Division Two League Match, Schalke 04 vs. AS Roma (Sun Dec 01)


                           Schalke 04  |  AS Roma
                              5-3-2 A  |  4-4-2 A
                           Andy Banks  |  Care Taker
                                       |
                            Rafael GK  |  GK G_Banks
                           F_Fazio DF  |  DF A_Arrondel
                          D_A_Cole DF  |  DF Bauer
                        J_Ekstrand DF  |  DF J_Matip
                          S_Pearce DF  |  DF Roberto
                       Tommy_Smith DF  |  MF Zico
                        R_Donadoni MF  |  MF G_Karagounis
                           Adriano MF  |  MF A_Pirlo
                       Hans_Gruber MF  |  MF S_Gruber
                         J_A_Vardy FW  |  FW Emerson
                          Juanfran FW  |  FW Geminiho
                                       |
                           P_Kenny SUB |  SUB A_Hugo
                          D_Abdoun SUB |  SUB Aldair
                         G_Zelalem SUB |  SUB C_Makiadi
                        B_Charlton SUB |  SUB D_Ali
                          O_Ighalo SUB |  SUB N_Kanu

Referee: J_Hunye (Hungary)


Min. 1  :(asr) A_Pirlo with the diagonal pass Geminiho
          ...  Geminiho hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Rafael moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And into the net!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's put AS Roma ahead!
          ...  Schalke 04 0-1 AS Roma ...
Min. 1  :(shk) Adriano with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to Tommy_Smith
          ...  S_Gruber body checks his opponent!!
          ...  That's a careless challenge!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  Hans_Gruber swings it in
          ...  D_A_Cole gets on the end of it
          ...  D_A_Cole with a thundering drive!
          ...  G_Banks makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt!
Min. 3  :(shk) J_A_Vardy gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside Roberto!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  J_Matip gets the foot in to win the ball
Min. 3  :(asr) A_Arrondel gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A_Arrondel hits the shot with the inside of the left foot!
          ...  But Rafael tips it over
          ...  J_Hunye has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 8  :(asr) G_Karagounis gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  Geminiho is unmarked
          ...  Geminiho drifts clear!
          ...  He is clean through!
          ...  He is one on one with Rafael
          ...  He tries to flick it past Rafael
          ...  He falls over
          ...  The ball trickles out for a goal kick!!
Min. 10 :(asr) Emerson beats one
          ...  Goes past the second
          ...  He keeps going
          ...  fantastic skill!!
          ...  Emerson tries the shot !
          ...  Rafael guesses right
Min. 12 :(shk) R_Donadoni pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  Adriano is clean through!
          ...  Adriano with a powerful diving header!
          ...  Brilliant save from G_Banks
          ...  That must have impressed his national manager sitting in the stands
Min. 12 :(asr) Emerson cuts inside D_A_Cole
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  Emerson with the chance !
          ...  Rafael manages to turn it behind
Min. 13 :(shk) J_A_Vardy with electric pace
          ...  He eases past Emerson
          ...  J_A_Vardy has a go!
          ...  G_Banks collects it comfortably
          ...  The shot never troubled him
Min. 14 :(shk) Adriano holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to J_Ekstrand
          ...  J_Ekstrand could have let it bounce!
          ...  But G_Banks hits it away
          ...  He could have held onto that!
Min. 15 :(shk) J_A_Vardy beats A_Arrondel
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  J_A_Vardy hits the shot with the inside of the right foot!
          ...  G_Banks gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 16 :(shk) Adriano with the dribble
          ...  Bauer is easily beaten
          ...  Roberto intercepts the pass
Min. 17 :(asr) G_Karagounis looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Geminiho
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  S_Pearce takes possession
Min. 19 :(shk) R_Donadoni is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to F_Fazio
          ...  F_Fazio sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  G_Banks makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 20 :(asr) G_Karagounis sidesteps Tommy_Smith
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  Tommy_Smith moves quickly to get the tackle in this time
Min. 23 :(asr) Emerson nutmegs F_Fazio
          ...  S_Pearce takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 24 :(shk) S_Pearce finds Tommy_Smith with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  J_Matip goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 24 :(asr) Geminiho beats D_A_Cole
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Geminiho drives the shot in!
