Division Two League Match, Sunderland vs. Valencia (Mon Apr 01)


                           Sunderland  |  Valencia
                              4-3-3 P  |  3-2-1-1-3 C
                         John Gemmell  |  Steve Talbot
                                       |
                          A_Areola GK  |  GK E_Thorstvedt
                           D_Jones DF  |  DF B_Chilwell
                       Ryan_Nyambe DF  |  DF F_Cannavaro
                       S_Torkelson DF  |  DF Malick_Thiaw
                         G_Collins DF  |  DM R_Montlaur
                           S_Evans MF  |  DM M_Harrington
                          J_Sancho MF  |  MF Takayoshi_Ohm
                         Babatunde MF  |  AM E_Smith_Rowe
                           J_Vardy FW  |  FW M_Crickmore
                          H_Crespo FW  |  FW C_Sparkes
                       Jim_Gerrant FW  |  FW Cucho
                                       |
                        R_Clemance SUB |  SUB Will_Pickett
                       R_Ferdinand SUB |  SUB S_Ramos
                         E_Militao SUB |  SUB T_Cooper
                         A_McGeady SUB |  SUB Tak_Tomiyasu
                        J_Maddison SUB |  SUB T_Henry

Referee: G_Reddy (Republic_of_Ireland)


Min. 4  :(vla) Takayoshi_Ohm with the header on
          ...  He finds R_Montlaur in space
          ...  R_Montlaur with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 5  :(sun) Jim_Gerrant with the dribble
          ...  R_Montlaur is easily beaten
          ...  Jim_Gerrant leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hammered into the top corner!
          ...  He salutes the Sunderland fans!!
          ...  Sunderland go ahead in this match now!
          ...  Sunderland 1-0 Valencia ...
Min. 6  :(vla) M_Harrington retreats under pressure
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  M_Crickmore gets on the end of it
          ...  But Ryan_Nyambe comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 8  :(sun) Jim_Gerrant 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!
          ...  B_Chilwell seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 10 :(vla) Takayoshi_Ohm has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Ryan_Nyambe
          ...  He puts in C_Sparkes!
          ...  C_Sparkes with a stunning strike !
          ...  A_Areola with a superb tip around the post
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Takayoshi_Ohm curls it into the box!
          ...  Ryan_Nyambe clears the corner
Min. 13 :(sun) J_Sancho has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past M_Harrington
          ...  He puts in J_Vardy!
          ...  J_Vardy with a thundering drive!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 14 :(sun) H_Crespo with the mazy run
          ...  How he got through those defenders I don't know
          ...  He sets himself up for the shot
          ...  H_Crespo flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  E_Thorstvedt makes the save
          ...  He hits the ball up field!
Min. 15 :(sun) G_Collins controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs M_Harrington
          ...  He puts in Babatunde!
          ...  Babatunde with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  E_Thorstvedt gathers it comfortably
Min. 18 :(vla) Takayoshi_Ohm runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to M_Crickmore
          ...  The cross hits M_Crickmore on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 22 :(sun) S_Evans has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  H_Crespo collects the loose ball!
          ...  H_Crespo has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  E_Thorstvedt makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 24 :(vla) M_Crickmore chips the ball over the defence and finds E_Smith_Rowe
          ...  Jim_Gerrant rushes in with a clumsy challenge!!
          ...  That s a foul!!
Min. 26 :(sun) Jim_Gerrant sidesteps Malick_Thiaw
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Jim_Gerrant has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Sunderland 2-0 Valencia ...
Min. 27 :(vla) Takayoshi_Ohm has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past Jim_Gerrant
          ...  He knocks it to Cucho!
          ...  Cucho hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a well worked goal!
          ...  Sunderland 2-1 Valencia ...
Min. 29 :(sun) H_Crespo beats R_Montlaur
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Malick_Thiaw steals the ball of off him
Min. 33 :(sun) J_Vardy with a slide rule pass to J_Sancho
          ...  J_Sancho fires the shot in!
          ...  E_Thorstvedt manages to turn it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Evans floats the ball in!
          ...  R_Montlaur wins the ball
          ...  He belts it away
Min. 33 :(vla) Takayoshi_Ohm looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to M_Crickmore
          ...  Jim_Gerrant goes in studs first
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 34 :(sun) Ryan_Nyambe runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to J_Vardy
          ...  J_Vardy looks to see where E_Thorstvedt is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But E_Thorstvedt reaches the ball. Good save
Min. 36 :(sun) Ryan_Nyambe works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to H_Crespo
          ...  H_Crespo fires a shot at goal !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 40 :(vla) Valencia restructured their strategy to E
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(sun) Babatunde has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past F_Cannavaro
          ...  He puts in Ryan_Nyambe!
          ...  Ryan_Nyambe gets up high for the header !
          ...  But E_Thorstvedt comes out and dives at his feet
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Sunderland 2-1 Valencia

