Elite FA Cup Group Stage Match, Newcastle vs. Feyenoord (Wed Nov 25)


                            Newcastle  |  Feyenoord
                              4-5-1 A  |  4-3-3 E
                     Tony Glendinning  |  Hamza Siddiqui
                                       |
                          J_Hunter GK  |  GK Rafael
                       S_Stallbaum DF  |  DF B_Benson
                            D_Rose DF  |  DF Seb_Ferrira
                            T_Haas DF  |  DF Ramos
                        S_D_Gibson DF  |  DF M_Babbel
                         A_Lallana MF  |  MF C_Makiadi
                           Robinho MF  |  MF J_Molby
                          F_Moussa MF  |  MF L_Matthaus
                          A_Karnak MF  |  FW M_Esposito
                        Ru_B_Perry MF  |  FW J_A_Vardy
                        O_Bierhoff FW  |  FW D_Whitehall
                                       |
                           Barthez SUB |  SUB D_Marino
                           S_Logan SUB |  SUB A_Davies
                            W_Zaha SUB |  SUB R_Zdravkov
                          J_Cruyff SUB |  SUB J_Colmey
                          P_Minuti SUB |  SUB Jesus_Cordoba

Referee: A_Dali (Iran)


Min. 1  :(nwt) Newcastle changed their strategy to play C
Min. 4  :(nwt) F_Moussa finds his way through
          ...  He sets up the shot
          ...  F_Moussa hits the ball first time!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 5  :(nwt) Ru_B_Perry controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs B_Benson
          ...  He puts in A_Lallana!
          ...  A_Lallana with a powerful downward header!
          ...  But Rafael parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 6  :(nwt) A_Lallana hits a hard pass to Ru_B_Perry
          ...  Ru_B_Perry drives the ball low !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That was unfortunate
          ...  And Newcastle are leading in the game now
          ...  Newcastle 1-0 Feyenoord ...
Min. 7  :(fyd) C_Makiadi is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to M_Esposito
          ...  M_Esposito with a bicycle kick !
          ...  But J_Hunter palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 15 :(nwt) D_Rose cuts inside the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to S_Stallbaum
          ...  S_Stallbaum rifles it to the far post !
          ...  But Rafael with the difficult save
Min. 16 :(nwt) A_Karnak fires over a low cross to O_Bierhoff
          ...  Ramos reads the play well
Min. 19 :(fyd) L_Matthaus sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  Ramos runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from T_Haas
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Matthaus swings it in!
          ...  D_Whitehall swings a leg at it!
          ...  J_Hunter with a superb tip around the post
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Molby lofts the ball in!
          ...  L_Matthaus tries to place the shot!
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  J_Hunter moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  J_Hunter catches it with style!
Min. 21 :(nwt) S_Stallbaum with the dribble
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  B_Benson goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 22 :(fyd) C_Makiadi takes possession of the ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to B_Benson
          ...  B_Benson with the header !
          ...  J_Hunter makes a difficult save
Min. 26 :(nwt) F_Moussa looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Ru_B_Perry
          ...  A skilful effort from Ru_B_Perry !
          ...  But Rafael punches it away
Min. 26 :(fyd) C_Makiadi has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past S_Stallbaum
          ...  He puts in D_Whitehall!
          ...  T_Haas reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 27 :(nwt) A_Lallana with a probing pass to O_Bierhoff
          ...  But M_Babbel barges him off the ball
Min. 39 :(nwt) Robinho takes advantage of a mistake by Ramos
          ...  Robinho with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  But Rafael parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 39 :(fyd) L_Matthaus turns nicely onto the ball
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from Ru_B_Perry
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 40 :(nwt) Robinho runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to O_Bierhoff
          ...  O_Bierhoff has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It fly's into Row Z!
Min. 40 :(fyd) B_Benson makes himself available
          ...  B_Benson leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  J_Hunter tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Makiadi curls it into the box!
