Division One League Match, Marseille vs. Werder Bremen (Sun Dec 07)


                            Marseille  |  Werder Bremen
                              4-5-1 P  |  5-3-2 E
                             Lee Shaw  |  Harry Kleinjan
                                       |
                         R_Higuita GK  |  GK L_Bowazski
                         G_Halford DF  |  DF Ronaldo
                           T_Taiwo DF  |  DF P_Hunter
                       L_Koscielny DF  |  DF J_Neeskens
                          M_Amoros DF  |  DF C_Prandelli
                           J_Fleck MF  |  DF M_Pavlovic
                        Y_Sankhare MF  |  MF J_Plasil
                          A_Marcos MF  |  MF Asier_Munoz
                     N_Ben_Khalifa MF  |  MF C_Makiadi
                            J_Cole MF  |  FW Diaviera
                         J_Digweed FW  |  FW H_Sabry
                                       |
                           S_Given SUB |  SUB S_Mielitz
                          L_Shawry SUB |  SUB G_Griffiths
                     Douglas_Costa SUB |  SUB M_Vayrynen
                       C_Griffiths SUB |  SUB Z_Junuzovic
                            Yeboah SUB |  SUB Liedson

Referee: F_De_Bleeckere (Belgium)


Min. 3  :(msl) J_Cole heads the ball back to A_Marcos
          ...  C_Prandelli wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 8  :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa with a smart pass to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Neeskens brings him down in the area
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely!
          ...  But F_De_Bleeckere waves play on!!!
Min. 10 :(msl) J_Fleck is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to Y_Sankhare
          ...  C_Prandelli seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 12 :(wbn) Diaviera chests it down
          ...  J_Digweed goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 14 :(msl) J_Cole controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  J_Digweed gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  J_Neeskens takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 19 :(msl) A_Marcos feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  Y_Sankhare runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  Y_Sankhare has a go!
          ...  L_Bowazski with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 19 :(wbn) H_Sabry knocks it past L_Koscielny and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  T_Taiwo makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 19 :(msl) N_Ben_Khalifa flicks it over J_Plasil and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  C_Prandelli with a bad challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  Appeals for a penalty!
          ...  Given !!
          ...  J_Digweed is the man who takes it
          ...  He sends L_Bowazski the wrong way
          ...  But it has gone wide!!
          ...  Shocking miss!!
Min. 21 :(msl) L_Koscielny is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed tries to chip the ball over L_Bowazski!
          ...  L_Bowazski gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  He has put it wide !!
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair!
Min. 21 :(wbn) J_Plasil holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to H_Sabry
          ...  H_Sabry pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 22 :(wbn) C_Makiadi with a measured ball to C_Prandelli
          ...  G_Halford body checks his opponent!!
          ...  That's a careless challenge!!
          ...  F_De_Bleeckere tries to calm him down
Min. 23 :(wbn) Diaviera sidesteps M_Amoros
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  T_Taiwo with the tackle
          ...  That's got to be a yellow
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 23 :(wbn) J_Neeskens knocks it past J_Digweed and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  But M_Amoros slides in two footed.
          ...  F_De_Bleeckere has a look but waves "Play On!"
Min. 26 :(msl) Y_Sankhare stops the ball and looks around for movement
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  Y_Sankhare gets up high for the header !
          ...  L_Bowazski makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 26 :(wbn) Diaviera runs into space
          ...  Fine tackle by G_Halford
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 34 :(msl) J_Digweed plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by J_Digweed !
          ...  But L_Bowazski makes a superb stop down low.
Min. 34 :(wbn) H_Sabry runs at G_Halford
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  H_Sabry sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 37 :(msl) A_Marcos with a precise ball to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(wbn) P_Hunter takes advantage of a mistake by L_Koscielny
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  P_Hunter with only one thing on his mind!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 45 :(wbn) H_Sabry finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled T_Taiwo
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  L_Koscielny hits it out for a throw

