FMFA Cup, Manchester United vs. Norwich City (Wed May 17) Manchester United | Norwich City 4-1-2-1-2 P | 5-2-2-1 C Aaron Burrows | Tony McCleary | D_de_Gea GK | GK N_Pope B_Kamara DF | DF J_Young G_Boloca DF | DF L_Chambers G_Arana DF | DF M_Aarons A_Barlow DF | DF Tom_Clayton T_Partey DM | DF A_Koiki Rodri MF | AM M_Rashford M_Mudryk MF | MF M_Odegaard A_Januzaj AM | FW A_Isak M_Salah FW | AM D_Brooks Rogerio FW | MF B_Silva | K_O'Hara SUB | SUB K_Darlow A_Ali_Mohamed SUB | SUB N_Clyne Simone_Pinna SUB | SUB M_Olise F_Torres SUB | SUB K_Ly N_Burkart SUB | SUB C_Slack Referee: Andre_Marriner (West_Midlands) Min. 3 :(mnu) M_Mudryk with a slide rule pass to M_Salah ... M_Salah shapes up for a shot! ... N_Pope beats the ball away Min. 5 :(nor) M_Odegaard gets the ball on the wing ... He slides the ball past A_Barlow! ... He has some space now! ... G_Arana with an awful challenge ... I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 9 :(mnu) Rodri whips the ball across to M_Salah ... Tom_Clayton gets the foot in to win the ball ... It rolls out of play ... CORNER! ... G_Boloca plays it into the danger area! ... N_Pope easily claims the ball! Min. 12 :(nor) D_Brooks has the ball ... He knocks the ball past G_Boloca ... He puts in M_Aarons! ... B_Kamara steals the ball of off him Min. 20 :(mnu) G_Arana 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. 24 :(mnu) M_Salah runs towards the goal ... A delicate chip from M_Salah ! ... GOAL !! ... His players jump on top of him ... Manchester United have snatched the lead! ... Manchester United 1-0 Norwich City ... Min. 24 :(mnu) T_Partey runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to A_Januzaj ... B_Silva wins the ball well ... Andre_Marriner has given a free kick Min. 37 :(nor) J_Young sidesteps G_Boloca ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... G_Arana with the tackle ... He came to the rescue there! Min. 41 :(nor) B_Silva sprints past the defender ... G_Boloca read the danger and stops the pass Min. 42 :(mnu) Rogerio plays a clever one-two with his team mate ... He runs towards goal now ... Rogerio with the crafty shot! ... But it goes wide of the post Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 44 :(mnu) Rogerio jumps over D_Brooks's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... Rogerio with a thundering volley! ... N_Pope catches the ball Min. 45 :(nor) Norwich City are switching their playing style to P Min. 46 :(mnu) Rogerio beats his marker ... He showed great skill there ... M_Aarons hits it out for a corner ... CORNER! ... G_Boloca plays it into the danger area! ... N_Pope catches it! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Manchester United 1-0 Norwich City Min. 48 :(mnu) M_Salah with a penetrating pass to A_Januzaj ... M_Rashford with a nasty foul ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 52 :(nor) A_Isak runs at the defence ... He nutmegs A_Barlow ... He showed his class there ... Superbly timed tackle by G_Arana ... He made it look easy ... But he can't keep it in ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by M_Odegaard! ... It is kicked away by B_Kamara Min. 59 :(nor) M_Odegaard turns past G_Boloca ... He has created space for himself now ... M_Salah with a late tackle ... He certainly didn't mean it ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He was lucky to escape with a caution! Min. 60 :(nor) Norwich City changed their strategy to play C Min. 60 :(nor) M_Rashford has changed his position on the pitch to a FW Min. 60 :(nor) A_Koiki moves into a MF role on the manager's orders Min. 61 :(nor) A_Koiki with the diagonal pass M_Rashford ... M_Rashford has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goal ward! ... But D_de_Gea just gets his fingers to that one Min. 65 :(mnu) A_Ali_Mohamed takes off his tracksuit ... he'll replace B_Kamara as DF Min. 65 :(mnu) T_Partey barges J_Young off the ball ... J_Young reacts to stop the move going any further Min. 67 :(mnu) Simone_Pinna is being prepared to come on ... G_Boloca is leaving the pitch ... He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing ... Looks like his replacement will play DF Min. 68 :(nor) D_Brooks runs at A_Barlow ... He takes it past him ... Simone_Pinna with the tackle ... He came to the rescue there! Min. 69 :(nor) M_Odegaard lays the ball back to A_Isak ... Rodri knobbles the attacking player. ... Andre_Marriner blows up for a foul ... He gets away with that one ... It’s just a warning Min. 70 :(mnu) N_Burkart takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace Rogerio ... He'll play as a FW ... The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off Min. 70 :(nor) Up goes the substitution board - N_Clyne on for Tom_Clayton as a DF Min. 70 :(nor) C_Slack is being brought on ... A_Isak is leaving the pitch ... Looks like the substitute will play FW Min. 70 :(nor) M_Olise is being prepared to come on ... B_Silva is leaving the pitch ... Looks like the substitute will play MF Min. 70 :(nor) K_Ly comes on for D_Brooks and will play AM to the delight of the fans Min. 75 :(mnu) F_Torres is coming on for Rodri and will play MF Min. 75 :(mnu) T_Partey with a real burst of pace ... He leaves N_Clyne behind ... T_Partey with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... GOAL !! ... Rifled into the top corner! ... Manchester United 2-0 Norwich City ... Min. 76 :(mnu) Manchester United made the switch to a C strategy Min. 76 :(nor) The Norwich City manager shouts at them from the touchline to play L Min. 76 :(nor) M_Odegaard with a 40-yard pass to C_Slack ... C_Slack with a scorcher of a shot ! ... OOOOOOHHHHHHHH ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 81 :(mnu) A_Januzaj with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past the defender ... M_Rashford with a late tackle ... He certainly didn't mean it ... Andre_Marriner called him over for a strong verbal warning Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 90 :(mnu) G_Arana finds M_Salah with a perfectly weighted pass ... M_Salah beats the offside trap! ... He is clean through ... N_Pope comes towards him ... He nutmegs N_Pope ... It hits the upright!! ... N_Pope recovers to save it !! Min. 92 :(nor) J_Young kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... M_Odegaard gets on the end of the pass ... G_Arana gets the foot in to win the ball Min. 94 :(mnu) F_Torres cuts the ball back to A_Ali_Mohamed ... Blocked by L_Chambers Min. 94 :(nor) C_Slack with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past Simone_Pinna ... Fine tackle by A_Barlow ... He prevents the corner as well ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Old Trafford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester United Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Salah (Man of the Match) Scorers : M_Salah (24), T_Partey (75) Sent Off : N/A Booked : G_Arana (5), M_Salah (59) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norwich City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Odegaard Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : M_Rashford (48) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester United | Norwich City Attempts on Goal : 6 | 2 Off target : 1 | 1 On target : 5 | 1 Possession : 56 | 44 Corners : 2 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 1 Subs Used : 4 | 4 Fouls : 9 | 9 Key Tackles : 7 | 4 Key Passes : 5 | 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Manchester United 2 - 0 Norwich City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Manchester United Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_de_Gea GK 34 2 2 2 24 | 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 B_Kamara DF 1 33 15 2 24 | 67 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 G_Boloca DF 1 31 13 3 24 | 69 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 G_Arana DF 1 30 14 2 23 | 96 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 44 15 5 A_Barlow DF 1 30 12 1 23 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 T_Partey DM 1 14 31 8 32 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 Rodri MF 1 12 32 7 27 | 77 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 M_Mudryk MF 1 7 31 14 24 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 A_Januzaj AM 2 4 32 14 27 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 M_Salah FW 1 3 10 30 24 | 96 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -3 7 26 Rogerio FW 1 3 13 30 23 | 72 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 K_O'Hara GK 29 3 2 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Ali_Mohamed DF 1 30 13 4 23 | 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simone_Pinna DF 1 29 14 3 20 | 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 F_Torres MF 1 9 29 14 22 | 19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 N_Burkart FW 2 2 12 27 18 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Norwich City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N_Pope GK 33 1 1 1 25 | 96 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 J_Young DF 2 29 11 1 17 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 L_Chambers DF 1 29 11 5 23 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 M_Aarons DF 1 28 9 2 22 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 Tom_Clayton DF 1 30 13 4 25 | 72 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 A_Koiki MF 2 29 14 2 22 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 M_Rashford FW 2 3 6 31 23 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 0 M_Odegaard MF 1 3 31 13 26 | 96 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 A_Isak FW 1 7 12 32 27 | 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Brooks AM 1 4 30 12 24 | 72 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 B_Silva MF 1 10 31 14 20 | 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Darlow GK 31 3 2 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Clyne DF 1 29 11 4 24 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Olise MF 1 4 30 12 23 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Ly AM 2 1 29 13 22 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Slack FW 1 2 3 29 23 | 24 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1684353012 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35