          ...  But Rafael punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 25 :(asr) Geminiho flicks it over Tommy_Smith and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  D_A_Cole plays the back pass
          ...  Rafael can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  What a lucky escape!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Zico plays it into the danger area!
          ...  J_Matip makes a firm connection with his head
          ...  Rafael makes a difficult save
Min. 26 :(asr) Emerson has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  S_Pearce read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 27 :(asr) Emerson crosses in from the wing, he finds A_Pirlo in the box
          ...  A_Pirlo tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  Rafael makes himself big
          ...  Superb Stop !
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him
Min. 29 :(shk) Juanfran sprints forward with the ball
          ...  A delicate header from Juanfran !
          ...  G_Banks takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 37 :(asr) S_Gruber pulls it back to Geminiho
          ...  S_Pearce with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 38 :(shk) Juanfran has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Bauer!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from Zico
Min. 38 :(asr) G_Karagounis has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  S_Gruber gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  D_A_Cole picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 39 :(shk) Juanfran runs at the defender
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  Juanfran heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  G_Banks with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 40 :(shk) R_Donadoni floats the ball in to find Juanfran
          ...  Juanfran flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  Looks like it should be G_Banks's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  G_Banks looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  Goal kick given, amazing decision there!
Min. 40 :(asr) Geminiho knocks the ball past the lunge of the defender
          ...  Juanfran goes in studs first
          ...  J_Hunye warned him
          ...  What's J_Hunye going to give?
          ...  PENALTY !! That's another outrageous decision!!
          ...  Geminiho places the ball on the spot!
          ...  Rafael dives
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  The keeper had no chance there!
          ...  Schalke 04 0-2 AS Roma...
Min. 41 :(shk) J_Ekstrand breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on G_Banks!
          ...  Emerson brings him down!
          ...  He deserves punishment for that!
          ...  J_Hunye calls him over
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Right on the edge of the box!
          ...  Adriano swings it in
          ...  J_A_Vardy gets on the end of it
          ...  A_Pirlo hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Hans_Gruber chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  The ball comes to J_A_Vardy
          ...  He knocks it goalward
          ...  But he puts it well wide
          ...  The AS Roma fans taunt him!
Min. 42 :(shk) Tommy_Smith dribbles it into the box
          ...  Tommy_Smith with a blistering shot !
          ...  It floats over G_Banks
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(shk) Adriano brings it under control
          ...  He takes on A_Arrondel
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Juanfran!
          ...  Juanfran hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And G_Banks reacts well to tip it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Adriano lofts the ball in!
          ...  Roberto heads it away
Min. 43 :(shk) Hans_Gruber kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  J_A_Vardy gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A_Arrondel with the foul
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 45 :(asr) Roberto takes possession on the halfway line
          ...  He runs forward with the ball
          ...  He skips past the challenges
          ...  S_Pearce takes the player out!!
          ...  The ref turns away!!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Schalke 04 0-2 AS Roma

Min. 50 :(shk) R_Donadoni loses his marker
          ...  R_Donadoni tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hammered home!
          ...  Schalke 04 1-2 AS Roma ...
Min. 53 :(asr) A_Arrondel with a real burst of pace
          ...  A_Arrondel hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 55 :(asr) Zico spits at S_Pearce
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 57 :(asr) A_Pirlo is forced back with the ball
          ...  He belts the ball up field
          ...  Geminiho latches onto the end of it
          ...  Geminiho with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But lands on the roof of the net !!
          ...  Rafael looks relieved there!
Min. 58 :(asr) Bauer looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Emerson
          ...  Emerson fires a shot at goal !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 61 :(shk) Hans_Gruber finds Juanfran with a ball over the defence
          ...  Juanfran drives the shot in!
          ...  The shot slips through G_Banks's hands
          ...  But G_Banks recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 65 :(shk) Adriano heads the ball back to J_A_Vardy
          ...  J_A_Vardy bears down on goal!
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 67 :(asr) N_Kanu is going to be brought on
          ...  Emerson is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 68 :(asr) Geminiho with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows J_Ekstrand a clean set of heals
          ...  Geminiho with a powerful diving header!
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!
