FFO2 Conference, FC Porto vs. Sunderland (Mon Mar 20) FC Porto | Sunderland 5-3-2 C | 4-4-2 C Tim Davey | David Gooch | Matheus GK | GK B_Leno P_Van_Aanholt DF | DF N_Molina F_Cardoso DF | DF A_Ogbonna K_Zouma DF | DF W_Boly Wendell DF | DF C_Mbemba M_Lazzari DF | MF V_Ryabushko Pedri MF | MF G_Xhaka M_Uribe MF | MF K_Strootman S_Eustaquio MF | FW Evanilson R_Horta FW | FW A_Carroll D_Loader FW | MF R_Nainggolan | Jordi SUB | SUB D_Velhulst W_Manafa SUB | SUB C_Biraghi G_Borges SUB | SUB G_De_Luca Otavio SUB | SUB N_Bajrami T_Martinez SUB | SUB A_Modeste Min. 6 :(fcp) Pedri with a real burst of pace ... W_Boly can't catch up with him ... He's clean through! ... Pedri curls the ball in on goal! ... B_Leno makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 7 :(fcp) K_Zouma cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to Pedri ... K_Strootman clears with a diving header Min. 10 :(fcp) R_Horta crosses in from the wing, he finds M_Lazzari in the box ... C_Mbemba reads the play well Min. 12 :(fcp) R_Horta sidesteps his marker ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... N_Molina with an awful challenge ... The Referee wants a word ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 13 :(fcp) P_Van_Aanholt brings it under control ... He takes on G_Xhaka ... He gets past him! ... He puts in D_Loader! ... W_Boly hits it out for a corner ... Will the quality of the ball be good? ... It has to beat the first defender! ... CORNER! ... M_Lazzari hits it into the box! ... It goes straight into the arms of B_Leno Min. 14 :(fcp) D_Loader beats K_Strootman ... That was a quick burst of pace to set him free ... D_Loader chases it through, he must score! ... B_Leno is just going to watch it go over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... GOAL!! ... B_Leno holds his head in his hands! ... FC Porto have snatched the lead! ... FC Porto 1-0 Sunderland ... Min. 22 :(fcp) D_Loader with a perfectly timed run ... D_Loader with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... a lovely cushioned header ... B_Leno goes down well to save Min. 23 :(sun) K_Strootman loses K_Zouma ... P_Van_Aanholt forces him off the ball Min. 24 :(fcp) R_Horta dribbles past W_Boly ... R_Horta with a bicycle kick! ... GOAL!! ... B_Leno looks dejected ... FC Porto 2-0 Sunderland ... Min. 25 :(sun) Tactical Change by Sunderland ... Sunderland have changed their playing style to A Min. 26 :(fcp) P_Van_Aanholt slips past his marker V_Ryabushko ... The ball is whipped into K_Zouma ... K_Zouma with a graceful, looping effort! ... Looks like it should be B_Leno's ... But he elects to punch it rather than catch ... It loops out for a corner. ... CORNER! ... D_Loader chips the ball in towards the far post! ... That's a poor one ... Far too easy for B_Leno, who catches the ball Min. 27 :(fcp) F_Cardoso sidesteps C_Mbemba ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... F_Cardoso aims the cheeky shot at goal! ... But B_Leno is equal to it Min. 28 :(sun) N_Molina bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to W_Boly ... P_Van_Aanholt with a clumsy challenge Min. 29 :(sun) A_Carroll slows the ball down and waits for support ... A team mate overlaps him now ... He uses his team mates run as a decoy ...And heads towards the goal! ... Blocked by S_Eustaquio Min. 33 :(fcp) The ball runs loose! ... Pedri seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... Pedri hits a curling shot! ... It goes wide for a goal kick Min. 34 :(fcp) K_Zouma saunters past C_Mbemba ... A skilful effort from K_Zouma! ... He has put it wide! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 36 :(fcp) M_Uribe is first to the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to D_Loader ... D_Loader with a terrific drive! ... The shot slips through B_Leno's hands ... But goes wide! ... He got away with that! ... Goal kick given! ... That looked like a corner to me Min. 36 :(sun) C_Mbemba cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to K_Strootman ... Another tackle close to the line by D_Loader ... But he cant prevent the corner ... CORNER! ... Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! ... R_Nainggolan flights it in! ... G_Xhaka gets a shot in ... Matheus gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it over Min. 37 :(fcp) S_Eustaquio with a neat pass into M_Lazzari ... M_Lazzari tries to lob the keeper! ... B_Leno fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 38 :(fcp) D_Loader kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... P_Van_Aanholt gets on the end of the pass ... P_Van_Aanholt tries to beat B_Leno from outside the area! ... B_Leno blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 39 :(sun) G_Xhaka holds up the ball ... He plays the ball to Evanilson ... Evanilson hits the shot! ... It swerves a lot! ... The fans behind the goal jump up! ... But it's gone just wide!! Min. 41 :(sun) K_Strootman sidesteps P_Van_Aanholt ... He was too quick for his