Euro Premiership, FC Zenit vs. Ajax (Mon Nov 02)


                             FC Zenit  |  Ajax
                              4-4-2 P  |  5-4-1 E
                           Rich Locke  |  Jamie Kellett
                                       |
                           N_Abbey GK  |  GK G_Babic
                             Boban DF  |  DF M_Char'wrth
                         Sun_Jihai DF  |  DF Breno_x04
                           N_Vidic DF  |  DF Richie_Hope
                          L_Ponzio DF  |  DF A_Messias
                       F_Ljungberg MF  |  DF E_Abidal
                           Machado MF  |  MF A_Obodai
                        J_Collison MF  |  MF S_Pičtre
                           E_Banga MF  |  MF S_Maxwell
                          W_Rooney FW  |  MF J_Sarpong
                           D_Clare FW  |  FW E_Adebayor
                                       |
                            A_Pihl SUB |  SUB Joe_Hart
                           J_Evans SUB |  SUB S_Monsoreau
                           C_Makin SUB |  SUB Dani_Alves
                          J_Curtis SUB |  SUB Choco
                        Young_Owen SUB |  SUB K_Sarkies

Referee: M_Daami (Turkey)


Min. 2  :(ajx) S_Pičtre beats one 
          ...  Knocks it past a second 
          ...  And finds J_Sarpong 
          ...  J_Sarpong attempts to nutmeg N_Abbey! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  GOAL !! 
          ...  N_Abbey never had a chance! 
          ...  That puts Ajax ahead! 
          ...  Now can they hang onto it! 
          ...  FC Zenit 0-1 Ajax ...
Min. 9  :(ajx) The defender slips and falls over! 
          ...  A_Messias is through! 
          ...  A_Messias with a scorcher of a shot ! 
          ...  But it puts it well wide 
Min. 11 :(zen) F_Ljungberg wins possession 
          ...  He plays the ball across to W_Rooney 
          ...  W_Rooney has time and space on the edge of the box! 
          ...  He shoots towards goal! 
          ...  But G_Babic smothers the ball. 
Min. 14 :(zen) D_Clare nutmegs Breno_x04 
          ...  D_Clare curls the ball in on goal ! 
          ...  It goes wide! 
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!! 
Min. 15 :(zen) Machado with a reverse pass to Sun_Jihai 
          ...  A_Messias cleanly tackles him 
          ...  He judged that well 
Min. 20 :(zen) The FC Zenit manager shouts at them from the touchline to play C 
Min. 20 :(zen) Machado plays it forward to W_Rooney 
          ...  W_Rooney must beat G_Babic! 
          ...  But G_Babic reaches the ball. Good save 
Min. 22 :(zen) F_Ljungberg pauses and waits for support 
          ...  He runs towards goal 
          ...  A skilful effort from F_Ljungberg ! 
          ...  G_Babic makes himself big and wins the ball 
Min. 27 :(zen) D_Clare skips the challenge from M_Char'wrth 
          ...  A wicked drive by D_Clare ! 
          ...  G_Babic makes a comfortable save 
          ...  He wasn't troubled there 
Min. 31 :(zen) N_Vidic curls the ball out wide to W_Rooney 
          ...  A_Messias reads it well 
          ...  This boy is a quality defender 
          ...  The crowd sing his praises 
Min. 31 :(ajx) E_Abidal finds Richie_Hope with a ball over the defence 
          ...  F_Ljungberg slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in 
Min. 34 :(zen) Boban controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right! 
          ...  W_Rooney gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  W_Rooney has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward! 
          ...  But it puts it well wide 
Min. 34 :(ajx) A_Obodai crosses into the box, finding S_Maxwell 
          ...  Boban beats him to the ball 
Min. 38 :(zen) Sun_Jihai is taking a throw in 
          ...  He is taking a run up at it! 
          ...  He throws it long to Machado 
          ...  M_Char'wrth takes the player out!! 
          ...  The ref turns away!! 
