Division Two League Match, Aston Villa vs. Atletico Madrid (Sun Feb 24)


                          Aston Villa  |  Atletico Madrid
                          4-1-2-1-2 A  |  4-1-3-2 P
                    Pierre Van Rossum  |  Gary Kevany
                                       |
                         Dino_Zoff GK  |  GK T_Courtois
                     P_Livingstone DF  |  DF A_Romagnoli
                        G_V_D_Wiel DF  |  DF J_Ayden
                      M_Demichelis DF  |  DF M_Bossis
                         K_Femenia DF  |  DF S_Clark
                         M_Laudrup DM  |  DM A_Zabarte
                          G_Driver MF  |  MF Ridoutska
                         C_Makiadi MF  |  MF S_Davis
                        Ze_Roberto AM  |  MF Pichu_Atienza
                        M_Rashford FW  |  FW M_McKay
                          L_Miller FW  |  FW M_Owen
                                       |
                       F_Eggington SUB |  SUB Tiribocchi
                             Ayala SUB |  SUB G_Baresi
                          S_Defour SUB |  SUB D_Hart
                        S_Nakajima SUB |  SUB Hoekstra
                             Sobhi SUB |  SUB H_Crespo

Referee: M_Stadio (Austria)


Min. 1  :(amd) S_Davis 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 J_Ayden
          ...  J_Ayden smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  Dino_Zoff makes a good save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Owen plays it into the danger area!
          ...  Dino_Zoff easily catches it!
Min. 3  :(asv) M_Rashford with a precise ball to Ze_Roberto
          ...  Ze_Roberto with a scorcher of a shot !
          ...  T_Courtois won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Excellent strike!!
          ...  That's given Aston Villa the lead!
          ...  Aston Villa 1-0 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 4  :(asv) Ze_Roberto with a slide rule pass to L_Miller
          ...  L_Miller goes for the top corner !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a great finish
          ...  The Aston Villa fans chant his name!
          ...  Aston Villa 2-0 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 4  :(amd) M_Owen nutmegs C_Makiadi
          ...  M_Owen hits a great drive!
          ...  Dino_Zoff was lucky there
Min. 6  :(amd) Ridoutska with the cross-field pass to M_McKay
          ...  K_Femenia is called for the holding foul
          ...  Well spotted by the referee
          ...  M_Stadio ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Pierre Van Rossum looks relieved
Min. 7  :(asv) M_Laudrup sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball across to L_Miller
          ...  L_Miller with his head down lets it go !
          ...  It's hit the bar
          ...  It bounces down
          ...  T_Courtois grabs it
          ...  No Goal!
          ...  Boo's surround the stadium!!!
Min. 9  :(amd) J_Ayden pulls it back to M_McKay
          ...  But K_Femenia slides in two footed.
          ...  M_Stadio has a look but waves "Play On!"
Min. 10 :(asv) L_Miller nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward
          ...  L_Miller has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  T_Courtois plucks the ball out of the air
          ...  Good goalkeeping there!
Min. 11 :(asv) L_Miller with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves A_Romagnoli behind
          ...  L_Miller sends it flying towards goal!
          ...  T_Courtois can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  T_Courtois makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 13 :(amd) M_McKay beats P_Livingstone
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  M_McKay hits it
          ...  This one could go anywhere !
          ...  But Dino_Zoff punches it away
Min. 14 :(amd) A_Zabarte retreats under pressure
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  M_McKay gets on the end of it
          ...  M_McKay with a thundering volley!
          ...  Dino_Zoff gets up well to catch that one
Min. 15 :(amd) M_Owen with an in swinging cross to S_Clark
          ...  S_Clark with the strike !
          ...  Dino_Zoff with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 17 :(asv) G_Driver brings it under control
          ...  He takes on S_Clark
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in L_Miller!
          ...  L_Miller hits a great drive!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 19 :(amd) M_McKay with the dribble
          ...  This is a great chance
          ...  P_Livingstone with a nasty foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  M_Stadio shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 22 :(amd) A_Romagnoli with a flashy move
          ...  K_Femenia brings him down from behind!
          ...  But the ref gives nothing!
Min. 22 :(asv) L_Miller loses his marker
          ...  M_McKay with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 27 :(asv) M_Rashford flicks it over S_Clark and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  J_Ayden is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  T_Courtois misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Laudrup crosses it in!
          ...  M_Bossis clears the danger
Min. 30 :(asv) M_Laudrup sidesteps his marker
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  M_Laudrup with his head down lets it go !
          ...  T_Courtois gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But can't hold onto it!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Aston Villa 3-0 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 33 :(amd) M_Owen brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  M_Laudrup with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 41 :(asv) T_Courtois miss-kicks!
          ...  M_Rashford is through!
          ...  M_Rashford with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  Saved by T_Courtois
Min. 41 :(amd) A_Zabarte looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to M_Owen
          ...  G_V_D_Wiel clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(asv) L_Miller could get a shot on goal here
          ...  S_Clark with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 43 :(asv) G_Driver with a measured pass to L_Miller
          ...  J_Ayden had better start being careful if he continues to tackle like that
          ...  M_Stadio ignores the protests for a card
          ...  Gary Kevany looks relieved
Min. 45 :(asv) K_Femenia loses his marker!
          ...  S_Clark tackles cleanly
          ...  The linesman flags for the foul though! Unbelievable! It looked clean to me

