Elite Divisional Play Off 2nd Leg Match, Liverpool vs. Schalke 04 (Sun Apr 07)


                            Liverpool  |  Schalke 04
                            4-3-1-2 C  |  4-1-2-1-2 P
                          Mike McLeod  |  Ian McNamara
                                       |
                          G_Buffon GK  |  GK G_Pagliuca
                        W_Van_Boer DF  |  DF Papakoli_Diop
                          Reinaldo DF  |  DF A_Kerzhakov
                            Renald DF  |  DF John_McNamara
                            H_Matt DF  |  DF D_Dalot
                          N_Schulz MF  |  DM J_Height
                          P_Nedved MF  |  MF Adriano
                           T_Kroos MF  |  MF Inacio
                       J_Hernandez AM  |  AM V_Wanyama
                        A_Lombardo FW  |  FW C_Bellamy
                          D_Lehman FW  |  FW O_Ighalo
                                       |
                          P_Parkes SUB |  SUB P_Kenny
                          D_Abdoun SUB |  SUB T_Grant
                       J_Henderson SUB |  SUB Rocket
                        A_Martinez SUB |  SUB Christinoa
                        A_Mitrovic SUB |  SUB Ely

Referee: C_Cakir (Turkey)


Min. 3  :(lpl) J_Hernandez is taking a throw in
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt
          ...  He throws the ball to D_Lehman
          ...  J_Height forces him off the ball
Min. 3  :(shk) V_Wanyama runs at goal
          ...  He spots the run of O_Ighalo
          ...  He's played him in
          ...  A cheeky lob from O_Ighalo !
          ...  G_Buffon gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 6  :(lpl) T_Kroos plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  But J_Height clears the danger
Min. 8  :(lpl) H_Matt hits in a wicked shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  J_Hernandez latches onto it!
          ...  John_McNamara goes in with the block tackle
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball
          ...  Great tackle!
Min. 15 :(lpl) T_Kroos beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds P_Nedved
          ...  P_Nedved looks to see where G_Pagliuca is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And spins wide
Min. 17 :(shk) A_Kerzhakov controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle!
          ...  Inacio gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  Inacio shapes up for a shot!
          ...  G_Buffon parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 20 :(lpl) P_Nedved with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves the defender behind
          ...  P_Nedved from 20 yards !
          ...  It's going over!
          ...  It dips dramatically!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That puts Liverpool ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  Liverpool 1-0 Schalke 04 ...
Min. 21 :(shk) Schalke 04 changed their strategy to play A
Min. 21 :(shk) C_Bellamy sidesteps Renald
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  C_Bellamy sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But G_Buffon makes an easy save
Min. 23 :(lpl) W_Van_Boer can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to T_Kroos
          ...  T_Kroos with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  But G_Pagliuca makes an easy save
Min. 29 :(lpl) D_Lehman takes advantage of a bad back pass from A_Kerzhakov
          ...  D_Lehman with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  G_Pagliuca makes a comfortable save
          ...  He makes it look so easy
Min. 30 :(shk) Inacio turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to Papakoli_Diop
          ...  Papakoli_Diop tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  G_Buffon gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 31 :(lpl) J_Hernandez threads the through ball to A_Lombardo
          ...  A_Lombardo with a blistering shot !
          ...  The shot deflects wide into the crowd!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Hernandez plays it into the danger area!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of G_Pagliuca
Min. 33 :(shk) Adriano with an intelligent ball to J_Height
          ...  J_Height tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  G_Buffon heads it away
          ...  He was showing off there!
Min. 34 :(shk) John_McNamara gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  John_McNamara drives the shot in!
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 36 :(lpl) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  D_Lehman is through!
          ...  D_Lehman swings in the shot!
          ...  G_Pagliuca makes a good save
Min. 38 :(lpl) N_Schulz hits a hard pass to T_Kroos
          ...  John_McNamara takes the player down!!
          ...  PENALTY!!
          ...  No! The ref has given the free kick the other way!
          ...  Unbelievable!
Min. 39 :(lpl) D_Lehman turns on a sixpence
          ...  But Papakoli_Diop with the fine tackle
Min. 40 :(lpl) J_Hernandez holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to N_Schulz
          ...  V_Wanyama anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(shk) John_McNamara crosses to J_Height
          ...  Reinaldo wins the ball
Min. 45 :(shk) Adriano with an in swinging cross to C_Bellamy
          ...  C_Bellamy hits a curling shot!
          ...  But G_Buffon just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  C_Cakir has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 46 :(lpl) Renald with a penetrating pass to J_Hernandez
          ...  A thundering drive by J_Hernandez !
          ...  Looks like it should be G_Pagliuca's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  G_Pagliuca looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  Goal kick given, amazing decision there!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Liverpool 1-0 Schalke 04

