FFO2 Conference, Cardiff City vs. Middlesbrough (Mon Feb 06) Cardiff City | Middlesbrough 5-2-1-2 A | 5-1-2-2 D Simon Clark | Andy Banks | R_Allsop GK | GK L_Roberts C_Dawson DF | DF P_McNair J_Vestergaard DF | DF I_Jones M_Romeo DF | DF A_Dijksteel A_Bah DF | DF R_Aguilar M_Simakan DF | DF M_Reis E_Skhiri DM | DM M_Crooks T_Kroos DM | MF A_Mowatt A_El_Ghazi MF | MF F_Bernadeschi M_Harris FW | FW R_Muniz J_Brekalo FW | FW C_Akpom | J_Alnwick SUB | SUB N_Baxter J_Collins SUB | SUB D_Fisher J_Simpson SUB | SUB S_Armstrong R_Wintle SUB | SUB S_Prcic S_Ojo SUB | SUB P_Cutrone Min. 4 :(car) C_Dawson looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to M_Harris ... M_Harris carves a shot towards goal! ... But L_Roberts reaches the ball. Good save Min. 5 :(car) M_Harris runs at the defender ... The defender slips and falls over ... P_McNair reads the play well Min. 6 :(mid) A_Mowatt with a neat pass into F_Bernadeschi ... A_El_Ghazi with a truly reckless challenge ... The Middlesbrough fans want him to be sent off! ... He could be off!! ... The Referee calls him over ... The ref is taking his time with him! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 6 :(car) C_Dawson sidesteps R_Muniz ... M_Crooks with the murderous challenge ... That's a foul!! ... The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning Min. 13 :(car) J_Vestergaard crosses in from the wing, he finds J_Brekalo in the box ... A_Mowatt with a late tackle ... Well to be fair he was looking for the foul Min. 19 :(car) M_Simakan looks around for some movement ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to J_Vestergaard ... But R_Aguilar wins the ball from behind ... The crowd appeal but The Referee has none of it Min. 28 :(mid) C_Akpom jinks through the defence ... C_Akpom controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 30 :(car) T_Kroos plays it forward to J_Brekalo ... A_Mowatt clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play ... The linesman is flagging ... Throw in Min. 35 :(car) M_Romeo cuts the ball back to J_Brekalo ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... M_Reis hits it out for a throw Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 43 :(car) T_Kroos fires over a low cross to M_Romeo ... M_Romeo goes for the top corner! ... L_Roberts with the save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 44 :(car) A defence splitting pass from A_Bah to M_Harris ... R_Aguilar makes the challenge and clears the ball ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Cardiff City 0-0 Middlesbrough Min. 53 :(car) T_Kroos jumps over the defender's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... M_Reis with a nasty foul ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 55 :(mid) Substitution by Middlesbrough ... COMING ON: S_Armstrong ... COMING OFF: A_Mowatt Min. 55 :(car) E_Skhiri has it now ... He takes on A_Dijksteel ... He gets past him! ... He puts in A_El_Ghazi! ... Quick pass to the winger who crosses it in. ... A powerful header from A_El_Ghazi! ... It looks good ... But he puts it well wide ... The Middlesbrough fans taunt him! Min. 56 :(mid) Substitution by Middlesbrough ... COMING ON: S_Prcic ... COMING OFF: F_Bernadeschi Min. 60 :(mid) Substitution by Middlesbrough ... COMING ON: P_Cutrone ... COMING OFF: C_Akpom Min. 60 :(mid) R_Muniz holds up the ball ... He plays the ball through to P_Cutrone ... C_Dawson tugs on his opponent's shirt!! ... The Referee has stopped play ... Well spotted by The Referee! Min. 60 :(mid) M_Crooks sidesteps A_Bah ... He showed great skill there ... M_Crooks drives the shot in! ... It goes wide! ... He made that look harder than it was!! Min. 63 :(car) A_Bah can't find space for the shot ... He slips it through to M_Harris ... P_McNair hits it out for a corner ... The fans behind the goal are throwing coins at the corner taker! ... CORNER! ... E_Skhiri floats the ball in! ... M_Harris gets a shot in ... But L_Roberts punches it away ... He took a knock there ... His manager is looking on anxiously ... He's ok to carry on Min. 65 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: J_Collins ... COMING OFF: A_Bah Min. 70 :(mid) R_Muniz slips past J_Vestergaard ... T_Kroos with the dive ... There's no room in the game for that! ... He's lucky it wasn't more ... It's just a warning Min. 71 :(car) T_Kroos spits at S_Prcic ... That is disgraceful! ... The Referee calls him over ... The Referee tells him that he has been warned enough ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 74 :(car) J_Brekalo heads the ball back to A_El_Ghazi ... A_El_Ghazi with a thundering volley! ... L_Roberts makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 75 :(car) E_Skhiri plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... A_El_Ghazi decides to go for goal instead! ... L_Roberts with a nasty foul ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He is in the book for that one ... He'll need to be careful from now on ... PENALTY!! ... It looks as though M_Harris will take it ... L_Roberts dives ... GOAL!! ... The keeper had absolutely no chance there! ... And Cardiff City are leading in the game now ... Cardiff City 1-0 Middlesbrough... Min. 76 :(car) Tactical Change by Cardiff City ... Cardiff City have