FMFA Wolf League, Crystal Palace vs. Stoke City (Wed Apr 11) Crystal Palace | Stoke City 4-4-2 A | 4-4-2 C Hoa Duong | Alex Nock | S_Mandanda GK | GK J_Butland* J_Schlupp DF | DF P_van_Aanholt E_Pieters DF | DF A_Thurston P_Suare DF | DF N_Clyne J_Ward DF | DF A_Christense* A_Townsend MF | MF B_Schweinste- W_Zaha MF | MF M_Sissoko M_Brozovic MF | MF E_McCawl* B_Sako MF | MF X_Shaqiri C_Benteke FW | FW K_Benzema D_Cal-Lewin* FW | FW A_Martial* | W_Hennessey SUB | SUB L_Grant J_Tomkins SUB | SUB H_Bellerin S_Dann SUB | SUB S_Bennett Y_Cabaye SUB | SUB A_Di_Maria C_Wickham SUB | SUB S_Berahino Referee: Andre_Marriner (Level_1) Min. 1 :(cry) P_Suare controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the left! ... D_Cal-Lewin* gets onto the end of the pass! ... Superbly timed tackle by P_van_Aanholt ... He made it look easy Min. 2 :(sto) N_Clyne with electric pace ... He eases past P_Suare ... N_Clyne with a bicycle kick ! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... S_Mandanda dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had S_Mandanda beaten! Min. 4 :(cry) C_Benteke beats A_Christense* ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... C_Benteke fires the shot in! ... It floats over J_Butland* ... Its heading goal ward! ... But floats just over ... That was a great effort Min. 5 :(sto) A_Martial* moves out over to the edge of the pitch ... He plays the ball through to M_Sissoko ... W_Zaha with a nasty foul ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment Min. 7 :(sto) M_Sissoko threads the through ball to K_Benzema ... A wicked drive by K_Benzema ! ... S_Mandanda makes himself big ... Superb Stop ! ... Well that one would have delighted him Min. 8 :(sto) E_McCawl* finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled J_Schlupp ... E_McCawl* fires a shot at goal ! ... S_Mandanda watches it sail safely wide! Min. 9 :(sto) E_McCawl* knocks the ball past the lunge of J_Ward ... A great volley from E_McCawl* ! ... But S_Mandanda parries the shot ... The defender manages to scramble the ball away Min. 10 :(sto) K_Benzema with a probing pass to A_Martial* ... Excellent sliding challenge from E_Pieters Min. 14 :(sto) A_Thurston with a first time pass ... K_Benzema runs onto it! ... K_Benzema attempts a chip! ... But S_Mandanda makes a superb stop down low. Min. 17 :(cry) A_Townsend pushes it past A_Christense* ... M_Sissoko dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 20 :(cry) The defender under hits the back pass! ... A_Townsend is through! ... P_van_Aanholt intercepts the pass Min. 22 :(sto) B_Schweinste- knocks the ball past the defender ... Superbly timed tackle by J_Ward ... He made it look easy Min. 23 :(sto) E_McCawl* looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to A_Thurston ... A_Thurston hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... S_Mandanda parries it, he follows it up ... And S_Mandanda recovers to save!! Min. 25 :(sto) A_Thurston finds E_McCawl* with a perfectly weighted pass ... E_McCawl* carves a shot towards goal ! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And goes out Min. 28 :(sto) M_Sissoko looks to play the ball out wide ... He plays the ball across to A_Martial* ... A_Martial* tries to catch the keeper out! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... S_Mandanda dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had S_Mandanda beaten! ... CORNER! ... M_Sissoko floats the ball in! ... A_Martial* gets his head on it ... It hits the post!! ... GOAL !! ... And Stoke City are leading in the game now ... Crystal Palace 0-1 Stoke City ... Min. 29 :(cry) C_Benteke gets possession in his own half ... From long range C_Benteke bends the ball towards goal! ... But it goes just over Min. 32 :(sto) E_McCawl* is force to hold onto the ball ... No one seems to be coming forward ... He heads towards the goal alone! ... E_McCawl* gets his head to the ball ! ... S_Mandanda gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... Fantastic reflex save by S_Mandanda !! Min. 34 :(cry) B_Sako with the cross-field pass to D_Cal-Lewin* ... Driven towards goal by D_Cal-Lewin* ! ... But J_Butland* punches it away ... He had to be brave to come for that one Min. 35 :(sto) E_McCawl* curls the ball out wide to K_Benzema ... P_Suare with the tackle ... He did well to stop that attack! Min. 36 :(cry) D_Cal-Lewin* jumps over the defender's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... D_Cal-Lewin* lobs J_Butland*! ... But he puts it well wide ... That was a mishit effort! Min. 36 :(sto) X_Shaqiri runs at goal ... He spots the run of E_McCawl* ... He's played him in ... E_McCawl* tries to beat S_Mandanda! ... S_Mandanda with a great save ... And he holds onto it as well! Min. 38 :(sto) X_Shaqiri beats his marker ... He showed great skill there ... D_Cal-Lewin* with an awful challenge ... I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball ... He is fortunate to be given just a warning Min. 39 :(cry) W_Zaha looks around for support ... He knocks the ball across to D_Cal-Lewin* ... D_Cal-Lewin* drives it low ! ... He hits the side netting ... There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in! Min. 39 :(sto) E_McCawl* slides it through the middle to B_Schweinste- ... B_Schweinste- aims the cheeky shot at goal! ... It fly's into Row Z! Min. 40 :(cry) B_Sako looks around for some movement ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He hits the ball to D_Cal-Lewin* ... D_Cal-Lewin* has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... J_Butland* blocks the shot with his legs ... It goes clear! Min. 42 :(sto) B_Schweinste- jumps over E_Pieters's challenge ... B_Schweinste- with the attempt at goal! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on Min. 43 :(sto) M_Sissoko jumps over E_Pieters's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... A delicate header from M_Sissoko ! ... But he puts it over ... He can't be happy with that effort Min. 44 :(cry) B_Sako controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the right! ... C_Benteke gets onto the end of the pass! ... C_Benteke aims for the top right corner ! ... J_Butland* manages to turn it behind Min. 46 :(cry) M_Brozovic takes advantage of a defensive mistake ... M_Brozovic with a blistering shot ! ... J_Butland* makes a great save ... And he manages to hold onto it as well! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Crystal Palace 0-1 Stoke City Min. 46 :(sto) A_Christense* pushes it past P_Suare ... D_Cal-Lewin* with a late tackle ... It looked worse than what it was ... He is surrounded by the Stoke City players ... Andre_Marriner calls him over ... Andre_Marriner tells him he has had enough warnings ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 46 :(sto) M_Sissoko slides it through the middle to K_Benzema ... K_Benzema sends it flying towards goal! ... S_Mandanda 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. 49 :(sto) A_Thurston with an incisive pass to A_Martial* ... P_Suare is called for the holding foul ... Looked like a fair jump ... The referee got it wrong ... YELLOW CARD!!, he is in the book for that one ... FREE KICK! ... B_Schweinste- shapes to shoot ... He plays it to K_Benzema instead ... K_Benzema with the strike ! ... But S_Mandanda punches it away ... That's gone out for a corner kick ... CORNER! ... N_Clyne floats the ball in! ... S_Mandanda easily claims the ball! Min. 50 :(sto) A_Thurston reads the run of A_Martial* ... C_Benteke with a bad challenge ... I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball ... He is warned by Andre_Marriner ... It’s just a warning Min. 50 :(sto) M_Sissoko kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... K_Benzema gets on the end of the pass ... K_Benzema has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goal ward! ... S_Mandanda gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball Min. 51 :(sto) M_Sissoko is out on the left ... He moves the ball right to K_Benzema ... B_Sako with a bad challenge ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll have to watch himself now Min. 51 :(sto) A_Thurston crosses in from the wing, he finds M_Sissoko in the box ... A scorcher of a shot from M_Sissoko ! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... GOAL !! ... That was unfortunate ... But it's been disallowed. ... The reason is unclear! ... The manager is fuming with the ref! ... The ref shows him a red card!! Min. 56 :(sto) X_Shaqiri feeds the ball through the middle ... A_Martial* runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... D_Cal-Lewin* knobbles the attacking player. ... Andre_Marriner blows up for a foul Min. 56 :(sto) B_Schweinste- runs at the defender ... He takes it past him ... B_Schweinste- hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... S_Mandanda with a fantastic point blank save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 57 :(cry) Y_Cabaye is coming on for B_Sako and will play MF Min. 60 :(sto) H_Bellerin takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace P_van_Aanholt ... He'll play as a DF ... The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off Min. 60 :(sto) It looks like the manager is going to make a few changes to his side. ... S_Bennett will come on for B_Schweinste- and play MF Min. 60 :(sto) N_Clyne holds the ball up and waits for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to K_Benzema ... But P_Suare slides in two footed. ... Andre_Marriner has a look but waves "Play On!" Min. 61 :(sto) M_Sissoko with the cross-field pass to A_Martial* ... A_Martial* with a graceful, looping effort ! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... S_Mandanda was beaten there! Min. 62 :(cry) C_Wickham is being prepared to come on ... D_Cal-Lewin* is leaving the pitch ... He applauds the crowd ... Looks like his replacement will play FW Min. 63 :(sto) A_Christense* knocks it forward ... P_Suare slips ... E_McCawl* gets to it! ... E_McCawl* with an overhead kick ! ... He gets a connection ... He hits the post ... He follows it up! ... But puts it wide! ... He'll be disappointed with that Min. 65 :(sto) S_Berahino will replace K_Benzema and play FW Min. 65 :(sto) Stoke City altered their play to a D strategy Min. 65 :(sto) A_Martial* takes on P_Suare ... He runs past him ... A_Martial* aiming for the bottom corner ! ... It goes wide! ... He made that look harder than it was!! Min. 66 :(cry) Curled in dangerously from M_Brozovic to J_Schlupp ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... E_McCawl* hits it out for a throw Min. 66 :(cry) C_Benteke unselfishly lays the ball back to C_Wickham ... S_Bennett fouls badly ... I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball ... He's lucky to be let off for that one ... Alex Nock looks relieved ... Hoa Duong is far from happy with that decision Min. 69 :(cry) A_Townsend beats H_Bellerin ... He showed great skill there ... But A_Christense* wins the ball with a sliding