Elite League Match, Juventus vs. Barcelona (Wed Mar 13)


                             Juventus  |  Barcelona
                              5-3-2 L  |  5-4-1 A
                            Gary Hill  |  Bryngar Myre
                                       |
                           Belushi GK  |  GK M_Zetterer
                       M_Friedrich DF  |  DF G_Bale
                            H_Berg DF  |  DF Ciaran_Clark
                       Beckenbauer DF  |  DF K_Abrha
                         C_Ferrara DF  |  DF J_Miranda
                       Eirik_Silva DF  |  DF D_Rose
                               Kak MF  |  MF R_Kopa
                         M_Kikuchi MF  |  MF K_Mizuno
                           J_Fleck MF  |  MF B_Spencer
                        D_Rortugal FW  |  MF Xavi
                         G_Puciato FW  |  FW H_Son
                                       |
                             Savic SUB |  SUB N_Douchez
                           Maldini SUB |  SUB J_Myre
                          A_Cejudo SUB |  SUB L_Gasparotto
                         B_Murdoch SUB |  SUB M_Hunt
                        S_Chalmers SUB |  SUB Amauri

Referee: D_Skomina (Slovenia)


Min. 2  :(jvt) Eirik_Silva with an incisive pass to D_Rortugal
          ...  Good sliding challenge from J_Miranda
Min. 9  :(jvt) J_Fleck jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to D_Rortugal
          ...  K_Abrha forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by Eirik_Silva
          ...  M_Zetterer makes the catch!
Min. 9  :(brc) K_Mizuno passes the ball to Xavi
          ...  Driven towards goal by Xavi !
          ...  Saved by Belushi
Min. 10 :(jvt) M_Kikuchi unselfishly lays the ball back to D_Rortugal
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  J_Miranda belts it clear
Min. 20 :(jvt) G_Puciato with a burst of pace
          ...  But Ciaran_Clark slid in
          ...  It was a well timed tackle and it had to be
Min. 21 :(jvt) J_Fleck knocks it forward
          ...  G_Bale slips
          ...  G_Puciato gets to it!
          ...  D_Rose with the block
Min. 22 :(jvt) D_Rortugal runs at the defence
          ...  K_Mizuno with a bad challenge
          ...  D_Skomina will want to speak to him
Min. 27 :(jvt) G_Puciato breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on M_Zetterer!
          ...  J_Miranda brings him down!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  D_Skomina reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 28 :(jvt) G_Puciato has it on the edge of the box
          ...  D_Rose knobbles the attacking player.
          ...  D_Skomina blows up for a foul
          ...  D_Skomina will just give him a speaking to
Min. 29 :(brc) B_Spencer kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  G_Bale gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Beckenbauer intercepts the pass
Min. 30 :(jvt) J_Fleck gets to the by line and finds Eirik_Silva with a beautiful cross
          ...  D_Rose with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 35 :(jvt) M_Kikuchi is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to D_Rortugal
          ...  But K_Abrha wins the ball from behind
          ...  The crowd appeal but D_Skomina has none of it.
Min. 37 :(brc) H_Son with the Cruyff turn
          ...  Kak with a nasty foul
          ...  D_Skomina will want to speak to him
          ...  He is warned by D_Skomina
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 38 :(brc) Xavi fires over a low cross to G_Bale
          ...  Eirik_Silva with the tackle
Min. 39 :(brc) Xavi jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  Xavi flings a shot at goal !
          ...  Belushi gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he picks up the rebound
          ...  OHHHHHHHH !!
          ...  It's pushed behind !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Kopa chips the ball into the area!
          ...  M_Kikuchi wins the ball
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 41 :(brc) B_Spencer runs at the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to D_Rose
          ...  M_Friedrich gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 42 :(brc) Xavi with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past M_Kikuchi
          ...  He knocks it to H_Son!
          ...  H_Son smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  But he puts it over
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(jvt) M_Friedrich beats D_Rose
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  M_Friedrich with a stunning strike !
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!
Min. 43 :(brc) B_Spencer sidesteps his marker
          ...  He runs forward now
          ...  Kak makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 46 :(brc) R_Kopa is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to H_Son
          ...  H_Son with the chance !
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  How did he manage to miss that?

