Elite FA Cup Group Match 3, Valencia vs. Arsenal (Wed Nov 11)


                             Valencia  |  Arsenal
                              5-4-1 A  |  5-2-3 L
                           Andie Glen  |  Adrian Dalmedo
                                       |
                          K_Jensen GK  |  GK D_James
                           S_Logan DF  |  DF S_Proedl
                       D_Criscrito DF  |  DF J_Stam
                          Henrique DF  |  DF S_Ramos
                       M_Friedrich DF  |  DF A_Alrawi
                          Reinaldo DF  |  DF K_Rekik
                         K_Richard MF  |  MF D_Prime
                           Y_Toure MF  |  MF S_Davies
                          Maradona MF  |  FW H_Sabry
                          P_Nedved MF  |  FW B_McBride
                         G_Puciato FW  |  FW A_Little
                                       |
                            J_Hart SUB |  SUB I_Lawlor
                       M_Hornschuh SUB |  SUB Stelvio
                      Y_Abdessadki SUB |  SUB Seitaridis
                         O_Ruggeri SUB |  SUB D_Duff
                           Stefano SUB |  SUB D_Murphy

Referee: G_Dalglish (Scotland)


Min. 2  :(arn) B_McBride takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past M_Friedrich
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  B_McBride strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  K_Jensen catches the ball
Min. 3  :(arn) The ball goes loose!
          ...  H_Sabry gains possesion and thinks about the shot
          ...  But S_Logan reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 4  :(arn) A_Little makes the tackle
          ...  He gets to his feet quickly
          ...  He's beat the defender to the ball
          ...  D_Criscrito forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Prime lofts the ball in!
          ...  K_Jensen makes the catch!
Min. 6  :(vla) Maradona gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past K_Rekik!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Maradona smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  D_James with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 7  :(arn) H_Sabry pauses and waits for support
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  D_Criscrito gathers up the loose ball
Min. 9  :(vla) Maradona with a burst of pace
          ...  But D_Prime clears the danger
Min. 15 :(arn) B_McBride breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on K_Jensen!
          ...  G_Puciato brings him down!
          ...  G_Dalglish warned him
Min. 16 :(vla) P_Nedved runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to K_Richard
          ...  S_Proedl cuts it out easily
          ...  He clears the ball up field
Min. 20 :(vla) Maradona runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs the defender
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  S_Proedl with a reckless challenge
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  G_Dalglish reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just inside there own half
          ...  Henrique shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to D_Criscrito instead
          ...  D_Criscrito flings a shot at goal !
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And goes out
Min. 24 :(arn) S_Davies drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to H_Sabry
          ...  M_Friedrich reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 30 :(arn) J_Stam takes advantage of a bad back pass from D_Criscrito
          ...  Y_Toure fouls badly
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
Min. 33 :(vla) K_Richard plays the early ball across the box to find G_Puciato in space
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from J_Stam
Min. 33 :(arn) D_Prime runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of A_Alrawi
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  A_Alrawi goes for goal !
          ...  But K_Jensen tips it over
          ...  G_Dalglish has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 35 :(arn) A_Little jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  Henrique is late with that one
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  G_Dalglish gave him a strong warning
Min. 35 :(vla) P_Nedved nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward
          ...  S_Proedl with a nasty foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  The referee comes over to him
          ...  Will he show him another yellow?
          ...  He does! That's the end of the game for him, he is sent off!
Min. 36 :(vla) K_Richard with the dribble
          ...  B_McBride is easily beaten
          ...  K_Richard drives the shot in!
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 36 :(arn) S_Davies runs at Henrique
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  M_Friedrich reads the play well
Min. 39 :(arn) B_McBride controls the ball immaculately
          ...  Leaves the defenders for dead
          ...  This looks like it could be a great chance
          ...  Reinaldo cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(arn) H_Sabry runs at Reinaldo
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  K_Richard dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Valencia 0-0 Arsenal

