Elite League Cup League Stage Match, Santos FC vs. Valencia (Wed Dec 11)


                            Santos FC  |  Valencia
                          4-1-2-1-2 P  |  5-3-2 C
                           Glyn Rigby  |  Andie Glen
                                       |
                           Ederson GK  |  GK T_Flowers
                            R_Huth DF  |  DF O_Price
                          Leonardo DF  |  DF B_Ivanovic
                         F_de_Boer DF  |  DF D_E_Boyata
                         Ni_Na_Lee DF  |  DF E_Herbert
                        Emerson_Jr DM  |  DF M_Salah
                           Draxler MF  |  MF E_Jackson
                          Casemiro MF  |  MF M_Kikuchi
                         O_Ruggeri AM  |  MF L_Macleod
                               Bar FW  |  FW W_Jose
                             Bojan FW  |  FW D_Trezeguet
                                       |
                         A_Begovic SUB |  SUB J_J_Jones
                             Oscar SUB |  SUB J_Stam
                          Socrates SUB |  SUB S_Bould
                       Luis_Garcia SUB |  SUB P_Niemeyer
                         Neymar_Jr SUB |  SUB S_Artenie

Referee: B_Kuipers (Netherlands)


Min. 3  :(sfc) Casemiro spots Bojan who is in acres of space
          ...  Bojan shapes up for a shot!
          ...  T_Flowers with a superb tip over the bar
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  O_Ruggeri floats the ball in!
          ...  Bar gets on the end of it
          ...  T_Flowers makes a good save
Min. 3  :(sfc) The defender loses control of the ball!
          ...  Bojan seizes control of it and thinks about the shot
          ...  B_Ivanovic body checks his opponent!!
          ...  That's a careless challenge!!
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It's just a warning
          ...  Glyn Rigby looks annoyed that there was no card there
Min. 5  :(vla) D_Trezeguet plays a quick one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  D_Trezeguet flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Ederson moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  Ederson catches it with style!
Min. 5  :(sfc) F_de_Boer holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to O_Ruggeri
          ...  O_Price rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  It is deep inside there own half
          ...  R_Huth swings it in
          ...  Bojan takes control of it!
          ...  Bojan gets his head to the ball !
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!!
          ...  T_Flowers palms it behind !!
          ...  What a great save!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Casemiro chips the ball into the area!
          ...  It is kicked away by O_Price
Min. 11 :(sfc) O_Ruggeri uses his feet well to turn on the ball
          ...  E_Herbert with a deliberate foul
          ...  B_Kuipers will want to speak to him
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 12 :(sfc) F_de_Boer feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  Draxler runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  M_Salah cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 14 :(sfc) Ni_Na_Lee is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to Bar
          ...  Bar with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  T_Flowers with a superb tip over the bar
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Emerson_Jr chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  T_Flowers easily claims the ball!
Min. 17 :(vla) M_Kikuchi kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  D_Trezeguet gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  D_Trezeguet beats the offside trap!
          ...  He runs at Ederson
          ...  He rounds Ederson
          ...  He has been pushed wide!
          ...  He shoots from a tight angle
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  Lets see if Valencia can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Santos FC 0-1 Valencia ...
Min. 31 :(sfc) O_Ruggeri pushes it past D_E_Boyata
          ...  O_Ruggeri goes for the top corner !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 33 :(vla) W_Jose beats R_Huth
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Fine tackle by Ni_Na_Lee
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 35 :(sfc) Santos FC changed their strategy to play E
Min. 41 :(vla) M_Kikuchi floats the ball in to find D_Trezeguet
          ...  D_Trezeguet gets his head to the ball !
          ...  Ederson can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  Ederson makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Santos FC 0-1 Valencia

