Division Two League Match, AS Roma vs. Atletico Madrid (Sun Mar 10)


                              AS Roma  |  Atletico Madrid
                              4-4-2 A  |  4-1-3-2 P
                         Chris Ridout  |  Gary Kevany
                                       |
                            Rafael GK  |  GK T_Courtois
                        C_Smalling DF  |  DF A_Romagnoli
                           R_Delap DF  |  DF D_Luiz
                        Marquinhos DF  |  DF J_Ayden
                           F_Fazio DF  |  DF M_Bossis
                        W_Sneijder MF  |  DM A_Zabarte
                           S_Byrne MF  |  MF A_Kanchelskis
                         J_Butland MF  |  MF K_DeBruyne
                           D_Solga MF  |  MF Ridoutska
                          Geminiho FW  |  FW M_Owen
                         R_M_Perry FW  |  FW R_Jimenez
                                       |
                            Romero SUB |  SUB Tiribocchi
                         Ni_Na_Lee SUB |  SUB S_Clark
                            L_Figo SUB |  SUB G_Baresi
                           Valdano SUB |  SUB S_Davis
                           J_Vardy SUB |  SUB H_Crespo

Referee: M_Clattenurg (England)


Min. 2  :(asr) J_Butland looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to Geminiho
          ...  Good sliding challenge from D_Luiz and it had to be
Min. 6  :(asr) S_Byrne is first to the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to C_Smalling
          ...  But R_Jimenez puts the ball out of play
Min. 11 :(asr) R_Delap with a first time pass
          ...  Geminiho runs onto it!
          ...  A glorious effort by Geminiho !
          ...  But T_Courtois makes a fine save
Min. 12 :(asr) S_Byrne is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to R_M_Perry
          ...  R_M_Perry aims for the top right corner !
          ...  Saved by T_Courtois
Min. 14 :(amd) Ridoutska hits a hard pass to K_DeBruyne
          ...  R_Delap read the danger and stops the pass
Min. 14 :(asr) W_Sneijder lobs the ball over the defence
          ...  F_Fazio latches on to it
          ...  D_Luiz fouls badly
          ...  M_Clattenurg will want to speak to him
          ...  M_Clattenurg shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 15 :(asr) Geminiho slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  Geminiho flings a shot at goal !
          ...  T_Courtois makes a great save
          ...  And he manages to hold onto it as well!
Min. 17 :(amd) A_Kanchelskis with the nod to A_Zabarte
          ...  A_Zabarte blasts it at the goal !
          ...  Rafael with an easy save
          ...  He just oozes confidence
Min. 19 :(asr) R_Delap with the nod to Geminiho
          ...  D_Luiz with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 19 :(amd) M_Owen with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows Marquinhos a clean set of heals
          ...  M_Owen leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  That was a terrible attempt!
Min. 22 :(asr) W_Sneijder has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past K_DeBruyne
          ...  He puts in R_M_Perry!
          ...  R_M_Perry fires the shot in!
          ...  T_Courtois parries it, he follows it up
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  The defence had gone walk about!
          ...  AS Roma have snatched the lead!
          ...  AS Roma 1-0 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 23 :(amd) K_DeBruyne knocks it forward
          ...  Marquinhos slips
          ...  R_Jimenez gets to it!
          ...  R_Jimenez fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  It floats over Rafael
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 27 :(amd) J_Ayden barges the defender off the ball
          ...  C_Smalling is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
          ...  M_Clattenurg reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 28 :(asr) W_Sneijder looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Geminiho
          ...  A skilful effort from Geminiho !
          ...  T_Courtois fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 30 :(asr) R_Delap has found himself in space
          ...  He looks up for his team mates
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Geminiho gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Geminiho attempts the shot!
          ...  T_Courtois goes down well to save
Min. 30 :(amd) Ridoutska is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He throws it to K_DeBruyne
          ...  But F_Fazio with the fine tackle
Min. 34 :(asr) D_Solga takes a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball into Geminiho
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  J_Ayden looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 34 :(amd) M_Owen with a precise pass to A_Kanchelskis
          ...  C_Smalling takes the players legs from beneath him!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
Min. 35 :(asr) Geminiho knocks it past R_Jimenez and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  Geminiho hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  T_Courtois dives towards his top let hand corner
          ...  He's pushed that one just around the goal
          ...  Super Stop !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  W_Sneijder drives it into the box!
          ...  Geminiho gets on the end of it
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He kicks the sponsor hoarding in delight!
          ...  But it's been disallowed. The linesman raised his flag
          ...  The fans are hurling abuse at the officials
Min. 35 :(amd) A_Romagnoli uses his feet well to turn on the ball
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by Marquinhos
          ...  He made it look easy
Min. 36 :(amd) A_Zabarte is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass under pressure
          ...  R_Jimenez latches onto the ball
          ...  R_Jimenez gets up high for the header !
          ...  Rafael parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 37 :(asr) D_Solga boots it towards Geminiho
          ...  The cross hits Geminiho on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  T_Courtois dives desperately to try and save it!!
          ...  He can't get to it!
          ...  But it creeps just wide!!
          ...  The deflection had T_Courtois beaten!
Min. 37 :(amd) A_Kanchelskis picks out M_Owen with the cross
          ...  M_Owen tries to beat Rafael from outside the area!
          ...  It grazes the post!
          ...  And hits the side netting
          ...  Goal Kick!
Min. 38 :(amd) M_Owen comes to collect the ball
          ...  Great turn!!!
          ...  Superb play
          ...  R_Delap with a late tackle
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul
          ...  M_Clattenurg calls him for a talk
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 40 :(asr) R_M_Perry with the dribble
          ...  This is a great chance
          ...  R_M_Perry shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But T_Courtois punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a corner kick
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Butland lofts the ball in!
          ...  R_Delap with the shot!
          ...  But T_Courtois smothers the ball.
Min. 41 :(asr) C_Smalling loses his marker
          ...  C_Smalling goes for goal !
          ...  But T_Courtois makes a superb stop down low.
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: AS Roma 1-0 Atletico Madrid