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Aston Villa 3-0 Atletico Madrid

Min. 47 :(asv) P_Livingstone sprints past A_Romagnoli
          ...  A_Romagnoli reacts to stop the move going any further
Min. 50 :(amd) M_Owen has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past M_Laudrup!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  Driven towards goal by M_Owen !
          ...  It hits the bar!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it wide
Min. 51 :(amd) S_Davis unselfishly lays the ball back to M_Owen
          ...  M_Owen unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  But he puts it well wide
          ...  That was a mishit effort!
Min. 52 :(asv) C_Makiadi with a smart pass to M_Rashford
          ...  M_Rashford curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  T_Courtois has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  T_Courtois is left flat-footed
          ...  It's gone wide !!
Min. 55 :(asv) S_Nakajima replaces C_Makiadi and will play MF
Min. 55 :(asv) S_Nakajima has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past M_Owen
          ...  He puts in M_Demichelis!
          ...  But A_Zabarte will cut out the threat
Min. 57 :(amd) S_Davis takes advantage of a mistake by M_Demichelis
          ...  Fine tackle by G_V_D_Wiel
          ...  But he can't prevent the corner
Min. 60 :(asv) Sobhi is coming on for M_Rashford and playing FW
Min. 61 :(amd) Ridoutska finds M_McKay with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  M_McKay with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 63 :(amd) Ridoutska hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  M_McKay latches onto it!
          ...  M_McKay with only one thing on his mind!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 65 :(asv) Ayala replaces P_Livingstone and will play DF
Min. 65 :(amd) S_Davis unselfishly lays the ball back to Pichu_Atienza
          ...  Pichu_Atienza sees Dino_Zoff off his line !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  Dino_Zoff never had a chance!
Min. 67 :(asv) K_Femenia with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to L_Miller
          ...  L_Miller pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  But T_Courtois makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 70 :(amd) Pichu_Atienza takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Ayden
          ...  J_Ayden with the goal bound shot!
          ...  Dino_Zoff won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 71 :(amd) A_Romagnoli with a short pass to find Ridoutska
          ...  Ridoutska hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  It's beaten Dino_Zoff
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Aston Villa 3-1 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 74 :(asv) Ayala looks for options
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to K_Femenia
          ...  M_Owen steals the ball of off him
Min. 75 :(amd) A_Romagnoli is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to M_Owen
          ...  M_Owen with a blistering shot !
          ...  It hits the post!!
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  He's put it over
Min. 80 :(asv) G_Driver unselfishly heads the ball back to Ze_Roberto
          ...  Ze_Roberto with the 40 yard drive !
          ...  What agility from T_Courtois
Min. 81 :(amd) A_Romagnoli backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  M_Owen gets on the end of it
          ...  M_Owen swings in the shot!
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 82 :(asv) L_Miller turns past A_Romagnoli
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  L_Miller with his head down lets it go !
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 83 :(asv) G_Driver backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  Sobhi latches onto the end of it
          ...  Sobhi with the diving header !
          ...  He had to be brave there
          ...  T_Courtois saves it
          ...  Good goalkeeping
Min. 83 :(amd) M_Owen runs forward
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  K_Femenia takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 85 :(amd) Pichu_Atienza pass splits open the defence and finds M_McKay
          ...  M_McKay fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  Dino_Zoff never had a chance!
Min. 86 :(amd) Ridoutska with a smart pass to M_Owen
          ...  M_Demichelis with a deliberate foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  The boy is unlucky to get a yellow
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 87 :(asv) G_Driver with the nod to Sobhi
          ...  J_Ayden gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 87 :(amd) M_McKay steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs K_Femenia
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  A powerful shot by M_McKay !
          ...  Dino_Zoff gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  It's his 10th for the season!!
          ...  Atletico Madrid have narrowed the deficit!
          ...  Aston Villa 3-2 Atletico Madrid ...
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(asv) S_Nakajima finds Sobhi with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  Sobhi with the shot !
          ...  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. 89 :(amd) Ridoutska pass splits open the defence and finds M_Owen
          ...  M_Owen aims the cheeky shot at goal!
          ...  Dino_Zoff with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league
Min. 91 :(amd) S_Davis pushes it past Ayala
          ...  S_Davis fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  Dino_Zoff makes himself big and wins the ball
Min. 92 :(asv) L_Miller takes possession
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by Ridoutska
          ...  He timed it well
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Ze_Roberto lofts the ball in!
          ...  A_Romagnoli wins the ball
          ...  He belts it away
Min. 92 :(amd) Ridoutska with the towering header to M_McKay
          ...  M_McKay sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender !
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  And Dino_Zoff reacts well to tip it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Ridoutska curls it into the box!
          ...  M_Demichelis reads it well and clears the danger

