FMFA Manager, Aston Villa vs. Watford (Sun Jun 28) Aston Villa | Watford 4-1-1-2-2 E | 4-1-3-2 C Alex Nock | William Doherty | A_Lopes GK | GK Pacheco M_Hermoso DF | DF A_Robertson Emerson DF | DF R_Suckling Y_Ribeiro DF | DF C_Soyuncu J_Garcia DF | DF M_Ledger+ E_Can DM | MF G_McEachran L_Goretzka MF | DM B_Close+ E_McCawl AM | MF D_Quina A_Golovin AM | MF J_Sherman N_Pepe FW | FW A_Morelos L_de_Jong FW | FW L_Martinez | K_Casilla SUB | SUB M_Perin Pipa SUB | SUB A_Tuanzebe J_McCourt SUB | SUB Joshua_Laws P_Roberts SUB | SUB M_Sylla D_Agyei SUB | SUB L_Moron Min. 1 :(wat) A_Robertson is closed down ... He plays a quick pass ... C_Soyuncu latches onto the ball ... But Y_Ribeiro wins the tackle Min. 7 :(wat) D_Quina looks up for support for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... A_Morelos receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... A_Morelos attempts a low drive! ... The ball moves through the air! ... A_Lopes moves quickly! ... Can he get to this? ... A_Lopes catches it with style! Min. 9 :(wat) M_Ledger+ is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate in space ... He throws it long to L_Martinez ... J_Garcia goes in with the block tackle ... He comes out of it with the ball ... Great tackle! Min. 10 :(wat) C_Soyuncu has the ball ... He knocks the ball past Emerson ... He puts in A_Morelos! ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... M_Hermoso hits it out for a throw Min. 12 :(wat) A_Robertson with a neat pass into L_Martinez ... L_Martinez with a bomb of a shot ! ... GOAL !! ... Was that a smile we saw on his manager’s face? ... That’s given Watford the lead! ... Aston Villa 0-1 Watford ... Min. 14 :(ast) E_Can plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... A_Golovin decides to keep possession instead! ... He runs towards the goal now! ... A_Golovin uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! ... GOAL !! ... He nutmegged Pacheco ... It's all square now! ... Aston Villa 1-1 Watford ... Min. 15 :(ast) E_Can with a precise ball to N_Pepe ... N_Pepe looks to see where Pacheco is! ... He rifles in the shot! ... Pacheco was lucky there Min. 18 :(ast) L_de_Jong sprints forward with the ball ... B_Close+ takes the player down!! ... PENALTY!! ... No! The ref has given the free kick the other way! ... Unbelievable! Min. 19 :(wat) A_Morelos brings it under control ... He takes on J_Garcia ... He gets past him! ... He puts in L_Martinez! ... L_Martinez has a dig at goal! ... A_Lopes with a fantastic point blank save ... When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league Min. 20 :(ast) A_Golovin leaves B_Close+ standing ... A_Golovin tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... Looks like it should be Pacheco's ... Oh he's let it go through his legs ... But drifts inches wide !! ... Pacheco looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! ... CORNER! ... E_Can swings it in! ... A_Robertson belts it clear Min. 24 :(ast) M_Hermoso with a short pass to find Y_Ribeiro ... Y_Ribeiro is through on goal! ... The defender was caught napping ... He just has Pacheco to beat ... He dinks it over Pacheco ... GOAL !! ... Aston Villa have snatched the lead! ... Aston Villa 2-1 Watford ... Min. 25 :(wat) interesting tactic change... ... G_McEachran will now play as AM Min. 25 :(wat) It seems D_Quina has switched to a AM Min. 32 :(ast) A_Golovin with a slide rule pass to E_Can ... Launched towards the top corner by E_Can ! ... But Pacheco punches it away ... He commands his area so well Min. 33 :(ast) L_Goretzka runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off M_Ledger+ back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... D_Quina tugs on his opponent’s shirt!! ... The Referee has stopped play ... Well spotted by The Referee! ... He gets a YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on ... FREE KICK! ... Just outside the box! ... L_de_Jong bends it round the wall ... GOAL !! ... Rifled home! ... Aston Villa 3-1 Watford ... Min. 34 :(ast) Aston Villa changed their strategy to play C Min. 34 :(ast) It seems A_Golovin has switched to a MF Min. 34 :(ast) E_McCawl moves in a MF position Min. 34 :(wat) C_Soyuncu plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... A_Morelos decides to go for goal instead! ... A_Morelos with the punt