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Marseille 0-0 Werder Bremen

Min. 46 :(msl) G_Halford sidesteps his marker
          ...  He runs forward now
          ...  G_Halford with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 46 :(wbn) J_Plasil fires over a low cross to M_Pavlovic
          ...  What a shot from M_Pavlovic !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 47 :(msl) A_Marcos takes advantage of a mistake by P_Hunter
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  Good sliding challenge from J_Neeskens
Min. 48 :(msl) J_Fleck lobs it over P_Hunter
          ...  P_Hunter with a reckless challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  What a silly place to give away a free kick
          ...  J_Fleck bends it round the wall
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 50 :(wbn) C_Makiadi with a measured pass to C_Prandelli
          ...  C_Prandelli drives it low !
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 51 :(msl) M_Amoros has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past J_Neeskens
          ...  He puts in J_Cole!
          ...  J_Cole looks to see where L_Bowazski is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  But L_Bowazski reaches the ball. Good save
Min. 52 :(wbn) H_Sabry is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to M_Pavlovic
          ...  G_Halford gets to the ball first
Min. 56 :(wbn) Asier_Munoz brings it under control
          ...  He takes on L_Koscielny
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Diaviera!
          ...  Diaviera attempts the shot!
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 57 :(msl) A_Marcos kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  J_Digweed gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  J_Digweed with the chance !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  L_Bowazski moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And goes out!
Min. 58 :(msl) G_Halford headbutts C_Prandelli!
          ...  F_De_Bleeckere calls him over!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He is lucky not to have seen red!
Min. 61 :(wbn) J_Plasil controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs T_Taiwo
          ...  He puts in H_Sabry!
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from H_Sabry !
          ...  R_Higuita blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 62 :(msl) Y_Sankhare looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Marcos
          ...  C_Prandelli gathers up the loose ball
Min. 62 :(wbn) Ronaldo passes the ball to P_Hunter
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa with a bad challenge
          ...  That looked malicious
Min. 62 :(wbn) J_Plasil looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Diaviera
          ...  The ball comes in high
          ...  Diaviera beats the defender to the ball and heads it into his path
          ...  He just has R_Higuita to beat
          ...  He nutmegs R_Higuita
          ...  It hits the upright!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's put Werder Bremen in front!
          ...  Marseille 0-1 Werder Bremen ...
Min. 62 :(wbn) Diaviera is clutching his leg!
          ...  He gets to his feet
          ...  It looks like he will try to run it off
Min. 63 :(msl) Marseille made the switch to a A strategy
Min. 63 :(wbn) Diaviera gets to the bye line
          ...  He puts it into the box
          ...  He finds H_Sabry
          ...  H_Sabry goes for the top corner !
          ...  R_Higuita collects it comfortably
          ...  The shot never troubled him
Min. 66 :(msl) Y_Sankhare with electric pace
          ...  He eases past J_Neeskens
          ...  C_Prandelli slices it
          ...  L_Bowazski moves quickly!!
          ...  He can't get there!
          ...  It inches just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Sankhare lofts the ball in!
          ...  A_Marcos with the header
          ...  The shot deflects wide into the crowd!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Amoros plays it into the danger area!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of L_Bowazski
Min. 69 :(msl) Y_Sankhare looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to A_Marcos
          ...  A_Marcos has a dig at goal!
          ...  He hits the post
          ...  He follows it up!
          ...  But puts it wide!
          ...  He'll be disappointed with that
Min. 72 :(msl) L_Shawry comes on for T_Taiwo and will play DF to the delight of the fans
Min. 73 :(msl) J_Fleck kills the ball dead
          ...  Beautiful turn
          ...  He could get a shot of here
          ...  J_Fleck drives it low !
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 75 :(msl) Douglas_Costa is coming on for Y_Sankhare and will play MF
Min. 75 :(msl) J_Digweed breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on L_Bowazski!
          ...  P_Hunter brings him down!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  I think he was unlucky there, deserve a booking only!
Min. 75 :(wbn) G_Griffiths takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Asier_Munoz as DF
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is within shooting distance!
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to J_Digweed instead
          ...  J_Digweed tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a cheeky finish!
          ...  That's the equaliser!
          ...  Marseille 1-1 Werder Bremen ...
Min. 77 :(wbn) Up goes the substitution board - Liedson on for Diaviera as a FW
Min. 77 :(msl) A_Marcos brings it under control
          ...  He takes on G_Griffiths
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in J_Digweed!
          ...  Ronaldo reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 79 :(msl) Douglas_Costa floats the ball in to find L_Shawry
          ...  L_Shawry with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  It's beaten L_Bowazski
          ...  It goes wide !!
Min. 79 :(wbn) H_Sabry flicks it over G_Halford's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  G_Halford with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
Min. 80 :(msl) Up goes the substitution board - Yeboah on for J_Digweed as a FW
