FMFA Tiger League, Southampton vs. Manchester City (Wed May 13)


                          Southampton  |  Manchester City
                              4-4-2 E  |  4-4-2 N
                        Kevin Welford  |  Derek Purvis
                                       |
                         K_Vermeer GK  |  GK J_Hart
                            L_Shaw DF  |  DF D_Boyata
                             D_Fox DF  |  DF D_Marcellis
                        J_Hooiveld DF  |  DF M_Demichelis
                       Filipe_Luis DF  |  DF D_Alaba
                         A_Lallana MF  |  MF F_Lampard
                           J_Navas MF  |  MF M_Gotze
                     J_Ward-Prowse MF  |  MF J_Milner
                         K_Asamoah MF  |  MF J_Garcia
                       M_Balotelli FW  |  FW R_Lewandowski
                           B_Sharp FW  |  FW S_Aguero
                                       |
                        S_Scufflet SUB |  SUB E_Johansen
                           N_Clyne SUB |  SUB A_Kolarov
                           J_Fonte SUB |  SUB Y_Toure
                              Isco SUB |  SUB R_Falcao
                         R_Lambert SUB |  SUB E_Dzeko

Referee: Michael_Oliver (Northumberland)


Min. 11 :(mnc) R_Lewandowski is too quick for the defence 
          ...  R_Lewandowski hits a great shot ! 
          ...  K_Vermeer makes a comfortable save 
          ...  He makes it look so easy 
Min. 13 :(sou) L_Shaw with electric pace 
          ...  He eases past M_Demichelis 
          ...  A left-footer by L_Shaw ! 
          ...  But J_Hart makes an easy save 
Min. 14 :(sou) J_Navas controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball into the middle! 
          ...  M_Balotelli gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  M_Balotelli leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!! 
          ...  GOAL !! 
          ...  Rifled into the top corner! 
          ...  Lets see if Southampton can hang onto that lead! 
          ...  Southampton 1-0 Manchester City ...
Min. 14 :(mnc) J_Milner is taking a throw in 
          ...  He is taking a run up at it! 
          ...  He throws it long to M_Gotze 
          ...  L_Shaw with a reckless challenge 
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! 
          ...  He could be off here! 
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket! 
          ...  He jots down his name! 
          ...  RED CARD!! 
          ...  I think he was unlucky there, deserve a booking only! 
Min. 14 :(mnc) J_Milner sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game 
          ...  J_Milner tries to beat K_Vermeer from outside the area! 
          ...  But he somehow misses 
          ...  That was a woeful effort 
Min. 16 :(mnc) F_Lampard skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to R_Lewandowski 
          ...  R_Lewandowski blasts it at the goal ! 
          ...  But K_Vermeer is equal to it 
Min. 17 :(mnc) J_Milner drives it forward to üÿÿ 
          ...  üÿÿ with the strike ! 
          ...  Wide of goal 
Min. 19 :(mnc) D_Boyata knocks the ball back to J_Hart 
          ...  Ohhhh no!! 
          ...  GOAL !! 
          ...  He has put it into his own net!! 
          ...  Southampton 2-0 Manchester City ...
Min. 20 :(sou) A_Lallana with the nod to B_Sharp 
          ...  M_Demichelis with the tackle 
Min. 20 :(mnc) S_Aguero takes advantage of a defensive mistake 
          ...  That mistake could prove costly 
          ...  S_Aguero strikes a wicked curler ! 
          ...  GOAL !! 
          ...  It was a top drawer goal 
          ...  Southampton 2-1 Manchester City ...
Min. 21 :(mnc) R_Lewandowski cuts inside Filipe_Luis 
          ...  He worked that well 
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by D_Fox 
          ...  He made it look easy 
Min. 22 :(sou) M_Balotelli with the dribble 
          ...  He spots the run of his team-mate 
          ...  He's decided to go alone 
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from M_Gotze 
Min. 24 :(mnc) M_Gotze sidesteps Filipe_Luis 
          ...  He showed great skill there 
          ...  M_Gotze with a stunning strike ! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But flies wide of the post! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  F_Lampard floats the ball in! 
          ...  J_Navas gets up well 
          ...  And he heads it away 
Min. 25 :(sou) J_Hooiveld cuts inside S_Aguero 
          ...  He worked that well 
          ...  D_Boyata slides in hard! 
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw! 
Min. 28 :(sou) J_Navas finds M_Balotelli on the edge of the box 
          ...  M_Demichelis cuts out the pass 
          ...  That was close! 
Min. 30 :(sou) Southampton made the switch to a A strategy 
Min. 32 :(mnc) D_Alaba with an intelligent ball to R_Lewandowski 
          ...  A powerful shot by R_Lewandowski ! 
          ...  But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  J_Milner swings it in! 
          ...  J_Garcia gets to it! 
          ...  Looks like it should be K_Vermeer's 
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs 
          ...  But drifts inches wide !! 
          ...  K_Vermeer looks embarrassed! 
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide! 
          ...  Goal kick given, amazing decision there! 
Min. 34 :(mnc) J_Milner works the ball inside 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to R_Lewandowski 
          ...  R_Lewandowski with the punt towards goal! 
          ...  It’s going over! 
          ...  It dips dramatically!! 
          ...  But lands on the roof of the net !! 
          ...  K_Vermeer looks relieved there! 
Min. 36 :(mnc) J_Garcia with a glorious long pass to M_Demichelis 
          ...  M_Demichelis with a thundering shot! 
          ...  K_Vermeer won't get to that! 
          ...  It clips the post! 
          ...  And goes wide! 
Min. 38 :(mnc) J_Milner runs forward 
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully 
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind! 
          ...  J_Milner has a dig at goal! 
          ...  But it goes wide 
Min. 42 :(mnc) S_Aguero barges the defender off the ball 
          ...  But Filipe_Luis spotted the danger and cleans up the play 
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(sou) Isco takes off his tracksuit 
          ...  he'll replace K_Asamoah as MF 
Min. 45 :(sou) D_Fox plays it forward to M_Balotelli 
          ...  D_Marcellis takes the player down!! 
          ...  That’s a poor tackle! 
Min. 46 :(mnc) R_Lewandowski with an in swinging cross to S_Aguero 
          ...  S_Aguero tries to beat K_Vermeer! 
          ...  GOAL !! 
          ...  In off the post 
          ...  Manchester City have squared things up with that goal! 
          ...  Southampton 2-2 Manchester City ...

