Elite Football League Match, Valencia vs. Barcelona (Mon Jul 08)


                             Valencia  |  Barcelona
                              5-2-3 P  |  4-5-1 E
                           Andie Glen  |  Bryngar Myre
                                       |
                        L_Bowazski GK  |  GK Silvio_Proto
                         C_Thomson DF  |  DF B_Myre
                          W_A_Glen DF  |  DF G_Bale
                          J_Conroy DF  |  DF B_Bryn
                            C_Barr DF  |  DF S_Gronkjaer
                          Henrique DF  |  MF Joaquín
                         K_Richard MF  |  MF M_Essien
                      Y_Abdessadki MF  |  MF M_Jankulovski
                         O_Ruggeri FW  |  MF K_Lafferty
                         B_Wolford FW  |  MF Gandolf
                          Diaviera FW  |  FW M_Hunt
                                       |
                        T_Snelders SUB |  SUB P_Shilton
                           D_Moore SUB |  SUB G_Neville
                             E_Sno SUB |  SUB J_Myre
                       Koki_Mizuno SUB |  SUB R_Kopa
                         I_Muniain SUB |  SUB Pele

Referee: P_Graham (Wales)


Min. 3  :(vla) K_Richard sidesteps his marker
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  But Gandolf wins the ball with a sliding challenge
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Y_Abdessadki floats the ball in!
          ...  Silvio_Proto comes out and claims it!
Min. 4  :(brc) G_Bale retreats under pressure
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  M_Hunt gets on the end of it
          ...  M_Hunt pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  L_Bowazski blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 11 :(brc) M_Essien looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to M_Hunt
          ...  M_Hunt has slipped behind the defence!
          ...  He is one on one with L_Bowazski
          ...  He tries to slide it past L_Bowazski
          ...  L_Bowazski dives bravely at his feet !!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Essien chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  W_A_Glen reads it well and clears the danger
Min. 13 :(vla) O_Ruggeri finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled B_Bryn
          ...  B_Myre makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Conroy plays it into the danger area!
          ...  Silvio_Proto easily claims the ball!
Min. 13 :(brc) B_Bryn pulls up
          ...  That looks like his hamstring went
          ...  He wont be able to continue!!
Min. 13 :(brc) G_Neville is going to be brought on
          ...  B_Bryn is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 14 :(vla) B_Wolford kills the ball dead
          ...  Beautiful turn
          ...  He could get a shot of here
          ...  B_Wolford swings in the shot!
          ...  Silvio_Proto makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 17 :(vla) Y_Abdessadki takes on the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to B_Wolford
          ...  B_Wolford gets his head to the ball !
          ...  But Silvio_Proto palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 18 :(brc) M_Essien takes advantage of a bad back pass from C_Thomson
          ...  M_Essien from 20 yards !
          ...  But L_Bowazski smothers the ball.
Min. 22 :(vla) C_Thomson steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs G_Neville
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  C_Thomson hits a crisp volley!
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  Silvio_Proto never had a chance!
Min. 22 :(brc) M_Hunt knocks the ball past the lunge of the defender
          ...  M_Hunt with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  L_Bowazski fists it away
Min. 24 :(vla) O_Ruggeri finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled Gandolf
          ...  O_Ruggeri belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  Silvio_Proto is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  OH! It drifts just past the post
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  Deserved a goal really
Min. 33 :(vla) W_A_Glen brings it under control
          ...  He takes on K_Lafferty
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in O_Ruggeri!
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from O_Ruggeri !
          ...  Silvio_Proto can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  Silvio_Proto makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 33 :(brc) M_Essien fires over a low cross to Gandolf
          ...  But W_A_Glen clears the ball to safety
Min. 33 :(vla) W_A_Glen takes advantage of a mistake by B_Myre
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  G_Neville with a bad challenge
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  P_Graham calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  Bryngar Myre looks relieved
Min. 34 :(brc) M_Essien hoists the ball across to M_Hunt
          ...  But C_Thomson spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 35 :(vla) Y_Abdessadki skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to O_Ruggeri
          ...  Cleaned up by B_Myre
Min. 35 :(brc) Joaquín finds Gandolf in acres of space
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  W_A_Glen takes possession
Min. 38 :(vla) W_A_Glen sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  C_Thomson runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  M_Hunt bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
Min. 40 :(vla) K_Richard is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to Diaviera
          ...  But G_Neville will cut out the threat
Min. 41 :(brc) Joaquín lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  B_Myre latches on to it
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from B_Myre !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled into the top corner!
          ...  He runs off to the Barcelona fans to celebrate!
          ...  That's given Barcelona the advantage!
          ...  Valencia 0-1 Barcelona ...
Min. 42 :(brc) It seems K_Lafferty has switched to a DM
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(vla) Diaviera controls the ball immaculately
          ...  Leaves the defenders for dead
          ...  This looks like it could be a great chance
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by S_Gronkjaer
          ...  He timed it well
Min. 45 :(vla) Y_Abdessadki knocks it forward
          ...  G_Neville slips
          ...  J_Conroy gets to it!
          ...  A powerful shot by J_Conroy !
          ...  Silvio_Proto parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And Silvio_Proto recovers to save!!
Min. 45 :(brc) M_Jankulovski boots it towards B_Myre
          ...  B_Myre cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 48 :(brc) G_Bale with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past Henrique
          ...  Y_Abdessadki with a terrible tackle
          ...  P_Graham warned him
Min. 48 :(brc) K_Lafferty loses Henrique
          ...  C_Barr brings him down in the area
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely!
          ...  But P_Graham waves play on!!!
Min. 49 :(brc) Joaquín with a probing pass to M_Hunt
          ...  M_Hunt with the cheeky shot!
          ...  It hits the bar
          ...  And goes over!
          ...  L_Bowazski was beaten there!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Valencia 0-1 Barcelona

