FMFA League Of Britain Division One, Celtic vs. Cardiff City (Sun Aug 09) Celtic | Cardiff City 4-4-2 N | 4-4-2 N Derek Purvis | - | L_Zaluska GK | GK D_Marshall V_van_Dijk DF | DF M_Connolly A_Matthews DF | DF B_Turner C_Mulgrew DF | DF B_E_Manga J_Denayer DF | DF Fabio S_Johansen MF | MF C_Noone S_Brown MF | MF J_Ralls C_McGregor MF | MF C_McAleny N_Biton MF | MF T_Adeyemi L_Griffiths FW | FW K_Jones A_Stokes FW | FW F_Macheda | C_Gordon SUB | SUB S_Moore M_Lustig SUB | SUB S_Morrison E_Izaguirre SUB | SUB S_Malone M_Wakaso SUB | SUB S_O'Keefe S_Scepovic SUB | SUB E_Doyle Min. 1 :(car) F_Macheda controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the right! ... C_Noone gets onto the end of the pass! ... Cleared by C_Mulgrew Min. 5 :(car) K_Jones picks up a loose ball ... K_Jones bears down on goal! ... It's just over! ... 9 times out of ten he would have scored that! Min. 7 :(car) J_Ralls knocks it forward ... C_Mulgrew slips ... K_Jones gets to it! ... Fine tackle by A_Matthews ... But he can't prevent the corner Min. 7 :(cel) The defender under hits the back pass! ... A_Stokes is through! ... Fabio rushes in with a clumsy tackle!! ... That’s a foul!! ... YELLOW CARD!!, he is in the book for that one Min. 10 :(car) C_McAleny plays the early ball across the box to find K_Jones in space ... K_Jones hits a crisp volley! ... GOAL !! ... Rifled into the top corner! ... That’s put Cardiff City in front! ... Celtic 0-1 Cardiff City ... Min. 11 :(cel) S_Johansen with an intelligent ball to L_Griffiths ... L_Griffiths rifles it to the far post ! ... It goes wide! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 12 :(cel) S_Brown boots it towards L_Griffiths ... L_Griffiths sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... D_Marshall with a fantastic point blank save ... He showed great Reflexes there Min. 14 :(car) T_Adeyemi with an inch perfect pass to F_Macheda ... A_Matthews with the block Min. 17 :(cel) N_Biton brings it under control ... He takes on Fabio ... He gets past him! ... He puts in L_Griffiths! ... A thundering drive by L_Griffiths ! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And spins wide Min. 18 :(cel) N_Biton with the dribble ... The defender is easily beaten ... K_Jones fouls badly ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning ... FREE KICK! ... This is a good chance! ... L_Griffiths bends it in ... D_Marshall makes the save ... He hits the ball up field! Min. 20 :(cel) S_Johansen finds L_Griffiths with a perfectly weighted pass ... B_E_Manga wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 25 :(cel) C_McGregor with the first time pass to L_Griffiths ... B_Turner reads the game well and cuts out the pass! Min. 28 :(cel) S_Brown has the ball ... He knocks the ball past B_E_Manga ... He puts in A_Stokes! ... But C_McAleny wins the tackle Min. 31 :(car) C_McAleny is taking a throw in ... He dries the ball on his shirt ... He throws the ball to F_Macheda ... A_Matthews gets in the way and wins the ball Min. 34 :(cel) A_Stokes sidesteps B_Turner ... That was too easy ... A_Stokes runs forward ... He hits the shot! ... D_Marshall tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 37 :(cel) S_Johansen with a reverse pass to A_Matthews ... Excellent sliding challenge by Fabio ... He timed it well ... CORNER! ... S_Brown lofts the ball in! ... M_Connolly gets up well ... And he heads it clear Min. 38 :(car) M_Connolly finds his way through ... He lost his man too easily ... C_Mulgrew makes the challenge and clears the ball Min. 41 :(cel) N_Biton moves out over to the edge of the pitch ... He plays the ball through to L_Griffiths ... L_Griffiths is clean through! ... D_Marshall tries to make himself big ... He rounds D_Marshall ... He taps it towards the goal! ... It goes wide!! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Celtic 0-1 Cardiff City Min. 48 :(cel) S_Johansen kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... L_Griffiths gets on the end of the pass ... L_Griffiths fires off a left-footed shot ! ... It sails over! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 50 :(car) B_E_Manga hits a hard pass to K_Jones ... K_Jones has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? Min. 53 :(cel) S_Brown with a measured pass to A_Stokes ... A_Stokes hits a great shot ! ... The shot slips through D_Marshall's hands ... But goes wide! ... He got away with that! Min. 58 :(cel) L_Zaluska looks injured. He's been stretchered off ... He isn't going to continue Min. 58 :(cel) C_Gordon is being prepared to come on ... L_Zaluska is leaving the pitch ... He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing ... Looks like his replacement will play GK Min. 84 :(car) J_Ralls turns past the defender ... He has created space for himself now ... J_Ralls belts the ball towards goal! ... It swerves a lot in the air ... Over the bar Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 92 :(cel) N_Biton has a go! ... It hits the defender ... A_Stokes collects the loose ball! ... A_Stokes pounds a rocket on goal ! ... But D_Marshall punches it away Min. 93 :(cel) C_McGregor crosses in from the wing, he finds A_Stokes in the box ... A_Stokes with a powerful header ! ... It hits off a defender! ... D_Marshall is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... S_Johansen lofts the ball in! ... It comes to V_van_Dijk ... He fires it towards to goal ... D_Marshall parries it, he follows it up ... And D_Marshall recovers to save!! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Celtic Park Attendance : 25,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : S_Johansen Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : L_Zaluska (58) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : C_McAleny (Man of the Match) Scorers : K_Jones (10) Sent Off : N/A Booked : Fabio (7) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic | Cardiff City Attempts on Goal : 11 | 4 Off target : 6 | 3 On target : 5 | 1 Possession : 61 | 39 Corners : 2 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 1 Subs Used : 1 | 0 Fouls : 7 | 11 Key Tackles : 5 | 4 Key Passes : 12 | 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Celtic 0 - 1 Cardiff City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Celtic Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L_Zaluska GK 19 2 3 3 27 | 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -13 0 0 0 V_van_Dijk DF 2 18 2 3 29 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 A_Matthews DF 2 18 2 3 27 | 95 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 C_Mulgrew DF 2 18 2 3 23 | 95 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 J_Denayer DF 2 17 2 3 23 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Johansen MF 2 3 18 8 27 | 95 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 S_Brown MF 2 3 18 2 27 | 95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 C_McGregor MF 2 3 17 2 23 | 95 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 N_Biton MF 2 3 17 2 23 | 95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 L_Griffiths FW 2 3 3 18 28 | 95 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 A_Stokes FW 2 3 3 17 26 | 95 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 11 C_Gordon GK 18 2 3 3 24 | 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 M_Lustig DF 2 17 2 3 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Izaguirre DF 2 17 2 3 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Wakaso MF 2 3 17 2 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Scepovic FW 2 3 3 17 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Cardiff City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Marshall GK 18 2 3 3 28 | 95 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 M_Connolly DF 3 18 2 3 28 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 17 17 B_Turner DF 2 18 2 2 21 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 B_E_Manga DF 2 18 2 1 28 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 20 0 Fabio DF 2 18 2 3 27 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 45 -3 -3 C_Noone MF 2 3 18 2 25 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Ralls MF 2 3 17 2 21 | 95 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 37 18 C_McAleny MF 2 3 17 2 28 | 95 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 69 0 T_Adeyemi MF 2 8 17 2 23 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 K_Jones FW 2 3 3 18 28 | 95 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 47 F_Macheda FW 2 3 3 17 29 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 S_Moore GK 17 2 3 2 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Morrison DF 2 17 2 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Malone DF 2 17 2 3 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_O'Keefe MF 2 8 17 2 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Doyle FW 2 3 3 17 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1439151628 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35