marker ... Matheus is called for the holding foul ... He was a bit too close for comfort ... It has to be a... ... PENALTY!!!! ... A_Carroll is the man who takes it ... Can he score this penalty for his team? ... Oh, he can ... In the cheekiest manner possible. The Panenka. ... FC Porto 2-1 Sunderland... Min. 42 :(sun) Tactical Change by Sunderland ... Sunderland have changed their playing style to C Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: FC Porto 2-1 Sunderland Min. 46 :(fcp) R_Horta skips the challenge from the defender ... A scorcher of a shot from R_Horta! ... But B_Leno makes a comfortable save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 50 :(fcp) Substitution by FC Porto ... COMING ON: W_Manafa ... COMING OFF: Wendell Min. 50 :(sun) A_Carroll jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to Evanilson ... Evanilson tries to chip the ball over Matheus! ... It goes wide! ... My grandmother could have scored that!! Min. 51 :(fcp) P_Van_Aanholt beats K_Strootman ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... P_Van_Aanholt has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... It hits off a defender! ... But goes clear to safety! Min. 55 :(fcp) Substitution by FC Porto ... COMING ON: Otavio ... COMING OFF: M_Uribe Min. 57 :(sun) K_Strootman controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball into the middle! ... Evanilson gets onto the end of the pass! ... K_Zouma knobbles the attacking player. ... The Referee blows up for a foul ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He is in the book for that one ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 58 :(fcp) Otavio with a glorious long pass to R_Horta ... R_Horta flings a shot at goal! ... B_Leno makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 61 :(sun) Tactical Change by Sunderland ... Sunderland have changed their playing style to A Min. 64 :(fcp) K_Zouma sidesteps A_Ogbonna ... N_Molina hits it out for a corner ... The fans behind the goal are throwing coins at the corner taker! ... CORNER! ... R_Horta flights it in! ... It goes straight into the arms of B_Leno Min. 65 :(fcp) Substitution by FC Porto ... COMING ON: G_Borges ... COMING OFF: Pedri Min. 66 :(sun) Substitution by Sunderland ... COMING ON: C_Biraghi ... COMING OFF: N_Molina Min. 66 :(fcp) D_Loader turns past W_Boly ... He has some space now! ... A powerful shot by D_Loader! ... He's pulled it wide! Min. 67 :(sun) Substitution by Sunderland ... COMING ON: A_Modeste ... COMING OFF: V_Ryabushko Min. 69 :(sun) Evanilson takes possession ... What can he do here? ... Evanilson rifles it to the far post! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... Matheus tips it over !! ... Great keeping there! ... CORNER! ... K_Strootman hits it into the box! ... A_Carroll swings a leg at it! ... The fans behind the goal jump up! ... GOAL!! ... Now they are back in the game! ... FC Porto 2-2 Sunderland ... Min. 70 :(fcp) R_Horta plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... G_Borges decides to go for goal instead! ... G_Borges attempts a low drive! ... The net bulges! ... OH!! He has hit the side netting ... Goal kick given Min. 70 :(fcp) D_Loader looks like he's injured. He's signaled to the bench, he's coming off ... Let's hope it's not his ACL! ... Tim Davey is shaking his head! ... His team will have to play the rest of a game a man short! Min. 72 :(fcp) F_Cardoso holds up the ball ... He plays the ball to R_Horta ... R_Horta hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... B_Leno heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 72 :(sun) W_Boly controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball into the middle! ... A_Carroll gets onto the end of the pass! ... But P_Van_Aanholt slid in ... It was a well timed tackle and it had to be Min. 74 :(sun) K_Strootman finds R_Nainggolan on the edge of the box ... R_Nainggolan tries to catch the keeper out! ... It's gone over ... Well he must have left his shooting boots at home for that one Min. 76 :(fcp) W_Manafa gets to the byline ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to K_Zouma ... Blocked by W_Boly Min. 76 :(fcp) F_Cardoso brings it under control ... He takes on A_Ogbonna ... He gets past him! ... He puts in Otavio! ... A_Carroll takes the players legs from beneath him!! ... That's a poor tackle! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 77 :(sun) The ball is passed in from A_Ogbonna, he finds Evanilson ... Evanilson hits the ball on the bounce! ... Matheus gathers it easily Min. 78 :(fcp) F_Cardoso hits in a wicked shot! ... It hits the defender ... G_Borges latches onto it! ... G_Borges keeps his head down as he hits the shot! ... B_Leno parries it, he follows it up ... He fires it over!! Min. 80 :(sun) G_Xhaka knocks the ball past the lunge of W_Manafa ... G_Xhaka with the cheeky shot! