Division One League Match, Sao Paulo FC vs. Valencia (Sun Nov 11)


                         Sao Paulo FC  |  Valencia
                            4-3-1-2 A  |  4-1-3-1-1 A
                         Daniel Perry  |  Andie Glen
                                       |
                       Dante_Silva GK  |  GK Kamikaze
                         A_Pereira DF  |  DF W_Van_Boer
                            Baresi DF  |  DF D_E_Boyata
                           R_Delap DF  |  DF B_Ivanovic
                         A_Britton DF  |  DF J_Stam
                          K_Mizuno MF  |  DM P_Niemeyer
                       B_Bjorksson MF  |  MF T_Huddlestone
                      Shane_Botwin MF  |  MF A_A_Messi
                         S_Gerrard AM  |  MF H_Jones
                           L_Massu FW  |  AM J_R_Riquelme
                         J_Greaves FW  |  FW W_Jose
                                       |
                            J_Hart SUB |  SUB Romero
                          G_Hanley SUB |  SUB A_Van_Buuren
                          Li_Chung SUB |  SUB A_Nouri
                           M_Barry SUB |  SUB K_El_Ahmadi
                           F_Totti SUB |  SUB Christinoa

Referee: O_Bundy (USA)


Min. 1  :(sao) K_Mizuno crosses in from the wing, he finds L_Massu in the box
          ...  L_Massu with the drive!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 1  :(vla) W_Jose beats his man
          ...  A_Britton knocks the ball back to Dante_Silva
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It's gone past Dante_Silva!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by D_E_Boyata
          ...  Dante_Silva makes the catch!
Min. 3  :(vla) T_Huddlestone holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to W_Jose
          ...  A well-placed shot from W_Jose !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  H_Jones curls it into the box!
          ...  Dante_Silva makes the catch!
Min. 7  :(vla) W_Jose makes the tackle
          ...  W_Jose with a stunning strike !
          ...  The fans get off there seats!
          ...  But it sails over !!
Min. 10 :(sao) L_Massu brings the ball under control
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  J_Greaves gets on the end of the pass
          ...  But D_E_Boyata comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 12 :(sao) R_Delap with the heel pass to S_Gerrard
          ...  B_Ivanovic makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 13 :(sao) The defender loses control of the ball!
          ...  K_Mizuno seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  K_Mizuno hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 13 :(vla) J_R_Riquelme sprints past A_Britton
          ...  What a shot from J_R_Riquelme !
          ...  It could go anywhere
          ...  But Dante_Silva just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  W_Jose plays it into the danger area!
          ...  Dante_Silva makes the catch!
Min. 16 :(sao) S_Gerrard sidesteps D_E_Boyata
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  T_Huddlestone takes possession
Min. 16 :(vla) D_E_Boyata cuts inside the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to W_Jose
          ...  Baresi wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
Min. 17 :(sao) K_Mizuno looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to J_Greaves
          ...  B_Ivanovic with the tackle
Min. 18 :(vla) J_R_Riquelme takes advantage of a mistake by K_Mizuno
          ...  It's a lucky break
          ...  A_Britton wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_R_Riquelme crosses it in!
          ...  Dante_Silva easily claims the ball!
Min. 20 :(vla) H_Jones is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose hits the shot with the inside of the left foot!
          ...  Dante_Silva makes a comfortable save
          ...  He wasn't troubled there
Min. 23 :(vla) W_Jose looks for options
          ...  He decides to go it alone
          ...  W_Jose strikes a wicked curler !
          ...  Dante_Silva just watches float over the bar!
Min. 26 :(sao) R_Delap takes on B_Ivanovic
          ...  He runs past him
          ...  J_R_Riquelme with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 27 :(sao) L_Massu has it on the edge of the box
          ...  L_Massu gets his head to the ball !
          ...  Kamikaze tips it over his bar
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Bjorksson hits it into the box!
          ...  It comes to L_Massu
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  Kamikaze gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  He has put it wide !!
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair!
Min. 31 :(sao) A_Britton reads the run of S_Gerrard
          ...  S_Gerrard cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  Kamikaze has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  Kamikaze reacts well to save!!!
Min. 31 :(vla) H_Jones with a 50-yard pass to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose bears down on goal!
          ...  But Dante_Silva punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a throw in
Min. 34 :(vla) T_Huddlestone with a measured ball to A_A_Messi
          ...  A_A_Messi with a graceful, looping effort !
          ...  Dante_Silva parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 35 :(sao) Shane_Botwin curls the ball out wide to R_Delap
          ...  R_Delap has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  He hits the side netting
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in!
Min. 36 :(vla) A_A_Messi gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He slides the ball past R_Delap!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  R_Delap reacts to stop the move going any further
Min. 37 :(sao) S_Gerrard takes advantage of a mistake by W_Van_Boer
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  But D_E_Boyata wins the ball with a sliding challenge
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Mizuno curls it into the box!
          ...  It comes to Shane_Botwin
          ...  He fires it towards to goal
          ...  But he's missed it!
          ...  He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Min. 38 :(sao) K_Mizuno with a probing through ball J_Greaves
          ...  W_Van_Boer goes in with high feet!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
          ...  He's warned for that one
          ...  Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is well within shooting range!
          ...  L_Massu shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to J_Greaves instead
          ...  J_Greaves hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  But he puts it over
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort
Min. 39 :(sao) L_Massu flicks it over P_Niemeyer and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  L_Massu hits a curling shot!
          ...  Kamikaze gathers it comfortably
Min. 41 :(sao) R_Delap holds the ball up
          ...  He sees J_Greaves in space!
          ...  J_Greaves smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 41 :(vla) J_R_Riquelme drives it forward to J_Stam
          ...  R_Delap clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 42 :(sao) R_Delap moves out wide
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Greaves
          ...  B_Ivanovic gets the foot in to win the ball
          ...  It rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by S_Gerrard
          ...  D_E_Boyata wins the ball
          ...  He belts it away
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(sao) Shane_Botwin sidesteps B_Ivanovic
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  W_Van_Boer clears with a diving header
Min. 44 :(sao) Shane_Botwin holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to K_Mizuno
          ...  J_Stam slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 46 :(vla) W_Jose beats Baresi
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves O_Bundy
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from R_Delap
Min. 49 :(sao) R_Delap is first to the ball
          ...  But D_E_Boyata comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Sao Paulo FC 0-0 Valencia

