Elite FA Cup Group Match, Sao Paulo FC vs. Manchester City (Wed Aug 16)


                         Sao Paulo FC  |  Manchester City
                              4-4-2 C  |  4-4-2 E
                            Gary Hill  |  Tony McCleary
                                       |
                        J_Pavlenka GK  |  GK A_Zaratta
                            Danilo DF  |  DF C_Fuchs
                           McKenna DF  |  DF D_Gallagher
                         J_Nasazzi DF  |  DF Mikio_Fujioka
                         A_Obileye DF  |  DF J_Fitzwater
                        L_Matthaus MF  |  MF Leda_Cygnus
                          Christie MF  |  MF Suz_Nakamoto
                      Ji_Sung_Park MF  |  MF Seb_Rudy
                          Roy_Kent MF  |  MF C_Hikarra
                          A_Hunter FW  |  FW Taliyah
                           E__Unal FW  |  FW Aoas
                                       |
                            Adrian SUB |  SUB L_Marchegiani
                              Miro SUB |  SUB Aoyama_Hideki
                        Dani_Alves SUB |  SUB Aparichit
                        P_McNamara SUB |  SUB L_Bunny
                          F_Torres SUB |  SUB M_U_Hedoff

Referee: A_Dali (Iran)


Min. 2  :(sao) L_Matthaus runs at Mikio_Fujioka
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  A powerful shot by L_Matthaus !
          ...  A_Zaratta with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 3  :(mnc) A defence splitting pass from Leda_Cygnus to Aoas
          ...  Aoas drives the shot in!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He jumps up and punches the air
          ...  That s given Manchester City the advantage!
          ...  Sao Paulo FC 0-1 Manchester City ...
Min. 5  :(sao) L_Matthaus makes the tackle
          ...  Mikio_Fujioka pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 6  :(sao) E__Unal with electric pace
          ...  He eases past J_Fitzwater
          ...  Mikio_Fujioka with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
Min. 7  :(sao) L_Matthaus threads the through ball to E__Unal
          ...  E__Unal with the overhead !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 9  :(sao) E__Unal knocks the ball past the defender
          ...  E__Unal belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Fine finish !
          ...  It's all square now!
          ...  Sao Paulo FC 1-1 Manchester City ...
Min. 10 :(sao) Ji_Sung_Park gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  E__Unal is unmarked
          ...  C_Fuchs read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 11 :(mnc) C_Hikarra works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Suz_Nakamoto
          ...  Danilo hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Leda_Cygnus floats the ball in!
          ...  Aoas gets something on it!
          ...  J_Pavlenka parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 12 :(sao) McKenna finds the run of A_Hunter
          ...  A cracking drive from A_Hunter !
          ...  A_Zaratta falls over
          ...  But A_Zaratta is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 13 :(sao) Christie with a glorious 60-yard pass to A_Hunter
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from C_Fuchs
Min. 17 :(mnc) D_Gallagher with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from J_Nasazzi
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from D_Gallagher !
          ...  It s going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But lands on the roof of the net !!
          ...  J_Pavlenka looks relieved there!
Min. 22 :(sao) A_Hunter is through on goal
          ...  A_Hunter with a thundering drive!
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 23 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus with a neat pass into Suz_Nakamoto
          ...  Danilo tackles cleanly
Min. 24 :(mnc) C_Hikarra looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Taliyah
          ...  Taliyah gets up high for the header !
          ...  But J_Pavlenka with the difficult save
Min. 26 :(mnc) Mikio_Fujioka plays a long ball to Aoas
          ...  A cracking drive from Aoas !
          ...  But J_Pavlenka tips it over
          ...  A_Dali has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 27 :(sao) Ji_Sung_Park with an inch perfect pass to E__Unal
          ...  D_Gallagher gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 30 :(mnc) Aoas steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs Danilo
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  Roy_Kent is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was a bit too close for comfort
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again
Min. 30 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside A_Obileye!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  L_Matthaus gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 32 :(sao) Danilo whips the ball across to Roy_Kent
          ...  Roy_Kent with the strike !
          ...  A_Zaratta gets his fingertips to it
Min. 33 :(mnc) Aoas turns past the defender
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  Danilo with a bad challenge
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  He is warned by A_Dali
          ...  It s just a warning
Min. 35 :(sao) Christie with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves the defender behind
          ...  Christie curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  A_Zaratta won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 35 :(mnc) C_Hikarra 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!
          ...  Taliyah receives the pass and heads towards the goal
          ...  Taliyah has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The Sao Paulo FC fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 37 :(sao) Christie looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to A_Hunter
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from D_Gallagher
Min. 40 :(sao) Christie puts in Danilo
          ...  Danilo with the crafty shot!
          ...  A_Zaratta with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 40 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past A_Obileye
          ...  He puts in D_Gallagher!
          ...  D_Gallagher attempts the shot!
          ...  It hits the inside of the post
          ...  It falls right into J_Pavlenka's arms
          ...  Unlucky
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus with a 40-yard pass to Aoas
          ...  A_Obileye with a superb challenge
          ...  A_Dali has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more
          ...  It s just a warning
Min. 46 :(mnc) Suz_Nakamoto has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past Danilo
          ...  He puts in Mikio_Fujioka!
          ...  A_Obileye clears with a diving header