Min. 50 :(asr) Geminiho takes possession of the ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to C_Smalling
          ...  C_Smalling with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  But T_Courtois punches it away
          ...  He took a knock there
          ...  His manager is looking on anxiously
          ...  He's ok to carry on
Min. 51 :(amd) R_Jimenez turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to M_Owen
          ...  C_Smalling wins the ball well
          ...  M_Clattenurg has given a free kick
          ...  M_Clattenurg calls him over
          ...  He's told to calm down
          ...  Chris Ridout looks relieved
Min. 51 :(asr) R_Delap backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  Geminiho gets on the end of it
          ...  A_Zabarte with the tackle
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  M_Clattenurg shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 58 :(asr) S_Byrne pass splits open the defence
          ...  What a ball!
          ...  R_M_Perry is clean through!
          ...  R_M_Perry hits the ball on the bounce !
          ...  Looks like it should be T_Courtois's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  T_Courtois looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  Goal kick given, amazing decision there!
Min. 59 :(amd) The ball runs loose!
          ...  M_Bossis seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  A well-placed shot from M_Bossis !
          ...  But Rafael just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  M_Clattenurg has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 61 :(asr) J_Butland plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  J_Butland throws himself at the ball !
          ...  He manages to reach the ball
          ...  T_Courtois tips it over his bar
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Butland plays it towards the near post!
          ...  The ball comes to F_Fazio
          ...  He knocks it goalward
          ...  T_Courtois is just going to watch it go over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And T_Courtois reacts well to palm it behind!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by W_Sneijder!
          ...  Marquinhos swings a leg at it!
          ...  T_Courtois gets the finger tips to it
          ...  And puts it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  W_Sneijder curls it into the box!
          ...  J_Ayden reads it
          ...  He clears the danger
Min. 64 :(asr) Geminiho takes advantage of a mistake by K_DeBruyne
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  But A_Romagnoli clears the ball to safety
Min. 65 :(amd) Ridoutska floats the ball in to find R_Jimenez
          ...  R_Jimenez has a dig at goal!
          ...  It floats over Rafael
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 66 :(asr) Geminiho flicks it over M_Bossis's head
          ...  He showed some great skill there!
          ...  D_Luiz intercepts the pass
Min. 67 :(asr) S_Byrne has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past M_Bossis
          ...  He puts in R_M_Perry!
          ...  R_M_Perry with an overhead kick !
          ...  He gets a connection
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  OH!! He has hit the side netting
          ...  Goal kick given
Min. 70 :(asr) J_Vardy will come on for R_M_Perry and play FW
Min. 70 :(asr) AS Roma are switching their playing style to N
Min. 73 :(asr) L_Figo is being prepared to come on
          ...  S_Byrne is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 78 :(asr) Geminiho is unmarked!
          ...  A glorious effort by Geminiho !
          ...  But he puts it over
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 78 :(amd) K_DeBruyne is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to M_Owen
          ...  M_Owen with the header !
          ...  Rafael falls over
          ...  But Rafael is relieved to watch it go out of play!
Min. 81 :(asr) D_Solga looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Geminiho
          ...  But D_Luiz spotted the danger and cleans up the play
Min. 84 :(amd) R_Jimenez nutmegs R_Delap, he continues to run forward
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  F_Fazio takes possession
Min. 85 :(amd) A_Zabarte runs down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to M_Owen
          ...  M_Owen with the shot !
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 87 :(asr) J_Butland has the ball on the wing
          ...  He takes it past A_Romagnoli
          ...  He knocks it to J_Vardy!
          ...  J_Vardy with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  T_Courtois makes a fine save
Min. 87 :(amd) K_DeBruyne chips the ball over the defence and finds A_Zabarte
          ...  R_Delap bundles the player over!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 93 :(amd) K_DeBruyne looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards R_Jimenez
          ...  R_Jimenez goes for the top corner !
          ...  Rafael makes a fine save