Min. 40 :(zen) FC Zenit switch to playing A 
Min. 42 :(ajx) E_Adebayor has space to run with the ball 
          ...  E_Adebayor pounds a rocket on goal ! 
          ...  But N_Abbey punches it away 
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one 
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(zen) Machado holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now! 
          ...  He knocks a through ball to F_Ljungberg 
          ...  F_Ljungberg bears down on goal! 
          ...  GOAL !! 
          ...  That's a contender for goal of the season! 
          ...  FC Zenit are back on level terms now! 
          ...  FC Zenit 1-1 Ajax ...
Min. 44 :(ajx) A_Obodai squares it to S_Pičtre 
          ...  S_Pičtre tries to chip the ball over N_Abbey! 
          ...  The fans get off there seats! 
          ...  N_Abbey plucks the ball out of the air 
          ...  Good goalkeeping there! 
Min. 45 :(ajx) Breno_x04 moves out over to the edge of the pitch 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He plays the ball through to E_Adebayor 
          ...  J_Collison reads him well and hoofs it clear 
Min. 46 :(zen) W_Rooney takes on the defender 
          ...  He runs past the defender 
          ...  W_Rooney heads the ball towards goal ! 
          ...  Terrific shot 
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender 
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide 
          ...  That's unlucky! 
Min. 46 :(ajx) A_Obodai works the ball inside 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to Breno_x04 
          ...  Breno_x04 is clean through! 
          ...  He tries to take it round N_Abbey 
          ...  He lobs it over N_Abbey 
          ...  It just didn't dip quickly enough!! 
Min. 47 :(ajx) A_Obodai cuts the ball back to S_Maxwell 
          ...  But N_Vidic slid in 
          ...  It was a well timed tackle and it had to be 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: FC Zenit 1-1 Ajax

Min. 49 :(zen) E_Banga volleys it forward. He finds Sun_Jihai 
          ...  M_Char'wrth wins control of the ball with his hand!! 
          ...  Play On!! 
Min. 51 :(zen) The ball is passed in from J_Collison, he finds Boban 
          ...  A powerful shot by Boban ! 
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target 
          ...  The Ajax fans taunt him about that effort 
Min. 51 :(ajx) E_Adebayor runs at N_Vidic 
          ...  He takes it past him 
          ...  E_Adebayor shapes up for a shot! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Pičtre chips the ball in towards the back post! 
          ...  E_Adebayor with the header 
          ...  N_Abbey 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. 53 :(zen) E_Banga runs down the flank 
          ...  He plays the ball across to Machado 
          ...  Machado with a graceful, looping effort ! 
          ...  Brilliant save from G_Babic 
          ...  That must have impressed his national manager sitting in the stands 
Min. 55 :(ajx) Dani_Alves is being prepared to come on 
          ...  J_Sarpong is leaving the pitch 
          ...  He applauds the crowd 
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF 
Min. 59 :(zen) N_Vidic finds D_Clare on the edge of the box 
          ...  Breno_x04 takes the player down!! 
          ...  PENALTY!! 
          ...  No! The ref has given the free kick the other way! 
          ...  Unbelievable! 
Min. 59 :(ajx) Dani_Alves knocks the ball past Boban 
          ...  N_Vidic with an ugly foul 
          ...  That looked malicious 
          ...  M_Daami called him over for a strong verbal warning 
Min. 59 :(ajx) Breno_x04 brings the ball into the opposing area 
          ...  L_Ponzio read the danger and stops the pass 
Min. 60 :(zen) The assistant manager is out on the touchline shouting orders 
          ...  It seems FC Zenit will now be playing P 
Min. 64 :(ajx) S_Maxwell with the flick on 
          ...  He plays the ball across to S_Pičtre 
          ...  Machado catches his opponent late!! 
          ...  That’s an awful tackle! 
          ...  He received a good talking to from M_Daami 
Min. 68 :(ajx) K_Sarkies replaces E_Adebayor and will play FW 
Min. 68 :(zen) D_Clare runs at A_Obodai 
          ...  The defender slips and falls over 
          ...  D_Clare with the overhead ! 