          ...  Ramos gets to it!
          ...  J_Hunter gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  It's pushed behind !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Matthaus plays it into the danger area!
          ...  S_Stallbaum clears the danger
Min. 41 :(fyd) C_Makiadi feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  D_Whitehall runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  F_Moussa reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(nwt) T_Haas nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  C_Makiadi cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 45 :(nwt) Ru_B_Perry spots O_Bierhoff who is in acres of space
          ...  O_Bierhoff looks to see where Rafael is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But he puts it over
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 45 :(nwt) Ru_B_Perry runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of O_Bierhoff
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  L_Matthaus leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 46 :(fyd) M_Esposito is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to J_A_Vardy
          ...  J_A_Vardy hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  J_Hunter is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 47 :(nwt) Robinho hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  O_Bierhoff latches onto it!
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from J_Molby
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Robinho floats the ball in!
          ...  Ru_B_Perry swings a leg at it!
          ...  But Rafael comes out and dives at his feet
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest
Min. 47 :(nwt) A_Lallana takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  D_Whitehall with a deliberate foul
          ...  A_Dali will want to speak to him
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just inside there own half
          ...  Ru_B_Perry shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to O_Bierhoff instead
          ...  O_Bierhoff hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He should have buried that!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Newcastle 1-0 Feyenoord

Min. 51 :(fyd) D_Whitehall runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to L_Matthaus
          ...  From long range L_Matthaus bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  J_Hunter won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 55 :(fyd) M_Esposito pushes it past A_Karnak
          ...  M_Esposito with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  J_Hunter gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 60 :(fyd) Jesus_Cordoba replaces L_Matthaus and will play MF
Min. 60 :(nwt) O_Bierhoff knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  O_Bierhoff with a stunning strike !
          ...  Rafael guesses right
Min. 62 :(nwt) The ball is passed in from Robinho, he finds A_Lallana
          ...  M_Esposito clears with a diving header
Min. 64 :(fyd) M_Babbel tries to clear it
          ...  He has miskicked it!!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He has put it into his own net!!
          ...  Newcastle 2-0 Feyenoord ...
Min. 64 :(fyd) J_Molby kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Whitehall gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A delicate header from D_Whitehall !
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 66 :(fyd) J_Hunter miskicks!
          ...  M_Esposito is takes control of the ball!
          ...  M_Esposito has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  But J_Hunter stops that one easily
Min. 70 :(nwt) F_Moussa sidesteps his marker
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  F_Moussa hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 72 :(nwt) S_D_Gibson pushes it past J_A_Vardy
          ...  C_Makiadi with an awful challenge
          ...  A_Dali will want to speak to him
          ...  He is warned by A_Dali
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  A_Dali signals that it is indirect
          ...  D_Rose passes to O_Bierhoff
          ...  O_Bierhoff with the strike !
          ...  Rafael is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 74 :(nwt) S_Stallbaum looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to O_Bierhoff
          ...  M_Babbel is late with that one
          ...  He gets up and shakes the players hand
          ...  A_Dali wants a quiet word
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  A_Lallana hoists it forward
          ...  O_Bierhoff gets on the end of it
          ...  O_Bierhoff attempts to nutmeg J_Hunter!
          ...  Rafael can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  Rafael makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 76 :(fyd) Jesus_Cordoba has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Ramos gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  T_Haas wins the ball
Min. 78 :(nwt) Robinho brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  A delicate chip from Robinho !
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And goes out
Min. 79 :(nwt) Ru_B_Perry can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to O_Bierhoff
          ...  A powerful shot by O_Bierhoff !
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 80 :(fyd) J_Colmey is being prepared to come on
          ...  C_Makiadi is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 81 :(nwt) Ru_B_Perry beats M_Babbel
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Ru_B_Perry with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  Rafael goes down well to save
Min. 82 :(nwt) W_Zaha is ready to come on to replace A_Lallana
          ...  Looks like he will play as a MF
Min. 82 :(nwt) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  S_Logan will come on for S_Stallbaum and play DF
Min. 82 :(nwt) J_Cruyff is being prepared to come on
          ...  Robinho is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 82 :(nwt) A_Karnak with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle
          ...  A_Karnak chases it through, he must score !