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Juventus 0-0 Barcelona

Min. 46 :(jvt) G_Puciato makes the tackle
          ...  He gets to his feet quickly
          ...  He's beat the defender to the ball
          ...  J_Miranda pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 47 :(jvt) G_Puciato has it on the edge of the box
          ...  Xavi leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 54 :(jvt) M_Kikuchi with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past G_Bale
          ...  He knocks it to G_Puciato!
          ...  D_Rose with an ugly foul
          ...  I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 58 :(jvt) M_Kikuchi with a pinpoint pass to D_Rortugal
          ...  D_Rortugal with a thundering drive!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Right into the top corner!
          ...  And Juventus are leading in the game now
          ...  Juventus 1-0 Barcelona ...
Min. 59 :(jvt) The Juventus manager told his side to change to a D strategy
Min. 63 :(brc) The ball goes loose!
          ...  D_Rose seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  Eirik_Silva anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 64 :(jvt) D_Rortugal takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past G_Bale
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  Ciaran_Clark gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 68 :(jvt) C_Ferrara off the woodwork.
          ...  G_Puciato picks up the deflection
          ...  D_Rose with a superb tackle!
          ...  He easily dispossessed him.
Min. 70 :(jvt) B_Murdoch is coming on and D_Rortugal is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play AM
Min. 74 :(brc) J_Myre is being brought on
          ...  G_Bale is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DF
Min. 75 :(brc) M_Hunt will replace K_Mizuno and play FW
Min. 75 :(brc) Amauri takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace Ciaran_Clark
          ...  He'll play as a FW
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 75 :(brc) R_Kopa has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Kak
          ...  He puts in H_Son!
          ...  H_Son unleashes a pile driver !
          ...  But Belushi gets down well to tip the ball wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Mizuno curls it into the box!
          ...  H_Berg wins the ball
          ...  He belts it away
Min. 77 :(brc) M_Hunt with electric pace
          ...  He eases past H_Berg
          ...  M_Friedrich with an awful challenge
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Just outside the box!
          ...  J_Miranda with the delicate chip over the wall
          ...  Belushi falls over
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway!
Min. 78 :(jvt) Maldini will replace H_Berg and play DF
Min. 80 :(jvt) Kak beats J_Myre
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  An audacious effort from Kak !
          ...  M_Zetterer dives towards his top let hand corner
          ...  He's pushed that one just around the goal
          ...  Super Stop !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Murdoch chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  M_Zetterer easily catches it!
Min. 85 :(brc) K_Abrha with a penetrating pass to H_Son
          ...  Maldini slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Allianz Stadium
Attendance           : 140,000
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Juventus Match Info
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Best player          : M_Kikuchi (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : D_Rortugal (58)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_Friedrich (77)
Injured              : N/A
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Barcelona Match Info
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Best player          : Xavi
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_Miranda (27), Xavi (47), D_Rose (54)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Juventus     |   Barcelona
Attempts on Goal     :           3        |       6
Off target           :           1        |       3
On target            :           2        |       3
Possession           :          44        |       56
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       3
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :           7        |       11
Key Tackles          :           6        |       10
Key Passes           :           9        |       8
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Final Score          : Juventus 1 - 0 Barcelona
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Player Statistics - Juventus
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Belushi        GK  39   8   8   5  11 |  92   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  75   0   0   0
M_Friedrich    DF   2  29  12  10  29 |  92   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  58  -2  -1
H_Berg         DF   1  29  11   7  21 |  79   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Beckenbauer    DF   2  28   9   7  21 |  92   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
C_Ferrara      DF   2  28   8   6  22 |  92   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Eirik_Silva    DF   3  27   7   9  13 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
Kak            MF   2  16  27   9  41 |  92   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0  10
M_Kikuchi      MF   1  15  27   8  30 |  92   0   1   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  40  75  20
J_Fleck        MF   1   6  27   7  31 |  92   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
D_Rortugal     FW   3  10   9  29  21 |  71   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  35
G_Puciato      FW   2   9   9  29  42 |  92   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Savic          GK  36   2   7   3  10 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Maldini        DF   2  27   9   7  41 |  13   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
A_Cejudo       MF   3   9  27   8  10 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Murdoch      AM   2   7  25  16  11 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Chalmers     FW   1   8   8  25  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Barcelona
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_Zetterer     GK  39   3   3   3  32 |  92   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0
G_Bale         DF   2  34  12   8  42 |  75   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ciaran_Clark   DF   2  31   9   8  24 |  76   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20 -20 -20
K_Abrha        DF   1  30   9   7  33 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
J_Miranda      DF   2  29  11   7  21 |  92   0   3   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  58  -2  -1
D_Rose         DF   1  26  10   7  22 |  92   0   3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  58  -2  -2
R_Kopa         MF   2  15  33   8  23 |  92   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
K_Mizuno       MF   1   9  33  10  28 |  76   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
B_Spencer      MF   1  12  31  13  31 |  92   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -20
Xavi           MF   1   5  30   9  31 |  92   0   0   2   0   2   0   1   0   0  -2  18  18
H_Son          FW   2   9  11  30  20 |  92   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
N_Douchez      GK  38   2   2   7  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Myre         DF   2  31   9   8  39 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Gasparotto   DF   3  25   8   7  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Hunt         FW   2   9   8  38  33 |  16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Amauri         FW   2   7   8  28  29 |  16   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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