Min. 46 :(sun) G_Collins controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  H_Crespo gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  H_Crespo is in acres of space!
          ...  He looked offside to me
          ...  He tries to round E_Thorstvedt
          ...  He nutmegs E_Thorstvedt
          ...  It hits the upright!!
          ...  E_Thorstvedt recovers to save it !!
Min. 47 :(sun) Babatunde loses his marker!
          ...  Babatunde drives it low !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 48 :(vla) M_Harrington has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past J_Sancho
          ...  He puts in C_Sparkes!
          ...  C_Sparkes hits a curling shot!
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  He found himself with no room to manoeuvre
Min. 49 :(sun) J_Sancho with a measured pass to Jim_Gerrant
          ...  Jim_Gerrant keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  He found himself with no room to manoeuvre
Min. 49 :(sun) J_Sancho sidesteps B_Chilwell
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  E_Smith_Rowe with an ugly foul
Min. 54 :(vla) Takayoshi_Ohm is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to M_Crickmore
          ...  M_Crickmore controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  But A_Areola with the difficult save
Min. 55 :(sun) Jim_Gerrant takes advantage of a mistake by F_Cannavaro
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  Malick_Thiaw seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 57 :(sun) S_Torkelson looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to H_Crespo
          ...  H_Crespo attempts a lob!
          ...  E_Thorstvedt gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But can't hold onto it!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Sunderland 3-1 Valencia ...
Min. 58 :(sun) Curled in dangerously from Ryan_Nyambe to Jim_Gerrant
          ...  Jim_Gerrant keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  But E_Thorstvedt tips it behind
          ...  G_Reddy has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 58 :(vla) Cucho takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by Babatunde
          ...  He timed it well
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Montlaur plays it into the danger area!
          ...  D_Jones reads it well
          ...  And he knocks it away
Min. 60 :(sun) R_Ferdinand replaces D_Jones to play as a DF
Min. 60 :(sun) A_McGeady will replace Babatunde and play MF
Min. 60 :(sun) J_Maddison is being prepared to come on
          ...  H_Crespo is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 60 :(vla) S_Ramos is being brought on
          ...  B_Chilwell is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 60 :(sun) G_Collins gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  J_Vardy is unmarked
          ...  A wicked drive by J_Vardy !
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 62 :(sun) J_Vardy finds himself with plenty of time
          ...  F_Cannavaro cuts it out easily
          ...  He clears the ball up field
Min. 62 :(vla) R_Montlaur hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  E_Smith_Rowe latches onto it!
          ...  A_McGeady makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 65 :(sun) Jim_Gerrant slides it through the middle to J_Vardy
          ...  J_Vardy drives the shot in!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But sails wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Jim_Gerrant crosses it in!
          ...  E_Thorstvedt easily catches it!
Min. 67 :(sun) J_Maddison latches onto the ball
          ...  He has some space now
          ...  M_Harrington cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 69 :(sun) R_Ferdinand takes advantage of a bad back pass from Malick_Thiaw
          ...  S_Ramos goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 69 :(vla) Cucho flicks it over R_Ferdinand and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Cucho tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 70 :(vla) Takayoshi_Ohm heads the ball back to C_Sparkes
          ...  C_Sparkes with the overhead !
          ...  OOOOOOHHHHHHHH
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide
Min. 75 :(sun) Ryan_Nyambe runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of Jim_Gerrant
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  Jim_Gerrant strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  E_Thorstvedt parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 76 :(vla) M_Crickmore with electric pace
          ...  He eases past Jim_Gerrant
          ...  Ryan_Nyambe wins the ball with a clear tackle
Min. 80 :(sun) J_Vardy beats Malick_Thiaw
          ...  M_Harrington muscles him off the ball
          ...  Looked like a good tackle but the referee has awarded them a free kick
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 82 :(vla) Tak_Tomiyasu is coming on and Takayoshi_Ohm is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play MF
Min. 82 :(vla) T_Henry takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace M_Crickmore
          ...  He'll play as a FW
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 82 :(vla) There's going to be a change
          ...  T_Cooper will come on for Malick_Thiaw and play DF
Min. 82 :(vla) E_Smith_Rowe hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  S_Ramos latches onto it!
          ...  G_Collins slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 84 :(sun) J_Sancho crosses in from the wing, he finds J_Vardy in the box
          ...  J_Vardy swings in the shot!
          ...  But E_Thorstvedt punches it away
          ...  He commands his area so well
Min. 84 :(vla) C_Sparkes beats G_Collins
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  Ryan_Nyambe with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  G_Reddy calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  John Gemmell looks relieved