Min. 46 :(sao) Baresi pushes it past B_Ivanovic
          ...  T_Huddlestone fouls badly
          ...  O_Bundy will want to speak to him
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  K_Mizuno hoists it forward
          ...  L_Massu gets on the end of it
          ...  D_E_Boyata makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Bjorksson swings it in!
          ...  Baresi gets his head on it
          ...  Kamikaze parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 49 :(vla) P_Niemeyer drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to J_R_Riquelme
          ...  K_Mizuno cuts it out easily
          ...  He clears the ball up field
Min. 50 :(sao) Shane_Botwin controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left!
          ...  S_Gerrard gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  A_A_Messi with a well timed tackle
          ...  O_Bundy didn't like it though
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll have to watch himself now
Min. 51 :(sao) A_Pereira kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Baresi gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  Baresi tries to beat Kamikaze from outside the area!
          ...  But Kamikaze just gets his fingers to that one
          ...  O_Bundy has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 52 :(vla) B_Ivanovic finds himself with plenty of time
          ...  B_Ivanovic attempts the shot!
          ...  He has failed to hit the target!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 53 :(sao) S_Gerrard with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  J_Greaves gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  J_Greaves with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  Kamikaze has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  Kamikaze reacts well to save!!!
Min. 53 :(vla) The ball goes loose!
          ...  W_Van_Boer gains possesion and thinks about the shot
          ...  But A_Britton wins the ball from behind
          ...  The crowd appeal but O_Bundy has none of it.
Min. 54 :(sao) A_Britton is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to K_Mizuno
          ...  A powerful shot by K_Mizuno !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He runs to the corner and gives the away fans the middle finger
          ...  That's put Sao Paulo FC in front!
          ...  Sao Paulo FC 1-0 Valencia ...
Min. 55 :(sao) Sao Paulo FC changed their strategy to play D
Min. 55 :(vla) A_Van_Buuren comes on for W_Van_Boer and will play DF to the delight of the fans
Min. 55 :(vla) K_El_Ahmadi comes on for A_A_Messi and will play MF to the delight of the fans
Min. 55 :(sao) L_Massu could get a shot on goal here
          ...  L_Massu gets his head to the ball !
          ...  Kamikaze with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
Min. 62 :(vla) P_Niemeyer with a smart pass to W_Jose
          ...  K_Mizuno reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  H_Jones chips the ball into the area!
          ...  R_Delap reads it well
          ...  And he knocks it away
Min. 65 :(sao) G_Hanley will replace the useless A_Pereira and will play DF
Min. 65 :(sao) Shane_Botwin fires over a low cross to L_Massu
          ...  Cleared by B_Ivanovic
Min. 69 :(vla) J_Stam has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past A_Britton
          ...  He puts in W_Jose!
          ...  W_Jose uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  Dante_Silva is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  H_Jones hits it towards the far post!
          ...  It is cleared by R_Delap
Min. 70 :(sao) M_Barry takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace B_Bjorksson as MF
Min. 74 :(sao) S_Gerrard knocks it past B_Ivanovic and runs onto it
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there
          ...  S_Gerrard with the strike !
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 79 :(sao) K_Mizuno back heels to find M_Barry in space
          ...  B_Ivanovic makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Shane_Botwin floats the ball in!
          ...  Kamikaze fists it away!
Min. 80 :(sao) a big roar from the crowd as F_Totti comes on for J_Greaves to play FW
Min. 82 :(sao) K_Mizuno backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  S_Gerrard gets on the end of it
          ...  S_Gerrard has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  Kamikaze is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Baresi lofts the ball in!
          ...  Kamikaze catches it!
Min. 83 :(sao) S_Gerrard with a real burst of pace
          ...  He shows the defender a clean set of heals
          ...  S_Gerrard with the strike !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Kamikaze moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And into the net!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Sao Paulo FC 2-0 Valencia ...
Min. 86 :(vla) A_Van_Buuren finds D_E_Boyata in acres of space
          ...  S_Gerrard reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(sao) F_Totti loses B_Ivanovic
          ...  A_Van_Buuren wins the ball!
          ...  But he caught the player also!
          ...  The ref gives nothing!
Min. 90 :(vla) P_Niemeyer has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Baresi
          ...  He puts in J_Stam!
          ...  J_Stam shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But Dante_Silva palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 91 :(vla) B_Ivanovic has time and space on the edge of the box
          ...  The cross hits B_Ivanovic on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  But Dante_Silva stops that one easily
Min. 92 :(sao) Shane_Botwin plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  L_Massu decides to keep possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  A_Van_Buuren with a terrible tackle

