Division One League Match, Valencia vs. Everton (Sun Dec 20)


                             Valencia  |  Everton
                              4-4-2 N  |  5-3-2 E
                           Andie Glen  |  John O Brien
                                       |
                     D_Van_Don_Bur GK  |  GK J_Pickford
                        D_E_Boyata DF  |  DF D_McGrain
                        B_Ivanovic DF  |  DF C_Prandelli
                            J_Stam DF  |  DF J_Knoxville
                           A_Nouri DF  |  DF H_Maguire
                         M_Kikuchi MF  |  DF W_Fofana
                           Eusebio MF  |  MF H_Rutland
                         L_Macleod MF  |  MF M_Politano
                         R_Tabatta MF  |  MF F_Lampard
                            W_Jose FW  |  FW Odegaard
                        M_Bombarda FW  |  FW M_Greenwood
                                       |
                            W_Hunt SUB |  SUB S_Mignolet
                           M_Salah SUB |  SUB D_Shittu
                           Macheda SUB |  SUB D_Archambault
                           M_Barry SUB |  SUB T_Cahill
                       D_Trezeguet SUB |  SUB Rolando_Silva

Referee: K_Clark (Scotland)


Min. 1  :(vla) It looks as though Valencia is now playing A
Min. 1  :(vla) M_Kikuchi finds L_Macleod in acres of space
          ...  D_McGrain reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 2  :(vla) W_Jose jumps over H_Maguire's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  H_Maguire goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 4  :(evn) M_Politano finds the run of Odegaard
          ...  Odegaard leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  D_Van_Don_Bur watches it sail wide!
Min. 5  :(vla) Eusebio sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to M_Bombarda
          ...  D_McGrain read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 9  :(vla) R_Tabatta knocks it past J_Knoxville and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  R_Tabatta fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The manager is delighted with that one
          ...  And Valencia are leading in the game now
          ...  Valencia 1-0 Everton ...
Min. 10 :(vla) It seems Valencia are making a tactical change to C
Min. 10 :(vla) It seems M_Kikuchi has switched to a DM
Min. 10 :(evn) The Everton manager told his side to change to a A strategy
Min. 10 :(vla) M_Bombarda plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  W_Fofana bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 11 :(vla) M_Kikuchi runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to W_Jose
          ...  W_Fofana takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 11 :(evn) Odegaard lobs it over B_Ivanovic
          ...  D_E_Boyata dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 12 :(vla) W_Jose turns past J_Knoxville
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  J_Knoxville reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 15 :(vla) L_Macleod pass splits open the defence and finds M_Bombarda
          ...  H_Maguire cuts it out easily
          ...  He clears the ball up field
Min. 18 :(vla) B_Ivanovic takes on W_Fofana
          ...  He runs past him
          ...  B_Ivanovic throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  J_Pickford manages to turn it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Tabatta chips the ball into the area!
          ...  D_McGrain clears the danger
Min. 21 :(evn) M_Politano finds the run of Odegaard
          ...  A_Nouri with the murderous challenge.
          ...  Foul
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  K_Clark reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 27 :(evn) F_Lampard with the header on
          ...  He finds M_Greenwood in space
          ...  M_Bombarda anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 28 :(vla) M_Kikuchi with a 40-yard pass to J_Stam
          ...  J_Knoxville clears with a diving header
Min. 30 :(evn) M_Greenwood runs forward
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  J_Stam read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 31 :(evn) M_Greenwood jumps over J_Stam's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  B_Ivanovic bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just past the halfway line
          ...  F_Lampard swings it in
          ...  M_Greenwood gets on the end of it
          ...  D_E_Boyata clears with a diving header
Min. 33 :(evn) H_Maguire is forced back with the ball
          ...  He belts the ball up field
          ...  Odegaard latches onto the end of it
          ...  But L_Macleod wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 35 :(vla) M_Kikuchi off the woodwork.
          ...  W_Jose picks up the deflection
          ...  M_Politano with an ugly foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  He received a good talking to from K_Clark
Min. 36 :(vla) M_Kikuchi sprints down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to M_Bombarda
          ...  M_Bombarda tries to beat J_Pickford from outside the area!
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  J_Pickford moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  J_Pickford catches it with style!
Min. 40 :(evn) Odegaard barges M_Kikuchi off the ball
          ...  M_Kikuchi muscles him off the ball
          ...  Looked like a good tackle but the referee has awarded them a free kick
          ...  K_Clark wants a quiet word
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  M_Greenwood with the thundering drive
          ...  But D_Van_Don_Bur makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 42 :(vla) B_Ivanovic takes advantage of a mistake by D_McGrain
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  W_Fofana steals the ball of off him
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on

