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Season 22 Archive: Division 1, Week 5

Manchester City 3 - 0 AS Roma

Division One League Match, Manchester City vs. AS Roma (Mon May 02)


                      Manchester City  |  AS Roma
                              3-5-2 P  |  4-4-2 E
                       Scott Matthews  |  Chris Ridout
                                       |
                         S_Scuffet GK  |  GK Romero
                         L_Alberto DF  |  DF M_Smith
                            C_Barr DF  |  DF D_Burford
                         Efe_Sodje DF  |  DF Alvaro_Rubio
                       R_Pletikosa MF  |  DF R_Delap
                         A_Andanov MF  |  MF Nuri_Sahin
                         P_Do_Shaw MF  |  MF Zico
                         S_Arrache MF  |  MF R_Savage
                           F_Zappa MF  |  MF J_Ross
                              Tone FW  |  FW H_Kane
                       D_Rommedahl FW  |  FW Taliyah
                                       |
                             P_Out SUB |  SUB P_Kenny
                         M_Laursen SUB |  SUB E_Herbert
                         E_Johnson SUB |  SUB L_Jones
                             Jinky SUB |  SUB M_James
                            Yeboah SUB |  SUB J_Valdivia

Referee: M_de_Vries (Holland)


Min. 1  :(asr) D_Burford plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  A_Andanov with a well timed tackle
          ...  M_de_Vries didn't like it though
          ...  M_de_Vries ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Scott Matthews looks relieved
Min. 3  :(mnc) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  C_Barr is through!
          ...  C_Barr gets his head to the ball !
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 6  :(mnc) S_Arrache with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past R_Delap
          ...  He knocks it to D_Rommedahl!
          ...  D_Rommedahl flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  But Romero pulls out a save of the game
Min. 6  :(asr) H_Kane with a penetrating pass to Taliyah
          ...  C_Barr gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 8  :(asr) H_Kane with a perfectly timed run
          ...  F_Zappa is called for the holding foul
          ...  Well spotted by the referee
          ...  He had to endure a strong lecture from M_de_Vries
Min. 11 :(mnc) R_Pletikosa with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to P_Do_Shaw
          ...  Alvaro_Rubio tries to clear it
          ...  He has miskicked it!!!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Arrache plays it into the danger area!
          ...  R_Pletikosa gets to it!
          ...  But Romero punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 11 :(asr) Zico has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past P_Do_Shaw
          ...  He puts in Taliyah!
          ...  Taliyah with a powerful downward header!
          ...  But S_Scuffet smothers the ball.
Min. 12 :(mnc) F_Zappa gets to the bye line
          ...  He puts it into the box
          ...  He finds Tone
          ...  Tone tries to chip the ball over Romero!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  It looks like he enjoyed that one!!
          ...  He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing!
          ...  And Manchester City are leading in the game now
          ...  Manchester City 1-0 AS Roma ...
Min. 13 :(asr) AS Roma will now play A after the order comes from the dugout
Min. 13 :(asr) Taliyah with the heel pass to Alvaro_Rubio
          ...  Alvaro_Rubio rifles it to the far post !
          ...  But S_Scuffet stops that one easily
Min. 15 :(asr) R_Savage kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  J_Ross gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  L_Alberto takes the player out!!
          ...  The ref turns away!!
Min. 16 :(asr) Zico sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  R_Savage runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  But C_Barr spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 17 :(asr) The ball rolls free!
          ...  Taliyah takes control of it on the half way line
          ...  He sprints past the defenders!!
          ...  Taliyah pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  Wide of goal
Min. 25 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  Can he make them pay?
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  R_Delap takes possession
Min. 26 :(mnc) L_Alberto has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past R_Delap
          ...  He knocks it to Tone!
          ...  Tone tries one from the edge of the box !
          ...  Romero makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt!
Min. 26 :(asr) Zico curls the ball out wide to H_Kane
          ...  H_Kane bears down on goal!
          ...  But S_Scuffet parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 27 :(mnc) L_Alberto knocks the ball past D_Burford
          ...  L_Alberto has a dig at goal!
          ...  But Romero tips it over
          ...  M_de_Vries has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 27 :(asr) M_Smith with a fantastic turn that puts him through on goal
          ...  But L_Alberto spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 28 :(asr) R_Savage with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to H_Kane
          ...  A delicate header from H_Kane !
          ...  S_Scuffet gets his fingertips to it
          ...  It's pushed around the post to safety
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Burford curls it into the box!
          ...  S_Scuffet easily catches it!
Min. 32 :(asr) R_Savage sidesteps his marker
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  R_Pletikosa with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
Min. 33 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl is first to the ball
          ...  D_Rommedahl tries the lob from 30 yards !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled home!
          ...  The Manchester City fans go wild!
          ...  Manchester City 2-0 AS Roma ...
Min. 33 :(mnc) A_Andanov is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to Tone
          ...  D_Burford is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
Min. 34 :(mnc) R_Pletikosa takes advantage of a mistake by Taliyah
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  R_Pletikosa aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 36 :(mnc) Tone controls the ball immaculately
          ...  Leaves the defenders for dead
          ...  This looks like it could be a great chance
          ...  Tone has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  But Romero parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(mnc) S_Arrache with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from R_Delap
          ...  S_Arrache with the attempt at goal!
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Romero moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And goes out!
Min. 47 :(mnc) The ball goes loose!
          ...  Tone gains possesion and thinks about the shot
          ...  Tone flings a shot at goal !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  Romero is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Andanov floats the ball in!
          ...  Romero easily catches it!
Min. 47 :(mnc) A_Andanov spits at Nuri_Sahin
          ...  M_de_Vries calls him over
          ...  M_de_Vries tells him he has had enough warnings
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 48 :(mnc) C_Barr with the towering header to Tone
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by D_Burford !!
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester City 2-0 AS Roma

