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Season 24 Archive: Elite League, Week 3

Aberdeen 0 - 1 Marseille

Elite Football League Match, Aberdeen vs. Marseille (Sun Apr 30)


                             Aberdeen  |  Marseille
                            5-2-2-1 C  |  5-3-2 A
                          Malky McKay  |  Lee Shaw
                                       |
                        D_Anderson GK  |  GK R_Higuita
                          J_Conroy DF  |  DF L_Shawry
                            B_Bryn DF  |  DF C_Berra
                         D_Burford DF  |  DF L_Koscielny
                         K_Tierney DF  |  DF J_Pedro
                         A_Pereira DF  |  DF M_Amoros
                          Saddam_H DM  |  MF Y_Sankhare
                        P_Niemeyer DM  |  MF J_Fleck
                          Di_Maria MF  |  MF I_Perisic
                         R_Castias MF  |  FW K_Huntelaar
                      A_Di_Stefano FW  |  FW Z_Zidane
                                       |
                           Higuita SUB |  SUB H_Lloris
                        N_Burdisso SUB |  SUB S_Byram
                         H_Rutland SUB |  SUB A_Marcos
                        J_McArthur SUB |  SUB M_Dickinson
                         G_Puciato SUB |  SUB J_Digweed

Referee: D_Skomina (Slovenia)


Min. 4  :(abn) A_Di_Stefano sidesteps L_Shawry
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  A_Di_Stefano with a powerful downward header!
          ...  R_Higuita gets his fingertips to it
Min. 7  :(msl) K_Huntelaar takes possession on the halfway line
          ...  He runs forward with the ball
          ...  He skips past the challenges
          ...  A_Pereira intercepts the pass
Min. 12 :(abn) A_Pereira cuts inside his opponent
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  J_Fleck wins the ball with ease
          ...  D_Skomina saw something no-one else did
          ...  D_Skomina lectures him
Min. 13 :(msl) Z_Zidane beats his marker
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Good sliding challenge from B_Bryn and it had to be
Min. 14 :(msl) J_Pedro sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  K_Huntelaar runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  P_Niemeyer leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!
          ...  He got away with just a warning
Min. 17 :(abn) J_Conroy runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off L_Koscielny back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  J_Conroy fires the shot in!
          ...  But R_Higuita parries the ball
          ...  It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd
Min. 19 :(abn) Di_Maria with the nod to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  A_Di_Stefano heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  R_Higuita makes a difficult save
Min. 24 :(abn) P_Niemeyer with a slide rule pass to A_Di_Stefano
          ...  M_Amoros gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 26 :(abn) Di_Maria with a penetrating pass to J_Conroy
          ...  M_Amoros slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in
Min. 27 :(abn) P_Niemeyer beats his marker
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  P_Niemeyer throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
Min. 38 :(abn) R_Castias uses his feet well to turn on the ball
          ...  A cracking drive from R_Castias !
          ...  But R_Higuita tips it behind
          ...  D_Skomina has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 39 :(abn) Di_Maria is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  A_Pereira latches onto the ball
          ...  A_Pereira fires a shot at goal !
          ...  R_Higuita beats the ball away
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(abn) Di_Maria is taking a throw in
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt
          ...  He throws the ball to A_Pereira
          ...  M_Amoros takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again
Min. 44 :(abn) P_Niemeyer hits in a wicked shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  R_Castias latches onto it!
          ...  But L_Shawry spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 44 :(msl) M_Amoros pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  L_Koscielny is clean through!
          ...  L_Koscielny is through on goal!
          ...  The defender was caught napping
          ...  He just has D_Anderson to beat
          ...  He rounds D_Anderson
          ...  He has been pushed wide!
          ...  He shoots from a tight angle
          ...  It hits post!!
          ...  A_Pereira clears the danger!!
Min. 45 :(abn) A_Di_Stefano has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A_Di_Stefano with a thundering volley!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Castias hits it into the box!
          ...  J_Pedro gets up well
          ...  And he heads it away