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Southampton 2-2 Manchester City

Min. 46 :(sou) A_Lallana chips the ball over the defence and finds J_Navas 
          ...  J_Navas uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! 
          ...  But it goes wide of the post 
Min. 50 :(mnc) E_Dzeko will replace the useless S_Aguero and will play FW 
Min. 50 :(mnc) M_Gotze with the mazy dribble 
          ...  He takes it past D_Fox 
          ...  K_Vermeer scythes the player down. 
          ...  Psycho! 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He was unlucky to be booked for that 
          ...  FREE KICK! 
          ...  Just outside the box! 
          ...  F_Lampard knocks it forward 
          ...  J_Milner gets on the end of it 
          ...  Filipe_Luis takes the ball and the player!! 
          ...  But the ref waves play on!! 
Min. 50 :(mnc) M_Gotze takes advantage of a mistake by J_Hooiveld 
          ...  He runs towards goal 
          ...  J_Hooiveld reacts well to win the ball back 
Min. 51 :(sou) A_Lallana slides the ball across to M_Balotelli 
          ...  D_Boyata slices it 
          ...  J_Hart moves quickly!! 
          ...  He can't get there! 
          ...  It inches just wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  The corner is swung in by A_Lallana! 
          ...  B_Sharp with the shot! 
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection 
          ...  Wide !! 
          ...  That was fortunate 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Isco hits it towards the far post! 
          ...  The ball comes to J_Ward-Prowse 
          ...  He gets the shot away 
          ...  The net bulges! 
          ...  OH!! He has hit the side netting 
          ...  Goal kick given 
Min. 51 :(mnc) J_Milner looks around for some movement 
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now! 
          ...  He hits the ball to R_Lewandowski 
          ...  But J_Hooiveld puts the ball out of play 
Min. 53 :(sou) A_Lallana is first to the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to B_Sharp 
          ...  B_Sharp with only one thing on his mind! 
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal! 
          ...  But J_Hart tips it behind 
          ...  Michael_Oliver has given a goal kick 
          ...  Unbelievable ! 
Min. 53 :(mnc) J_Garcia knocks the ball past the lunge of Filipe_Luis 
          ...  Filipe_Luis recovers to win the ball back 
Min. 54 :(sou) J_Ward-Prowse sprints down the flank 
          ...  He plays the ball in to Isco 
          ...  An audacious effort from Isco ! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !! 
          ...  And goes safely clear! 
          ...  J_Hart never had a chance! 
Min. 55 :(mnc) A_Kolarov will replace the useless D_Alaba and will play DF 
Min. 56 :(mnc) J_Milner curls the ball out wide to E_Dzeko 
          ...  E_Dzeko runs forward 
          ...  He hits the shot! 
          ...  K_Vermeer with the acrobatic save 
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras! 
Min. 58 :(mnc) R_Lewandowski beats J_Ward-Prowse 
          ...  He muscled him off the ball 
          ...  J_Ward-Prowse with an ugly foul 
          ...  That looked malicious 
          ...  He's in trouble here!! 
          ...  YELLOW CARD! 
Min. 60 :(sou) R_Lambert is being brought on 
          ...  B_Sharp is leaving the pitch 
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing 
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW 
Min. 60 :(mnc) R_Falcao is going to be brought on 
          ...  M_Gotze is leaving the pitch 
          ...  He applauds the crowd 
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play FW 