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Sao Paulo FC 1-1 Manchester City

Min. 46 :(mnc) Taliyah gets to the by line and finds Mikio_Fujioka with a beautiful cross
          ...  Mikio_Fujioka hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  OH!! He has hit the side netting
          ...  Goal kick given
Min. 52 :(sao) L_Matthaus with an incisive pass to A_Hunter
          ...  A_Hunter hits the shot with the inside of the left foot!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But hits the side netting!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Christie!
          ...  It is cleared by Mikio_Fujioka
Min. 53 :(sao) Danilo with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past Mikio_Fujioka
          ...  He knocks it to E__Unal!
          ...  E__Unal with the strike !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  A_Zaratta moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It s beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And goes out!
Min. 57 :(sao) E__Unal finds a hole in the defence
          ...  D_Gallagher steals the ball of off him
Min. 58 :(mnc) Aoas with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past the defender
          ...  A cracking drive from Aoas !
          ...  J_Pavlenka dives towards his top let hand corner
          ...  He's pushed that one just around the goal
          ...  Super Stop !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Gallagher chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  J_Pavlenka comes out and claims it!
Min. 58 :(sao) Roy_Kent with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to Danilo
          ...  Aoas with the tackle
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He's warned for that one
          ...  Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book
Min. 62 :(mnc) C_Hikarra has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past E__Unal
          ...  He knocks it to Mikio_Fujioka!
          ...  Ji_Sung_Park with a terrible tackle
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 62 :(mnc) Seb_Rudy takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to C_Fuchs
          ...  C_Fuchs has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  But J_Pavlenka stops that one easily
Min. 63 :(sao) McKenna boots it towards Danilo
          ...  Danilo from 20 yards !
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 63 :(mnc) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  D_Gallagher is through!
          ...  D_Gallagher with the strike !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  J_Pavlenka moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  J_Pavlenka catches it with style!
Min. 64 :(sao) Sao Paulo FC altered their play to a A strategy
Min. 66 :(sao) Roy_Kent knocks it forward
          ...  D_Gallagher slips
          ...  E__Unal gets to it!
          ...  E__Unal hits a crisp volley!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  A_Zaratta never had a chance!
Min. 66 :(mnc) Taliyah takes advantage of a mistake by Danilo
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  Taliyah fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  J_Pavlenka falls over
          ...  But J_Pavlenka is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 68 :(mnc) C_Fuchs holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Taliyah
          ...  Taliyah with a stunning strike !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by C_Hikarra!
          ...  The ball comes to D_Gallagher
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  But J_Pavlenka just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  A_Dali has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 69 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus with an inch perfect pass to Aoas
          ...  Aoas goes for goal !
          ...  J_Pavlenka makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 70 :(sao) Roy_Kent has it now
          ...  He takes on Seb_Rudy
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in A_Hunter!
          ...  A_Hunter hits the ball first time!
          ...  A_Zaratta with the acrobatic save
          ...  Well saved
Min. 71 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus crosses in from the wing, he finds Suz_Nakamoto in the box
          ...  Christie gathers up the loose ball
Min. 74 :(sao) Roy_Kent with the mazy run
          ...  Roy_Kent unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  A_Zaratta parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 74 :(mnc) Suz_Nakamoto with a slick pass to Aoas
          ...  Christie takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That s a poor tackle!
          ...  A_Dali reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  INDIRECT FREE KICK!
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto knocks it forward
          ...  Aoas gets on the end of it
          ...  Aoas with the crafty shot!
          ...  J_Pavlenka is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And J_Pavlenka reacts well to palm it behind!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Leda_Cygnus chips the ball into the area!
          ...  D_Gallagher with the shot!
          ...  Looks like it should be J_Pavlenka's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  J_Pavlenka looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by Suz_Nakamoto
          ...  J_Fitzwater gets on the end of it
          ...  But J_Pavlenka with the difficult save
Min. 75 :(mnc) C_Hikarra with a flicked pass to Suz_Nakamoto
          ...  Good sliding challenge from A_Obileye and it had to be
Min. 76 :(mnc) C_Hikarra runs down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He cuts the ball back
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto latches onto the pass
          ...  He carves out some space
          ...  A delicate header from Suz_Nakamoto !
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 80 :(mnc) Aoyama_Hideki replaces an unhappy Mikio_Fujioka and will play as a DF
Min. 80 :(mnc) Aparichit will replace the useless C_Hikarra and will play MF
Min. 80 :(mnc) M_U_Hedoff is going to be brought on
          ...  Taliyah is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 82 :(mnc) Leda_Cygnus with the header on
          ...  He finds Suz_Nakamoto in space
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  But J_Pavlenka punches it away
          ...  He took a knock there
          ...  His manager is looking on anxiously
          ...  He's ok to carry on