Min. 46 :(vla) C_Thomson with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to K_Richard
          ...  K_Richard with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  It hits the inside of the post
          ...  It falls right into Silvio_Proto's arms
          ...  Unlucky
Min. 50 :(vla) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  I_Muniain will come on for Henrique and play MF
Min. 50 :(vla) Koki_Mizuno comes on for O_Ruggeri and takes up a MF role
Min. 50 :(vla) E_Sno is being prepared to come on
          ...  B_Wolford is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 50 :(vla) Y_Abdessadki moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He plays the ball through to I_Muniain
          ...  G_Neville anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 50 :(brc) S_Gronkjaer plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  S_Gronkjaer tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 51 :(vla) The Valencia manager shouts at them from the touchline to play E
Min. 53 :(brc) B_Myre runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of Gandolf
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  Gandolf has time and space!
          ...  He tries the lob!
          ...  He hits the side netting
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in!
Min. 53 :(vla) I_Muniain breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Silvio_Proto!
          ...  G_Neville brings him down!
          ...  P_Graham calls him over
          ...  P_Graham tells him he has had enough warnings
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It's in a very dangerous position!
          ...  Y_Abdessadki passes to C_Thomson
          ...  C_Thomson tries to chip the ball over L_Bowazski!
          ...  But Silvio_Proto tips it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by I_Muniain!
          ...  Silvio_Proto makes the catch!
Min. 55 :(brc) Joaquín controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  B_Myre gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  C_Thomson beats him to the ball
Min. 56 :(vla) Diaviera beats one
          ...  Goes past the second
          ...  He keeps going
          ...  fantastic skill!!
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by S_Gronkjaer
Min. 58 :(brc) M_Hunt sidesteps his marker
          ...  I_Muniain gathers up the loose ball
Min. 59 :(vla) Y_Abdessadki with a flicked pass to C_Barr
          ...  C_Barr has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It hits the bar and goes over
          ...  Well, sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't
Min. 59 :(brc) S_Gronkjaer turns nicely onto the ball
          ...  S_Gronkjaer with the drive!
          ...  L_Bowazski blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  It goes clear!
Min. 61 :(vla) K_Richard runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of C_Barr
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  G_Neville wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 62 :(brc) Joaquín with a simple pass to G_Neville
          ...  G_Neville pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  But L_Bowazski makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 63 :(vla) E_Sno has it now
          ...  He takes on G_Bale
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in I_Muniain!
          ...  G_Bale recovers to win the ball back
Min. 68 :(brc) Joaquín can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to S_Gronkjaer
          ...  C_Barr tries to clear it
          ...  He has miskicked it!!!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Jankulovski curls it into the box!
          ...  M_Hunt gets on the end of it
          ...  L_Bowazski manages to turn it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Jankulovski crosses it in!
          ...  C_Thomson gets up well
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 70 :(brc) R_Kopa is being prepared to come on
          ...  Joaquín is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 70 :(vla) E_Sno barges B_Myre off the ball
          ...  E_Sno keeps his head down as he hits the shot!
          ...  Silvio_Proto is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  OH! It drifts just past the post
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  Deserved a goal really
Min. 71 :(vla) C_Barr beats S_Gronkjaer
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  C_Barr gets his head to the ball !
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 71 :(brc) K_Lafferty finds M_Hunt with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  M_Hunt lobs L_Bowazski!
          ...  He miskicks the ball
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium
Min. 72 :(vla) C_Thomson pulls it back to W_A_Glen
          ...  W_A_Glen goes for goal !
          ...  But Silvio_Proto palms it behind
          ...  P_Graham has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 74 :(vla) W_A_Glen with a penetrating pass to I_Muniain
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from M_Hunt
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 74 :(brc) K_Lafferty squares it to R_Kopa
          ...  R_Kopa has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  L_Bowazski narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 76 :(vla) Y_Abdessadki with an inch perfect pass to J_Conroy
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  Gandolf belts it clear
Min. 76 :(brc) K_Lafferty with the heel pass to Gandolf
          ...  But Y_Abdessadki sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 78 :(vla) C_Barr moves out wide
          ...  He plays the ball through to Diaviera