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Cicero Pompeu de Toledo
Attendance           : 110,000
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Sao Paulo FC Match Info
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Best player          : K_Mizuno (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : K_Mizuno (54), S_Gerrard (83)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : B_Ivanovic
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : J_R_Riquelme (26), A_A_Messi (50)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Sao Paulo FC  |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          18        |       11
Off target           :          10        |       5
On target            :           8        |       6
Possession           :          51        |       49
Corners              :           6        |       6
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       2
Subs Used            :           3        |       2
Fouls                :           7        |       10
Key Tackles          :          10        |       13
Key Passes           :          17        |       11
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Final Score          : Sao Paulo FC 2 - 0 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Sao Paulo FC
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Dante_Silva    GK  37   1   7   3  22 |  97  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  90   0   0   0
A_Pereira      DF   2  30  12   7  14 |  69   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Baresi         DF   1  30  11   7  21 |  97   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  20   0   6
R_Delap        DF   2  29   9  10  34 |  97   0   5   3   0   1   0   0   0   0 120  50  21
A_Britton      DF   2  29   9   8  15 |  97   0   3   2   1   0   0   0   0   0 100  35   0
K_Mizuno       MF   1   9  33  10  28 |  97   0   2   5   0   2   1   0   0   0  40  50  31
B_Bjorksson    MF   2  11  30   7  31 |  74   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Shane_Botwin   MF   2   7  28   9  20 |  97   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  40   1
S_Gerrard      AM   2   6  27  17  21 |  97   0   1   1   0   4   1   0   0   0  20  10  37
L_Massu        FW   1   7  11  28  13 |  97   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   0   0  20  30  37
J_Greaves      FW   3   8   7  28  23 |  84   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7
J_Hart         GK  28   2   2   7  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Hanley       DF   2  28  12   7  41 |  28   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Li_Chung       MF   3   8  28   7  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Barry        MF   2  17  26   7  32 |  23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Totti        FW   2   6  11  28  42 |  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Valencia
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Kamikaze       GK  35   7   2   2  20 |  97   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
W_Van_Boer     DF   1  30   6   6  32 |  59   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
D_E_Boyata     DF   2  28  10   8  11 |  97   0   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 100  10   0
B_Ivanovic     DF   3  27  11   7  22 |  97   0   5   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 100   0   6
J_Stam         DF   2  27   8   6  29 |  97   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
P_Niemeyer     DM   1  17  28   5  22 |  97   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
T_Huddlestone  MF   1  10  28  11  19 |  97   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
A_A_Messi      MF   2   7  26  11  40 |  59   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0 -22 -22 -17
H_Jones        MF   1   8  25   6  20 |  97   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
J_R_Riquelme   AM   3   6  28  21  34 |  97   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   0 -22 -12 -17
W_Jose         FW   3   8   9  27  10 |  97   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  14
Romero         GK  34   1   2   2  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Van_Buuren   DF   2  31  12   8  25 |  38   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
A_Nouri        DF   1  26  11   6  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_El_Ahmadi    MF   1  10  28   7  15 |  38   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
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