Elite Football League Match, Real Madrid vs. Valencia (Sun Sep 21)


                          Real Madrid  |  Valencia
                              4-4-2 P  |  5-2-3 A
                         Ahmed Alrawi  |  Andie Glen
                                       |
                           L_Mulen GK  |  GK I_Turner
                        J_Martinez DF  |  DF D_Maicon
                        J_Charlton DF  |  DF J_Conroy
                          A_Schulz DF  |  DF A_Carlos
                           T_Adams DF  |  DF Samba_Sow
                            Preety MF  |  DF A_Wisdom
                      M_Camoranesi MF  |  MF F_J_Torres
                     M_Krohn_Dehli MF  |  MF O_Ruggeri
                          L_Thomas MF  |  FW J_Portillo
                       J_T_Gavilán FW  |  FW E_Cavani
                         C_Arrache FW  |  FW E_Dzeko
                                       |
                          J_Hunter SUB |  SUB Kindonga
                           C_Berra SUB |  SUB S_Logan
                       H_Kiessling SUB |  SUB D_Criscrito
                          Saddam_H SUB |  SUB K_Richard
                         D_Nelisse SUB |  SUB Y_Abdessadki

Referee: K_Clark (Scotland)


Min. 1  :(vla) E_Dzeko jumps over C_Arrache's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  E_Dzeko belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's put Valencia ahead!
          ...  Real Madrid 0-1 Valencia ...
Min. 2  :(vla) Valencia altered their play to a L strategy
Min. 4  :(rmd) C_Arrache barges Samba_Sow off the ball
          ...  C_Arrache hits the ball first time!
          ...  He could have let that bounce
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  His players jump on top of him
          ...  All square, that should make things interesting!
          ...  Real Madrid 1-1 Valencia ...
Min. 5  :(vla) The manager shouting something towards his players
          ...  It looks like he's turning things round a bit
          ...  Valencia will now play A
Min. 5  :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  C_Arrache latches onto the ball
          ...  C_Arrache looks to see where I_Turner is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But I_Turner makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 6  :(vla) O_Ruggeri is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate loosing his marker
          ...  He throws it to E_Dzeko
          ...  E_Dzeko fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  L_Mulen gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 12 :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli slides it through the middle to Preety
          ...  Preety tries to catch the keeper out!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 12 :(vla) F_J_Torres moves out wide
          ...  He plays the ball through to O_Ruggeri
          ...  The defender plays it back to L_Mulen
          ...  O_Ruggeri intercepts the back pass!
          ...  He tries to dummy L_Mulen
          ...  He dinks it over L_Mulen
          ...  It goes over!!
Min. 14 :(rmd) M_Camoranesi runs down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He cuts the ball back
          ...  C_Arrache latches onto the pass
          ...  He carves out some space
          ...  But J_Conroy puts the ball out of play
Min. 16 :(rmd) J_T_Gavilán takes on the defender
          ...  He runs past the defender
          ...  But D_Maicon reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 17 :(vla) E_Dzeko flicks it over J_Martinez and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  J_Martinez moves quickly to get the tackle in this time
Min. 22 :(vla) E_Dzeko beats his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  E_Dzeko gets up high for the header !
          ...  But L_Mulen punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 24 :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli with a one-touch layoff to J_T_Gavilán
          ...  Samba_Sow gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 26 :(rmd) C_Arrache with the mazy run
          ...  How he got through those defenders I don't know
          ...  He sets himself up for the shot
          ...  C_Arrache aims the cheeky shot at goal!
          ...  It floats over I_Turner
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 29 :(rmd) Preety hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  J_T_Gavilán collects the loose ball!
          ...  A_Wisdom gets to the ball first
Min. 30 :(rmd) J_T_Gavilán gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A vicious shot by J_T_Gavilán !
          ...  But I_Turner tips it over
          ...  K_Clark has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 30 :(vla) A_Carlos slides the ball across to O_Ruggeri
          ...  Fine tackle by J_Martinez
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 32 :(rmd) M_Camoranesi whips the ball across to J_Martinez
          ...  But D_Maicon spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 33 :(rmd) J_Charlton gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to T_Adams
          ...  A wicked drive by T_Adams !
          ...  I_Turner saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one
Min. 37 :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli beats J_Conroy
          ...  M_Krohn_Dehli attempts to nutmeg I_Turner!
          ...  I_Turner gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 37 :(vla) E_Dzeko with a smart pass to J_Portillo
          ...  J_Charlton is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  L_Mulen misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Conroy crosses it in!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of L_Mulen
Min. 38 :(rmd) C_Arrache turns past Samba_Sow
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  A thundering drive by C_Arrache !
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  But it hits off I_Turner's back!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Very unlucky for Valencia!
          ...  That's given Real Madrid the lead!
          ...  Real Madrid 2-1 Valencia ...
Min. 39 :(rmd) C_Arrache flicks it past J_Conroy
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  C_Arrache has a go!
          ...  But I_Turner makes an easy save
Min. 41 :(vla) F_J_Torres wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Portillo
          ...  J_Portillo smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  But L_Mulen parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(rmd) M_Camoranesi plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  C_Arrache decides to keep possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  C_Arrache with the shot !
          ...  But I_Turner punches it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 45 :(vla) A_Carlos moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He plays the ball through to E_Cavani
          ...  T_Adams with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 45 :(vla) O_Ruggeri finds his way through
          ...  That was sheer effort
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  J_Charlton belts it clear