Min. 69 :(shk) Adriano with a one-touch layoff to J_A_Vardy
          ...  J_A_Vardy heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  G_Banks falls over
          ...  But G_Banks is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 71 :(shk) Hans_Gruber turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to Juanfran
          ...  G_Karagounis takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 73 :(asr) N_Kanu rushes through the defence
          ...  J_Ekstrand tackles cleanly
          ...  The linesman flags for the foul though! Unbelievable! It looked clean to me
Min. 74 :(asr) A_Pirlo drives it forward to Geminiho
          ...  Geminiho curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 75 :(shk) R_Donadoni holds up the ball
          ...  He plays the ball to Hans_Gruber
          ...  J_Matip takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 77 :(asr) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  Aldair will come on for A_Arrondel and play DF
Min. 77 :(asr) C_Makiadi is ready to come on to replace Zico
          ...  Looks like he will play as a MF
Min. 78 :(shk) Adriano cuts the ball back to Juanfran
          ...  From long range Juanfran bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  But G_Banks punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 80 :(shk) Schalke 04 will now play L after the order comes from the dugout
Min. 80 :(shk) Adriano will now play as FW
Min. 81 :(shk) G_Zelalem replaces S_Pearce and will play DF
Min. 81 :(shk) O_Ighalo takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Adriano as FW
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(asr) A_Pirlo has it now
          ...  He takes on J_Ekstrand
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Geminiho!
          ...  Geminiho leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  Rafael goes down well to save
Min. 91 :(asr) A_Pirlo with a neat pass into Geminiho
          ...  Geminiho curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  But Rafael parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Veltins Arena
Attendance           : 97,953
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Schalke 04 Match Info
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Best player          : R_Donadoni
Scorers              : R_Donadoni (50)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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AS Roma Match Info
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Best player          : Geminiho (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Geminiho (1,40 pen)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Emerson (41), A_Arrondel (43), Zico (55)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Schalke 04    |     AS Roma
Attempts on Goal     :          17        |       16
Off target           :           4        |       6
On target            :          13        |       10
Possession           :          44        |       56
Corners              :           2        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       3
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       11
Key Tackles          :           8        |       7
Key Passes           :          13        |       11
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Final Score          : Schalke 04 1 - 2 AS Roma
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Player Statistics - Schalke 04
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  32   2   2   2  20 |  95   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Fazio        DF   2  30   8   5  30 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
D_A_Cole       DF   1  29   9  11  29 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
J_Ekstrand     DF   1  29  11   7  22 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
S_Pearce       DF   1  28   7  10  18 |  82   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 100  10   0
Tommy_Smith    DF   1  28   6   8  20 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   1
R_Donadoni     MF   1   8  27   7  41 |  95   0   0   4   0   1   1   0   0   0 -20  20  10
Adriano        FW   1   8  26  12  43 |  82   0   0   5   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  50   5
Hans_Gruber    MF   2   6  27   4  41 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
J_A_Vardy      FW   2   7   5  28  20 |  95   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  17
Juanfran       FW   3   6   7  27  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  26
P_Kenny        GK  27   2   2   1  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Abdoun       DF   3  26   9   7  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Zelalem      DF   2   6  25  11  21 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Charlton     MF   1   8  26   9  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
O_Ighalo       FW   1   8   7  25  21 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - AS Roma
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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G_Banks        GK  29   3   1   3  12 |  95  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0   0   0
A_Arrondel     DF   2  29   4   7  12 |  78   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   4
Bauer          DF   2  28   9   5  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
J_Matip        DF   3  28   8   8  10 |  95   0   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  80  20  25
Roberto        DF   3  27   8   8  40 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Zico           MF   3   8  29   8  30 |  78   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
G_Karagounis   MF   2  10  28   9  33 |  95   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
A_Pirlo        MF   1  13  27   7  11 |  95   0   1   5   1   1   0   0   0   0  20  65   5
S_Gruber       MF   3   8  27   8  21 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Emerson        FW   3  11   7  29  21 |  68   0   0   1   0   3   0   1   0   0  -2   8   9
Geminiho       FW   3  10  11  27  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   8   2   0   0   0  20  20  99
A_Hugo         GK  27   2   3   1  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Aldair         DF   2  29   8   4  11 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Makiadi      MF   2   7  28   4  10 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Ali          MF   3   9  26  15  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Kanu         FW   3   6   7  30  21 |  27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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