          ...  He has failed to hit the target! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He puts his face in his hands! 
Min. 70 :(ajx) Richie_Hope runs forward 
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind! 
          ...  J_Collison pulls on his shirt 
          ...  He wins the ball 
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there! 
Min. 71 :(zen) Boban sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game 
          ...  S_Maxwell fouls badly 
          ...  M_Daami will want to speak to him 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution! 
          ...  Rich Locke looks bemused that it wasn't more! 
Min. 74 :(zen) J_Collison unselfishly lays the ball back to F_Ljungberg 
          ...  From long range F_Ljungberg bends the ball towards goal! 
          ...  G_Babic parries it, he follows it up 
          ...  And G_Babic recovers to save!! 
Min. 75 :(zen) W_Rooney comes to collect the ball 
          ...  Great turn!!! 
          ...  Superb play 
          ...  W_Rooney runs forward 
          ...  He hits the shot! 
          ...  GOAL !! 
          ...  That's a contender for goal of the season! 
          ...  That’s given FC Zenit the advantage! 
          ...  FC Zenit 2-1 Ajax ...
Min. 76 :(ajx) Breno_x04 plays in K_Sarkies with a beautiful ball 
          ...  K_Sarkies cracks a laser towards goal ! 
          ...  He miskicks the ball 
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium 
Min. 78 :(zen) L_Ponzio controls it well 
          ...  He nutmegs K_Sarkies 
          ...  He puts in F_Ljungberg! 
          ...  F_Ljungberg hits it 
          ...  This one could go anywhere ! 
          ...  But he puts it wide 
          ...  He found himself with no room to manoeuvre 
Min. 79 :(zen) W_Rooney finds the space intelligently 
          ...  W_Rooney rises above the defence to head the ball ! 
          ...  Wide of goal 
Min. 79 :(ajx) S_Pičtre is taking a throw in 
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt 
          ...  He throws the ball to K_Sarkies 
          ...  From long range K_Sarkies bends the ball towards goal! 
          ...  N_Abbey turns it behind for a corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Pičtre hits it into the box! 
          ...  The danger is dealt with by Sun_Jihai 
Min. 80 :(zen) It seems FC Zenit are making a tactical change to E 
Min. 80 :(ajx) M_Char'wrth controls the ball with ease 
          ...  F_Ljungberg plays the back pass 
          ...  N_Abbey can't get to it!! 
          ...  It goes just wide!! 
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Pičtre hits it towards the far post! 
          ...  Dani_Alves gets his head on it 
          ...  N_Abbey makes himself big 
          ...  Superb Stop ! 
          ...  Well that one would have delighted him 
Min. 81 :(ajx) A_Obodai crosses to S_Pičtre 
          ...  S_Pičtre uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! 
          ...  N_Abbey won't get to that! 
          ...  It clips the post! 
          ...  And goes wide! 
Min. 82 :(ajx) A_Messias turns past the defender 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He passes it to K_Sarkies 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from J_Collison 
Min. 85 :(zen) F_Ljungberg beats A_Obodai 
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker 
          ...  "Play On!" Waves M_Daami 
          ...  F_Ljungberg with a thundering drive! 
          ...  G_Babic can't get to it! 
          ...  OH! It drifts wide! 
          ...  G_Babic has a smile on his face 
          ...  Did he know that was going wide? 
Min. 86 :(zen) F_Ljungberg stops the ball and looks around for movement 
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now 
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal! 
          ...  F_Ljungberg rifles it at the goal ! 
          ...  It hammers off the bar onto the line 
          ...  The referee talks to his assistant 
          ...  He waves play on 
          ...  Goal not given there! 
          ...  That looked like the wrong decision 
Min. 86 :(ajx) E_Abidal runs at the defender 
          ...  The defender slips and falls over 
          ...  E_Abidal with an overhead kick ! 
          ...  He gets a connection 
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection 
          ...  N_Abbey dives desperately to try and save it!! 
