Elite League Match, FC Porto vs. Real Madrid (Sun Mar 06)


                             FC Porto  |  Real Madrid
                            4-3-1-2 C  |  4-3-3 A
                          Malky McKay  |  Gazza Grant
                                       |
                           D_James GK  |  GK J_Reina
                         F_de_Boer DF  |  DF P_Livingstone
                          T_Stavos DF  |  DF D_Carvajal
                      C_Dos_Passos DF  |  DF Beckenbauer
                         E_Herbert DF  |  DF Marcelo
                          M_Canete MF  |  MF F_Ravanelli
                      J_Gandolfini MF  |  MF J_Kimmich
                         J_Butland MF  |  MF Juan_Callejon
                         S_Gerrard AM  |  FW H_Kane
                        M_Esposito FW  |  FW K_Benzema
                          D_Baggio FW  |  FW H_Sanchez
                                       |
                         I_Cardoso SUB |  SUB Adrian
                           L_Jones SUB |  SUB A_Arrondel
                     Tomas_Rosicky SUB |  SUB Seb_Ferrira
                        Liel_Abada SUB |  SUB T_Alderweirel
                          G_Borges SUB |  SUB Pixie_Rose

Referee: O_Bundy (USA)


Min. 1  :(rmd) H_Sanchez beats T_Stavos
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free
          ...  E_Herbert with a late tackle
          ...  He certainly didn't mean it
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 1  :(rmd) H_Kane with an intelligent ball to Marcelo
          ...  Marcelo with a stunning strike !
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 8  :(fcp) S_Gerrard with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past Beckenbauer
          ...  He knocks it to D_Baggio!
          ...  A skilful effort from D_Baggio !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  J_Reina was well beaten there!
          ...  And that takes his tally to 10 for the campaign!!
          ...  That puts FC Porto ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  FC Porto 1-0 Real Madrid ...
Min. 9  :(fcp) It looks as though FC Porto is now playing D
Min. 13 :(fcp) S_Gerrard runs forward
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  H_Kane with a deliberate foul
          ...  O_Bundy will want to speak to him
Min. 14 :(rmd) H_Kane kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  K_Benzema gets on the end of the pass
          ...  K_Benzema hits the shot!
          ...  It swerves a lot!
          ...  Saved by D_James
Min. 18 :(rmd) K_Benzema turns past M_Canete
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  F_de_Boer gets to the ball first
Min. 26 :(rmd) F_Ravanelli looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to H_Kane
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  F_de_Boer hits it out for a throw
Min. 31 :(fcp) S_Gerrard has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past D_Carvajal
          ...  He puts in D_Baggio!
          ...  A powerful header from D_Baggio !
          ...  It looks good
          ...  But J_Reina is equal to it
Min. 33 :(fcp) M_Esposito steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs Beckenbauer
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  D_Carvajal makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 36 :(rmd) Juan_Callejon works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to H_Kane
          ...  H_Kane strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  But D_James makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 37 :(rmd) F_Ravanelli with the first time flick to K_Benzema
          ...  A glorious effort by K_Benzema !
          ...  D_James with a great save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 39 :(rmd) Beckenbauer hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  H_Sanchez latches onto it!
          ...  H_Sanchez has a go!
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(rmd) H_Kane slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him!
          ...  J_Butland is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was pushing down on his man
          ...  O_Bundy warned him

