Euro Premiership, FC Zenit vs. Auxerre (Sun Sep 27) FC Zenit | Auxerre 4-4-2 T | 4-1-3-2 C Matt Peacock | JP Thompson | N_Abbey GK | GK J_Speroni Boban DF | DF JC_Dondé Sun_Jihai DF | DF J_Arca N_Vidic DF | DF M_Kilgallon M_Dorsin DF | DF D_VanBuyten F_Ljungberg MF | DM K_Trippier_06 C_T_Mamam MF | MF Diego_Ribas Machado MF | MF F_Bodde L_Ponzio MF | MF N_Stewart W_Rooney FW | FW N_Novo D_Clare FW | FW M_Baros | A_Pihl SUB | SUB Joël_Bats J_Evans SUB | SUB Ben_Mee C_Makin SUB | SUB V_Kompany J_Collison SUB | SUB Pavlyuchenko Young_Owen SUB | SUB A_Clayton Referee: C_Webster (England) Min. 1 :(zen) W_Rooney runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off M_Kilgallon back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... J_Arca takes the ball ... OOOHHHH!! ... He almost loses it straight away ... But he hits it clear! Min. 2 :(axr) M_Baros takes advantage of a mistake by N_Vidic ... That mistake could prove costly ... N_Vidic reacts well to win the ball back Min. 8 :(axr) N_Novo knocks it forward ... Boban slips ... M_Baros gets to it! ... M_Dorsin fouls badly ... C_Webster will want to speak to him ... He gets away with that one ... It’s just a warning ... FREE KICK! ... C_Webster signals that it is indirect ... F_Bodde plays it short to N_Novo ... N_Novo with the header ! ... N_Abbey parries it, he follows it up ... He fires it over!! Min. 10 :(axr) M_Baros beats Machado ... That was a quick burst of pace to set him free ... W_Rooney fouls badly ... The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 15 :(axr) K_Trippier_06 plays the early ball across the box to find M_Baros in space ... M_Baros fires a shot at goal ! ... GOAL !! ... What a well worked goal! ... That’s put Auxerre ahead! ... FC Zenit 0-1 Auxerre ... Min. 16 :(axr) K_Trippier_06 moves to DF Min. 19 :(axr) N_Novo makes the tackle ... He gets to his feet quickly ... He's beat the defender to the ball ... N_Vidic cleanly tackles him ... He judged that well Min. 20 :(zen) M_Dorsin with a smart pass to Machado ... K_Trippier_06 wins it well ... Perfectly timed! Min. 21 :(axr) J_Arca runs at the defence ... He nutmegs L_Ponzio ... He showed his class there ... M_Dorsin takes the player out!! ... The ref turns away!! Min. 22 :(axr) N_Novo runs with pace at the defence ... N_Novo with a scorcher of a shot ! ... But N_Abbey dives to his left ... I think N_Abbey just got a hand on that one ... C_Webster has given a goal kick ... Unbelievable ! Min. 28 :(axr) Diego_Ribas turns past the defender ... He has created space for himself now ... L_Ponzio gets the foot in to win the ball ... It rolls out of play ... CORNER! ... F_Bodde hits it towards the far post! ... JC_Dondé with the header ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... M_Baros crosses it in! ... N_Abbey jumps well to claim it! Min. 28 :(zen) W_Rooney with the nutmeg ... He takes the ball forward ... N_Stewart with a nasty foul ... That looked malicious ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 30 :(axr) N_Novo with electric pace ... He eases past the defender ... N_Novo with a thundering drive! ... N_Abbey beats the ball away Min. 32 :(axr) N_Novo takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into M_Baros ... M_Baros with the drive! ... But N_Abbey punches it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 33 :(axr) A defence splitting pass from M_Baros to N_Stewart ... N_Stewart attempts a low drive! ... He hits the side netting Min. 35 :(zen) Sun_Jihai with a one-touch layoff to F_Ljungberg ... F_Ljungberg with the crafty shot! ... J_Speroni won't get to that! ... Oooh it goes just over!! Min. 37 :(axr) M_Kilgallon with a precise ball to N_Novo ... Cleared by N_Vidic Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 46 :(axr) N_Stewart runs forward ... N_Stewart has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... But N_Abbey tips it over ... C_Webster has given a goal kick ... He's not having the best of days ! Min. 47 :(zen) D_Clare runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off N_Novo back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... N_Stewart with a late tackle ... It looked worse than what it was ... He is surrounded by the FC Zenit players ... What a stupid booking that was ... That’s his second of the game ! ... He heads of towards the changing rooms ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: FC Zenit 0-1 Auxerre Min. 51 :(zen) C_T_Mamam spits at M_Baros ... He's warned for that one ... Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book Min. 54 :(zen) Machado hoofs it up field to find C_T_Mamam ... J_Arca is late with that one ... He gets up and shakes the players hand Min. 55 :(zen) F_Ljungberg with the flick on ... He plays the ball across to Boban ... K_Trippier_06 with an awful challenge ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment ... C_Webster will just give him a speaking to ... FREE KICK ... M_Dorsin hoists it forward ... W_Rooney gets on the end of it ... A delicate header from W_Rooney ! ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... C_T_Mamam chips the ball into the area! ... D_VanBuyten gets up well ... And he heads it away Min. 58 :(axr) F_Bodde with an inch perfect pass to N_Novo ... N_Novo hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... N_Abbey gets a hand to it!! ... But he slots in the rebound ... GOAL !! ... FC Zenit 0-2 Auxerre ... Min. 60 :(axr) Diego_Ribas slows the ball down and waits for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... His team mate plays the through ball for him! ... A powerful shot by Diego_Ribas ! ... N_Abbey parries it, he follows it up ... And N_Abbey recovers to save!! Min. 63 :(zen) F_Ljungberg runs at the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to C_T_Mamam ... But N_Novo puts the ball out of play Min. 65 :(axr) J_Arca with a probing through ball F_Bodde ... Boban gets to the ball first Min. 70 :(axr) Auxerre switch to playing D Min. 75 :(zen) W_Rooney gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside the defender! ... He has some space now! ... A cheeky lob from W_Rooney ! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! Min. 80 :(axr) A_Clayton is being prepared to come on ... N_Novo is leaving the pitch ... He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing ... Looks like his replacement will play MF Min. 82 :(zen) C_T_Mamam holds the ball up and waits for support ... He knocks the ball across to D_Clare ... M_Kilgallon reads the play well Min. 84 :(zen) W_Rooney moves forward ... M_Kilgallon with the tackle ... C_Webster will want to speak to him ... He gets away with that one ... It’s just a warning ... Matt Peacock looks annoyed that there was no card there Min. 87 :(zen) M_Dorsin sidesteps his marker ... He showed great skill there ... A_Clayton with the tackle Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Olympia Stadion Attendance : 17,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FC Zenit Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : F_Ljungberg Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : W_Rooney (10) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Auxerre Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : N_Novo (Man of the Match) Scorers : M_Baros (15), N_Novo (58) Sent Off : N_Stewart (47) Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FC Zenit | Auxerre Attempts on Goal : 3 | 10 Off target : 3 | 3 On target : 0 | 7 Possession : 36 | 64 Corners : 1 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 1 Yellow Cards : 1 | 0 Subs Used : 0 | 1 Fouls : 11 | 8 Key Tackles : 6 | 5 Key Passes : 5 | 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : FC Zenit 0 - 2 Auxerre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - FC Zenit Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N_Abbey GK 30 1 1 1 36 | 93 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -36 0 0 0 Boban DF 1 25 21 17 24 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 Sun_Jihai DF 1 24 19 9 30 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -30 -6 -30 N_Vidic DF 1 24 21 18 25 | 93 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 M_Dorsin DF 1 23 21 11 40 | 93 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 22 0 F_Ljungberg MF 1 14 33 24 6 | 93 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 C_T_Mamam MF 1 8 30 17 22 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 Machado MF 1 9 27 9 31 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -30 -30 -30 L_Ponzio MF 1 23 24 11 35 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 W_Rooney FW 1 8 8 28 24 | 93 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -4 -4 0 D_Clare FW 1 4 3 27 29 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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_Collison MF 1 9 18 10 29 | 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 - Auxerre Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J_Speroni GK 28 2 2 2 27 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 JC_Dondé DF 1 24 12 9 23 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 30 30 32 J_Arca DF 1 23 17 9 27 | 93 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 26 0 M_Kilgallon DF 1 24 15 11 21 | 93 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 28 0 D_VanBuyten DF 1 24 18 12 5 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 K_Trippier_06 DF 1 15 11 7 21 | 93 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 71 0 Diego_Ribas MF 1 18 31 14 27 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 F_Bodde MF 1 13 28 13 16 | 93 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 67 30 N_Stewart MF 1 8 24 9 28 | 47 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -10 -10 0 N_Novo FW 1 10 10 23 22 | 82 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 25 66 43 M_Baros FW 1 3 11 26 27 | 93 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 32 30 Joël_Bats GK 20 1 1 1 36 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben_Mee DF 1 21 11 8 32 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V_Kompany MF 1 9 21 10 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pavlyuchenko FW 1 7 7 22 14 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Clayton MF 1 10 22 10 41 | 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 1254056406 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35