Min. 86 :(sun) Ryan_Nyambe with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past T_Cooper
          ...  He knocks it to J_Maddison!
          ...  J_Maddison rifles it to the far post !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  E_Thorstvedt is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Sancho plays it into the danger area!
          ...  S_Ramos reads it well
          ...  And he knocks it away
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(sun) Ryan_Nyambe looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to Jim_Gerrant
          ...  Jim_Gerrant with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  E_Thorstvedt makes a good save
Min. 89 :(vla) E_Thorstvedt looks injured. He's been stretchered off
          ...  Lets hope it's not serious
          ...  He returns to the pitch to carry on
          ...  He seems to be ok
Min. 91 :(sun) S_Torkelson has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past T_Henry
          ...  He puts in J_Sancho!
          ...  An audacious effort from J_Sancho !
          ...  It's hit the bar
          ...  It bounces down
          ...  E_Thorstvedt grabs it
          ...  No Goal!
          ...  Boo's surround the stadium!!!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Stadium Of Light
Attendance           : 116,015
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Sunderland Match Info
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Best player          : Jim_Gerrant (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Jim_Gerrant (5,26), H_Crespo (57)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Jim_Gerrant (33)
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : Takayoshi_Ohm
Scorers              : Cucho (27)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_Harrington (80)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Sunderland    |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          22        |       8
Off target           :           9        |       5
On target            :          13        |       3
Possession           :          62        |       38
Corners              :           3        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       4
Fouls                :           8        |       11
Key Tackles          :           5        |       6
Key Passes           :          18        |       11
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Final Score          : Sunderland 3 - 1 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Sunderland
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_Areola       GK  30   2   3   3  20 |  94   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
D_Jones        DF   3  29  11   9  22 |  63   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Ryan_Nyambe    DF   1  28  13   7  32 |  94   0   3   6   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  60   5
S_Torkelson    DF   1  26   8   1  29 |  94   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
G_Collins      DF   1  25  12   7  33 |  94   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
S_Evans        MF   1   1  29  16  28 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
J_Sancho       MF   3   9  25  14  33 |  94   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  30   5
Babatunde      MF   2  10  24  11  24 |  63   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
J_Vardy        FW   1   7   8  28  30 |  94   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
H_Crespo       FW   1   8   9  25  21 |  63   0   0   0   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0  40
Jim_Gerrant    FW   2   1  14  21  26 |  94   0   0   1   0   6   2   1   0   0  -2   8  58
R_Clemance     GK  15   3   3   1  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Ferdinand    DF   1  26  12   9  22 |  31   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Militao      DF   3  25  11   7  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_McGeady      MF   1  19  32  13  29 |  31   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Maddison     FW   2   7   9  28  30 |  31   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  20

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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E_Thorstvedt   GK  29   3   4   2  21 |  94  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
B_Chilwell     DF   2  26  12   8  22 |  63   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
F_Cannavaro    DF   1  26   6   1  16 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Malick_Thiaw   DF   1  25   7   3  30 |  85   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
R_Montlaur     DM   2  18  25   7  35 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -20
M_Harrington   DM   2  20  24   5  36 |  94   0   1   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  18  -2
Takayoshi_Ohm  MF   1   8  26   2  13 |  85   0   0   7   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  90   0
E_Smith_Rowe   AM   1   5  24  22  36 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
M_Crickmore    FW   1   7   9  27  31 |  85   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
C_Sparkes      FW   2   1   6  26  29 |  94   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Cucho          FW   2   3   2  26  19 |  94   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
Will_Pickett   GK  22   1   4   5  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Ramos        DF   2  27   2   1  46 |  31   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20 -20 -20
T_Cooper       DF   3  23  10   5  31 |   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Tak_Tomiyasu   MF   2  18  23   6  22 |   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Henry        FW   1   8  12  25  21 |   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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