Min. 46 :(asr) R_Savage brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  H_Kane gets on the end of the pass
          ...  H_Kane tries to beat S_Scuffet from outside the area!
          ...  But he's put it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!?
Min. 50 :(asr) J_Valdivia replaces an unhappy Taliyah and will play as a FW
Min. 50 :(asr) M_Smith works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Valdivia
          ...  But L_Alberto wins the tackle
Min. 51 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled the defender
          ...  D_Rommedahl with the shot on net !
          ...  It hits the bar
          ...  And goes over!
          ...  Romero was beaten there!
Min. 56 :(mnc) R_Pletikosa takes possession of the ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to D_Rommedahl
          ...  D_Rommedahl with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  Romero makes a good save
Min. 57 :(asr) J_Ross with a measured pass to H_Kane
          ...  C_Barr wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
Min. 58 :(asr) Nuri_Sahin with a probing through ball H_Kane
          ...  H_Kane aims for the top right corner !
          ...  S_Scuffet falls over
          ...  But S_Scuffet is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 60 :(asr) L_Jones is being prepared to come on
          ...  R_Delap is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 60 :(asr) E_Herbert takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Alvaro_Rubio as DF
Min. 60 :(mnc) D_Rommedahl sprints past the defender
          ...  D_Rommedahl attempts a chip!
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 63 :(asr) R_Savage runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of H_Kane
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  A left-footer by H_Kane !
          ...  But S_Scuffet makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 65 :(mnc) M_Laursen will come on for Efe_Sodje and play DF
Min. 65 :(mnc) Jinky is being brought on
          ...  A_Andanov is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 65 :(mnc) Yeboah is being prepared to come on
          ...  D_Rommedahl is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 65 :(asr) Zico changes direction inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Valdivia
          ...  A delicate header from J_Valdivia !
          ...  But it goes just over
Min. 68 :(mnc) Yeboah takes advantage of a mistake by E_Herbert
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  Yeboah pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  Romero parries it, he follows it up
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The defence had gone walk about!
          ...  Manchester City 3-0 AS Roma ...
Min. 70 :(asr) Nuri_Sahin has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past C_Barr
          ...  He puts in E_Herbert!
          ...  E_Herbert aims for the top right corner !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  That was a woeful effort
Min. 70 :(mnc) S_Arrache boots it towards Tone
          ...  J_Valdivia with a deliberate foul
          ...  That deserves a punishment
          ...  M_de_Vries shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 71 :(asr) H_Kane with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows M_Laursen a clean set of heals
          ...  C_Barr steals the ball of off him
Min. 74 :(mnc) Yeboah finds the space intelligently
          ...  Yeboah with the strike !
          ...  Romero makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 79 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw with an incisive pass to L_Alberto
          ...  J_Valdivia fouls
          ...  That was disgusting
Min. 81 :(asr) H_Kane flicks it over the defenders head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  Tone is late with that one
          ...  He gets up and shakes the players hand
          ...  M_de_Vries lectures him
Min. 82 :(mnc) Jinky nutmegs M_Smith, he continues to run forward
          ...  Jinky drives it low !
          ...  Romero with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 83 :(asr) H_Kane beats F_Zappa
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves M_de_Vries
          ...  H_Kane drives it low !
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 83 :(mnc) M_Laursen takes on the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Tone
          ...  L_Jones had better start being careful if he continues to tackle like that
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was unlucky to be booked for that
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  Yeboah fires it towards the goal
          ...  But Romero parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 84 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw has it now
          ...  He takes on L_Jones
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in L_Alberto!
          ...  L_Alberto looks to see where Romero is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But Romero punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 85 :(asr) H_Kane knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  From long range H_Kane bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 87 :(mnc) Tone takes advantage of a mistake by M_Smith