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... Unbelievable!! ... It's gone wide Min. 81 :(fcp) Otavio spots his team mate making a run ... That's an excellent through ball to S_Eustaquio! ... C_Biraghi with a nasty foul ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll be off if he does that again ... FREE KICK! ... That would have been a penalty just a yard closer to the goal! ... R_Horta bends it in ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it thumps off the woodwork!! ... And goes safely clear! ... B_Leno never had a chance! Min. 84 :(fcp) F_Cardoso eases past C_Mbemba ... F_Cardoso rises above the defence to head the ball! ... B_Leno fists it away Min. 86 :(fcp) The defender underhits the back pass! ... W_Manafa is through! ... What a mistake by C_Mbemba! ... W_Manafa sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender! ... It hits the post!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it over Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 90 :(sun) R_Nainggolan nutmegs K_Zouma, he continues to run forward ... R_Nainggolan tries to lob the keeper! ... It hits the inside of the post ... It falls right into Matheus's arms ... Unlucky ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Estadio do Dragao ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FC Porto Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : R_Horta (Man of the Match) Scorers : D_Loader (14), R_Horta (24) Sent Off : N/A Booked : K_Zouma (57) Injured : D_Loader (70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunderland Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_Carroll Scorers : A_Carroll (41 pen,69) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N_Molina (12), A_Carroll (76), C_Biraghi (81) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FC Porto | Sunderland Attempts on Goal : 21 | 10 Off target : 10 | 6 On target : 11 | 4 Possession : 62 | 38 Corners : 3 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 3 Subs Used : 3 | 2 Fouls : 7 | 5 Key Tackles : 4 | 5 Key Passes : 14 | 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : FC Porto 2 - 2 Sunderland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - FC Porto Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matheus GK 20 1 1 1 22 | 92 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 0 0 0 P_Van_Aanholt DF 1 18 12 7 31 | 92 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 40 36 34 F_Cardoso DF 1 16 10 8 27 | 92 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 60 36 K_Zouma DF 1 18 12 8 31 | 92 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 16 26 Wendell DF 1 15 11 6 23 | 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Lazzari DF 1 16 12 9 26 | 92 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Pedri MF 1 10 18 15 25 | 66 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 M_Uribe MF 1 14 17 8 28 | 56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 S_Eustaquio MF 1 10 16 8 23 | 92 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 14 0 R_Horta FW 1 3 12 17 22 | 92 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 36 58 D_Loader FW 1 7 13 17 28 | 71 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 31 17 45 Jordi GK 16 1 1 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Manafa DF 1 14 10 4 25 | 41 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 18 G_Borges MF 1 11 13 12 22 | 26 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Otavio MF 1 3 17 15 25 | 36 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 T_Martinez FW 1 2 9 14 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Sunderland Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B_Leno GK 20 1 1 1 25 | 92 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 N_Molina DF 1 15 11 8 27 | 67 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 -2 -2 A_Ogbonna DF 1 18 10 5 23 | 92 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 W_Boly DF 1 18 11 9 29 | 92 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 19 0 C_Mbemba DF 1 18 14 8 29 | 92 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 16 0 V_Ryabushko MF 1 9 16 8 27 | 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Xhaka MF 1 2 17 9 25 | 92 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 26 K_Strootman MF 1 6 14 10 26 | 92 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 56 0 Evanilson FW 1 3 12 18 29 | 92 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 A_Carroll FW 1 1 9 17 32 | 92 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 19 50 R_Nainggolan MF 1 4 16 14 22 | 92 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 D_Velhulst GK 11 1 1 1 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Biraghi DF 1 17 11 6 24 | 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -2 -2 G_De_Luca MF 1 1 10 6 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Bajrami MF 1 4 14 12 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Modeste FW 1 1 8 14 27 | 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1679305597 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40