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: FC Porto 1-0 Real Madrid

Min. 46 :(fcp) J_Gandolfini sidesteps P_Livingstone
          ...  D_Carvajal wins the ball!
          ...  But he caught the player also!
          ...  The ref gives nothing!
Min. 49 :(fcp) D_Baggio takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past Marcelo
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  Marcelo goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 54 :(fcp) J_Gandolfini jumps over P_Livingstone's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  K_Benzema with a superb challenge
          ...  O_Bundy has given the free kick the other way!
Min. 61 :(rmd) Juan_Callejon pulls it back to Beckenbauer
          ...  E_Herbert with a clumsy challenge
          ...  What a stupid booking that was
          ...  That's his second of the game !
          ...  He heads of towards the changing rooms
Min. 61 :(fcp) L_Jones is coming on for D_Baggio and playing DF
Min. 61 :(rmd) H_Kane is first to the loose ball
          ...  But J_Gandolfini clears the ball to safety
Min. 63 :(rmd) A defence splitting pass from J_Kimmich to H_Sanchez
          ...  C_Dos_Passos rushes in with a poor tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
Min. 66 :(rmd) H_Sanchez takes advantage of a mistake by L_Jones
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  H_Sanchez with the drive!
          ...  But D_James makes a superb stop down low.
Min. 67 :(fcp) J_Gandolfini with a glorious 60-yard pass to S_Gerrard
          ...  From long range S_Gerrard bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!!
Min. 68 :(rmd) K_Benzema with the dribble
          ...  He made that look easy
          ...  L_Jones is late with that one
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 69 :(rmd) Juan_Callejon with a short pass to find K_Benzema
          ...  C_Dos_Passos with a pull on the shirt
Min. 69 :(rmd) J_Reina is rolling on the ground!
          ...  He gets up again
          ...  Looks like a little bit of play acting
Min. 73 :(fcp) Tomas_Rosicky is coming on and J_Butland is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play MF
Min. 75 :(fcp) J_Gandolfini with a probing pass to M_Esposito
          ...  M_Esposito has a dig at goal!
          ...  J_Reina gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 76 :(fcp) S_Gerrard pulls it back to M_Esposito
          ...  P_Livingstone clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 79 :(rmd) K_Benzema jumps over J_Gandolfini's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  K_Benzema with a thundering drive!
          ...  He miskicks the ball
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium
Min. 80 :(rmd) A_Arrondel is being brought on
          ...  P_Livingstone is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DF
Min. 80 :(fcp) M_Canete takes possession of the ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to M_Esposito
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from D_Carvajal
Min. 81 :(rmd) T_Alderweirel is going to be brought on
          ...  Marcelo is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 81 :(fcp) Tomas_Rosicky turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Esposito
          ...  But A_Arrondel wins the ball
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(rmd) Pixie_Rose will replace the useless K_Benzema and will play FW
Min. 91 :(fcp) J_Gandolfini backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  S_Gerrard latches onto the end of it
          ...  D_Carvajal takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 93 :(fcp) M_Canete with a one-touch layoff to S_Gerrard
          ...  But A_Arrondel wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 93 :(fcp) L_Jones plays it back
          ...  D_James slips!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He has put it into his own net!!
          ...  FC Porto 1-1 Real Madrid ...
Min. 94 :(fcp) FC Porto altered their play to a C strategy

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estádio do Dragãos
Attendance           : 144,826
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FC Porto Match Info
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Best player          : S_Gerrard (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : D_Baggio (8)
Sent Off             : E_Herbert (61)
Booked               : L_Jones (68)
Injured              : N/A
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Real Madrid Match Info
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Best player          : D_Carvajal
Scorers              : L_Jones (93 og)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             FC Porto     |  Real Madrid
Attempts on Goal     :           4        |       7
Off target           :           1        |       3
On target            :           3        |       4
Possession           :          53        |       47
Corners              :           0        |       0
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          13        |       12
Key Tackles          :           3        |       8
Key Passes           :           9        |       7
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Final Score          : FC Porto 1 - 1 Real Madrid
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Player Statistics - FC Porto
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_James        GK  39   2   2   3  26 |  95   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0   0   0
F_de_Boer      DF   2  34   8   8  27 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
T_Stavos       DF   3  33  13   5  10 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Dos_Passos   DF   1  32  12   5  22 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Herbert      DF   1  32   7  11  41 |  62   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
M_Canete       MF   2   6  32   5  19 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_Gandolfini   MF   3  10  31  22  12 |  95   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
J_Butland      MF   2  10  31  11  41 |  74   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Gerrard      AM   2   7  31  19  21 |  95   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
M_Esposito     FW   1   7   7  30  41 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
D_Baggio       FW   2   7  10  29  21 |  62   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  30
I_Cardoso      GK  30   2   4   1  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Jones        DF   3  31   7   8  22 |  33   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -22 -22  -2
Tomas_Rosicky  MF   3   8  30   8  32 |  21   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Liel_Abada     MF   1   1  25   3  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Borges       FW   1   1   1  26  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Real 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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J_Reina        GK  39   2   3   1  18 |  95   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Livingstone  DF   2  35  11   9  31 |  81   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
D_Carvajal     DF   1  34   9  10  32 |  95   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
Beckenbauer    DF   2  33  10   8  21 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Marcelo        DF   1  32   9   7  21 |  82   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
F_Ravanelli    MF   3  12  36   9  21 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_Kimmich      MF   2  15  33   1  14 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Juan_Callejon  MF   2   7  29   7  23 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
H_Kane         FW   1   8  11  34  33 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   5
K_Benzema      FW   3   7   7  31  23 |  89   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
H_Sanchez      FW   2   6   6  29  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Adrian         GK  29   1   2   1  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Arrondel     DF   2  33   4   8  12 |  14   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
Seb_Ferrira    DF   2  31   9   9  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Alderweirel  DF   1  31   9   9  31 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Pixie_Rose     FW   1   6  27  16  32 |   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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