Min. 60 :(mnc) J_Garcia moves out over to the edge of the pitch 
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Milner 
          ...  J_Milner with the crafty shot! 
          ...  But K_Vermeer tips it over 
          ...  Michael_Oliver has given a goal kick 
          ...  Unbelievable ! 
Min. 64 :(mnc) J_Milner drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to R_Falcao 
          ...  R_Falcao has a dig at goal! 
          ...  The shot slips through K_Vermeer's hands 
          ...  But K_Vermeer recovers to save! 
          ...  He got away with that! 
Min. 65 :(sou) J_Navas backtracks with the ball 
          ...  He hits the ball up field 
          ...  Isco latches onto the end of it 
          ...  From long range Isco bends the ball towards goal! 
          ...  J_Hart won't get to that! 
          ...  It clips the post! 
          ...  And goes wide! 
Min. 67 :(sou) R_Lambert turns past D_Marcellis 
          ...  He has created space for himself now 
          ...  A_Kolarov stands his ground and wins the tackle 
Min. 68 :(mnc) J_Milner looks to play the ball out wide 
          ...  He plays the ball across to E_Dzeko 
          ...  The cross hits E_Dzeko on the butt and rebounds towards goal ! 
          ...  It's hit the bar 
          ...  It bounces down 
          ...  K_Vermeer grabs it 
          ...  No Goal! 
          ...  Boo's surround the stadium!!! 
Min. 70 :(sou) M_Balotelli with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He shows the defender a clean set of heals 
          ...  D_Marcellis slides in hard! 
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw! 
Min. 72 :(mnc) J_Milner is first to the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to R_Lewandowski 
          ...  J_Hooiveld cuts it out easily 
          ...  He clears the ball up field 
Min. 76 :(sou) Isco brings the ball under control 
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker! 
          ...  He plays the ball across to him! 
          ...  M_Balotelli gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  Good sliding challenge from F_Lampard and it had to be 
Min. 76 :(mnc) J_Milner crosses to E_Dzeko 
          ...  E_Dzeko fires off a right-footed shot ! 
          ...  K_Vermeer makes a comfortable save 
          ...  He wasn't troubled there 
Min. 80 :(mnc) R_Lewandowski sidesteps J_Hooiveld 
          ...  That was too easy 
          ...  J_Hooiveld with a bad challenge 
          ...  Michael_Oliver lectures him 
Min. 84 :(sou) J_Ward-Prowse holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now! 
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Isco 
          ...  Isco looks to see where J_Hart is! 
          ...  He rifles in the shot! 
          ...  He hits the side netting 
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in! 
Min. 86 :(sou) J_Ward-Prowse kills the ball dead 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run! 
          ...  He plays the ball across to him! 
          ...  R_Lambert gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  R_Lambert blasts it at the goal ! 
          ...  It's just over! 
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that! 
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(mnc) R_Lewandowski reads the run of E_Dzeko 
          ...  Filipe_Luis forces him off the ball 
Min. 91 :(sou) J_Ward-Prowse knocks it past A_Kolarov and runs onto it 
          ...  He leaves the defender standing 
          ...  J_Ward-Prowse tries to beat J_Hart from outside the area! 
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!! 
          ...  It's wide! 
          ...  That was a dismal effort! 
          ...  He should have buried that! 