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Villa Park
Attendance           : 77,269
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Aston Villa Match Info
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Best player          : Ze_Roberto
Scorers              : Ze_Roberto (3), L_Miller (4), M_Laudrup (30)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : P_Livingstone (19), M_Laudrup (33), M_Demichelis (86)
Injured              : N/A
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Atletico Madrid Match Info
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Best player          : Ridoutska (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Ridoutska (71), M_McKay (87)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_McKay (22)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Aston Villa   | Atletico Madrid
Attempts on Goal     :          14        |       19
Off target           :           6        |       9
On target            :           8        |       10
Possession           :          41        |       59
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           3        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       0
Fouls                :          12        |       14
Key Tackles          :           5        |       7
Key Passes           :          13        |       18
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Final Score          : Aston Villa 3 - 2 Atletico Madrid
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Player Statistics - Aston Villa
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Dino_Zoff      GK  33   2   2   3  30 |  94   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
P_Livingstone  DF   2  29  10   8  31 |  66   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
G_V_D_Wiel     DF   1  28  11   5  20 |  94   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
M_Demichelis   DF   2  28   9   7  18 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
K_Femenia      DF   3  26   8   6  32 |  94   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  80  30  20
M_Laudrup      DM   2  13  23   6  22 |  94   0   0   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  -2   8  28
G_Driver       MF   1  11  29   5  25 |  94   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
C_Makiadi      MF   2   7  27   4  10 |  56   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Ze_Roberto     AM   1  10  23  15  11 |  94   0   0   1   1   2   1   0   0   0   0  25  35
M_Rashford     FW   2   7   9  25  23 |  61   0   0   1   1   2   0   0   0   0   0  25   6
L_Miller       FW   3   7   5  25  31 |  94   0   0   0   0   7   1   0   0   0   0   0  44
F_Eggington    GK  27   3   2   2  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ayala          DF   2  27  11   5  11 |  28   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
S_Defour       MF   2   8  25  11  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Nakajima     MF   2   8  25   9  21 |  38   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Sobhi          FW   2   6   6  23  21 |  33   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6

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 |  94   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -25   0   0   0
A_Romagnoli    DF   1  28   5   8  31 |  94   0   2   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  40  45   0
J_Ayden        DF   1  26  10   6  25 |  94   0   2   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  40  10   6
M_Bossis       DF   1  25   9   6  10 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
S_Clark        DF   1  24  10  10  32 |  94   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5
A_Zabarte      DM   1  14  24   7  21 |  94   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
Ridoutska      MF   2  17  27   7  34 |  94   0   1   6   0   1   1   0   0   0  20  60  30
S_Davis        MF   1   3  27  11  35 |  94   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   5
Pichu_Atienza  MF   1  16  26   6  33 |  94   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   1
M_McKay        FW   3   7  10  27  21 |  94   0   0   0   0   7   1   1   0   0 -22 -22  26
M_Owen         FW   1   7   8  27  11 |  94   0   1   1   0   6   0   0   0   0  20  10  14
Tiribocchi     GK  27   3   3   4  19 |   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
D_Hart         MF   2   8  25   8  17 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Hoekstra       MF   3   9  24  11  12 |   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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