Min. 50 :(arn) D_Prime is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to A_Little
          ...  K_Richard slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 55 :(vla) Stefano is ready to come on to replace G_Puciato
          ...  Looks like he will play as a FW
Min. 55 :(vla) M_Hornschuh takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace Henrique
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 55 :(vla) Y_Toure with a pinpoint pass to P_Nedved
          ...  K_Rekik seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 60 :(arn) B_McBride controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Reinaldo
          ...  He puts in A_Little!
          ...  A_Little with a low drive through the rain!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Superb strike!
          ...  His team mates join him in a celebration
          ...  They dance around his shirt in delight!!
          ...  Arsenal have snatched the lead!
          ...  Valencia 0-1 Arsenal ...
Min. 62 :(vla) Y_Toure knocks it forward
          ...  A_Alrawi slips
          ...  P_Nedved gets to it!
          ...  P_Nedved attempts a lob!
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 64 :(vla) Reinaldo has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  P_Nedved collects the loose ball!
          ...  P_Nedved with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  His manager looks unmoved
          ...  Equaliser, the crowd goes wild!
          ...  Valencia 1-1 Arsenal ...
Min. 65 :(vla) O_Ruggeri is being prepared to come on
          ...  Maradona is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 65 :(vla) Stefano takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past J_Stam
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  J_Stam moves quickly to get the tackle in this time
Min. 66 :(vla) O_Ruggeri is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  Stefano latches onto the ball
          ...  D_Prime tackles cleanly
          ...  The linesman flags for the foul though! Unbelievable! It looked clean to me
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 67 :(vla) Stefano is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to S_Logan
          ...  S_Logan with the shot on net !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  D_James is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Toure hits it towards the far post!
          ...  P_Nedved with the header
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 71 :(arn) S_Davies looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to H_Sabry
          ...  Reinaldo wins the ball
Min. 72 :(arn) A_Little flicks it over M_Friedrich's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  Y_Toure plays it back
          ...  K_Jensen slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by D_Prime!
          ...  K_Jensen makes the catch!
Min. 73 :(arn) D_Prime takes on D_Criscrito
          ...  He runs past him
          ...  D_Prime has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  K_Jensen gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 76 :(vla) O_Ruggeri with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows the defender a clean set of heals
          ...  Intercepted by K_Rekik
Min. 80 :(vla) O_Ruggeri finds the run of Stefano
          ...  Stefano launches himself head first to connect with the low cross!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  D_James plucks the ball out of the air
          ...  Good goalkeeping there!
Min. 81 :(vla) Stefano runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to O_Ruggeri
          ...  But K_Rekik slid in
          ...  It was a well timed tackle and it had to be
Min. 82 :(vla) O_Ruggeri with a fantastic turn that puts him through on goal
          ...  A skilful effort from O_Ruggeri !
          ...  But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  O_Ruggeri floats the ball in!
          ...  M_Hornschuh swings a leg at it!
          ...  D_James with the acrobatic save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 84 :(vla) K_Richard has time and space on the edge of the box
          ...  K_Richard goes for goal !
          ...  But he puts it over
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 85 :(vla) O_Ruggeri finds Stefano with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  A powerful shot by Stefano !
          ...  But D_James tips it over
          ...  G_Dalglish has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 85 :(vla) Stefano with the dribble
          ...  A_Alrawi is easily beaten
          ...  B_McBride with a pull on the shirt
Min. 86 :(vla) Y_Toure moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to Stefano
          ...  K_Rekik forces him off the ball
Min. 87 :(vla) O_Ruggeri turns nicely onto the ball
          ...  O_Ruggeri tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  D_James tips it round the post
          ...  Good save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Stefano swings it in!
          ...  D_James easily catches it!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(vla) S_Logan with a 50-yard pass to Stefano
          ...  A left-footer by Stefano !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  O_Ruggeri swings it in!
          ...  It comes to K_Richard
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  D_James beats the ball away
Min. 92 :(arn) A_Little takes on the defender
          ...  He runs past the defender
          ...  A_Little hits a crisp volley!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Mestalla Stadium
Attendance           : 110,000
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : P_Nedved (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : P_Nedved (64)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : B_McBride
Scorers              : A_Little (60)
Sent Off             : S_Proedl (35)
Booked               : D_Prime (66)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Valencia     |     Arsenal
Attempts on Goal     :          15        |       5
Off target           :           8        |       1
On target            :           7        |       4
Possession           :          66        |       34
Corners              :           4        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       0
Fouls                :           5        |       8
Key Tackles          :          10        |       8
Key Passes           :          12        |       5
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Final Score          : Valencia 1 - 1 Arsenal
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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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K_Jensen       GK  39   4   5   3  18 |  94   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
S_Logan        DF   3  27  10   8  36 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
D_Criscrito    DF   2  27  10   7  27 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   1
Henrique       DF   1  25  11   8  29 |  57   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Friedrich    DF   2  24  11   9  29 |  94   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Reinaldo       DF   1  24  10   6  20 |  94   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  40  25   0
K_Richard      MF   1   9  27   9  26 |  94   0   2   1   0   3   0   0   0   0  40  10   7
Y_Toure        MF   1   8  26   4  32 |  94   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
Maradona       MF   1  10  25  16  18 |  67   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
P_Nedved       MF   1   7  24  22  17 |  94   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   0   0   0  10  22
G_Puciato      FW   2   9   9  26  42 |  57   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Hart         GK  28   2   2   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Hornschuh    DF   1  23   4   5  42 |  37   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Y_Abdessadki   MF   2   8  26   8  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
O_Ruggeri      MF   1   8  24  21  19 |  27   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  30   6
Stefano        FW   2   9   8  28  39 |  37   0   0   2   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  20  11

Player Statistics - Arsenal
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_James        GK  28   2   2   3  26 |  94   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
S_Proedl       DF   2  25   5   6  37 |  35   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  10 -10 -10
J_Stam         DF   2  24   8   6  29 |  94   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
S_Ramos        DF   2  24   7   6  40 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Alrawi       DF   1  24   3   3  28 |  94   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
K_Rekik        DF   1  23   6   2  12 |  94   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
D_Prime        MF   2   7  23  13  40 |  94   0   1   2   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  18   3
S_Davies       MF   2  10  23   8  13 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
H_Sabry        FW   1   4   5  25  25 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_McBride      FW   2  10   9  24  17 |  94   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  25   5
A_Little       FW   2   7   7  24  21 |  94   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  21
I_Lawlor       GK  20   2   5   5  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Stelvio        DF   2  23  10   6  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Seitaridis     MF   2   8  24  16  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Duff         MF   1   8  23   7  39 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Murphy       FW   2  10   8  25  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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