Min. 46 :(sfc) Bojan sidesteps his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Bojan has a dig at goal!
          ...  But T_Flowers with the difficult save
Min. 46 :(vla) L_Macleod with a first time pass
          ...  D_Trezeguet runs onto it!
          ...  Leonardo with a bad challenge
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 48 :(vla) W_Jose jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  F_de_Boer with a bad challenge
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  B_Kuipers tells him to calm his game down a bit
Min. 52 :(sfc) O_Ruggeri dribbles it into the box
          ...  A cracking drive from O_Ruggeri !
          ...  But it goes just over
Min. 55 :(sfc) Oscar is being prepared to come on
          ...  R_Huth is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 55 :(sfc) Draxler beats his marker
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  The cross hits Draxler on the butt and rebounds towards goal !
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 56 :(vla) D_Trezeguet drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to E_Jackson
          ...  E_Jackson tries to curl it into the bottom corner !
          ...  Ederson with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  L_Macleod chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  Ederson fists it away!
Min. 60 :(sfc) Neymar_Jr replaces an unhappy Bar and will play as a FW
Min. 60 :(vla) E_Jackson sidesteps Ni_Na_Lee
          ...  Ni_Na_Lee with a terrible tackle
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 60 :(vla) E_Jackson unselfishly heads the ball back to D_Trezeguet
          ...  Oscar forces him off the ball
Min. 61 :(vla) E_Jackson takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to D_E_Boyata
          ...  Draxler with a bad challenge
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll have to watch himself now
Min. 63 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  Bojan gets on the end of it
          ...  A skilful effort from Bojan !
          ...  But T_Flowers tips it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Casemiro!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of T_Flowers
Min. 65 :(sfc) a big roar from the crowd as Socrates comes on for Draxler to play MF
Min. 65 :(sfc) Santos FC made the switch to a A strategy
Min. 65 :(vla) Up goes the substitution board - J_Stam on for E_Herbert as a DF
Min. 65 :(vla) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  P_Niemeyer will come on for L_Macleod and play MF
Min. 65 :(vla) J_Stam squares it to W_Jose
          ...  W_Jose with the shot !
          ...  The ball moves through the air!
          ...  Ederson moves quickly!
          ...  Can he get to this?
          ...  It's beaten him!
          ...  But it thumps the post!!
          ...  And goes out!
Min. 72 :(sfc) Neymar_Jr with a perfectly timed run
          ...  P_Niemeyer with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
Min. 73 :(vla) D_Trezeguet breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Ederson!
          ...  Leonardo brings him down!
          ...  That's a terrible challenge
          ...  The referee comes over
          ...  And the ref shows him his 2nd yellow card now
          ...  RED CARD!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is in a good position!
          ...  E_Jackson swings it in
          ...  W_Jose takes control of it!
          ...  W_Jose hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  Ederson is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Jackson hits it towards the far post!
          ...  Ederson easily catches it!
Min. 74 :(vla) P_Niemeyer looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to D_Trezeguet
          ...  D_Trezeguet attempts a chip!
          ...  It floats over Ederson
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 76 :(sfc) Casemiro races into the box
          ...  He sees Neymar_Jr lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  M_Kikuchi beats him to the ball
Min. 77 :(sfc) Neymar_Jr with the dribble
          ...  He spots the run of his team-mate
          ...  He's decided to go alone
          ...  Neymar_Jr tries to chip the ball over the keeper !
          ...  He miskicks the ball
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium
Min. 81 :(vla) O_Price sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  M_Kikuchi runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  M_Kikuchi tries the shot !
          ...  Over the bar
Min. 82 :(sfc) O_Ruggeri steps over the ball
          ...  He nutmegs P_Niemeyer
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery
          ...  J_Stam rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  What's B_Kuipers going to give?
          ...  He just waves play on!
Min. 83 :(sfc) O_Ruggeri with electric pace
          ...  He eases past D_Trezeguet
          ...  O_Ruggeri fires off a right-footed shot !
          ...  T_Flowers with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He showed great Reflexes there
Min. 85 :(vla) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side.
          ...  S_Artenie will come on for W_Jose and play FW
Min. 85 :(sfc) Casemiro wins possession
          ...  He plays the ball across to Bojan
          ...  Bojan looks to see where T_Flowers is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  He has put it wide!
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  Neymar_Jr gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Neymar_Jr with a bicycle kick !
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 89 :(vla) D_Trezeguet looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to D_E_Boyata
          ...  Emerson_Jr wins control of the ball with his hand!!
          ...  Play On!!

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estadio Urbano Caldeira
Attendance           : 150,000
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Santos FC Match Info
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Best player          : Bojan
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : Leonardo (73)
Booked               : Ni_Na_Lee (60), Draxler (61)
Injured              : N/A
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Valencia Match Info
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Best player          : D_Trezeguet (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : D_Trezeguet (17)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : E_Herbert (11)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Santos FC     |    Valencia
Attempts on Goal     :          13        |       8
Off target           :           6        |       5
On target            :           7        |       3
Possession           :          49        |       51
Corners              :           4        |       2
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           8        |       7
Key Tackles          :           3        |       3
Key Passes           :           7        |       10
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Final Score          : Santos FC 0 - 1 Valencia
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Player Statistics - Santos 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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Ederson        GK  39   5   5   3  23 |  93   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0   0   0
R_Huth         DF   2  32  11   9  43 |  56   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Leonardo       DF   2  31  11  11  22 |  74   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
F_de_Boer      DF   2  31   8   7  27 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
Ni_Na_Lee      DF   3  29   9   7  41 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  18   8  -2
Emerson_Jr     DM   3  19  27  11  21 |  93   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
Draxler        MF   1   9  32   8  31 |  66   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -1
Casemiro       MF   3   7  30   5  11 |  93   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
O_Ruggeri      AM   1   9  27  22  19 |  93   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
Bar            FW   1   7  10  34  22 |  61   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20
Bojan          FW   2   7  10  29  12 |  93   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  41
A_Begovic      GK  22   3   2   1  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Oscar          DF   2  32   8  10  31 |  37   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20
Socrates       MF   1   6  31   8  12 |  27   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Luis_Garcia    MF   2   8  30   5  11 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Neymar_Jr      FW   1   9   7  32  20 |  32   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2

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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T_Flowers      GK  39   2   2   1  27 |  93   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  85   0   0   0
O_Price        DF   2  30  12   8  26 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  30  20
B_Ivanovic     DF   3  29  11   7  22 |  93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
D_E_Boyata     DF   2  30  11   8  11 |  93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Herbert      DF   1  28   7  11  41 |  66   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  18  18
M_Salah        DF   2  28   8   8  22 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
E_Jackson      MF   3   7  29   7  32 |  93   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  10
M_Kikuchi      MF   1  15  28   8  30 |  93   0   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   0  20  40   1
L_Macleod      MF   2   9  27  11  31 |  66   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
W_Jose         FW   3   8   9  29  10 |  86   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
D_Trezeguet    FW   3   7  10  28  21 |  93   0   0   2   0   4   1   0   0   0   0  20  47
J_J_Jones      GK  29   1   5   3  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Stam         DF   2  29   8   7  29 |  27   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
S_Bould        DF   2  27   8   5  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Niemeyer     MF   1  18  30   5  22 |  27   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
S_Artenie      FW   3   5  10  28  32 |   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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