Min. 50 :(lpl) T_Kroos skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to N_Schulz
          ...  N_Schulz with a powerful downward header!
          ...  G_Pagliuca makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 51 :(shk) J_Height with a flicked pass to C_Bellamy
          ...  C_Bellamy has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  But G_Buffon palms it behind
          ...  C_Cakir has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 53 :(shk) C_Bellamy plays a great one-two
          ...  He continues to run forward now
          ...  But W_Van_Boer with the fine tackle
Min. 56 :(shk) Inacio is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He throws it long to C_Bellamy
          ...  C_Bellamy with a powerful header !
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it's gone just wide !!
Min. 58 :(lpl) T_Kroos with the dribble
          ...  He skips through the tackle from Papakoli_Diop
          ...  T_Kroos with a stunning strike !
          ...  But G_Pagliuca with the difficult save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Kroos lofts the ball in!
          ...  G_Pagliuca easily catches it!
Min. 61 :(lpl) H_Matt plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  H_Matt tries to chip the ball over G_Pagliuca!
          ...  G_Pagliuca just watches float over the bar!
Min. 67 :(shk) A_Kerzhakov with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past the defender
          ...  N_Schulz reads the game well and cuts out the pass!
Min. 70 :(lpl) A_Martinez replaces an unhappy T_Kroos and will play as a MF
Min. 70 :(shk) T_Grant is being prepared to come on
          ...  Papakoli_Diop is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 70 :(shk) Rocket is coming on for J_Height and playing MF
Min. 70 :(shk) Ely comes on for C_Bellamy and will play FW to the delight of the fans
Min. 70 :(lpl) N_Schulz 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_Hernandez
          ...  Good sliding challenge from D_Dalot
Min. 71 :(shk) D_Dalot holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Rocket
          ...  W_Van_Boer brings him down from behind!
          ...  But the ref gives nothing!
Min. 73 :(shk) O_Ighalo with a flicked pass to Ely
          ...  Renald with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  That could have been a penalty!
          ...  A_Kerzhakov hits it over the wall
          ...  But he puts it wide
          ...  He found himself with no room to manoeuvre
Min. 75 :(lpl) A_Martinez runs at the defender
          ...  The defender falls over
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by A_Martinez !
          ...  G_Pagliuca makes himself big
          ...  Superb Stop !
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him
Min. 78 :(shk) V_Wanyama is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to Inacio
          ...  A_Lombardo with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 79 :(lpl) D_Abdoun is going to be brought on
          ...  Renald is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 82 :(shk) Ely bursts forward
          ...  Ely with the cheeky shot!
          ...  G_Buffon makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 83 :(lpl) A_Martinez with a real burst of pace
          ...  A_Martinez fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  But it whistles just past the post
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(shk) O_Ighalo miskicks!
          ...  He finds V_Wanyama though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  V_Wanyama goes for goal !
          ...  G_Buffon has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  G_Buffon reacts well to save!!!
Min. 91 :(lpl) A_Lombardo beats V_Wanyama
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  What a shot from A_Lombardo !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  But it goes wide

*************  EXTRA TIME  ****************

Min. 92 :(lpl) P_Nedved kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_Lehman gets on the end of the pass
          ...  D_Lehman runs forward
          ...  He hits the shot!
          ...  G_Pagliuca parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 94 :(lpl) A_Lombardo gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside D_Dalot!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  A_Lombardo chases it through, he must score !
          ...  G_Pagliuca with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 98 :(lpl) Reinaldo curls the ball out wide to P_Nedved
          ...  A_Kerzhakov plays the back pass
          ...  G_Pagliuca can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Nedved drives it into the box!
          ...  It comes to W_Van_Boer
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 103:(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on

*************  HALF TIME  ****************

Min. 107:(lpl) Reinaldo races into the box
          ...  He sees D_Lehman lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  D_Lehman with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide
Min. 110:(lpl) A_Martinez plays in N_Schulz with a beautiful ball
          ...  But John_McNamara wins the tackle
Min. 112:(shk) John_McNamara turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to Ely
          ...  D_Abdoun with a bad challenge
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 115:(shk) V_Wanyama with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows D_Lehman a clean set of heals
          ...  V_Wanyama with the goal bound shot!
          ...  G_Buffon tips it wide for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Kerzhakov chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  G_Buffon easily catches it!
Min. 116:(shk) Inacio knocks the ball past the lunge of W_Van_Boer
          ...  H_Matt stands his ground and wins the tackle
Min. 117:(shk) Inacio with an intelligent ball to Ely
          ...  Ely with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  The shot slips through G_Buffon's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
          ...  Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me
Min. 118:(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 120:(shk) V_Wanyama retreats under pressure
          ...  He hits the ball up field
          ...  O_Ighalo latches onto the end of it
          ...  H_Matt is called for the holding foul
          ...  Well spotted by the referee
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!, he is in the book for that one
Min. 121:(lpl) D_Lehman runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by T_Grant !!
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes

*************  PENALTY SHOOTOUT  *************


          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  A_Lombardo steps up!
          ...  He's converted it!!
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Liverpool 1-0 Schalke 04...