Min. 83 :(mnc) Aoas with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows Danilo a clean set of heals
          ...  Aoas with a thundering volley!
          ...  J_Pavlenka with a fantastic save
          ...  His captain pats him on the back for that one
Min. 86 :(sao) Dani_Alves is coming on for L_Matthaus and will play MF
Min. 86 :(mnc) Aparichit steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs J_Nasazzi
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  Aparichit with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  J_Pavlenka parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And J_Pavlenka recovers to save!!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(sao) P_McNamara is ready to come on to replace Christie
          ...  Looks like he will play as a MF
Min. 89 :(mnc) C_Fuchs takes advantage of a mistake by A_Obileye
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  C_Fuchs tries the lob from 30 yards !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  J_Pavlenka dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had J_Pavlenka beaten!
Min. 91 :(sao) A_Hunter knocks it past D_Gallagher and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  Aoyama_Hideki takes possession
Min. 92 :(mnc) Suz_Nakamoto with the kinky dribble
          ...  Suz_Nakamoto swings in the shot!
          ...  J_Pavlenka won't get to that!
          ...  Oooh it goes just over!!
Min. 93 :(sao) Dani_Alves looks around for some movement
          ...  He knocks the ball across to E__Unal
          ...  E__Unal tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  A_Zaratta makes a good save
Min. 94 :(sao) Roy_Kent has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past Aoyama_Hideki
          ...  He knocks it to Danilo!
          ...  Danilo attempts a low drive!
          ...  A_Zaratta gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Cicero Pompeu de Toledo
Attendance           : 115,000
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Sao Paulo FC Match Info
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Best player          : E__Unal
Scorers              : E__Unal (9)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Roy_Kent (30), Ji_Sung_Park (62), Christie (74)
Injured              : N/A
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : Aoas (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Aoas (3)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Sao Paulo FC  |  Manchester City
Attempts on Goal     :          16        |       24
Off target           :           7        |       9
On target            :           9        |       15
Possession           :          39        |       61
Corners              :           1        |       5
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           3        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          16        |       10
Key Tackles          :           6        |       7
Key Passes           :          16        |       19
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Final Score          : Sao Paulo FC 1 - 1 Manchester City
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Player Statistics - Sao Paulo FC
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  38   3   1   2  21 |  98  15   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  65   0   0   0
Danilo         DF   2  33   8   8  32 |  98   0   2   2   0   3   0   0   0   0  40  20  10
McKenna        DF   1  30  16   1  26 |  98   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_Nasazzi      DF   1  30   9   5  41 |  98   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Obileye      DF   1  28   8   2  23 |  98   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
L_Matthaus     MF   1  10  32  10  20 |  90   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20   5
Christie       MF   3   8  31   6  32 |  92   0   1   3   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  28  -2
Ji_Sung_Park   MF   1   5  30   1  35 |  98   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  18  -2
Roy_Kent       MF   1  12  29   6  23 |  98   0   0   4   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2  38   8
A_Hunter       FW   3   9   7  30  42 |  98   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
E__Unal        FW   1   6   5  30  38 |  98   0   0   0   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0  30
Adrian         GK  29   1   2   1  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Miro           DF   2  24   4   3  38 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dani_Alves     MF   2   1  29  11  12 |   8   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
P_McNamara     MF   2   8  29   7  33 |   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Torres       FW   1   5   8  25  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Manchester City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Zaratta      GK  35   3   3   1  21 |  98   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
C_Fuchs        DF   2  37   9  10  32 |  98   0   2   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  10   5
D_Gallagher    DF   1  36   9  10  43 |  98   0   3   0   0   5   0   0   0   0  60   0  10
Mikio_Fujioka  DF   2  36   8  10  41 |  84   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
J_Fitzwater    DF   2  29   4   4  28 |  98   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Leda_Cygnus    MF   1   9  32  20  22 |  98   0   0   7   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  90   0
Suz_Nakamoto   MF   1   1  30  23  33 |  98   0   0   2   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
Seb_Rudy       MF   1   8  30   1  37 |  98   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
C_Hikarra      MF   1   3  30   2  28 |  84   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0
Taliyah        FW   2   7   8  35  11 |  84   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
Aoas           FW   1   4   2  29  31 |  98   0   0   0   0   7   1   0   0   0   0   0  55
L_Marchegiani  GK  25   3   2   3  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Aoyama_Hideki  DF   1  35   7   9  20 |  14   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Aparichit      MF   3   5  32  19  12 |  14   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
L_Bunny        MF   3   5  24  14  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_U_Hedoff     FW   1   5  11  24  13 |  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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