          ...  Rafael makes a good save
Min. 82 :(fyd) J_Molby bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to M_Esposito
          ...  D_Rose makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 85 :(fyd) B_Benson sidesteps W_Zaha
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  B_Benson has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  The shot slips through J_Hunter's hands
          ...  But J_Hunter recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(fyd) J_Molby knocks it forward
          ...  S_Logan slips
          ...  J_A_Vardy gets to it!
          ...  D_Rose takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  He is warned by A_Dali
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 89 :(fyd) M_Esposito finds his way through
          ...  He bent his run well
          ...  M_Esposito with the crafty shot!
          ...  J_Hunter gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 91 :(nwt) O_Bierhoff with a perfectly timed run
          ...  O_Bierhoff with the punt towards goal!
          ...  Rafael watches it sail wide!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : St James Park
Attendance           : 96,872
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Newcastle Match Info
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Best player          : Ru_B_Perry (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Ru_B_Perry (6), M_Babbel (64 og)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Feyenoord Match Info
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Best player          : M_Esposito
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : L_Matthaus (45)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Newcastle     |   Feyenoord
Attempts on Goal     :          19        |       13
Off target           :          10        |       4
On target            :           9        |       9
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           1        |       4
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       2
Fouls                :           6        |       13
Key Tackles          :           6        |       6
Key Passes           :          13        |       11
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Final Score          : Newcastle 2 - 0 Feyenoord
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Player Statistics - Newcastle
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_Hunter       GK  34   4   5   4  28 |  95   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  85   0   0   0
S_Stallbaum    DF   1  28  16  16  47 |  84   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  80  30  25
D_Rose         DF   1  28  11   7  22 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
T_Haas         DF   2  27  12   7  11 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  20  20
S_D_Gibson     DF   1  27  11   8  12 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Lallana      MF   3  10  28   8  21 |  84   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  35   5
Robinho        MF   1   8  28   8  23 |  84   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  30   5
F_Moussa       MF   1   6  27  19  23 |  95   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
A_Karnak       MF   3   4  27  15  31 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Ru_B_Perry     MF   2   8  25  18  21 |  95   0   1   4   0   4   1   0   0   0  20  40  40
O_Bierhoff     FW   1   8  10  29  32 |  95   0   0   0   0   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Barthez        GK  31   5   3   1  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Logan        DF   2  27  10   5  20 |  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
W_Zaha         MF   2   8  27  19  12 |  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Cruyff       MF   2  10  25  18  21 |  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Minuti       FW   2   8   9  26  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Feyenoord
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Rafael         GK  33   2   2   2  20 |  95   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
B_Benson       DF   1  31   8   7  12 |  95   0   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  20   0  15
Seb_Ferrira    DF   2  30   9   9  20 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ramos          DF   1  30   8   8  22 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
M_Babbel       DF   1  27  10   7  33 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20   0
C_Makiadi      MF   2   7  30   4  10 |  82   0   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20 -20
J_Molby        MF   2   9  29  10  31 |  95   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
L_Matthaus     MF   1   9  28  10  20 |  62   0   0   1   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2   8   3
M_Esposito     FW   1   7   7  29  41 |  95   0   1   1   0   4   0   0   0   0  20  10  15
J_A_Vardy      FW   2   7   5  28  20 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Whitehall    FW   2   5   5  26  21 |  95   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
D_Marino       GK  29   3   2   2  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Davies       DF   1  26   9   6  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Zdravkov     DF   3  25   5   9  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Colmey       MF   3  11  26   7  31 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Jesus_Cordoba  MF   2   8  26  10  11 |  33   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
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