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  O_Ighalo is taking it!
          ...  He sends G_Buffon the wrong way
          ...  But it has gone wide!!
          ...  Shocking miss!!

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  D_Lehman is taking it!
          ...  G_Pagliuca pulls off the save!!

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  Ely steps up!
          ...  He sends G_Buffon the wrong way
          ...  Clinical Penalty
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Liverpool 1-1 Schalke 04...

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  P_Nedved is taking it!
          ...  He's converted it!!
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Liverpool 2-1 Schalke 04...

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  V_Wanyama steps up!
          ...  G_Buffon tips it wide!

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  J_Hernandez steps up!
          ...  G_Pagliuca tips it wide!

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  Inacio steps up!
          ...  G_Buffon with the save!!

          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  N_Schulz is taking it!
          ...  He sends G_Pagliuca the wrong way
          ...  Clinical Penalty
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Liverpool 3-1 Schalke 04...


          ...  Liverpool wins the penalty shootout
          ...  The Players all run on to celebrate.



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


Match Details
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Venue                : Anfield
Attendance           : 60,000
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Liverpool Match Info
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Best player          : G_Buffon (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : P_Nedved (20)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : A_Lombardo (78), D_Abdoun (112), H_Matt (120)
Injured              : N/A
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Schalke 04 Match Info
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Best player          : V_Wanyama
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Liverpool    |   Schalke 04
Attempts on Goal     :          17        |       14
Off target           :           8        |       4
On target            :           9        |       10
Possession           :          55        |       45
Corners              :           3        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           3        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          12        |       6
Key Tackles          :           5        |       10
Key Passes           :          14        |       14
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Final Score          : Liverpool 1 - 0 Schalke 04
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Player Statistics - Liverpool
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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G_Buffon       GK  34   2   3   1  22 | 125  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  95   0   0   0
W_Van_Boer     DF   1  31   6   6  32 | 125   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   1
Reinaldo       DF   1  29  12   6  20 | 125   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
Renald         DF   2  27   8  10  31 |  80   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
H_Matt         DF   2  25  12   7  34 | 125   0   1   1   0   1   0   1   0   0  18   8  -1
N_Schulz       MF   1   8  26  16  21 | 125   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  10
P_Nedved       MF   1   7  25  23  17 | 125   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   0   0  20  30  56
T_Kroos        MF   3   8  25  21  30 |  71   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20  20
J_Hernandez    AM   1   8  26  20  26 | 125   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  50  21
A_Lombardo     FW   3   6   9  27  32 | 125   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  10
D_Lehman       FW   3   9   7  25  33 | 125   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  31
P_Parkes       GK  27   4   2   4  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Abdoun       DF   3  26   9   7  30 |  45   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
J_Henderson    MF   2   8  26  10  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Martinez     MF   1   6  25  16  32 |  54   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10  11
A_Mitrovic     FW   3   5  11  25  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Schalke 04
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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G_Pagliuca     GK  35   5   5   2  23 | 125  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
Papakoli_Diop  DF   2  28  16   8  24 |  71   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0  10
A_Kerzhakov    DF   1  28  11   7  42 | 125   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
John_McNamara  DF   1  25   9  10  22 | 125   0   3   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  20   1
D_Dalot        DF   2  25  10   6  31 | 125   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
J_Height       DM   3  15  25   7  22 |  71   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10  10
Adriano        MF   1   8  26  12  43 | 125   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -20
Inacio         MF   2  14  25  13  22 | 125   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30  10
V_Wanyama      AM   1   7  26  18  19 | 125   0   1   3   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
C_Bellamy      FW   2   6   8  26  33 |  71   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  31
O_Ighalo       FW   1   8   7  25  21 | 125   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
P_Kenny        GK  27   2   2   1  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Grant        DF   2  25   9   7  29 |  54   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Rocket         MF   2  10  25  10  33 |  54   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Christinoa     FW   3   9   7  26  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ely            FW   2   4   8  25  22 |  54   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
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