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Season 23 Archive: Elite League, Week 20

Valencia 0 - 1 FC Porto

Elite Football League Match, Valencia vs. FC Porto (Wed Mar 01)


                             Valencia  |  FC Porto
                              4-5-1 E  |  4-2-1-1-2 P
                           Andie Glen  |  Shaun Winzor
                                       |
                          K_Jensen GK  |  GK D_Marshall
                          W_A_Glen DF  |  DF P_Rodriguez
                        P_Senderos DF  |  DF C_Barr
                       D_Criscrito DF  |  DF B_Moore
                        W_Van_Boer DF  |  DF A_Kerzhakov
                         A_Andanov MF  |  DM G_Fofana
                        M_Valbuena MF  |  DM S_Winzor
                           Saruman MF  |  MF Gandolf
                     N_Ben_Khalifa MF  |  AM P_Nedved
                           Drexler MF  |  FW S_Morison
                         J_Digweed FW  |  FW L_Massu
                                       |
                            J_Hart SUB |  SUB Helton
                           S_Logan SUB |  SUB H_Almeida
                         E_Johnson SUB |  SUB O_Ruggeri
                      J_R_Riquelme SUB |  SUB G_Carey
                         B_Wolford SUB |  SUB E_Adebayor

Referee: M_Atkinson (England)


Min. 1  :(fcp) P_Nedved takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  A cheeky lob from P_Nedved !
          ...  K_Jensen blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  It goes clear!
Min. 2  :(vla) Drexler drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to M_Valbuena
          ...  A powerful shot by M_Valbuena !
          ...  D_Marshall is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  But goes just over !!
          ...  D_Marshall looks very relieved!
Min. 2  :(fcp) P_Rodriguez has it on the edge of the box
          ...  P_Rodriguez with the drive!
          ...  K_Jensen with a fantastic save
          ...  His captain pats him on the back for that one
Min. 5  :(fcp) S_Winzor drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to B_Moore
          ...  B_Moore with the overhead !
          ...  It's way wide
          ...  The Valencia fans behind the goal spread their arms out
Min. 15 :(vla) A_Andanov hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  J_Digweed latches onto it!
          ...  J_Digweed fires a shot at goal !
          ...  D_Marshall falls over
          ...  But D_Marshall is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 16 :(vla) A_Andanov knocks it forward
          ...  P_Rodriguez slips
          ...  J_Digweed gets to it!
          ...  C_Barr reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 16 :(fcp) A_Kerzhakov loses W_Van_Boer
          ...  A_Kerzhakov attempts a lob!
          ...  K_Jensen takes the ball off him
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 17 :(vla) Curled in dangerously from Saruman to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed fires the shot in!
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 17 :(fcp) Gandolf is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to S_Morison
          ...  D_Criscrito tackles cleanly
Min. 18 :(vla) M_Valbuena with electric pace
          ...  He eases past P_Rodriguez
          ...  P_Rodriguez recovers to win the ball back
Min. 20 :(fcp) FC Porto altered their play to a E strategy
Min. 21 :(fcp) S_Winzor takes advantage of a mistake by Drexler
          ...  S_Winzor with the cheeky shot!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Winzor plays it into the danger area!
          ...  K_Jensen catches it!
Min. 22 :(vla) J_Digweed with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from C_Barr
          ...  S_Winzor wins the ball with ease
          ...  M_Atkinson saw something no-one else did
Min. 28 :(vla) M_Valbuena runs down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He cuts the ball back
          ...  Saruman latches onto the pass
          ...  He carves out some space
          ...  A great volley from Saruman !
          ...  D_Marshall can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It drifts wide!
          ...  D_Marshall has a smile on his face
          ...  Did he know that was going wide?
Min. 31 :(vla) N_Ben_Khalifa with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past S_Winzor
          ...  He knocks it to Saruman!
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by C_Barr
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 31 :(fcp) B_Moore knocks it forward
          ...  W_A_Glen slips
          ...  G_Fofana gets to it!
          ...  Drexler tackles cleanly
Min. 33 :(fcp) Gandolf runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of L_Massu
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  L_Massu with a powerful header !
          ...  K_Jensen manages to turn it behind
Min. 37 :(fcp) The defender loses control of the ball!
          ...  S_Morison seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by W_A_Glen
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 40 :(vla) Drexler beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds A_Andanov
          ...  S_Morison with a superb challenge
          ...  The referee has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  Andie Glen looks annoyed that there was no card there
Min. 41 :(fcp) G_Fofana plays the early ball across the box to find L_Massu in space
          ...  L_Massu sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  But it goes wide
Min. 42 :(fcp) P_Nedved hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  S_Morison collects the loose ball!
          ...  S_Morison attempts the shot!
          ...  K_Jensen parries it
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(vla) Saruman looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to W_Van_Boer
          ...  W_Van_Boer shoots towards goal !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 46 :(fcp) G_Fofana with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to P_Nedved
          ...  P_Nedved attempts the shot!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He should have buried that!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Valencia 0-0 FC Porto

