Sky Sports Elite Premier League Match, Aberdeen vs. Ajax (Mon May 19)


                             Aberdeen  |  Ajax
                              5-4-1 C  |  4-4-2 A
                          Dan Haldane  |  James Maund
                                       |
                           M_Neuer GK  |  GK T_O_Conner
                         L_DeDoorn DF  |  DF G_Magalhaes
                         C_Jullien DF  |  DF T_Vermaelen
                       K_Raikonnen DF  |  DF S_Kolasinac
                          K_Sansom DF  |  DF W_Gallas
                           M_Ghost DF  |  MF J_Steward
                        M_Overmars MF  |  MF P_Vieira
                        J_Cuadrado MF  |  MF Thomas_Partey
                        Dani_Alves MF  |  MF Tomas_Rosicky
                      Gio_Staricco MF  |  FW A_Arshavin
                         R_Bentley FW  |  FW N_Kanu
                                       |
                         V_Mannone SUB |  SUB E_Mendy
                           D_Blind SUB |  SUB Juan_Foyth
                         Ridoutski SUB |  SUB S_Cazorla
                      Lewis_Travis SUB |  SUB L_Copland
                           E__Unal SUB |  SUB H_Son

Referee: D_Kos (Poland)


Min. 1  :(abn) M_Ghost with a precise ball to L_DeDoorn
          ...  L_DeDoorn with the goal bound shot!
          ...  T_O_Conner fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 4  :(aja) Thomas_Partey runs at the defender
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  The ball hits C_Jullien in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 8  :(aja) Thomas_Partey with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past K_Raikonnen
          ...  He knocks it to A_Arshavin!
          ...  C_Jullien wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
Min. 10 :(abn) The ball is passed in from Dani_Alves, he finds R_Bentley
          ...  A skilful effort from R_Bentley !
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And spins wide
Min. 11 :(abn) C_Jullien controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs S_Kolasinac
          ...  He puts in R_Bentley!
          ...  W_Gallas goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 15 :(abn) M_Overmars with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Dani_Alves gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Dani_Alves beats the offside trap!
          ...  He runs at T_O_Conner
          ...  He rounds T_O_Conner
          ...  He taps it towards the goal!
          ...  T_O_Conner manages to get to it !!
Min. 17 :(aja) A_Arshavin comes to collect the ball
          ...  Great turn!!!
          ...  Superb play
          ...  K_Raikonnen stands firm and knocks the player to the ground!!
          ...  That s a rash challenge!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  It is deep inside there own half
          ...  P_Vieira passes to N_Kanu
          ...  A cracking drive from N_Kanu !
          ...  M_Neuer is stranded!
          ...  He can't get there in time!
          ...  OH! It drifts just past the post
          ...  Great strike!
          ...  Deserved a goal really
Min. 17 :(aja) Tomas_Rosicky sidesteps K_Raikonnen
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Tomas_Rosicky with the crafty shot!
          ...  But M_Neuer dives to his left
          ...  I think M_Neuer just got a hand on that one
          ...  D_Kos has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 18 :(aja) N_Kanu beats his marker
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  C_Jullien rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That s a foul!!
          ...  What s D_Kos going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 20 :(abn) J_Cuadrado with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Dani_Alves gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Dani_Alves cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  It hits the bar
          ...  And goes over!
          ...  T_O_Conner was beaten there!
Min. 21 :(aja) N_Kanu takes possession
          ...  What can he do here?
          ...  But M_Ghost wins the tackle
Min. 22 :(abn) Gio_Staricco looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to C_Jullien
          ...  C_Jullien with a thundering shot!
          ...  But T_O_Conner tips it over
          ...  D_Kos has given a goal kick
          ...  Unbelievable !
Min. 26 :(abn) R_Bentley loses G_Magalhaes
          ...  G_Magalhaes recovers to win the ball back
Min. 33 :(abn) R_Bentley runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off G_Magalhaes back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  R_Bentley sees T_O_Conner off his line !
          ...  T_O_Conner gathers it easily
Min. 41 :(abn) M_Overmars miskicks!
          ...  He finds M_Ghost though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  M_Ghost with a bicycle kick !
          ...  It flies wide!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(abn) Gio_Staricco volleys it forward. He finds R_Bentley
          ...  R_Bentley chases it through, he must score !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  T_O_Conner moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It s beaten him!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  T_O_Conner looks dejected!
          ...  That s given Aberdeen the advantage!
          ...  Aberdeen 1-0 Ajax ...
Min. 44 :(abn) Aberdeen switch to playing D

