FMFA Cup, Tranmere Rovers vs. Chelsea (Thu Nov 17) Tranmere Rovers | Chelsea 5-1-3-1 C | 4-4-2 P Neil Stockley | Jason Fortune | S_Davies GK | GK T_Courtois L_Hogan DF | DF S_Pocognoli P_Dummett DF | DF B_Sagna C_Donaldson DF | DF D_Janmaat R_Sutton DF | DF G_Hanley T_Jedvaj DF | MF L_Messi P-E_Hojbjerg DM | MF E_Lamela Kenedy MF | MF D_Poyet M_Salah MF | MF N_Kante S_N'Zonzi MF | FW F_Llorente U_Enes FW | FW C_Ronaldo | L_Pilling SUB | SUB J_Alnwick L_Ridehalgh SUB | SUB C_Azpilicueta J_Norwood SUB | SUB R_Bertrand S_Jennings SUB | SUB L_Modric C_Stockton SUB | SUB Hulk Min. 2 :(che) L_Messi kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... E_Lamela gets on the end of the pass ... E_Lamela with a thundering drive! ... S_Davies manages to turn it behind ... CORNER! ... E_Lamela curls it into the box! ... P_Dummett clears the corner Min. 7 :(che) N_Kante sprints down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He puts in a square ball! ... F_Llorente runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... S_N'Zonzi with an ugly foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll be off if he does that again Min. 12 :(tra) U_Enes with a real burst of pace ... He leaves D_Poyet behind ... But G_Hanley wins the tackle Min. 12 :(che) D_Janmaat controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the left! ... S_Pocognoli gets onto the end of the pass! ... T_Jedvaj is forced to retreat ... He knocks it back! ... S_Davies misses it! ... It creeps just wide! ... CORNER! ... E_Lamela swings it in! ... R_Sutton reads it well ... And he knocks it away Min. 17 :(che) L_Messi looks up ... He swings the ball right towards C_Ronaldo ... C_Ronaldo controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... S_Davies gathers it easily Min. 19 :(tra) U_Enes takes advantage of a bad back pass from S_Pocognoli ... U_Enes drives it towards goal ! ... But T_Courtois makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 23 :(che) N_Kante has a go! ... It hits the defender ... C_Ronaldo collects the loose ball! ... C_Ronaldo attempts to nutmeg S_Davies! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... S_Davies dives desperately to try and save it!! ... And S_Davies tips it wide! ... Great goalkeeping! ... CORNER! ... E_Lamela chips the ball in towards the far post! ... F_Llorente tries to place the shot! ... GOAL !! ... It hits him in the balls and rolls in for a goal! ... That’s given Chelsea the lead! ... Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Chelsea ... Min. 24 :(tra) Tranmere Rovers made the switch to a L strategy Min. 31 :(tra) U_Enes beats G_Hanley ... He showed great skill there ... S_Pocognoli wins control of the ball with his hand!! ... Play On!! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Chelsea Min. 53 :(tra) T_Jedvaj finds C_Donaldson with a perfectly weighted pass ... B_Sagna rushes in with a clumsy tackle!! ... That’s a foul!! ... YELLOW CARD!! He is in the book for that one ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 56 :(tra) P-E_Hojbjerg finds U_Enes with a perfectly weighted pass ... U_Enes with the chance ! ... T_Courtois just watches it drift out of play! Min. 57 :(tra) U_Enes finds his way through ... That was sheer effort ... F_Llorente wins the ball with a clear tackle Min. 59 :(che) D_Poyet with the nod to F_Llorente ... C_Donaldson takes out the attacker ... He looked to have fouled him there Min. 70 :(tra) C_Stockton replaces U_Enes and will play FW Min. 72 :(che) N_Kante drives the ball across field ... It comes to L_Messi ... M_Salah had better start being careful if he continues to tackle like that ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 75 :(tra) J_Norwood will come on for S_N'Zonzi and play MF Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on Min. 91 :(che) E_Lamela is taking a throw in ... He takes a couple of strides back ... He throws the ball to F_Llorente ... Cleaned up by L_Hogan ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Prenton Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tranmere Rovers Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : U_Enes Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : S_N'Zonzi (7), M_Salah (72) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chelsea Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : F_Llorente (Man of the Match) Scorers : F_Llorente (23) Sent Off : N/A Booked : B_Sagna (53) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tranmere Rovers | Chelsea Attempts on Goal : 2 | 4 Off target : 1 | 0 On target : 1 | 4 Possession : 34 | 66 Corners : 0 | 3 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 1 Subs Used : 2 | 0 Fouls : 7 | 3 Key Tackles : 3 | 3 Key Passes : 2 | 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Tranmere Rovers 0 - 1 Chelsea ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Tranmere Rovers Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S_Davies GK 20 2 3 3 23 | 93 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 L_Hogan DF 1 20 3 2 21 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 P_Dummett DF 2 20 3 3 23 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 C_Donaldson DF 2 19 2 4 17 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 R_Sutton DF 2 19 10 2 22 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 T_Jedvaj DF 2 19 2 3 25 | 93 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 P-E_Hojbjerg DM 2 10 19 12 22 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Kenedy MF 2 3 20 10 24 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Salah MF 2 3 20 10 25 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -3 S_N'Zonzi MF 3 3 20 10 26 | 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -3 U_Enes FW 2 1 2 20 15 | 72 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 L_Pilling GK 14 3 2 3 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Ridehalgh DF 1 20 10 3 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Norwood MF 2 3 18 2 26 | 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Jennings MF 2 10 16 3 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Stockton FW 2 3 10 16 23 | 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Chelsea Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T_Courtois GK 25 2 3 2 23 | 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 S_Pocognoli DF 3 21 3 2 32 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 B_Sagna DF 2 20 11 2 22 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -3 D_Janmaat DF 2 20 11 3 28 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 G_Hanley DF 2 20 3 2 25 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 L_Messi MF 2 3 22 13 25 | 93 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 E_Lamela MF 2 3 22 11 26 | 93 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 3 D_Poyet MF 2 5 22 3 21 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 8 N_Kante MF 2 10 22 2 24 | 93 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 F_Llorente FW 2 3 4 22 26 | 93 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 8 31 C_Ronaldo FW 2 3 11 22 23 | 93 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 J_Alnwick GK 19 2 1 1 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Azpilicueta DF 3 19 11 2 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Bertrand DF 2 18 11 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Modric MF 2 10 21 8 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hulk FW 2 2 3 22 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1479411654 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35