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Aberdeen 0-0 Marseille

Min. 48 :(msl) Y_Sankhare kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  L_Shawry gets on the end of the pass
          ...  L_Shawry with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  D_Anderson gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  He has put it wide !!
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair!
Min. 49 :(abn) Saddam_H has it now
          ...  He takes on M_Amoros
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Di_Maria!
          ...  But Z_Zidane puts the ball out of play
Min. 50 :(abn) R_Castias hoofs it up field to find A_Pereira
          ...  A_Pereira beats the defender to the ball
          ...  He beats a second defender
          ...  He just has R_Higuita to beat!
          ...  He lobs it over R_Higuita
          ...  Its hit the bar and over!!
Min. 56 :(msl) I_Perisic spots K_Huntelaar who is in acres of space
          ...  R_Castias clears with a diving header
Min. 59 :(msl) M_Amoros beats A_Pereira
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  D_Burford with a superb challenge
          ...  The referee has given the free kick the other way!
Min. 60 :(abn) A_Di_Stefano nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward
          ...  J_Pedro gets to the ball first
Min. 62 :(msl) I_Perisic with a neat pass into Z_Zidane
          ...  Z_Zidane tries to beat D_Anderson!
          ...  D_Anderson gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  He has put it wide !!
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair!
Min. 64 :(msl) J_Fleck with the cross-field pass to K_Huntelaar
          ...  K_Huntelaar rifles it to the far post !
          ...  It's well wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 70 :(abn) G_Puciato is going to be brought on
          ...  A_Di_Stefano is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW
Min. 71 :(abn) G_Puciato pauses and waits for support
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from G_Puciato !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that?
Min. 75 :(abn) N_Burdisso replaces K_Tierney to play as a DF
Min. 75 :(abn) J_McArthur is coming on for P_Niemeyer and will play MF
Min. 78 :(msl) Y_Sankhare heads the ball back to C_Berra
          ...  D_Burford reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Amoros curls it into the box!
          ...  D_Anderson easily claims the ball!
Min. 80 :(msl) S_Byram is going to be brought on
          ...  L_Shawry is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 81 :(abn) Di_Maria holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to N_Burdisso
          ...  J_Pedro with the tackle
          ...  That's got to be a yellow
Min. 82 :(msl) A_Marcos takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Y_Sankhare as MF
Min. 83 :(msl) Z_Zidane has it on the edge of the box
          ...  Z_Zidane fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 85 :(msl) J_Digweed is coming on and Z_Zidane is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(msl) J_Pedro runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  B_Bryn rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  PENALTY !! That was never a penalty!!
          ...  K_Huntelaar will take it
          ...  He's converted it!!
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Have Marseille stolen the win late on with that goal?
          ...  Aberdeen 0-1 Marseille...
Min. 89 :(abn) Aberdeen will now play A
Min. 89 :(msl) J_Fleck spots J_Digweed who is in acres of space
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  B_Bryn hits it out for a throw
Min. 92 :(abn) N_Burdisso with a simple pass to B_Bryn
          ...  B_Bryn looks to see where R_Higuita is!
          ...  He rifles in the shot!
          ...  R_Higuita gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance           : 100,000
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Aberdeen Match Info
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Best player          : Di_Maria
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Marseille Match Info
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Best player          : J_Pedro (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : K_Huntelaar (88 pen)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_Amoros (43)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Aberdeen     |    Marseille
Attempts on Goal     :          10        |       6
Off target           :           4        |       4
On target            :           6        |       2
Possession           :          58        |       42
Corners              :           1        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       9
Key Tackles          :           5        |       5
Key Passes           :           9        |       8
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Final Score          : Aberdeen 0 - 1 Marseille
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Player Statistics - Aberdeen
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_Anderson     GK  39   4   1   5  19 |  93   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
J_Conroy       DF   2  30  12   9  21 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
B_Bryn         DF   2  29   8   8  31 |  93   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
D_Burford      DF   1  28  13   5  12 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
K_Tierney      DF   3  28  11   7  32 |  76   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Pereira      DF   2  27  12   7  14 |  93   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   6
Saddam_H       DM   2  20  27  24  27 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
P_Niemeyer     DM   1  16  27   5  22 |  76   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
Di_Maria       MF   1   6  28   5  37 |  93   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20  20 -20
R_Castias      MF   2   9  27   9  29 |  93   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
A_Di_Stefano   FW   2   9  11  28  31 |  71   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
Higuita        GK  27   3   5   3  43 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Burdisso     DF   2  26   8   7  31 |  17   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
H_Rutland      MF   1   8  27  12  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_McArthur     MF   3   7  27   7  12 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Puciato      FW   2   9   9  27  42 |  22   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1

Player Statistics - Marseille
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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R_Higuita      GK  39   2   2   2  34 |  93   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
L_Shawry       DF   2  31   8   8  15 |  81   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   1
C_Berra        DF   2  31   6   6  32 |  93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
L_Koscielny    DF   2  29  10   7  36 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
J_Pedro        DF   2  28   7   8  33 |  93   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
M_Amoros       DF   2  26   9   7  42 |  93   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  38   8  -2
Y_Sankhare     MF   3   8  30  11  36 |  83   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  30   9  28 |  93   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
I_Perisic      MF   1   9  29   6  11 |  93   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
K_Huntelaar    FW   2  10   8  32  37 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  21
Z_Zidane       FW   2   8   8  30  34 |  86   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  20  22
H_Lloris       GK  26   2   3   1  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Byram        DF   3  29   8   6  32 |  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Marcos       MF   2   7  28  16  32 |  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Dickinson    MF   2  15  28   7  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Digweed      FW   1   8   9  29  19 |   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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