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  M_Smith goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 87 :(asr) J_Ross runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to D_Burford
          ...  D_Burford with the overhead !
          ...  But S_Scuffet punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(mnc) Jinky with the heel pass to Yeboah
          ...  A powerful header from Yeboah !
          ...  It looks good
          ...  Romero goes down well to save
Min. 90 :(mnc) P_Do_Shaw drives it forward to Tone
          ...  H_Kane tackles from behind
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  He's off!!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : City Of Manchester Stadium
Attendance           : 35,453
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : L_Alberto (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Tone (12), D_Rommedahl (33), Yeboah (68)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : A_Andanov (47)
Injured              : N/A
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AS Roma Match Info
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Best player          : Zico
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : H_Kane (90)
Booked               : J_Valdivia (70), L_Jones (83)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                         Manchester City  |     AS Roma
Attempts on Goal     :          20        |       13
Off target           :           6        |       6
On target            :          14        |       7
Possession           :          56        |       44
Corners              :           2        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           7        |       11
Key Tackles          :           7        |       4
Key Passes           :          11        |       15
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Final Score          : Manchester City 3 - 0 AS Roma
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Player Statistics - Manchester City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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S_Scuffet      GK  37   5   1   4  41 |  94   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0   0
L_Alberto      DF   2  32  14   8  28 |  94   0   3   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  60  10  10
C_Barr         DF   2  28  12   9  27 |  94   0   4   1   0   1   0   0   0   0 140  30  21
Efe_Sodje      DF   2  28   4   2  28 |  68   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Pletikosa    MF   3  10  28   8  40 |  94   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20   6
A_Andanov      MF   2   7  28   8  25 |  68   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
P_Do_Shaw      MF   2   9  27   8  25 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
S_Arrache      MF   1   6  27   9  38 |  94   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
F_Zappa        MF   1   6  27   2  19 |  94   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  45  20
Tone           FW   2   7   8  28  31 |  94   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  31
D_Rommedahl    FW   2   6   9  26  27 |  68   0   0   0   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0  32
P_Out          GK  12   5   4   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Laursen      DF   2  28   9   6  30 |  26   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
E_Johnson      DF   1  27   8   5  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Jinky          MF   3   8  27   8  41 |  26   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Yeboah         FW   1   7   7  27  31 |  26   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  35

Player Statistics - AS Roma
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Romero         GK  39   2   5   1  22 |  94  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
M_Smith        DF   3  27  11   6  34 |  94   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
D_Burford      DF   1  26  12   5  12 |  94   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
Alvaro_Rubio   DF   2  25   8  10  36 |  63   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
R_Delap        DF   2  25   8   9  34 |  63   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Nuri_Sahin     MF   1   8  27   8  19 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Zico           MF   1   9  26  11  23 |  94   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
R_Savage       MF   2   7  26   6  15 |  94   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20  20 -20
J_Ross         MF   1   8  25   7  27 |  94   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
H_Kane         FW   1   8   9  28  33 |  93   0   0   1   0   7   0   0   1   0 -10   0  13
Taliyah        FW   2   6   6  26  44 |  53   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   6
P_Kenny        GK  27   2   2   1  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Herbert      DF   1  24   7  11  41 |  31   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -19
L_Jones        DF   3  24   6   7  22 |  31   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
M_James        MF   2  10  23  14  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Valdivia     FW   2   5  10  25  31 |  41   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -1
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