changed their playing style to C Min. 76 :(car) Tactical Change by Cardiff City ... M_Harris will now play as a AM Min. 76 :(car) Tactical Change by Cardiff City ... J_Brekalo will now play as a AM Min. 76 :(car) E_Skhiri unselfishly lays the ball back to M_Harris ... M_Harris sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... L_Roberts makes himself big ... Superb Stop! ... Well that one would have delighted him Min. 81 :(mid) A_Dijksteel with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle from M_Simakan ... Excellent sliding challenge by E_Skhiri ... He timed it well Min. 83 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: S_Ojo ... COMING OFF: A_El_Ghazi Min. 85 :(car) M_Romeo with the dribble ... This is a great chance ... P_McNair with a deliberate foul ... That deserves a punishment ... The Referee gave him a strong warning ... FREE KICK! ... It's in a good position! ... S_Ojo with the thundering drive ... L_Roberts with a superb tip over the bar ... He showed great reflexes there ... CORNER! ... E_Skhiri drives it into the box! ... That's a poor one ... I_Jones belts it clear Min. 86 :(car) E_Skhiri brings the ball into the opposing area ... C_Dawson makes himself available ... C_Dawson has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 92 :(mid) S_Armstrong with an inch perfect pass to R_Muniz ... J_Vestergaard tries to head the ball away from goal ... But it's looping towards his own net!! ... It goes just over!! ... He's a lucky boy!! ... CORNER! ... R_Aguilar flights it in! ... C_Dawson gets up well ... And he clears the danger ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Cardiff City Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Harris (Man of the Match) Scorers : M_Harris (75 pen) Sent Off : N/A Booked : A_El_Ghazi (6), T_Kroos (71) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Middlesbrough Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_Mowatt Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : M_Reis (53), L_Roberts (75) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City | Middlesbrough Attempts on Goal : 9 | 2 Off target : 2 | 2 On target : 7 | 0 Possession : 62 | 38 Corners : 2 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 2 Subs Used : 2 | 3 Fouls : 9 | 10 Key Tackles : 3 | 7 Key Passes : 12 | 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Cardiff City 1 - 0 Middlesbrough ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Cardiff City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Allsop GK 19 1 1 1 28 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 C_Dawson DF 1 17 11 8 20 | 93 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 19 14 J_Vestergaard DF 1 16 13 11 28 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 M_Romeo DF 1 16 11 8 22 | 93 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 18 A_Bah DF 1 15 13 8 28 | 66 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 M_Simakan DF 1 15 12 5 23 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 E_Skhiri DM 1 12 16 5 27 | 93 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 56 0 T_Kroos DM 1 14 20 14 22 | 93 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 18 -2 A_El_Ghazi MF 1 4 17 13 28 | 84 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 -2 20 M_Harris AM 1 3 11 18 22 | 93 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 J_Brekalo AM 1 2 12 16 27 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 J_Alnwick GK 15 1 1 1 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Collins DF 1 15 11 7 25 | 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Simpson MF 1 13 10 6 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Wintle MF 1 12 16 8 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Ojo MF 1 5 13 11 25 | 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Player Statistics - Middlesbrough Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L_Roberts GK 15 1 1 1 22 | 93 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 54 0 0 0 P_McNair DF 1 16 10 9 28 | 93 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 I_Jones DF 1 17 13 8 24 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 A_Dijksteel DF 1 16 12 12 22 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Aguilar DF 1 16 12 6 26 | 93 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 M_Reis DF 1 15 13 3 22 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 -2 -2 M_Crooks DM 1 10 16 8 24 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 A_Mowatt MF 1 2 17 14 25 | 56 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 13 0 F_Bernadeschi MF 1 4 16 12 27 | 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Muniz FW 1 7 14 17 22 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Akpom FW 1 4 10 17 28 | 61 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 N_Baxter GK 13 1 1 1 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Fisher DF 1 13 7 2 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Armstrong MF 1 12 16 5 35 | 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 S_Prcic MF 1 11 15 6 28 | 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P_Cutrone FW 1 2 11 16 22 | 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1675675182 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40