towards goal! ... A_Lopes gets his body behind the ball and saves ... Text book goalkeeping! Min. 39 :(wat) J_Sherman finds A_Morelos in the box ... But Emerson spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 40 :(wat) Watford are switching their playing style to P Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 46 :(ast) Emerson is forced back with the ball ... He belts the ball up field ... L_de_Jong latches onto the end of it ... R_Suckling takes the player down!! ... PENALTY!! ... No! The ref has given the free kick the other way! ... Unbelievable! Min. 46 :(wat) L_Martinez runs into space ... But Y_Ribeiro slid in ... It was a well timed tackle and it had to be ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Aston Villa 3-1 Watford Min. 48 :(wat) L_Martinez beats Emerson ... That was a quick burst of pace to set him free ... L_Martinez flicks the header toward the far post! ... A_Lopes parries it, he follows it up ... He fires it over!! Min. 50 :(ast) N_Pepe gets the ball on the wing ... He slides the ball past A_Robertson! ... He has some space now! ... N_Pepe tries to place it in the corner ! ... But Pacheco reaches the ball. Good save ... There was a foul on Pacheco anyway Min. 50 :(wat) D_Quina turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to B_Close+ ... Wonderful sliding challenge by N_Pepe Min. 52 :(wat) A_Robertson backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball up field ... G_McEachran gets on the end of it ... G_McEachran with the drive! ... A_Lopes makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 55 :(wat) M_Sylla is being prepared to come on ... D_Quina is leaving the pitch ... He applauds the crowd ... Looks like his replacement will play MF Min. 55 :(ast) E_Can brings it under control ... He takes on R_Suckling ... He gets past him! ... He puts in L_de_Jong! ... R_Suckling goes in hard to win the ball back Min. 56 :(wat) M_Ledger+ races into the box ... He sees L_Martinez lose his man ... He cuts the ball back to him ... L_Martinez with the cheeky shot! ... A_Lopes parries it, he follows it up ... GOAL !! ... The defence had gone walk about! ... Aston Villa 3-2 Watford ... Min. 57 :(wat) It appears M_Sylla is playing as a AM Min. 58 :(ast) L_Goretzka turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to L_de_Jong ... L_de_Jong leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!! ... Wide of goal Min. 60 :(wat) A_Tuanzebe will replace A_Robertson and play DF Min. 62 :(ast) L_de_Jong races into the box ... He sees L_Goretzka lose his man ... He cuts the ball back to him ... But M_Ledger+ wins the ball from behind ... The crowd appeal but The Referee has none of it. Min. 65 :(ast) There's going to be a change ... J_McCourt will come on for E_Can and play DM Min. 65 :(ast) The Aston Villa manager told his side to change to a D strategy Min. 65 :(wat) L_Moron is coming on and A_Morelos is being brought off ... Looks likely he will go and play FW Min. 66 :(ast) J_Garcia plays it forward to L_de_Jong ... L_de_Jong has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goal ward! ... Pacheco just watches it fly safely wide! Min. 66 :(wat) J_Sherman has a go! ... It hits the defender ... L_Moron collects the loose ball! ... M_Hermoso clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play ... The linesman is flagging ... Throw in Min. 68 :(ast) Pipa comes on for Y_Ribeiro and takes up a DF role Min. 68 :(ast) M_Hermoso sprints past the defender ... A_Tuanzebe with a deliberate foul ... That deserves a punishment ... The Referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 70 :(ast) D_Agyei will replace L_de_Jong and play FW Min. 74 :(ast) D_Agyei takes advantage of a mistake by A_Tuanzebe ... M_Ledger+ makes the challenge and clears the ball ... But it drifts out of play ... CORNER! ... D_Agyei plays it towards the near post! ... Pacheco jumps well to claim it! Min. 78 :(wat) L_Moron sidesteps his marker ... He showed great skill there ... J_McCourt leaves his foot in with the challenge!! ... That’s a bad foul!! Min. 83 :(wat) C_Soyuncu is out on the left ... He moves the ball right to L_Moron ... D_Agyei with a bad challenge ... I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll have to watch himself now Min. 84 :(wat) B_Close+ gets to the bye line ... He puts it