Min. 49 :(vla) A_Andanov with a glorious 60-yard pass to J_Digweed
          ...  G_Fofana plays the back pass
          ...  D_Marshall can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  N_Ben_Khalifa chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  D_Marshall easily claims the ball!
Min. 49 :(fcp) P_Nedved finds B_Moore in acres of space
          ...  The defence has gone to sleep
          ...  B_Moore is all alone
          ...  K_Jensen comes towards him
          ...  He slips it underneath K_Jensen
          ...  He hits it towards goal!
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  FC Porto go ahead in this match now!
          ...  Valencia 0-1 FC Porto ...
Min. 50 :(vla) It seems Valencia are making a tactical change to A
Min. 50 :(fcp) Gandolf moves into a DM role on the manager's orders
Min. 50 :(vla) M_Valbuena slides the ball across to Saruman
          ...  But P_Rodriguez clears the ball to safety
Min. 50 :(fcp) S_Morison takes advantage of a mistake by A_Andanov
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  M_Valbuena with a nasty foul
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 50 :(fcp) Gandolf has it now
          ...  He takes on N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in P_Rodriguez!
          ...  P_Rodriguez hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  K_Jensen parries it
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Nedved chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of K_Jensen
Min. 51 :(vla) Saruman feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  D_Criscrito runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  D_Criscrito belts the ball towards goal!
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 52 :(fcp) Gandolf plays a first time ball through the defence to C_Barr
          ...  W_Van_Boer anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 54 :(vla) J_Digweed flicks it over the defenders head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  B_Moore cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well
Min. 55 :(vla) S_Logan replaces P_Senderos to play as a DF
Min. 55 :(fcp) The defender slips and falls over!
          ...  L_Massu is through!
          ...  A cracking drive from L_Massu !
          ...  But K_Jensen palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 57 :(fcp) A_Kerzhakov controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs W_Van_Boer
          ...  He puts in B_Moore!
          ...  B_Moore carves a shot towards goal !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  The Valencia fans laugh at him
Min. 59 :(fcp) P_Nedved backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  S_Morison gets on the end of it
          ...  But W_Van_Boer comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 60 :(vla) S_Logan bursts forward
          ...  S_Logan tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 65 :(vla) B_Wolford is coming on for M_Valbuena and playing FW
Min. 67 :(fcp) There's going to be a change
          ...  E_Adebayor will come on for L_Massu and play FW
Min. 68 :(fcp) H_Almeida is coming on and B_Moore is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play DF
Min. 69 :(vla) Saruman with an in swinging cross to S_Logan
          ...  S_Logan has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  D_Marshall has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  D_Marshall is left flat-footed
          ...  It's gone wide !!
Min. 72 :(vla) B_Wolford jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Gandolf takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 73 :(vla) Saruman slides it through the middle to J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed lobs D_Marshall!
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 74 :(vla) D_Criscrito finds the run of J_Digweed
          ...  J_Digweed aims the cheeky shot at goal!
          ...  D_Marshall gathers it comfortably
Min. 74 :(fcp) E_Adebayor takes on N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  He runs past him
          ...  W_Van_Boer with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 76 :(vla) N_Ben_Khalifa brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Drexler gets on the end of the pass
          ...  C_Barr takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 78 :(vla) A_Andanov kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  S_Logan gets on the end of the pass
          ...  S_Logan with the header !
          ...  D_Marshall gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by D_Marshall !!
Min. 80 :(vla) N_Ben_Khalifa looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Drexler
          ...  Drexler drives it towards goal !
          ...  D_Marshall makes a difficult save
Min. 85 :(vla) Drexler drives it forward to Saruman
          ...  The ball hits A_Kerzhakov in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 86 :(vla) Saruman holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Digweed
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  S_Winzor belts it clear
Min. 87 :(vla) J_Digweed runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to Saruman
          ...  Saruman shoots towards goal !
          ...  But D_Marshall makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 87 :(fcp) Gandolf gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  D_Criscrito with a superb challenge
          ...  M_Atkinson has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  M_Atkinson wants a quiet word
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on