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  S_Gronkjaer looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 78 :(brc) Gandolf takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to R_Kopa
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by I_Muniain !!
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes
Min. 79 :(brc) M_Jankulovski cuts the ball back to Gandolf
          ...  Gandolf hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 87 :(vla) J_Conroy pushes it past G_Bale
          ...  J_Conroy with the chance !
          ...  But Silvio_Proto with the difficult save
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(vla) C_Barr slides it through the middle to Y_Abdessadki
          ...  Good sliding challenge from G_Neville and it had to be
Min. 91 :(vla) E_Sno crosses to Koki_Mizuno
          ...  Koki_Mizuno hits the ball first time!
          ...  But Silvio_Proto punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Mestalla Stadium
Attendance           : 75,000
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : Y_Abdessadki
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Barcelona Match Info
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Best player          : B_Myre (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : B_Myre (41)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : G_Neville (53)
Injured              : B_Bryn (13)
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Match Statistics
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                              Valencia    |    Barcelona
Attempts on Goal     :          14        |       15
Off target           :           7        |       6
On target            :           7        |       9
Possession           :          51        |       49
Corners              :           3        |       3
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       2
Fouls                :          14        |       12
Key Tackles          :           9        |       13
Key Passes           :          16        |       17
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Final Score          : Valencia 0 - 1 Barcelona
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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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L_Bowazski     GK  32   5   4   6  15 |  96   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
C_Thomson      DF   2  25  11   6  25 |  96   0   3   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  45  24   9
W_A_Glen       DF   2  25  10   9  27 |  96   0   3   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  45  24   8
J_Conroy       DF   2  24  11   9  21 |  96   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20 -20  -4
C_Barr         DF   2  24  11   9  27 |  96   0   2   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  30  24   2
Henrique       DF   1  22  10   7  29 |  54   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Richard      MF   1   9  24   9  26 |  96   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  24   1
Y_Abdessadki   MF   2   8  24   8  29 |  96   0   1   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  72   0
O_Ruggeri      FW   1   8  21  19  19 |  54   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
B_Wolford      FW   1  11  13  25  28 |  54   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  16
Diaviera       FW   1   8  10  25  21 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20
T_Snelders     GK  28   2   3   4  16 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Moore        DF   3  25  11   9  16 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Sno          MF   1   9  26   8  30 |  42   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  24   1
Koki_Mizuno    MF   1   6  25   6  28 |  42   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
I_Muniain      MF   1   9  24   7  24 |  42   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0

Player Statistics - Barcelona
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Silvio_Proto   GK  35   3   1   3  15 |  96  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  90   0   0   0
B_Myre         DF   1  26  12   5  30 |  96   0   2   1   0   2   1   0   0   0  70  12  29
G_Bale         DF   2  25  10   7  42 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  35  32  20
B_Bryn         DF   2  25   7   8  31 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Gronkjaer    DF   2  24   7   7  12 |  96   0   3   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  65  20  29
Joaquín        MF   2   1  33   1  39 |  74   0   0   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  92   0
M_Essien       MF   1   2  31   6  39 |  96   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  36   8
M_Jankulovski  MF   2   4  29   1  27 |  96   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  24   0
K_Lafferty     DM   2   9  26   8  19 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  36   0
Gandolf        MF   2  18  24   8  19 |  96   0   2   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  30  12   2
M_Hunt         FW   2   8   7  29  33 |  96   0   1   0   0   6   0   0   0   0  15   0  34
P_Shilton      GK  29   6   5   3  18 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Neville      DF   1  24  11   5  26 |  83   0   4   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  58  -2   6
J_Myre         DF   2  23   8   7  39 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Kopa         MF   2  12  24   7  23 |  22   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
Pele           FW   1   7   8  29  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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