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Aberdeen 1-0 Ajax

Min. 50 :(aja) Juan_Foyth will replace the useless T_Vermaelen and will play DF
Min. 50 :(aja) Tomas_Rosicky holds the ball up
          ...  He sees Thomas_Partey in space!
          ...  M_Ghost takes the player out!!
          ...  The ref turns away!!
Min. 51 :(aja) H_Son takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace A_Arshavin
          ...  He'll play as a FW
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 52 :(aja) L_Copland comes on for J_Steward and takes up a MF role
Min. 56 :(aja) N_Kanu takes advantage of a defensive mistake
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  N_Kanu drives the ball low !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled home!
          ...  That s pulled Ajax level!
          ...  Aberdeen 1-1 Ajax ...
Min. 57 :(abn) It seems Aberdeen are making a tactical change to C
Min. 58 :(abn) M_Ghost with a measured ball to Dani_Alves
          ...  Dani_Alves with the header !
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 58 :(aja) Curled in dangerously from P_Vieira to H_Son
          ...  L_DeDoorn reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 58 :(aja) Juan_Foyth shoves J_Cuadrado in the chest!!
          ...  D_Kos has seen it!
          ...  D_Kos calls him over!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He is lucky not to have seen red!
Min. 59 :(aja) Tomas_Rosicky beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds N_Kanu
          ...  The defender fails to control it
          ...  N_Kanu picks up the loose ball and runs towards goal
          ...  He is one on one with M_Neuer
          ...  He tries to slide it past M_Neuer
          ...  He has put it wide!!
Min. 61 :(abn) Gio_Staricco barges W_Gallas off the ball
          ...  W_Gallas knocks the ball back to T_O_Conner
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It s gone past T_O_Conner!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Gio_Staricco floats the ball in!
          ...  It comes to R_Bentley
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 61 :(aja) Juan_Foyth drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to H_Son
          ...  K_Sansom takes the player down!!
          ...  PENALTY!!
          ...  No! The ref has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  Unbelievable!
Min. 61 :(abn) C_Jullien breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on T_O_Conner!
          ...  Tomas_Rosicky brings him down!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 64 :(aja) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  L_Copland is through!
          ...  L_Copland could have let it bounce!
          ...  M_Neuer falls over
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway!
Min. 69 :(aja) Thomas_Partey sidesteps his marker
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by K_Raikonnen
          ...  He timed it well
Min. 71 :(aja) L_Copland runs forward
          ...  But K_Raikonnen clears the danger
Min. 74 :(aja) W_Gallas sidesteps his marker
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  W_Gallas aims the cheeky shot at goal!
          ...  But M_Neuer parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 75 :(abn) D_Blind is coming on for L_DeDoorn and will play DF
Min. 75 :(abn) Ridoutski is going to be brought on
          ...  M_Overmars is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 75 :(abn) Lewis_Travis takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace Dani_Alves
          ...  He'll play as a MF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 75 :(abn) E__Unal takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace R_Bentley
          ...  He'll play as a FW
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 76 :(abn) Lewis_Travis gets to the by-line
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He plays the ball through to E__Unal
          ...  E__Unal sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  It floats over T_O_Conner
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 77 :(abn) C_Jullien leaves W_Gallas standing
          ...  W_Gallas goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 77 :(aja) L_Copland finds H_Son with a ball over the defence
          ...  H_Son tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  M_Neuer parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And M_Neuer recovers to save!!
Min. 86 :(aja) P_Vieira bursts forward
          ...  K_Sansom with a deliberate foul
          ...  He should be jailed for that
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(aja) H_Son takes possession on the halfway line
          ...  He runs forward with the ball
          ...  He skips past the challenges
          ...  C_Jullien wins the ball with ease
          ...  D_Kos saw something no-one else did
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  L_Copland passes to H_Son
          ...  H_Son runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a great effort!
          ...  He has notched up his 20th goal this season with that one!!
          ...  That surely hands Ajax victory!!
          ...  Aberdeen 1-2 Ajax ...
Min. 90 :(abn) The manager shouting something towards his players
          ...  It looks like he's turning things round a bit
          ...  Aberdeen will now play A
Min. 90 :(aja) The Ajax manager told his side to change to a C strategy
Min. 92 :(abn) Gio_Staricco runs at the defence
          ...  He nutmegs W_Gallas
          ...  He showed his class there
          ...  W_Gallas reacts well to win the ball back

