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  D_Caicedo gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  T_Taiwo forces him off the ball
Min. 13 :(msl) R_Higuita is clutching his leg!
          ...  He gets to his feet
          ...  He signals to the bench he can't carry on
Min. 13 :(msl) S_Given is being brought on
          ...  R_Higuita is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play GK
Min. 15 :(msl) T_Taiwo retreats under pressure
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  J_Digweed gets on the end of it
          ...  N_Burdisso cuts it out easily
          ...  He clears the ball up field
Min. 15 :(arn) M_Dembele with the dribble
          ...  L_Koscielny is easily beaten
          ...  A_Marcos with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  S_Farina reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 16 :(msl) Y_Sankhare with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past S_Ramos
          ...  He knocks it to J_Digweed!
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by D_Caicedo
Min. 16 :(arn) O_Price looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards M_Dembele
          ...  M_Dembele attempts a chip!
          ...  But S_Given pulls out a save of the game
Min. 20 :(arn) M_Dembele with a short pass to find J_Portillo
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by J_Portillo !
          ...  S_Given falls over
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post!
          ...  But it hits his back!
          ...  And goes wide!!
          ...  S_Given looks relieved!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by R_Delap!
          ...  S_Given easily claims the ball!
Min. 21 :(msl) Z_Zidane takes possession
          ...  What can he do here?
          ...  Matheus with an awful challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
Min. 26 :(msl) J_Fleck nutmegs D_Caicedo, he continues to run forward
          ...  But N_Burdisso slides in
Min. 29 :(arn) O_Price leaves L_Koscielny standing
          ...  Y_Sankhare with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
Min. 30 :(arn) Matheus holds the ball up
          ...  He sees M_Dembele in space!
          ...  Y_Sankhare with a bad challenge
          ...  S_Farina will want to speak to him
          ...  S_Farina ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Lee Shaw looks relieved
Min. 31 :(arn) S_Ramos flicks it over Y_Sankhare and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  S_Ramos hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Superb strike!
          ...  His team mates join him in a celebration
          ...  They dance around his shirt in delight!!
          ...  That puts Arsenal ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  Marseille 0-1 Arsenal ...
Min. 32 :(arn) It looks as though Arsenal is now playing D
Min. 33 :(arn) D_Caicedo brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  N_Scally makes himself available
          ...  L_Koscielny knocks the ball back to S_Given
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past S_Given!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Marsden chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  The ball comes to R_Delap
          ...  He knocks it goalward
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 33 :(msl) J_Digweed had to stretch to reach the pass
          ...  Matheus with a bad challenge
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 34 :(msl) J_Fleck lobs it over M_Dembele
          ...  M_Dembele with a superb challenge
          ...  S_Farina has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
          ...  The fans jeer him off!
Min. 36 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa lobs it over O_Price
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa with a powerful header !
          ...  A_Zogbo saves it
          ...  He got his body behind the ball there
Min. 39 :(msl) J_Fleck runs at the defender
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  J_Fleck has a dig at goal!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  A_Zogbo is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Fleck chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  O_Price belts it clear
Min. 39 :(arn) J_Portillo with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past Douglas_Costa
          ...  Z_Zidane with a pull on the shirt
          ...  S_Farina wants a quiet word
Min. 39 :(arn) O_Price with an inch perfect pass to J_Portillo
          ...  L_Koscielny anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 42 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa finds Douglas_Costa with a ball over the defence
          ...  Douglas_Costa has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  A_Zogbo makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Marseille 0-1 Arsenal