challenge Min. 70 :(sto) E_McCawl* skips the challenge from J_Schlupp ... J_Schlupp goes in hard to win the ball back Min. 74 :(cry) C_Benteke flicks it past N_Clyne ... He runs forward ... C_Benteke with the shot on net ! ... J_Butland* gets up well to catch that one Min. 77 :(cry) W_Zaha with a Cruyff turn ... N_Clyne with the block Min. 80 :(cry) C_Benteke runs forward ... C_Benteke drives the shot in! ... J_Butland* saves it ... Good goalkeeping Min. 82 :(cry) A_Townsend with electric pace ... He eases past the defender ... S_Bennett stands his ground and wins the tackle Min. 86 :(cry) Y_Cabaye finds P_Suare in acres of space ... P_Suare swings in the shot! ... But J_Butland* just gets his fingers to that one ... Andre_Marriner has given a goal kick ... Unbelievable ! Min. 86 :(sto) E_McCawl* brings the ball into the opposing area ... E_McCawl* with the shot ! ... It's beaten S_Mandanda ... It goes wide !! Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on Min. 88 :(cry) C_Benteke beats M_Sissoko ... He muscled him off the ball ... X_Shaqiri with a nasty foul ... The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! ... The boy is unlucky to get a yellow ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 89 :(cry) P_Suare pulls up ... That looks like his hamstring went ... He wont be able to continue!! Min. 89 :(cry) J_Tomkins is coming on for P_Suare and will play DF Min. 90 :(sto) A_Christense* looks injured. He's been stretchered off ... Lets hope it's not serious ... He returns to the pitch to carry on ... He seems to be ok Min. 91 :(sto) S_Berahino makes himself available ... But J_Schlupp wins the tackle cleanly ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Selhurst Park Attendance : 35,413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crystal Palace Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : C_Benteke Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : D_Cal-Lewin* (46), P_Suare (49), B_Sako (51) Injured : P_Suare (89) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stoke City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Sissoko (Man of the Match) Scorers : A_Martial* (28) Sent Off : N/A Booked : X_Shaqiri (88) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crystal Palace | Stoke City Attempts on Goal : 11 | 23 Off target : 4 | 12 On target : 7 | 11 Possession : 38 | 62 Corners : 0 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 3 | 1 Subs Used : 3 | 3 Fouls : 10 | 7 Key Tackles : 6 | 7 Key Passes : 8 | 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Stoke City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Crystal Palace Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S_Mandanda GK 28 3 2 2 27 | 92 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 J_Schlupp DF 2 24 10 2 23 | 92 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 E_Pieters DF 2 23 5 3 22 | 92 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 P_Suare DF 2 21 6 3 24 | 90 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 23 7 0 J_Ward DF 1 21 5 2 26 | 92 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 A_Townsend MF 2 3 24 11 21 | 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Zaha MF 2 3 23 10 28 | 92 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 M_Brozovic MF 2 5 22 3 26 | 92 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 B_Sako MF 2 3 22 7 26 | 58 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 27 -3 C_Benteke FW 2 3 4 23 26 | 92 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 D_Cal-Lewin* FW 2 2 4 22 21 | 63 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 5 W_Hennessey GK 25 3 2 1 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Tomkins DF 1 22 4 2 23 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Dann DF 1 22 5 3 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y_Cabaye MF 2 3 22 5 25 | 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 C_Wickham FW 2 2 3 21 24 | 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Stoke City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J_Butland* GK 27 3 2 3 24 | 92 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 P_van_Aanholt DF 1 23 10 4 24 | 61 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 A_Thurston DF 2 22 10 2 22 | 92 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50 3 N_Clyne DF 2 21 12 3 24 | 92 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 18 9 A_Christense* DF 2 23 10 2 23 | 92 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 B_Schweinste- MF 2 10 23 9 25 | 61 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 M_Sissoko MF 2 10 23 9 24 | 92 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 78 4 E_McCawl* MF 2 11 22 12 27 | 92 0 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 21 38 21 X_Shaqiri MF 2 4 23 8 24 | 92 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 7 -3 K_Benzema FW 2 3 5 24 24 | 66 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 13 A_Martial* FW 3 2 3 23 26 | 92 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 L_Grant GK 24 2 2 2 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Bellerin DF 2 23 9 3 20 | 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 S_Bennett MF 2 10 21 10 21 | 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 A_Di_Maria MF 2 3 23 11 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Berahino FW 2 3 3 23 28 | 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1523472590 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35