*************  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          : Saruman
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_Valbuena (50), W_Van_Boer (74)
Injured              : N/A
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FC Porto Match Info
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Best player          : P_Nedved (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : B_Moore (49)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Valencia     |    FC Porto
Attempts on Goal     :          13        |       13
Off target           :           8        |       5
On target            :           5        |       8
Possession           :          58        |       42
Corners              :           1        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       2
Fouls                :          13        |       6
Key Tackles          :           5        |       10
Key Passes           :          20        |       12
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Final Score          : Valencia 0 - 1 FC Porto
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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   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  35   0   0   0
W_A_Glen       DF   2  30  12  10  27 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20
P_Senderos     DF   1  29  12   5  31 |  56   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Criscrito    DF   2  29  11   7  27 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
W_Van_Boer     DF   1  27   5   6  32 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  38  -2  -1
A_Andanov      MF   2   7  30   8  25 |  94   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
M_Valbuena     MF   2  12  29  10  45 |  66   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   0 -22  -2 -21
Saruman        MF   2   7  27  24  30 |  94   0   0   6   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  60   6
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  11  27  11  25 |  94   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Drexler        MF   3   8  26   9  12 |  94   0   1   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  30   5
J_Digweed      FW   1   8   9  29  19 |  94   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  10  12
J_Hart         GK  28   2   2   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Logan        DF   3  29  11   8  36 |  38   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7
E_Johnson      DF   1  28   8   5  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_R_Riquelme   MF   3   6  26  21  34 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Wolford      FW   1  11  14  27  28 |  28   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - FC Porto
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_Marshall     GK  39   7   5   7  14 |  94   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
P_Rodriguez    DF   2  32   9  10  28 |  94   0   2   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  40   0  10
C_Barr         DF   2  29  13  10  27 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  20  20
B_Moore        DF   2  28  13  11  20 |  69   0   1   1   0   3   1   0   0   0  60  10  22
A_Kerzhakov    DF   1  25  11   7  42 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
G_Fofana       DM   1  16  25   7  21 |  94   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
S_Winzor       DM   3  19  23  10  22 |  94   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
Gandolf        DM   2  20  28   8  19 |  94   0   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  40   0
P_Nedved       AM   1   7  24  22  17 |  94   0   0   3   1   2   0   0   0   0  20  65  26
S_Morison      FW   1   2   7  28  36 |  94   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
L_Massu        FW   1   7  10  26  13 |  68   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
Helton         GK  29   1   1   2  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Almeida      DF   2  28  12  10  29 |  25   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
O_Ruggeri      AM   1   8  25  21  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Carey        AM   1   4  23  15  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Adebayor     FW   2   7   7  28  35 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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