FMFA Cup Qualification Round, Celtic F.C. vs. Stoke City (Wed Mar 30) Celtic F.C. | Stoke City 5-2-3 E | 4-4-2 P William McGregor | Duncan Masaldo | L_Zaluska GK | GK A_Begovic C_Mulgrew DF | DF S_Bassong A_Matthews DF | DF R_Shawcross V_van_Dijk DF | DF M_Muniesa E_Ambrose DF | DF E_Pieters M_Friedrich DF | MF Willian S_Johansen MF | MF G_Ramirez R_Macek MF | MF R_Alvarez R_Greenwood FW | MF C_N'Zogbia L_Griffiths FW | FW M_Diouf A_Crooks FW | FW E_Cavani | C_Gordon SUB | SUB J_Butland J_Denayer SUB | SUB Fabio E_Izaguirre SUB | SUB G_Cameron S_Brown SUB | SUB S_Ireland A_Stokes SUB | SUB M_Derbyshire Min. 1 :(cel) R_Greenwood leaves his marker standing ... R_Greenwood hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... A_Begovic makes the save ... He hits the ball up field! Min. 10 :(sto) M_Diouf finds his way through ... He bent his run well ... S_Johansen with a bad challenge ... I don't think he meant anything other than trying to get the ball ... The boy is unlucky to get a yellow ... YELLOW CARD!! ... FREE KICK! ... It is within shooting distance! ... E_Cavani hits it over the wall ... L_Zaluska manages to turn it behind Min. 29 :(sto) Willian controls it well ... He nutmegs A_Matthews ... He puts in R_Alvarez! ... R_Alvarez curls the ball in on goal ! ... L_Zaluska just watches it drift out of play! Min. 36 :(cel) A_Crooks runs at S_Bassong ... He takes it past him ... But R_Shawcross puts it in row Z! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on Min. 44 :(cel) S_Johansen cuts the ball back to L_Griffiths ... S_Bassong gets the foot in to win the ball Min. 45 :(cel) S_Brown takes off his tracksuit ... he'll replace R_Macek as MF Min. 46 :(sto) R_Alvarez hits in a wicked shot! ... It hits the defender ... E_Cavani latches onto it! ... Cleaned up by V_van_Dijk ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Celtic F.C. 0-0 Stoke City Min. 48 :(sto) Willian with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past C_Mulgrew ... Willian with the chance ! ... The fans get off there seats! ... But it sails over !! Min. 52 :(cel) C_Mulgrew finds his way through ... They tried to play the offside trap ... Well executed sliding challenge from R_Shawcross ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... S_Brown hits it towards the far post! ... A_Begovic easily catches it! Min. 54 :(sto) Willian takes advantage of a bad back pass from V_van_Dijk ... C_Mulgrew fouls badly ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... The Referee calls him over! ... YELLOW CARD!/n The opposition manager looks like he's getting an erection from that decision! Min. 55 :(cel) A_Stokes replaces A_Crooks to play as a FW Min. 56 :(sto) E_Cavani is unmarked! ... E_Cavani tries to beat L_Zaluska! ... L_Zaluska takes the ball off him ... He was showing off there! Min. 59 :(sto) E_Pieters with a precise pass to G_Ramirez ... A_Matthews pulls on his shirt ... He wins the ball ... The defender got away with the foul there! Min. 62 :(sto) G_Ramirez knocks it forward ... A_Matthews slips ... M_Diouf gets to it! ... M_Diouf drives the ball low ! ... But he puts it wide ... That was a terrible attempt! Min. 64 :(cel) S_Brown flicks the ball through ... L_Griffiths runs onto it! ... A left-footer by L_Griffiths ! ... A_Begovic gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... It's pushed behind ! ... CORNER! ... S_Brown chips the ball into the area! ... A_Begovic easily catches it! Min. 66 :(cel) R_Greenwood finds his way through ... They tried to play the offside trap ... E_Pieters is called for the holding foul ... Well spotted by the referee ... The Referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 67 :(sto) Willian with the kinky dribble ... Willian with a graceful, looping effort ! ... What agility from L_Zaluska Min. 72 :(cel) S_Johansen with an excellent first touch ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He swings the ball in ... R_Greenwood gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... But E_Pieters will cut out the threat Min. 73 :(sto) G_Ramirez can't find space for the shot ... He slips it through to E_Cavani ... L_Griffiths muscles him off the ball ... Looked like a good tackle but the referee has awarded them a free kick Min. 74 :(sto) E_Cavani flicks it past A_Matthews ... He runs forward ... Good sliding challenge from M_Friedrich and it had to be Min. 75 :(cel) S_Johansen chips the ball over the defence and finds A_Stokes ... R_Shawcross gets in the way of the ball and clears! Min. 77 :(cel) A_Stokes loses M_Muniesa ... M_Muniesa reacts to stop the move going any further Min. 77 :(sto) R_Alvarez passes the ball to G_Ramirez ... G_Ramirez hits a great shot ! ... The shot deflects wide into the crowd!! ... CORNER! ... M_Muniesa chips the ball into the area! ... L_Zaluska fists it away! Min. 82 :(cel) S_Johansen with the nod to R_Greenwood ... R_Greenwood with a graceful, looping effort ! ... A_Begovic makes the save ... He hits the ball up field! Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 89 :(sto) Willian lobs the ball over the defence ... G_Ramirez latches on to it ... E_Ambrose tackles cleanly ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Celtic Park Attendance : 49,521 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic F.C. Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : L_Zaluska Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : S_Johansen (10), C_Mulgrew (54) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stoke City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : R_Shawcross (Man of the Match) Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : E_Pieters (66) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic F.C. | Stoke City Attempts on Goal : 3 | 7 Off target : 0 | 4 On target : 3 | 3 Possession : 32 | 68 Corners : 2 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 1 Subs Used : 2 | 0 Fouls : 8 | 4 Key Tackles : 4 | 6 Key Passes : 5 | 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Celtic F.C. 0 - 0 Stoke City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Celtic F.C. Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L_Zaluska GK 22 2 3 3 27 | 93 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 C_Mulgrew DF 2 19 2 3 23 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -3 A_Matthews DF 2 19 2 3 27 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 V_van_Dijk DF 2 19 2 3 29 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 E_Ambrose DF 2 19 2 3 26 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 M_Friedrich DF 2 19 2 3 26 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 S_Johansen MF 2 3 19 8 27 | 93 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 37 -3 R_Macek MF 2 3 19 2 27 | 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Greenwood FW 2 2 2 18 17 | 93 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 L_Griffiths FW 2 3 3 18 28 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 A_Crooks FW 2 2 2 18 18 | 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Gordon GK 18 2 3 3 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Denayer DF 2 18 2 3 23 | 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 S_Brown MF 2 3 19 2 27 | 48 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 A_Stokes FW 2 3 3 17 26 | 37 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Begovic GK 27 2 3 2 23 | 93 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 S_Bassong DF 2 21 4 2 22 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 R_Shawcross DF 3 20 2 4 23 | 93 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 M_Muniesa DF 3 19 4 2 22 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 E_Pieters DF 2 19 3 3 22 | 93 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 7 -3 Willian MF 3 2 22 11 27 | 93 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 4 G_Ramirez MF 2 4 21 11 27 | 93 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 R_Alvarez MF 2 3 21 3 28 | 93 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 C_N'Zogbia MF 2 3 21 10 21 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Diouf FW 2 2 3 20 22 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 E_Cavani FW 2 3 4 20 24 | 93 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 J_Butland GK 19 3 2 3 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fabio DF 2 19 2 3 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Cameron DF 3 18 2 3 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Ireland MF 3 3 20 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Derbyshire FW 3 3 3 19 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1459364491 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35