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Real Madrid 2-1 Valencia

Min. 47 :(rmd) Preety with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle
          ...  A_Carlos is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  I_Turner misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Camoranesi hits it towards the far post!
          ...  A_Wisdom reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 52 :(vla) O_Ruggeri is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to J_Portillo
          ...  J_Portillo with the chance !
          ...  The net moves!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs towards the fans!
          ...  And slides on his knees!
          ...  Valencia have squared things up with that goal!
          ...  Real Madrid 2-2 Valencia ...
Min. 55 :(vla) a big roar from the crowd as K_Richard comes on for F_J_Torres to play MF
Min. 55 :(vla) D_Maicon slides the ball across to E_Cavani
          ...  A great volley from E_Cavani !
          ...  It hits the bar
          ...  And goes over!
          ...  L_Mulen was beaten there!
Min. 56 :(vla) K_Richard kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  E_Dzeko gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  E_Dzeko tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  It's well wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 57 :(vla) A_Wisdom has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past A_Schulz!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A_Wisdom tries the shot !
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 60 :(vla) O_Ruggeri flicks it past the defender
          ...  He runs forward
          ...  M_Camoranesi is late with that one
          ...  He gets up and shakes the players hand
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It's in a very dangerous position!
          ...  O_Ruggeri fires it towards the goal
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  L_Mulen moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  L_Mulen catches it with style!
Min. 64 :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli spots C_Arrache who is in acres of space
          ...  A_Carlos with the tackle
          ...  K_Clark will want to speak to him
          ...  K_Clark reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 65 :(vla) Y_Abdessadki comes on for O_Ruggeri and takes up a MF role
Min. 65 :(vla) E_Cavani beats J_Martinez
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves K_Clark
          ...  E_Cavani with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  But L_Mulen punches it away
          ...  He commands his area so well
Min. 66 :(rmd) L_Thomas knocks it forward
          ...  Samba_Sow slips
          ...  C_Arrache gets to it!
          ...  Fine tackle by A_Carlos
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 66 :(vla) E_Dzeko slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone!
          ...  E_Dzeko with a powerful diving header!
          ...  L_Mulen parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And L_Mulen recovers to save!!
Min. 68 :(rmd) Preety looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to C_Arrache
          ...  C_Arrache tries to chip the ball over I_Turner!
          ...  I_Turner gets his fingertips to it
Min. 69 :(rmd) L_Thomas 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!
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by D_Maicon
          ...  He timed it well
Min. 71 :(rmd) J_T_Gavilán is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass under pressure
          ...  C_Arrache latches onto the ball
          ...  C_Arrache runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 74 :(rmd) J_T_Gavilán nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward
          ...  D_Maicon bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 75 :(vla) D_Criscrito is ready to come on to replace D_Maicon
          ...  Looks like he will play as a DF
Min. 75 :(vla) Samba_Sow takes on the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Portillo
          ...  T_Adams takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 76 :(vla) J_Portillo gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past A_Schulz!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  J_T_Gavilán with a reckless challenge
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  K_Clark gave him a strong warning
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  It is deep inside there own half
          ...  K_Richard passes to E_Dzeko
          ...  E_Dzeko keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  L_Mulen with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 78 :(vla) D_Criscrito lays the ball back to E_Dzeko
          ...  E_Dzeko tries to beat L_Mulen from outside the area!
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 79 :(rmd) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  C_Berra will come on for J_Charlton and play DF
Min. 80 :(rmd) D_Nelisse comes on for J_T_Gavilán and will play FW to the delight of the fans
Min. 81 :(rmd) H_Kiessling will replace the useless M_Camoranesi and will play MF
Min. 84 :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli slides it through the middle to C_Arrache
          ...  C_Arrache with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  But I_Turner just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  K_Clark has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 84 :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli leaps into the air
          ...  He wins the header
          ...  He heads it across to C_Arrache
          ...  D_Criscrito scythes the player down.
          ...  Psycho!
          ...  He is warned by K_Clark
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It's in a very dangerous position!
          ...  D_Nelisse bends it round the wall
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  I_Turner moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And goes out!
Min. 87 :(rmd) M_Krohn_Dehli gets to the bye line
          ...  He puts it into the box
          ...  He finds C_Arrache
          ...  J_Conroy scythes the player down.
          ...  Psycho!
          ...  The boy is unlucky to get a yellow
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(rmd) L_Thomas with a probing pass to D_Nelisse
          ...  D_Nelisse belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  I_Turner goes down well to save

