YDL Division One, Leicester City U23 vs. Arsenal U23 (Sat May 31) Leicester City U23 | Arsenal U23 4-4-2 P | 4-4-2 N Tony McCleary | Jamal Claxton | C_Yates GK | GK J_Porter K_Kalafat DF | DF T_Eyoma K_Gruno DF | DF Emerson C_Ughelumba DF | DF J_Olowu J_Redmond DF | DF J_Sweet F_Maguire MF | MF A_Denny S_Danso MF | MF T_Tessmann S_Jasper MF | MF Z_Shuaib F_Nmecha MF | MF O_Skipp J_King FW | FW T_Gomes C_Popov FW | FW I_Kabia | E_Green SUB | SUB A_Crean B_Cover SUB | SUB T_Omole J_Joseph SUB | SUB T_Foran T_Sueng'hawon SUB | SUB B_Rosa J_Stansfield SUB | SUB B_Vigar Min. 2 :(yle) F_Nmecha brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... J_King gets on the end of the pass ... J_King with the drive! ... But he somehow misses ... That was a woeful effort Min. 4 :(yar) O_Skipp retreats under pressure ... He hits the ball up field ... J_Olowu latches onto the end of it ... J_Olowu tries the shot ! ... GOAL !! ... The Arsenal U23 fans go wild! ... Arsenal U23 go ahead in this match now! ... Leicester City U23 0-1 Arsenal U23 ... Min. 5 :(yle) S_Danso looks around for support ... He knocks the ball across to J_King ... J_Sweet gets to the ball first Min. 8 :(yle) J_Redmond cuts the ball back to K_Kalafat ... K_Kalafat is clean through! ... J_Porter tries to make himself big ... He lobs it over J_Porter ... It goes over!! Min. 11 :(yle) C_Popov with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past the defender ... C_Popov aims for the top right corner ! ... J_Porter falls over ... He recovers to tip it onto the post! ... But it hits his back! ... And goes wide!! ... J_Porter looks relieved!! ... CORNER! ... F_Nmecha hits it towards the far post! ... The ball comes to J_King ... He gets the shot away ... Looks like it should be J_Porter's ... Oh he's let it go through his legs ... But drifts inches wide !! ... J_Porter looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by J_Redmond! ... J_Porter easily catches it! Min. 12 :(yle) F_Nmecha gets to the by-line ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to J_King ... J_Olowu slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 21 :(yar) A_Denny slumps to the ground! ... He gets up again though ... He signals to the bench he is ok to continue Min. 22 :(yle) F_Nmecha retreats under pressure ... He hits the ball up field ... C_Popov latches onto the end of it ... C_Popov beats the offside trap! ... He looked offside to me ... J_Porter comes towards him ... He tries to slide it past J_Porter ... J_Porter pulls off a save !! Min. 25 :(yle) C_Popov loses T_Eyoma ... C_Popov drives the ball low ! ... Brilliant save from J_Porter ... That must have impressed his national manager sitting in the stands Min. 26 :(yle) F_Nmecha plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... C_Popov decides to keep possession instead! ... He runs towards the goal now! ... C_Popov with the shot on net ! ... But J_Porter punches it away ... He commands his area so well Min. 28 :(yle) S_Danso flicks the ball through ... F_Maguire runs onto it! ... F_Maguire with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... It takes a deflection! ... But flies wide of the post! ... CORNER! ... F_Maguire plays it towards the near post! ... T_Eyoma wins the ball ... He belts it away Min. 29 :(yar) J_Sweet plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... Emerson decides to go for goal instead! ... C_Ughelumba seizes control of the ball ... He hoists it forward Min. 30 :(yle) C_Popov runs at the defence ... He nutmegs the defender ... He showed his class there ... C_Popov lobs J_Porter! ... The fans get off there seats! ... But it sails over !! Min. 34 :(yle) C_Popov takes possession ... He's got no outlet ... He decides to go alone ... But A_Denny will cut out the threat Min. 34 :(yar) Z_Shuaib turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to I_Kabia ... I_Kabia beats the defender to the ball ... He beats a second defender ... He just has C_Yates to beat! ... He rounds C_Yates ... He taps it towards the goal! ... It goes wide!! Min. 34 :(yle) F_Nmecha gets to the by line and finds C_Popov with a beautiful cross ... T_Gomes leaves his foot in with the challenge!! ... That’s a bad foul!! ... The referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... RED CARD!! ... I think he deserved that! Min. 41 :(yar) Z_Shuaib lays the ball back to A_Denny ... F_Maguire goes in with the block tackle ... He comes out of it with the ball ... Great tackle! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on Min. 44 :(yar) T_Eyoma shoves K_Kalafat in the chest!! ... The referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... RED CARD!! ... I think he deserved that! Min. 46 :(yle) C_Popov leaves J_Sweet standing ... C_Popov with the shot ! ... But J_Porter comes out and dives at his feet ... That's goalkeeping at its finest Min. 48 :(yle) C_Popov 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! ... His team mate plays the through ball for him! ... C_Popov bears down on goal! ... Wide of goal Min. 48 :(yar) O_Skipp controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the right! ... T_Tessmann gets onto the end of the pass! ... T_Tessmann hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Leicester City U23 0-1 Arsenal U23 Min. 48 :(yle) S_Jasper takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into F_Maguire ... J_Sweet slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 49 :(yle) K_Kalafat hits in a shot! ... It hits the defender ... S_Jasper collects the loose ball! ... S_Jasper strikes a wicked curler ! ... But J_Porter makes a comfortable save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 50 :(yle) C_Popov gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside J_Olowu! ... He has some space now! ... C_Popov tries to beat J_Porter! ... It goes wide! ... He made that look harder than it was!! Min. 52 :(yar) J_Olowu runs at the defence ... He nutmegs J_Redmond ... He showed his class there ... J_Redmond goes in hard to win the ball back Min. 54 :(yle) F_Nmecha brings the ball into the opposing area ... F_Maguire makes himself available ... F_Maguire hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... J_Porter saves it ... Good goalkeeping Min. 55 :(yar) B_Rosa takes off his tracksuit ... he'll replace O_Skipp as MF Min. 56 :(yle) J_King flicks it past J_Olowu ... He runs forward ... J_Olowu moves quickly to get the tackle in this time Min. 57 :(yle) C_Popov runs at the defender ... The defender slips and falls over ... Driven towards goal by C_Popov ! ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... C_Ughelumba hits it towards the far post! ... J_Porter fists it away! Min. 59 :(yle) S_Jasper has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past J_Olowu! ... He has some space now! ... Excellent sliding challenge from J_Sweet Min. 62 :(yar) Emerson plays a great one-two ... He continues to run forward now ... But he loses control of it ... J_Redmond takes possession Min. 63 :(yle) S_Jasper heads the ball back to C_Popov ... C_Popov with the diving header ! ... He had to be brave there ... But he's missed it! ... He couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo Min. 65 :(yar) T_Omole comes on for J_Sweet and takes up a DF role Min. 67 :(yar) I_Kabia leaves his marker standing ... I_Kabia launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! ... C_Yates gets his body behind the ball and saves ... Text book goalkeeping! Min. 69 :(yle) S_Jasper drives the ball across field ... It comes to J_Redmond ... J_Redmond tries the shot ! ... It's wide! ... 9 times out of ten he would have scored that! Min. 71 :(yle) J_King with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle ... J_King gets his head to the ball ! ... But J_Porter pulls out a save of the game Min. 73 :(yar) T_Tessmann jumps over C_Ughelumba's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... S_Danso goes in with high feet!! ... That’s a poor tackle! ... The Referee lectures him Min. 80 :(yle) B_Cover takes off his tracksuit ... he'll replace K_Gruno as DF Min. 80 :(yle) a big roar from the crowd as E_Green comes on for S_Danso to play MF Min. 80 :(yle) T_Sueng'hawon is coming on for S_Jasper and playing MF Min. 80 :(yle) J_Joseph will replace F_Nmecha and play MF Min. 80 :(yle) J_Stansfield replaces an unhappy J_King and will play as a FW Min. 84 :(yle) J_Stansfield nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... J_Stansfield from 20 yards ! ... J_Porter won't get to that! ... Oooh it goes just over!! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 90 :(yle) J_Joseph jumps over T_Omole's challenge ... J_Joseph tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... J_Porter guesses right Min. 90 :(yar) I_Kabia finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled J_Redmond ... I_Kabia drives it towards goal ! ... GOAL !! ... C_Yates had no chance! ... That is his 10th goal this campaign!! ... Leicester City U23 0-2 Arsenal U23 ... ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Holmes Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester City U23 Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : C_Popov Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenal U23 Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Olowu (Man of the Match) Scorers : J_Olowu (4), I_Kabia (90) Sent Off : T_Gomes (34), T_Eyoma (44) Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester City U23 | Arsenal U23 Attempts on Goal : 20 | 5 Off target : 11 | 2 On target : 9 | 3 Possession : 56 | 44 Corners : 4 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 2 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 5 | 2 Fouls : 3 | 3 Key Tackles : 4 | 6 Key Passes : 14 | 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Leicester City U23 0 - 2 Arsenal U23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Leicester City U23 Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C_Yates GK 20 2 2 1 21 | 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -22 0 0 0 K_Kalafat DF 1 14 7 3 22 | 96 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 2 K_Gruno DF 2 17 4 3 21 | 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Ughelumba DF 2 18 3 1 19 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 J_Redmond DF 1 17 10 2 21 | 96 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 15 2 F_Maguire MF 1 4 20 11 20 | 96 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 0 7 S_Danso MF 1 7 16 4 20 | 84 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 S_Jasper MF 1 2 18 12 23 | 84 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 5 F_Nmecha MF 2 3 17 2 19 | 84 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 J_King FW 1 2 5 17 19 | 84 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 C_Popov FW 1 2 4 18 21 | 96 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 E_Green MF 23 2 3 3 24 | 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Cover DF 1 12 8 3 20 | 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Joseph MF 1 2 15 7 20 | 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 T_Sueng'hawon MF 1 3 14 8 21 | 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Stansfield FW 1 4 5 12 20 | 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Player Statistics - Arsenal U23 Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J_Porter GK 22 2 2 1 20 | 96 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 T_Eyoma DF 1 18 7 2 26 | 44 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 3 3 Emerson DF 1 18 15 7 24 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Olowu DF 2 18 4 2 22 | 96 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 44 12 47 J_Sweet DF 1 17 11 4 23 | 69 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 15 0 A_Denny MF 2 2 19 4 17 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 T_Tessmann MF 1 3 18 11 23 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Z_Shuaib MF 1 2 18 8 22 | 96 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 O_Skipp MF 2 3 18 2 17 | 59 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 T_Gomes FW 2 3 4 20 20 | 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -9 -9 -9 I_Kabia FW 1 2 6 18 22 | 96 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 A_Crean GK 17 3 2 2 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Omole DF 2 15 4 3 20 | 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 T_Foran DF 1 12 8 3 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Rosa MF 1 2 17 4 23 | 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Vigar FW 1 2 4 14 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1748704176 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35