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Olimpico Stadium
Attendance           : 67,268
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AS Roma Match Info
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Best player          : R_Delap (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : R_M_Perry (22)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : C_Smalling (27)
Injured              : N/A
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Atletico Madrid Match Info
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Best player          : T_Courtois
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Luiz (14), A_Zabarte (51)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              AS Roma     | Atletico Madrid
Attempts on Goal     :          20        |       10
Off target           :           4        |       6
On target            :          16        |       4
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           5        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       2
Subs Used            :           2        |       0
Fouls                :          13        |       4
Key Tackles          :           5        |       7
Key Passes           :          17        |       12
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Final Score          : AS Roma 1 - 0 Atletico Madrid
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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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Rafael         GK  30   2   2   2  20 |  96   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
C_Smalling     DF   1  31   8   6  29 |  96   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  18  18  28
R_Delap        DF   2  30   9  10  34 |  96   0   2   4   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  40   5
Marquinhos     DF   2  30   7   2  18 |  96   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
F_Fazio        DF   2  29   8   5  30 |  96   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  80   0   5
W_Sneijder     MF   2   8  32   9  23 |  96   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  65  20
S_Byrne        MF   1   7  28   7  21 |  75   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0
J_Butland      MF   2   9  27  11  41 |  96   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
D_Solga        MF   2  10  25  10  19 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Geminiho       FW   3  10  11  26  31 |  96   0   0   1   0   8   0   0   0   0   0  10  32
R_M_Perry      FW   1   8  11  26  30 |  72   0   0   0   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0  42
Romero         GK  34   1   2   2  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ni_Na_Lee      DF   3  28   8   7  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Figo         MF   1   7  25  10  40 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Valdano        FW   2   8  12  25  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Vardy        FW   1   6   7  25  30 |  24   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

Player Statistics - Atletico Madrid
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_Courtois     GK  29   1   2   3  22 |  96  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
A_Romagnoli    DF   1  28   5   8  31 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
D_Luiz         DF   1  27   8   5  22 |  96   0   4   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  78  -2  -2
J_Ayden        DF   1  26  10   6  25 |  96   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
M_Bossis       DF   1  25   9   6  10 |  96   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -15
A_Zabarte      DM   1  14  24   7  21 |  96   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  18   3
A_Kanchelskis  MF   2   7  29   6  22 |  96   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
K_DeBruyne     MF   1   7  29   7  31 |  96   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20  20 -20
Ridoutska      MF   2  17  27   7  34 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
M_Owen         FW   1   7   8  28  11 |  96   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
R_Jimenez      FW   2  10   8  24  23 |  96   0   1   1   0   4   0   0   0   0  20  10   8
Tiribocchi     GK  27   3   3   4  19 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Clark        DF   1  24  10  10  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Baresi       DF   2  24   8   8  48 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Davis        MF   1   3  27  11  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Crespo       FW   1  11   8  26  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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