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Season 28 Archive: Division 1, Week 4

Rangers FC 1 - 0 Chelsea

Division One League Match, Rangers FC vs. Chelsea (Sun May 26)


                           Rangers FC  |  Chelsea
                              4-4-2 E  |  4-3-1-2 C
                          Gazza Grant  |  Ian McNamara
                                       |
                        D_Marshall GK  |  GK Hugo_Lloris
                        R_Giovinco DF  |  DF C_Metzelder
                       K_Ramsteijn DF  |  DF M_Cassetti
                           G_Grant DF  |  DF M_Madl
                             Doria DF  |  DF D_Williams
                      A_Gunnarsson MF  |  MF K_Magennis
                          B_Hemoth MF  |  MF T_Cairney
                          M_Scholl MF  |  MF N_Piere
                       H_Fernandez MF  |  AM E_Lamela
                             Messi FW  |  FW D_Trezeguet
                     R_Acquafresca FW  |  FW D_Bunting
                                       |
                       Z_Stonewall SUB |  SUB J_Bond
                          M_Tudgay SUB |  SUB L_Baines
                         D_McGrain SUB |  SUB M_Kikuchi
                          L_Thomas SUB |  SUB Houston
                       H_Rodellega SUB |  SUB Y_Mizuno

Referee: P_Graham (Wales)


Min. 1  :(rfc) B_Hemoth finds R_Giovinco in the box
          ...  R_Giovinco with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  Hugo_Lloris catches it with style!
Min. 2  :(rfc) H_Fernandez gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to R_Acquafresca
          ...  An audacious effort from R_Acquafresca !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  Hugo_Lloris catches it with style!
Min. 5  :(rfc) Messi knocks it past C_Metzelder and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  M_Cassetti with the tackle
Min. 7  :(chs) E_Lamela runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to D_Bunting
          ...  K_Ramsteijn cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 9  :(rfc) Messi finds his way through
          ...  He sets up the shot
          ...  Messi from 20 yards !
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris tips it behind
          ...  P_Graham has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 9  :(chs) M_Madl brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Trezeguet gets on the end of the pass
          ...  G_Grant rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's P_Graham going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 11 :(chs) K_Magennis with an incisive pass to D_Bunting
          ...  D_Bunting with his head down lets it go !
          ...  But D_Marshall makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 13 :(rfc) B_Hemoth puts in R_Acquafresca
          ...  R_Acquafresca tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  Hugo_Lloris just watches it fly safely wide!
Min. 15 :(chs) T_Cairney cut's in on the inside of the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to C_Metzelder
          ...  A cheeky lob from C_Metzelder !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 16 :(rfc) R_Giovinco hits a hard pass to Messi
          ...  Messi with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris punches it away
          ...  He commands his area so well
Min. 19 :(rfc) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  Messi is through!
          ...  Messi with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs towards the Rangers FC fans!
          ...  Rangers FC go ahead in this match now!
          ...  Rangers FC 1-0 Chelsea ...
Min. 19 :(chs) Chelsea switch to playing A
Min. 19 :(chs) D_Bunting finds his way through
          ...  That was sheer effort
          ...  A_Gunnarsson with the lunge!!
          ...  And the whistle goes, that's a foul
          ...  He is fortunate to be given just a warning
Min. 19 :(chs) E_Lamela barges R_Giovinco off the ball
          ...  E_Lamela with a thundering volley!
          ...  D_Marshall parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 19 :(rfc) A_Gunnarsson finds his way through
          ...  He lost his man too easily
          ...  T_Cairney fouls badly
          ...  That looked malicious
Min. 20 :(rfc) B_Hemoth finds R_Acquafresca on the edge of the box
          ...  R_Acquafresca with the side footed shot!
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 21 :(chs) T_Cairney races into the box
          ...  He sees D_Bunting lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  D_Bunting leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  But D_Marshall palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 22 :(rfc) R_Giovinco beats M_Madl
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  R_Giovinco has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And Hugo_Lloris recovers to save!!
Min. 23 :(rfc) K_Ramsteijn plays it forward to R_Acquafresca
          ...  R_Acquafresca with a powerful diving header!
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris tips it behind
          ...  P_Graham has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 29 :(rfc) Messi flicks it over C_Metzelder's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  Messi hits a great drive!
          ...  It's well wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 30 :(rfc) A_Gunnarsson with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows M_Cassetti a clean set of heals
          ...  M_Cassetti reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 30 :(chs) K_Magennis with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past G_Grant
          ...  He knocks it to D_Bunting!
          ...  D_Bunting has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But D_Marshall makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 31 :(rfc) Messi sidesteps E_Lamela
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  A cracking drive from Messi !
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 33 :(rfc) H_Fernandez loses M_Cassetti
          ...  M_Cassetti plays the back pass
          ...  Hugo_Lloris can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Hemoth curls it into the box!
          ...  Messi gets his head on it
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Hemoth plays it towards the near post!
          ...  M_Madl heads it away
Min. 34 :(rfc) A_Gunnarsson finds his way through
          ...  He has tremendous pace
          ...  A_Gunnarsson fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris tips it behind
          ...  P_Graham has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 35 :(chs) K_Magennis runs down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to D_Bunting
          ...  R_Acquafresca takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 37 :(chs) D_Williams works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to D_Trezeguet
          ...  D_Trezeguet goes for goal !
          ...  D_Marshall with the acrobatic save
          ...  Well saved
Min. 40 :(rfc) R_Giovinco drives it forward to R_Acquafresca
          ...  R_Acquafresca attempts the shot!
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 42 :(rfc) H_Fernandez plays a long ball to Messi
          ...  Messi has time and space!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Hugo_Lloris dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had Hugo_Lloris beaten!
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(rfc) M_Scholl takes advantage of a mistake by C_Metzelder
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  M_Cassetti with the tackle
          ...  He did well to stop that attack!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Rangers FC 1-0 Chelsea