Min. 80 :(msl) L_Koscielny controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  M_Amoros gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  What a shot from M_Amoros !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  L_Bowazski with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 81 :(wbn) The defender slips and falls over!
          ...  C_Prandelli is through!
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  Douglas_Costa takes possession
Min. 84 :(msl) J_Fleck with an in swinging cross to Yeboah
          ...  Yeboah strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  L_Bowazski gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 85 :(wbn) C_Makiadi is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to H_Sabry
          ...  H_Sabry tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(wbn) Liedson 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!
          ...  J_Cole with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  F_De_Bleeckere ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Lee Shaw looks relieved
Min. 90 :(msl) Yeboah sprints past Ronaldo
          ...  C_Prandelli brings him down in the area
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely!
          ...  But F_De_Bleeckere waves play on!!!
Min. 92 :(msl) A_Marcos picks up a loose ball
          ...  A_Marcos hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  But L_Bowazski palms it behind
          ...  F_De_Bleeckere has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Stade Veladrome
Attendance           : 145,675
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : J_Digweed (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : J_Digweed (75)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : T_Taiwo (23), G_Halford (58)
Injured              : N/A
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Werder Bremen Match Info
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Best player          : J_Plasil
Scorers              : Diaviera (62)
Sent Off             : P_Hunter (75)
Booked               :
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Marseille    |   Werder Bremen
Attempts on Goal     :          17        |       10
Off target           :           9        |       7
On target            :           8        |       3
Possession           :          63        |       37
Corners              :           2        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       2
Fouls                :          10        |       3
Key Tackles          :           7        |       9
Key Passes           :          15        |       10
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Final Score          : Marseille 1 - 1 Werder Bremen
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Player Statistics - Marseille
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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R_Higuita      GK  39   2   2   2  34 |  94   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Halford      DF   1  28   8   3  35 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  38  -2  -1
T_Taiwo        DF   2  28   4   3  31 |  74   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
L_Koscielny    DF   2  27  10   7  36 |  94   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
M_Amoros       DF   2  24   8   7  42 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  28   9  28 |  94   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20   2
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  27  11  36 |  77   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20  10
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  26  15  32 |  94   0   0   4   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  40   7
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  11  25  11  25 |  94   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0
J_Cole         MF   3   7  23   7  33 |  94   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
J_Digweed      FW   1   7   8  27  19 |  82   0   1   0   0   5   1   0   0   0  20   0  29
S_Given        GK  27   5   5   2  13 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Shawry       DF   2  27   8   7  15 |  20   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Douglas_Costa  MF   2   7  26  10  42 |  17   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   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 |  12   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

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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L_Bowazski     GK  35   5   4   6  15 |  94   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
Ronaldo        DF   2  25  11   9  29 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
P_Hunter       DF   1  24  11   8  32 |  77   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10 -10  -9
J_Neeskens     DF   1  24   9   6  29 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
C_Prandelli    DF   1  23  11   7  29 |  94   0   5   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 100   0   1
M_Pavlovic     DF   3  23   5   7  22 |  94   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
J_Plasil       MF   1   7  26   9  19 |  94   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  55   0
Asier_Munoz    MF   1   9  25   3  21 |  77   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
C_Makiadi      MF   2   6  24   4  10 |  94   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Diaviera       FW   1   8  10  26  21 |  79   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   0   0   0  10  21
H_Sabry        FW   1   4   5  25  25 |  94   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  10  13
S_Mielitz      GK  27   3   3   3  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Griffiths    DF   2  24  10   3  33 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Vayrynen     MF   2   6  23  15  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Z_Junuzovic    MF   2  11  23   8  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Liedson        FW   2   9   5  23  38 |  15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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