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : St Mary's Stadium
Attendance           : 51,000
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Southampton Match Info
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Best player          : J_Navas
Scorers              : M_Balotelli (14), D_Boyata (19 og)
Sent Off             : L_Shaw (14)
Booked               : K_Vermeer (50), J_Ward-Prowse (58)
Injured              : N/A
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Manchester City Match Info
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Best player          : J_Milner (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : S_Aguero (20,46)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Southampton  |    Manchester City
Attempts on Goal     :          11        |       17
Off target           :           8        |       9
On target            :           3        |       8
Possession           :          36        |       64
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          13        |       5
Key Tackles          :           8        |       8
Key Passes           :          11        |       15
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Final Score          : Southampton 2 - 2 Manchester City
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Player Statistics - Southampton
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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K_Vermeer      GK  21   2   3   2  26 |  94   6   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 103   0   0   0
L_Shaw         DF   2  20  11   3  28 |  14   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -10 -10  -5
D_Fox          DF   2  18  11   3  25 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0   0
J_Hooiveld     DF   2  18   2   3  24 |  94   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  78   0   0
Filipe_Luis    DF   2  18   2   3  26 |  94   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 104   0   0
A_Lallana      MF   2   3  20  11  24 |  94   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0
J_Navas        MF   2   3  20  11  25 |  94   0   1   3   1   1   0   0   0   0  26  89   1
J_Ward-Prowse  MF   2   3  20   2  23 |  94   0   0   3   0   2   0   1   0   0  -3  57  -1
K_Asamoah      MF   2   8  19   2  24 |  45   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Balotelli    FW   2   3   3  20  26 |  94   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  45
B_Sharp        FW   2   3   3  18  25 |  63   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
S_Scufflet     GK  19   2   3   2  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Clyne        DF   2  18  11   3  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Fonte        DF   2  18   2   3  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Isco           MF   2   3  19   8  23 |  49   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  20   3
R_Lambert      FW   2   3   2  17  27 |  31   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1

Player Statistics - Manchester City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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J_Hart         GK  22   2   2   2  33 |  94   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18   0   0   0
D_Boyata       DF   3  19   3   2  33 |  94   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  42 -10   0
D_Marcellis    DF   2  19   2   3  25 |  94   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0   0
M_Demichelis   DF   2  18   2   2  24 |  94   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  52   0   1
D_Alaba        DF   2  19   2   3  25 |  58   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
F_Lampard      MF   3   2  19   2  22 |  94   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  26  20   0
M_Gotze        MF   2   2  21  10  24 |  63   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  26   0   1
J_Milner       MF   3   2  19  11  23 |  94   0   0   9   0   3   0   0   0   0   0 180   7
J_Garcia       MF   2  10  17   2  25 |  94   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  40   1
R_Lewandowski  FW   2   3   7  20  26 |  94   0   0   2   1   4   0   0   0   0   0  69  12
S_Aguero       FW   2   3  11  21  24 |  53   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0  90
E_Johansen     GK  17   2   3   3  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Kolarov      DF   3  18  11   3  24 |  36   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0   0
Y_Toure        MF   2  11  21   3  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Falcao       FW   2   3   3  22  26 |  31   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
E_Dzeko        FW   3   3   2  18  24 |  41   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
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