Min. 47 :(rfc) R_Giovinco changes direction inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Messi
          ...  M_Madl takes the ball and the player!!
          ...  But the ref waves play on!!
Min. 48 :(rfc) R_Giovinco drives it forward to G_Grant
          ...  But E_Lamela sweeps up the threat
Min. 48 :(chs) D_Bunting with a burst of pace
          ...  D_Bunting hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  But it clips the post and goes wide
Min. 51 :(chs) M_Madl works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to D_Trezeguet
          ...  D_Trezeguet with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Lamela drives it into the box!
          ...  D_Marshall catches it!
Min. 52 :(rfc) R_Giovinco is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to Messi
          ...  Messi bears down on goal!
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris tips it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Gunnarsson chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  It comes to G_Grant
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  Hugo_Lloris catches it with style!
Min. 52 :(chs) C_Metzelder spots E_Lamela who is in acres of space
          ...  H_Fernandez with a nasty foul
Min. 55 :(chs) K_Magennis takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into E_Lamela
          ...  R_Giovinco forces him off the ball
Min. 56 :(rfc) B_Hemoth breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Hugo_Lloris!
          ...  D_Williams brings him down!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 57 :(rfc) M_Scholl is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to H_Fernandez
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from M_Cassetti
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 59 :(rfc) R_Acquafresca knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  C_Metzelder wins control of the ball with his hand!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 60 :(rfc) Rangers FC changed their strategy to play D
Min. 63 :(rfc) A_Gunnarsson pulls it back to R_Acquafresca
          ...  M_Cassetti makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 64 :(rfc) B_Hemoth with a glorious long pass to G_Grant
          ...  Good sliding challenge from N_Piere and it had to be
Min. 65 :(rfc) a big roar from the crowd as M_Tudgay comes on for Doria to play DF
Min. 65 :(rfc) L_Thomas will replace the useless A_Gunnarsson and will play MF
Min. 67 :(chs) D_Bunting turns on a sixpence
          ...  R_Giovinco reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 68 :(rfc) Messi jumps over C_Metzelder's challenge
          ...  A cheeky lob from Messi !
          ...  Looks like it should be Hugo_Lloris's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Thomas lofts the ball in!
          ...  The danger is dealt with by C_Metzelder
Min. 68 :(chs) N_Piere steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs K_Ramsteijn
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  K_Ramsteijn pulls the player to the ground!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  P_Graham reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  This is very far out
          ...  T_Cairney floats it forward
          ...  D_Bunting latches onto the end of it
          ...  D_Bunting must beat Hugo_Lloris!
          ...  D_Marshall just watches it fly safely wide!
Min. 70 :(chs) L_Baines is coming on and C_Metzelder is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play DF
Min. 70 :(chs) M_Kikuchi is ready to come on to replace K_Magennis
          ...  Looks like he will play as a DM
Min. 70 :(chs) Houston replaces D_Trezeguet and will play FW
Min. 71 :(rfc) B_Hemoth controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  R_Giovinco gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  But M_Madl comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 79 :(rfc) Messi flicks it over M_Madl's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  M_Cassetti with the tackle
          ...  He did well to stop that attack!
Min. 80 :(rfc) H_Rodellega comes on for R_Acquafresca and takes up a FW role
Min. 81 :(chs) M_Kikuchi off the woodwork.
          ...  T_Cairney picks up the deflection
          ...  T_Cairney has a go!
          ...  D_Marshall 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. 85 :(rfc) H_Fernandez has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  H_Rodellega gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  H_Rodellega tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  But Hugo_Lloris punches it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 90 :(rfc) M_Scholl skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  M_Scholl attempts to nutmeg Hugo_Lloris!