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Santiago Bernabeu
Attendance           : 149,625
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Real Madrid Match Info
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Best player          : C_Arrache (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : C_Arrache (4,38)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : T_Adams (45)
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : E_Dzeko
Scorers              : E_Dzeko (1), J_Portillo (52)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : A_Carlos (64), J_Conroy (87)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Real Madrid  |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          15        |       14
Off target           :           4        |       5
On target            :          11        |       9
Possession           :          62        |       38
Corners              :           1        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           8        |       5
Key Tackles          :           5        |       9
Key Passes           :          16        |       11
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Final Score          : Real Madrid 2 - 2 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Real 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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L_Mulen        GK  39   4   6   3   1 |  94   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
J_Martinez     DF   1  31   3   4  23 |  94   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
J_Charlton     DF   2  30  12   8  18 |  82   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
A_Schulz       DF   1  28  11  10  20 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Adams        DF   2  27   7   6  22 |  94   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  -2   3
Preety         MF   1   9  34   5  28 |  94   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
M_Camoranesi   MF   1   5  32  10  34 |  84   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
M_Krohn_Dehli  MF   2  10  29  12  27 |  94   0   0   7   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  70   5
L_Thomas       MF   1   7  27   6  18 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_T_Gavilán    FW   1   3  10  34  39 |  83   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
C_Arrache      FW   2   9   5  32  34 |  94   0   0   0   0   9   2   0   0   0   0   0  67
J_Hunter       GK  27   4   1   1  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Berra        DF   2  27   6   6  32 |  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Kiessling    MF   4  11  28   9  31 |  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Saddam_H       MF   2  18  25  23  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Nelisse      FW   4   7   6  30  42 |  11   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6

Player Statistics - Valencia
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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I_Turner       GK  39   4   5   4  16 |  94   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
D_Maicon       DF   2  28  13   3  24 |  78   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  10   0
J_Conroy       DF   2  26  12   9  21 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
A_Carlos       DF   1  25  11   8  42 |  94   0   2   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  38  18  -2
Samba_Sow      DF   1  24  13   4  23 |  94   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
A_Wisdom       DF   2  22  19   8  34 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   1
F_J_Torres     MF   3   8  25  11  23 |  58   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
O_Ruggeri      MF   1   8  23  21  19 |  68   0   0   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   0  35   6
J_Portillo     FW   1   5   3  26  25 |  94   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
E_Cavani       FW   2   9  10  25  26 |  94   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
E_Dzeko        FW   2   6   6  23  34 |  94   0   0   1   0   7   1   0   0   0   0  10  42
Kindonga       GK  24   5   6   5  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Logan        DF   3  26  10   7  36 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Criscrito    DF   2  25  10   7  27 |  16   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
K_Richard      MF   1   9  26   9  26 |  36   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Y_Abdessadki   MF   2   8  25   8  29 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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