FFO2 WM CUP KNOCKOUTS, Leicester City vs. Wolves (Wed Mar 29) Leicester City | Wolves 5-3-1-1 C | 4-1-2-3 C Neil Kirby | Ray Wallace | A_Areola GK | GK M_Neuer L_Dunk DF | DF P_Struijk Sequeira DF | DF R_Oxford A_Marusic DF | DF Emerson_Royal Y_Atal DF | DF T_Mitchell N_Kante MF | DM J_Moder A_Di_Maria MF | MF M_Cuisance L_Alario AM | MF Melendo N_Powell MF | FW C_Gakpo M_Kilman DF | FW T_Muller A_Rebic FW | FW A_Kalajdzic | M_Van_Damme SUB | SUB J_Drommel M_Montoya SUB | SUB D_Bernard S_Hughes SUB | SUB C_Brittain S_Nakajima SUB | SUB Q_Timber J_Wind SUB | SUB M_Ihattaren Min. 1 :(wol) M_Cuisance unselfishly heads the ball back to T_Muller ... T_Muller with a screamer of a shot! ... A_Areola blocks the shot with his legs ... It goes clear! Min. 8 :(lei) N_Kante runs at the defence ... He nutmegs T_Mitchell ... He showed his class there ... But P_Struijk clears the danger Min. 8 :(wol) Melendo with the deft touch ... He takes it past M_Kilman ... He knocks it to T_Muller! ... T_Muller with the 40 yard drive! ... A_Areola can't get to it! ... OH! It drifts wide! ... A_Areola was worried by that one ... He wipes the sweat off his brow? Min. 13 :(wol) P_Struijk with a first time pass ... C_Gakpo runs onto it! ... C_Gakpo keeps his head down as he hits the shot! ... The fans behind the goal jump up! ... A_Areola acrobatically tips it over!! ... Great keeping! ... CORNER! ... J_Moder plays it towards the near post! ... Y_Atal gets up well ... And he clears the danger Min. 18 :(lei) N_Kante hits in a shot! ... It hits the defender ... N_Powell collects the loose ball! ... N_Powell with a bicycle kick! ... M_Neuer gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it over Min. 20 :(lei) N_Powell beats Melendo ... He showed great skill there ... N_Powell tries the lob from 30 yards! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it wide Min. 21 :(wol) Melendo with a reverse pass to T_Mitchell ... T_Mitchell with a blistering shot! ... He watches the ball, volleys it with superb technique ... GOAL!!!! ... And what a goal!! ... The subs are on the pitch filming the celebrations on their smartphones! ... That will be a viral clip! ... Neil Kirby is barking orders at his players! ... His team will have to come back from behind now ... Leicester City 0-1 Wolves ... Min. 22 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... Leicester City have changed their playing style to E Min. 22 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... N_Powell will now play as a AM Min. 22 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... L_Alario will now play as a FW Min. 22 :(wol) Tactical Change by Wolves ... Wolves have changed their playing style to N Min. 22 :(wol) C_Gakpo brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... Melendo gets on the end of the pass ... Melendo with the strike! ... A_Areola beats the ball away Min. 23 :(lei) Y_Atal off the woodwork! ... M_Kilman picks up the deflection ... Emerson_Royal wins it well ... Perfectly timed! Min. 23 :(wol) M_Cuisance takes possession on the edge of the box ... M_Cuisance aims the cheeky shot at goal! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... That shot was so poor it would make Ronny Rosenthal cringe! Min. 25 :(wol) Melendo passes the ball to M_Cuisance ... M_Cuisance tries to beat A_Areola from outside the area! ... But A_Areola stops that one easily Min. 30 :(lei) A_Di_Maria moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to L_Dunk ... L_Dunk hits the shot with the inside of the left foot! ... M_Neuer gets his fingertips to it ... And puts it over ... CORNER! ... N_Kante with an outswinging corner into the box ... N_Powell gets on the end of it ... Saved by M_Neuer Min. 32 :(wol) T_Muller flights the ball to A_Kalajdzic ... A_Kalajdzic with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... Powerful downward header! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And spins wide Min. 35 :(lei) Substitution by Leicester City ... COMING ON: S_Nakajima ... COMING OFF: M_Kilman Min. 35 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... Leicester City have changed their playing style to P Min. 36 :(wol) M_Cuisance gets to the byline ... He puts it into the box ... He finds Melendo ... Melendo controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... It's wide! ... 9 times out of 10 he would have scored that! Min. 37 :(wol) A_Kalajdzic with the dribble ... A_Kalajdzic hits a curling shot! ... A_Areola tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 38 :(lei) N_Powell cuts the ball back to A_Rebic ... A vicious shot by A_Rebic! ... M_Neuer heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 39 :(lei) Sequeira passes the ball to A_Rebic ... A_Rebic with the strike! ... But he puts it over ... He can't be happy with that effort Min. 39 :(wol) A_Kalajdzic takes on 3 men ... A_Kalajdzic tries to place it in the corner! ... A_Areola falls over ... But A_Areola is relieved to watch it go out of play! Min. 41 :(wol) T_Muller with a smart turn ... T_Muller with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 43 :(lei) Sequeira takes control of the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to L_Dunk ... L_Dunk has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... But it puts it well wide Min. 44 :(lei) Sequeira finds A_Rebic in the box ... A_Rebic plays it down the wing ... Cross comes in back to him, diving header! ... He had to be brave there ... M_Neuer blocks the shot with his legs ... It goes clear! Min. 45 :(wol) C_Gakpo beats his marker ... C_Gakpo fires a shot at goal! ... A_Areola gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... Fantastic reflex save by !! Min. 46 :(lei) L_Alario takes possession ... He's got no outlet ... He decides to go alone ... L_Alario tries to curl it into the bottom corner! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Leicester City 0-1 Wolves Min. 47 :(wol) Melendo beats L_Dunk ... He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills ... L_Dunk does well to get the tackle in Min. 48 :(wol) J_Moder kills the ball dead with a superb touch ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... C_Gakpo gets on the end of the pass ... L_Dunk stands firm and knocks the player to the ground!! ... That's a rash challenge!! ... That will be a booking ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 50 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... Leicester City have changed their playing style to A Min. 50 :(wol) Melendo finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled Y_Atal ... N_Powell is called for the holding foul ... Well spotted by the referee ... The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning ... FREE KICK ... Just inside their own half ... A_Kalajdzic knocks it forward ... M_Cuisance gets on the end of it ... M_Cuisance hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... Emerson_Royal with an outswinging corner into the box ... A_Kalajdzic gets a shot in ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... J_Moder with an inswinging corner into the box ... Emerson_Royal gets his head on it ... A_Areola makes himself big and wins the ball Min. 51 :(wol) M_Cuisance plays in C_Gakpo with a beautiful ball ... C_Gakpo has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... A_Areola tips it round the post ... Well saved ... CORNER! ... T_Muller hits it into the box! ... J_Moder makes a firm connection with his head ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it sails past the post!! ... A_Areola never had a chance! Min. 52 :(wol) J_Moder knocks the ball past Sequeira ... Now he crosses to C_Gakpo! ... C_Gakpo tries to beat A_Areola from outside the area! ... He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!! ... But it sails past the post!! ... A_Areola never had a chance! Min. 55 :(lei) A_Rebic has it now ... He takes on R_Oxford ... He gets past him! ... He puts in A_Di_Maria! ... Melendo pulls the player to the ground!! ... That's a poor tackle! Min. 59 :(wol) Melendo uses his feet well to turn on the ball ... A_Marusic reads the play well Min. 60 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... N_Powell will now play as a FW Min. 60 :(wol) Substitution by Wolves ... COMING ON: Q_Timber ... COMING OFF: M_Cuisance Min. 64 :(lei) N_Kante has the ball ... He knocks the ball past T_Mitchell ... He puts in A_Di_Maria! ... A_Di_Maria hits a great shot! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it sails past the post!! ... M_Neuer never had a chance! Min. 65 :(wol) Substitution by Wolves ... COMING ON: D_Bernard ... COMING OFF: T_Mitchell Min. 66 :(lei) A_Rebic sidesteps R_Oxford ... J_Moder anticipates the pass and cuts it out Min. 68 :(wol) Melendo heads the ball back to A_Kalajdzic ... A_Kalajdzic tries to chip the ball over A_Areola! ... A_Areola parries it Min. 69 :(lei) A_Di_Maria plays a quick one-two with his team mate ... He looks around for options ... He moves forward with the ball ... A_Di_Maria sees M_Neuer off his line! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... M_Neuer dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had M_Neuer beaten! ... CORNER! ... Y_Atal chips the ball in towards the far post! ... That's a poor one ... M_Neuer catches it with ease Min. 70 :(lei) A_Di_Maria crosses into the box, finding L_Alario ... L_Alario rifles it at the goal! ... But M_Neuer makes a superb stop down low Min. 71 :(wol) T_Muller runs forward ... He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for goal in mind! ... T_Muller drives the shot in! ... GOAL!! ... A quality strike ... Leicester City 0-2 Wolves ... Min. 73 :(lei) Sequeira brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... S_Nakajima gets on the end of the pass ... Brilliantly taken away by P_Struijk!! ... Any youngsters out there should be taking notes Min. 73 :(wol) P_Struijk looks in some pain ... He'll have to come off Min. 73 :(wol) Substitution by Wolves ... COMING ON: C_Brittain ... COMING OFF: P_Struijk Min. 75 :(lei) Substitution by Leicester City ... COMING ON: M_Montoya ... COMING OFF: A_Marusic Min. 76 :(wol) T_Muller latches onto the ball ... He has some space now ... Sequeira slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in Min. 77 :(lei) N_Kante with the cross-field pass to L_Alario ... J_Moder with the block Min. 77 :(wol) C_Gakpo pass splits open the defence and finds Emerson_Royal ... Sequeira brings him down in the area ... There can only be one outcome surely! ... But The Referee waves play on!! Min. 78 :(lei) L_Alario controls the ball with ease ... L_Alario smashed the ball towards the bottom corner! ... But M_Neuer makes a fine save Min. 78 :(wol) C_Gakpo takes possession ... He looks up ... He's in acres of space ... C_Gakpo fires the shot in! ... But it clips the post and goes wide Min. 79 :(lei) L_Dunk gets to the byline ... He looks up and lobs in a cross ... M_Montoya is unmarked ... J_Moder is forced to retreat ... He knocks it back! ... M_Neuer misses it! ... It creeps just wide! ... CORNER! ... Swung in by A_Di_Maria ... C_Brittain reads it ... He clears the danger Min. 79 :(wol) C_Gakpo dribbles past L_Dunk ... L_Dunk swings an elbow at his opponent!! ... That looked nasty! ... He's warned for that one ... Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book Min. 80 :(wol) C_Gakpo with a flashy move ... N_Kante wins the ball well ... The Referee has given a free kick ... The Referee calls him for a talk Min. 80 :(wol) J_Moder beats Y_Atal with absolute ease! ... Sequeira wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge Min. 81 :(wol) A_Kalajdzic is first to the ball ... A_Kalajdzic tries the shot! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 82 :(lei) M_Montoya off the woodwork! ... N_Kante picks up the deflection ... N_Kante has broken clear! Just the keeper to beat! ... M_Neuer charges out of his area ... M_Neuer gets his fingertips to it Min. 83 :(lei) L_Dunk finds N_Powell in acres of space ... N_Powell throws himself at the ball! ... He manages to reach the ball ... The shot slips through M_Neuer's hands ... But goes wide! ... He got away with that! Min. 83 :(wol) A_Kalajdzic looks to play the ball out wide ... He plays the ball across to Q_Timber ... Sequeira clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play ... The linesman is flagging ... Throw in Min. 84 :(lei) N_Powell hoofs it upfield to find A_Di_Maria ... A_Di_Maria tries the lob from 30 yards! ... But M_Neuer gets down well to tip the ball wide ... CORNER! ... M_Montoya floats the ball in! ... Great catch from M_Neuer! Min. 85 :(lei) Y_Atal holds the ball up and waits for support ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to L_Alario ... L_Alario with the ball at his feet ... Is he going to have a crack? ... He is, you know... ... But M_Neuer punches it away ... That's gone out for a throw in Min. 87 :(wol) C_Gakpo takes advantage of a bad back pass from Y_Atal ... C_Gakpo sees A_Areola off his line! ... It sails over! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 91 :(lei) L_Alario with the nod to A_Rebic ... Cleared by J_Moder Min. 93 :(wol) D_Bernard gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside the defender! ... He has some space now! ... But Y_Atal wins the ball ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : King Power Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Sequeira Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : L_Dunk (48) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolves Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Melendo (Man of the Match) Scorers : T_Mitchell (21), T_Muller (71) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : P_Struijk (73) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester City | Wolves Attempts on Goal : 17 | 24 Off target : 8 | 12 On target : 9 | 12 Possession : 42 | 58 Corners : 4 | 4 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 3 Fouls : 9 | 6 Key Tackles : 8 | 8 Key Passes : 17 | 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Leicester City 0 - 2 Wolves ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Leicester City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Areola GK 20 1 1 1 25 | 94 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 L_Dunk DF 1 18 13 9 22 | 94 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 18 32 28 Sequeira DF 1 18 13 8 28 | 94 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 68 0 A_Marusic DF 1 17 11 9 24 | 76 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 Y_Atal DF 1 17 14 2 27 | 94 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 32 0 N_Kante MF 1 13 19 11 25 | 94 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 15 A_Di_Maria MF 1 4 18 15 30 | 94 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 25 L_Alario FW 1 3 14 19 21 | 94 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 24 N_Powell FW 1 4 17 16 30 | 94 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 28 M_Kilman DF 1 16 12 6 25 | 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Rebic FW 1 6 11 20 24 | 94 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 M_Van_Damme GK 14 1 1 1 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Montoya DF 1 16 11 6 27 | 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 S_Hughes DF 1 11 8 2 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Nakajima MF 1 4 15 12 23 | 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Wind FW 1 5 10 14 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Wolves Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Neuer GK 22 1 1 1 28 | 94 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 P_Struijk DF 1 17 11 6 23 | 74 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 19 0 R_Oxford DF 1 18 11 5 21 | 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 Emerson_Royal DF 1 18 10 9 27 | 94 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 0 17 T_Mitchell DF 1 16 11 7 30 | 66 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 46 J_Moder DM 1 14 17 4 28 | 94 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 96 26 18 M_Cuisance MF 1 3 17 11 21 | 61 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 37 Melendo MF 1 7 18 13 27 | 94 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 68 22 C_Gakpo FW 1 2 15 18 27 | 94 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 30 36 T_Muller FW 1 2 11 19 23 | 94 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 19 35 A_Kalajdzic FW 1 5 9 18 26 | 94 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 21 36 J_Drommel GK 18 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Bernard DF 1 15 9 3 22 | 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Brittain DF 1 13 11 4 25 | 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 Q_Timber MF 1 8 16 13 29 | 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Ihattaren MF 1 7 16 12 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1680084889 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40