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance           : 129,686
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Aberdeen Match Info
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Best player          : R_Bentley (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : R_Bentley (43)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : C_Jullien (89)
Injured              : N/A
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Ajax Match Info
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Best player          : H_Son
Scorers              : N_Kanu (56), H_Son (89)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Juan_Foyth (58), Tomas_Rosicky (61)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Aberdeen     |      Ajax
Attempts on Goal     :          11        |       8
Off target           :           6        |       3
On target            :           5        |       5
Possession           :          56        |       44
Corners              :           1        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       2
Subs Used            :           4        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       6
Key Tackles          :           9        |       5
Key Passes           :          10        |       6
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Final Score          : Aberdeen 1 - 2 Ajax
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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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M_Neuer        GK  36   2   5   5  31 |  94   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
L_DeDoorn      DF   2  34   1   3  43 |  77   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  25   0   5
C_Jullien      DF   1  31   7   5  29 |  94   0   3   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  53  -7 -17
K_Raikonnen    DF   2  31   1   3  43 |  94   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0   0
K_Sansom       DF   2  29   5   3  19 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0
M_Ghost        DF   1  27  11   7  22 |  94   0   2   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  50  30   0
M_Overmars     MF   2   5  33   2  47 |  77   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20  10 -20
J_Cuadrado     MF   2   2  33   2  30 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0
Dani_Alves     MF   2   1  32  12  12 |  77   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  15   5
Gio_Staricco   MF   1   3  31   3  21 |  94   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
R_Bentley      FW   3   9   9  33  21 |  77   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  30
V_Mannone      GK  28   2   5   1  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Blind        DF   2  27   9   7  20 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ridoutski      MF   2   1  27   5  17 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Lewis_Travis   MF   1   5  27   2  40 |  17   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0
E__Unal        FW   1   6   6  31  38 |  17   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Ajax
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_O_Conner     GK  39   3   3   2  13 |  94   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  35   0   0   0
G_Magalhaes    DF   1  36   1   1  20 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0
T_Vermaelen    DF   1  33   8   5  13 |  52   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Kolasinac    DF   2  32   6   5  28 |  94   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
W_Gallas       DF   1  32   4   2  35 |  94   0   4   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 100   0   5
J_Steward      MF   1   9  34  14  43 |  54   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
P_Vieira       MF   1   5  33   3  17 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0
Thomas_Partey  MF   2   1  32  19  35 |  94   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0
Tomas_Rosicky  MF   1   2  30   5  26 |  94   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  28   3
A_Arshavin     FW   1   5   2  34  45 |  53   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Kanu         FW   1   1   2  31  28 |  94   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
E_Mendy        GK  22   2   5   5  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Juan_Foyth     DF   2  32   9   7  30 |  42   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  13  -2
S_Cazorla      MF   1   2  32   4  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Copland      MF   2   5  31  10  13 |  40   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  35   0
H_Son          FW   2  11  13  40  20 |  41   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  30
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