          ...  He can't get to it! 
          ...  But it creeps just wide!! 
          ...  The deflection had N_Abbey beaten! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Maxwell chips the ball into the area! 
          ...  N_Vidic clears the corner 
Min. 87 :(zen) E_Banga with a flicked pass to J_Collison 
          ...  A glorious effort by J_Collison ! 
          ...  It's beaten G_Babic 
          ...  It goes wide !! 
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(ajx) S_Pičtre passes the ball to E_Abidal 
          ...  E_Abidal hits the ball first time! 
          ...  But N_Abbey tips it behind 
          ...  M_Daami has given a goal kick 
          ...  Unbelievable ! 
Min. 91 :(ajx) E_Abidal runs down the flank 
          ...  He plays the ball in to S_Pičtre 
          ...  E_Banga is called for the holding foul 
          ...  Looked like a fair jump 
          ...  The referee got it wrong 

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Olympia Stadion
Attendance           : 17,000
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FC Zenit Match Info
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Best player          : F_Ljungberg (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : F_Ljungberg (43), W_Rooney (75)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Ajax Match Info
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Best player          : S_Pičtre
Scorers              : J_Sarpong (2)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : S_Maxwell (71)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                                FC Zenit  |    Ajax
Attempts on Goal     :          18        |       13
Off target           :          10        |       7
On target            :           8        |       6
Possession           :          50        |       50
Corners              :           0        |       4
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           0        |       2
Fouls                :           6        |       5
Key Tackles          :           8        |       5
Key Passes           :          14        |       13
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Final Score          : FC Zenit 2 - 1 Ajax
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Player Statistics - FC Zenit
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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N_Abbey        GK  30   1   1   1  36 |  93   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
Boban          DF   1  25  21  17  24 |  93   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  10  22   2
Sun_Jihai      DF   1  24  19   9  30 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  11  24   0
N_Vidic        DF   1  24  21  18  25 |  93   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  22  44   0
L_Ponzio       DF   1  23  24  11  35 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  12  19   0
F_Ljungberg    MF   1  14  33  24   6 |  93   0   2   1   0   6   1   0   0   0  42  10  46
Machado        MF   1   9  27   9  31 |  93   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  71   8
J_Collison     MF   1   9  18  10  29 |  93   0   3   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  78  50   2
E_Banga        MF   1  10  17   9  38 |  93   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  30 108  30
W_Rooney       FW   1   8   8  29  24 |  93   0   0   0   0   6   1   0   0   0   0   0  41
D_Clare        FW   1   3   4  27  29 |  93   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
A_Pihl         GK  13   1   1   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Evans        DF   1  22  12  10  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Makin        DF   1  18  10  10  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Curtis       MF   1  17   8   6  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Young_Owen     FW   1   6   7  16  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Ajax
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_Babic        GK  27   1   1   1  42 |  93   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -18   0   0   0
M_Char'wrth    DF   1  24  10   4  23 |  93   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  22   0   0
Breno_x04      DF   1  16  11   7  19 |  93   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0 -11  34 -28
Richie_Hope    DF   1  27  12   9  21 |  93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Messias      DF   1  27  13   7   9 |  93   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  16  30   2
E_Abidal       DF   1  23  14  11  14 |  93   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0 -30  -1 -20
A_Obodai       MF   1  10  31   9  27 |  93   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0
S_Pičtre       MF   1  11  27  13  33 |  93   0   0   3   1   2   0   0   0   0   0  71  10
S_Maxwell      MF   1  12  26  10  44 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -4  13  -4
J_Sarpong      MF   1   9  23  10  46 |  57   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  38
E_Adebayor     FW   1   5  11  26  13 |  70   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
Joe_Hart       GK  23   1   1   1  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Monsoreau    DF   1  21  12   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Dani_Alves     MF   1   7  23  11  15 |  36   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
Choco          MF   1   8  22  15  35 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Sarkies      FW   1  11  11  24  28 |  23   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
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