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

Min. 50 :(evn) H_Rutland with a probing through ball M_Greenwood
          ...  But R_Tabatta spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 52 :(evn) H_Rutland looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to M_Politano
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from A_Nouri
Min. 55 :(vla) M_Salah replaces an unhappy B_Ivanovic and will play as a DF
Min. 55 :(vla) M_Barry will come on for Eusebio and play MF
Min. 56 :(evn) M_Politano has it now
          ...  He takes on J_Stam
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Odegaard!
          ...  Odegaard gets his head to the ball !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He puts his hands to his ears!!
          ...  He is winding the Valencia fans up!!
          ...  They greet the gesture with jeers!
          ...  Everton have squared things up with that goal!
          ...  Valencia 1-1 Everton ...
Min. 57 :(vla) Valencia made the switch to a A strategy
Min. 57 :(vla) interesting tactic change...
          ...  M_Kikuchi will now play as MF
Min. 57 :(evn) Everton are switching their playing style to E
Min. 64 :(evn) H_Rutland chips the ball over the defence and finds M_Greenwood
          ...  A_Nouri takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 65 :(vla) D_Trezeguet is coming on for W_Jose and playing FW
Min. 69 :(vla) M_Kikuchi unselfishly heads the ball back to D_E_Boyata
          ...  D_E_Boyata rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  J_Pickford was lucky there
Min. 71 :(vla) D_Trezeguet jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  D_Trezeguet strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  J_Pickford won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 72 :(vla) M_Barry sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  D_Trezeguet runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  D_Trezeguet with the strike !
          ...  J_Pickford is beaten!
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  And goes clear
Min. 72 :(evn) M_Politano beats his marker
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  M_Salah gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 73 :(evn) J_Knoxville with a 40-yard pass to M_Greenwood
          ...  M_Greenwood curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 75 :(evn) D_Shittu takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace D_McGrain
          ...  He'll play as a DF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 75 :(evn) D_Archambault is coming on for F_Lampard and playing MF
Min. 78 :(vla) A_Nouri skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to D_Trezeguet
          ...  C_Prandelli takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 78 :(vla) R_Tabatta finds himself with plenty of time
          ...  J_Knoxville with a nasty foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  K_Clark reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 79 :(vla) M_Barry hits a hard pass to M_Bombarda
          ...  M_Bombarda beats the offside trap!
          ...  He is clean through
          ...  J_Pickford comes towards him
          ...  He dinks it over J_Pickford
          ...  It goes over!!
Min. 80 :(evn) Rolando_Silva takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Odegaard as FW
Min. 80 :(vla) L_Macleod pushes it past W_Fofana
          ...  But J_Knoxville with the fine tackle
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(vla) R_Tabatta plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  Cleaned up by J_Knoxville
Min. 91 :(evn) M_Politano can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to C_Prandelli
          ...  C_Prandelli with a powerful header !
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort

*************  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          : R_Tabatta
Scorers              : R_Tabatta (9)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : A_Nouri (21), B_Ivanovic (31)
Injured              : N/A
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Everton Match Info
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Best player          : M_Politano (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Odegaard (56)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_Knoxville (78)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Valencia     |    Everton
Attempts on Goal     :           7        |       5
Off target           :           3        |       3
On target            :           4        |       2
Possession           :          52        |       48
Corners              :           1        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           5        |       9
Key Tackles          :           9        |       12
Key Passes           :          11        |       10
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Final Score          : Valencia 1 - 1 Everton
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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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D_Van_Don_Bur  GK  36   2   7   5  23 |  95   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
D_E_Boyata     DF   2  32  11   9  11 |  95   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
B_Ivanovic     DF   3  31  11   7  22 |  56   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   3
J_Stam         DF   2  31   9   7  29 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
A_Nouri        DF   1  29  12   6  21 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  38   8  -2
M_Kikuchi      MF   1  16  29   9  30 |  95   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0
Eusebio        MF   1   5  29  11  21 |  56   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
L_Macleod      MF   2   9  28  11  31 |  95   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
R_Tabatta      MF   2  22  27  16  21 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  20   0  25
W_Jose         FW   3   9   9  30  10 |  66   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Bombarda     FW   2   7   5  30  22 |  95   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
W_Hunt         GK  29   3   3   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Salah        DF   2  29   8   9  22 |  39   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Macheda        DF   1  25   1   1  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Barry        MF   2  18  29   7  32 |  39   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
D_Trezeguet    FW   3   7  10  29  21 |  29   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Everton
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_Pickford     GK  39   3   3   5  31 |  95   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
D_McGrain      DF   1  34  14   8  24 |  76   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
C_Prandelli    DF   1  33  13   7  29 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Knoxville    DF   3  31  11  10  11 |  95   0   4   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  78   8  -2
H_Maguire      DF   2  31   8   6  23 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
W_Fofana       DF   2  28   3   8  27 |  95   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
H_Rutland      MF   1   9  31  12  14 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
M_Politano     MF   3   5  31   9  41 |  95   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  55   0
F_Lampard      MF   1  10  30   6  23 |  76   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Odegaard       FW   2   4   6  30  31 |  81   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
M_Greenwood    FW   2   9   8  28  22 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
S_Mignolet     GK  29   3   3   3  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Shittu       DF   3  30   8   9  22 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Archambault  MF   3   7  29  12  21 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Cahill       MF   1   7  27  11  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Rolando_Silva  FW   3  10   9  28  41 |  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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