into the box ... He finds C_Soyuncu ... D_Agyei with a bad challenge ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... He's already been booked once, he knows what's coming. RED CARD! Min. 84 :(wat) J_Sherman looks around for some movement ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to L_Moron ... J_McCourt gets the foot in to win the ball Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 88 :(ast) N_Pepe gets the ball on the wing ... He slides the ball past R_Suckling! ... He has some space now! ... C_Soyuncu read the danger and stops the pass ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Villa Park Attendance : 47,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : E_Can Scorers : A_Golovin (14), Y_Ribeiro (24), L_de_Jong (33) Sent Off : D_Agyei (84) Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watford Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : L_Martinez (Man of the Match) Scorers : L_Martinez (12,56) Sent Off : N/A Booked : D_Quina (33), A_Tuanzebe (68) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa | Watford Attempts on Goal : 9 | 7 Off target : 3 | 1 On target : 6 | 6 Possession : 62 | 38 Corners : 2 | 0 Red Cards : 1 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 2 Subs Used : 3 | 3 Fouls : 10 | 3 Key Tackles : 8 | 6 Key Passes : 9 | 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Aston Villa 3 - 2 Watford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Aston Villa Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Lopes GK 30 2 2 1 26 | 95 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 0 0 0 M_Hermoso DF 1 26 10 6 26 | 95 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 36 8 Emerson DF 1 25 14 7 24 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 Y_Ribeiro DF 1 27 13 3 24 | 71 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 26 0 23 J_Garcia DF 5 25 14 6 30 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 18 8 E_Can DM 1 11 26 9 26 | 68 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 3 L_Goretzka MF 1 12 25 12 24 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 E_McCawl MF 2 11 25 13 27 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Golovin MF 1 8 26 12 25 | 95 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 24 N_Pepe FW 1 6 12 26 22 | 95 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 6 L_de_Jong FW 1 2 5 27 23 | 73 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 25 K_Casilla GK 28 3 2 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pipa DF 1 26 10 3 26 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_McCourt DM 2 12 24 11 24 | 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 P_Roberts MF 2 3 24 11 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Agyei FW 1 3 11 26 25 | 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -7 -7 -7 Player Statistics - Watford Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pacheco GK 31 1 1 1 22 | 95 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -20 0 0 0 A_Robertson DF 2 26 11 2 24 | 63 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 48 0 R_Suckling DF 1 24 11 3 19 | 95 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 C_Soyuncu DF 1 26 8 2 21 | 95 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 30 0 M_Ledger+ DF 2 24 9 2 20 | 95 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 38 0 G_McEachran AM 1 3 24 11 22 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 B_Close+ DM 2 11 25 3 21 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 D_Quina AM 1 2 26 12 21 | 58 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 17 -3 J_Sherman MF 2 1 25 5 24 | 95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 A_Morelos FW 1 3 11 27 23 | 68 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 L_Martinez FW 1 7 11 25 24 | 95 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 50 M_Perin GK 28 1 1 1 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Tuanzebe DF 2 24 9 2 25 | 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -3 Joshua_Laws DF 1 26 10 3 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Sylla AM 1 3 26 11 23 | 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Moron FW 1 6 11 25 27 | 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1593339642 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35