Min. 50 :(arn) N_Scally chips the ball over the defence and finds N_Burdisso
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  J_Digweed hits it out for a throw
Min. 67 :(arn) S_Marsden crosses in from the wing, he finds J_Portillo in the box
          ...  L_Shawry with the block
Min. 68 :(msl) Douglas_Costa with a neat pass into J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed flings a shot at goal !
          ...  A_Zogbo can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It drifts wide!
          ...  A_Zogbo has a smile on his face
          ...  Did he know that was going wide?
Min. 70 :(msl) A_Marcos runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to T_Taiwo
          ...  T_Taiwo unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  The shot slips through A_Zogbo's hands
          ...  But A_Zogbo recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 70 :(arn) S_Ramos sidesteps L_Shawry
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  Douglas_Costa takes the player out!!
          ...  The ref turns away!!
Min. 71 :(msl) J_Fleck is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Portillo fouls badly
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
Min. 72 :(msl) M_Amoros is coming on for L_Shawry and will play DF
Min. 73 :(msl) A_Marcos wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  But A_Zogbo palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 73 :(msl) L_Koscielny knocks it past O_Price and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  N_Scally with the tackle
          ...  That's got to be a yellow
          ...  S_Farina calls him for a talk
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 75 :(msl) J_Cole comes on for Y_Sankhare and takes up a MF role
Min. 75 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa with a flicked pass to A_Marcos
          ...  D_Caicedo brings him down from behind!
          ...  But the ref gives nothing!
Min. 76 :(arn) N_Burdisso turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Portillo
          ...  J_Fleck is late with that one
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball
Min. 80 :(arn) Matheus leaves his marker standing
          ...  Matheus with the punt towards goal!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Matheus drives it into the box!
          ...  M_Amoros reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 80 :(msl) J_Fleck cuts the ball back to J_Digweed
          ...  D_Caicedo with an ugly foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  S_Farina calls him for a talk
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 85 :(arn) S_Marsden slides it through the middle to J_Portillo
          ...  L_Koscielny intercepts the pass
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(msl) J_Fleck finds A_Marcos in the box
          ...  A_Marcos hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  But A_Zogbo just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  S_Farina has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 88 :(arn) J_Portillo flicks it past the defender
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  L_Koscielny dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 89 :(msl) Z_Zidane plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  R_Delap wins the ball with a clear tackle

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


Match Details
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Venue                : Stade Veladrome
Attendance           : 145,818
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marseille Match Info
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best player          : L_Koscielny
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : A_Marcos (15)
Injured              : R_Higuita (13)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arsenal Match Info
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best player          : S_Ramos (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : S_Ramos (31)
Sent Off             : M_Dembele (34)
Booked               : Matheus (21)
Injured              : N/A
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Match Statistics
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              Marseille   |     Arsenal
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       6
Off target           :           3        |       3
On target            :           5        |       3
Possession           :          52        |       48
Corners              :           1        |       4
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       0
Fouls                :          10        |       11
Key Tackles          :           9        |       5
Key Passes           :           9        |       11
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final Score          : Marseille 0 - 1 Arsenal
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Player Statistics - Marseille
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
R_Higuita      GK  39   2   2   2  34 |  13   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -15   0   0   0
T_Taiwo        DF   2  28   4   3  31 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
L_Shawry       DF   2  27   8   7  15 |  73   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
L_Koscielny    DF   2  26  10   7  36 |  95   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 100   0   0
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  28   9  28 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  27  11  36 |  76   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  26  15  32 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  18   3
Douglas_Costa  MF   2   7  26  10  42 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  11  25  11  25 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
J_Digweed      FW   1   7   8  27  19 |  95   0   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  20   0   7
Z_Zidane       FW   2   8   8  27  34 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
S_Given        GK  27   5   5   2  13 |  82   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
M_Amoros       DF   2  24   8   7  42 |  22   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Cole         MF   3   7  23   7  33 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Griffiths    MF   1   3  23   7  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Yeboah         FW   1   6   6  26  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Arsenal
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A_Zogbo        GK  30   4   3   2  11 |  95   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  85   0   0   0
R_Delap        DF   2  24   8   9  34 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   1
N_Burdisso     DF   2  24   8   7  31 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
D_Caicedo      DF   1  24   8   6  47 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  30  20
O_Price        DF   2  23  11   7  26 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  20   0
S_Ramos        DF   2  23   6   6  40 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  10  20
S_Marsden      MF   1   8  26   8  46 |  95   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
N_Scally       MF   2   4  26   6  28 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
Matheus        MF   1   7  24   3  31 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -1
M_Dembele      MF   1  10  23   6  42 |  34   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10   0  -5
J_Portillo     FW   1   5   3  26  25 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
F_Carini       GK  22   4   1   3  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Vidic        DF   3  26   6   7  36 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Davies       MF   2  10  23   8  13 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Berbatov     FW   2   8   7  24  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Little       FW   2   7   6  23  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
1414960661 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35