          ...  Hugo_Lloris won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Ibrox Stadium
Attendance           : 146,142
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Rangers FC Match Info
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Best player          : R_Giovinco (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Messi (19)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : K_Ramsteijn (68)
Injured              : N/A
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Chelsea Match Info
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Best player          : M_Cassetti
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Williams (56)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Rangers FC    |    Chelsea
Attempts on Goal     :          20        |       10
Off target           :           8        |       5
On target            :          12        |       5
Possession           :          56        |       44
Corners              :           4        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       8
Key Tackles          :           5        |       12
Key Passes           :          16        |       11
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Final Score          : Rangers FC 1 - 0 Chelsea
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Player Statistics - Rangers FC
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 |  92   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  70   0   0   0
R_Giovinco     DF   2  32  13  11  35 |  92   0   2   5   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  50  10
K_Ramsteijn    DF   1  31  11  10  42 |  92   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  58   8  -2
G_Grant        DF   3  31   7   9  13 |  92   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  20  25
Doria          DF   3  28   7   5  32 |  66   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Gunnarsson   MF   2   8  31  18  34 |  66   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
B_Hemoth       MF   2   5  31   6  22 |  92   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
M_Scholl       MF   2  10  30  10  22 |  92   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
H_Fernandez    MF   1   7  27   7  32 |  92   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Messi          FW   1  10   8  33  18 |  92   0   0   0   0   9   1   0   0   0   0   0  50
R_Acquafresca  FW   1   7   9  33  36 |  81   0   1   0   0   5   0   0   0   0  20   0  17
Z_Stonewall    GK  29   2   2   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Tudgay       DF   2  35   6   8  32 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_McGrain      DF   1  31  13   8  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Thomas       MF   1   8  33   7  18 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Rodellega    FW   2   6   8  27  13 |  11   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  25

Player Statistics - Chelsea
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Hugo_Lloris    GK  33   3   2   3  13 |  92  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0   0   0
C_Metzelder    DF   2  27   8   8  30 |  71   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   1
M_Cassetti     DF   3  26   8   6  30 |  92   0   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 140   0   0
M_Madl         DF   3  25   9   6  22 |  92   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  20   0
D_Williams     DF   1  25   5   6  32 |  92   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -2
K_Magennis     MF   3   4  26   6  30 |  71   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
T_Cairney      MF   2   8  25   8  21 |  92   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -19
N_Piere        MF   1   6  25   7  30 |  92   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
E_Lamela       AM   1   8  25  10  32 |  92   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -15
D_Trezeguet    FW   3   7  10  27  21 |  71   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
D_Bunting      FW   1   2   8  26  31 |  92   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  17
J_Bond         GK  27   3   3   3  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Baines       DF   3  25   9   5  32 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Kikuchi      DM   1  15  27   8  30 |  21   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Houston        FW   1   5   7  25  21 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Y_Mizuno       FW   2   6   6  25  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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