FFO2 CL, Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa (Tue Jul 18) Newcastle United | Aston Villa 5-3-2 C | 4-2-1-3 A Chris Banks | Ian Greaves | T_Strakosha GK | GK O_Baumann M_Acuna DF | DF Eder_Militao J_Clauss DF | DF H_Hateboer R_Burke DF | DF J_Lascelles J_Tarkowski DF | DF J_Todibo A_Grimaldo DF | MF W_Ndidi M_Llorente MF | MF I_Gundogan D_Klaassen MF | AM Raphinha G_Ramirez MF | FW L_Martinez J_David FW | FW M_Salah R_De_Tomas FW | FW Luis_Diaz | S_Herrera SUB | SUB A_Bachmann C_Nelson SUB | SUB K_Narey J_Evans SUB | SUB G_Hall M_Trigueros SUB | SUB N_Hofler M_Svanberg SUB | SUB H_Hope Min. 14 :(new) M_Acuna sees a team mate making a run! ... He swings the ball in ... M_Llorente gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... M_Llorente tries to curl it into the bottom corner! ... But O_Baumann parries the shot ... The defender manages to scramble the ball away Min. 15 :(ast) J_Todibo gets to the byline ... He puts it into the box ... He finds M_Salah ... A skilful effort from M_Salah! ... T_Strakosha narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety Min. 16 :(ast) I_Gundogan has it now ... He takes on A_Grimaldo ... He gets past him! ... He puts in M_Salah! ... M_Salah curls it towards the top corner! ... GOAL!! ... He nutmegged T_Strakosha ... That's put Aston Villa ahead! ... Newcastle United 0-1 Aston Villa ... Min. 17 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to P Min. 22 :(new) A_Grimaldo lobs the ball over the defence ... J_Clauss latches on to it ... J_Clauss bears down on goal! ... Brilliant save from O_Baumann Min. 26 :(new) J_Tarkowski skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to J_David ... J_Lascelles takes the player down!! ... That's a poor tackle! ... He received a good talking to from The Referee ... FREE KICK! ... Here we go, a real chance of a goal ... J_David drives it under the wall ... It hits the post!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it over Min. 28 :(new) A_Grimaldo with electric pace ... He eases past the defender ... Well executed sliding challenge from J_Todibo ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... R_De_Tomas plays it into the danger area! ... G_Ramirez tries to place the shot! ... But O_Baumann hits it away ... He could have held onto that! Min. 28 :(new) A_Grimaldo finds his way through ... He bent his run well ... W_Ndidi with a bad challenge ... The Referee calls him over ... The ref is taking his time with him! ... He lets him off with a strong talking too ... FREE KICK! ... Here we go, a real chance of a goal ... J_Clauss smashes it goalwards with the outside of his foot ... O_Baumann with a great save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 29 :(new) G_Ramirez finds his way through ... G_Ramirez drives the shot in! ... But O_Baumann palms it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 30 :(new) J_David with the cross-field pass to A_Grimaldo ... A_Grimaldo chases it through, he must score! ... The ball is hit with topspin and moves through the air! ... O_Baumann moves quickly! ... Can he get to this? ... It's beaten him! ... But it thumps the post!! ... And into the net! ... GOAL!! ... Ian Greaves is shaking his head on the touchline ... Newcastle United have equalised! ... Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa ... Min. 31 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to A Min. 32 :(new) Curled in dangerously from D_Klaassen to R_De_Tomas ... R_De_Tomas tries to chip the ball over O_Baumann! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 33 :(new) M_Llorente holds the ball up ... He knocks a through ball to J_David ... J_David sends it flying towards goal! ... O_Baumann with a fantastic point blank save ... He shows why he is the number 1 Min. 34 :(new) R_De_Tomas skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to R_Burke ... R_Burke with a terrific drive! ... It grazes the bar ... And goes over ... Oh so close there! Min. 40 :(ast) Eder_Militao hits in a wicked shot! ... It hits the defender ... Luis_Diaz latches onto it! ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... R_Burke looks embarrassed to take the ball off him! Min. 41 :(new) J_David flicks it past Eder_Militao ... He runs forward ... J_David goes for the top corner! ... O_Baumann heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 45 :(new) G_Ramirez runs at H_Hateboer ... The defender slips and falls over ... G_Ramirez with a screamer of a shot! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 46 :(new) D_Klaassen runs down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He cuts the ball back ... R_De_Tomas latches onto the pass ... He carves out some space ... R_De_Tomas with the goal bound shot! ... He's pulled it wide! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Newcastle United 1-1 Aston Villa Min. 46 :(new) M_Llorente gets lucky and beats J_Lascelles ... Now with the centre to G_Ramirez ... G_Ramirez has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... Saved by O_Baumann Min. 46 :(ast) T_Strakosha with a terrible kick! ... Raphinha is through! ... Raphinha with a thundering shot! ... But T_Strakosha with the difficult save Min. 48 :(new) G_Ramirez is closed down ... He plays a quick pass under pressure ... M_Llorente latches onto the ball ... M_Llorente shapes up for a shot! ... O_Baumann gets his fingertips to it Min. 49 :(new) J_Tarkowski is first to the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to J_David ... What a fantastic interception by H_Hateboer Min. 49 :(ast) W_Ndidi holds the ball up and waits for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to L_Martinez ... J_Clauss reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 49 :(new) A_Grimaldo breaks free from J_Todibo ... I_Gundogan with the tackle ... That's got to be a yellow ... He is ordered to cool off ... FREE KICK! ... This is a good chance! ... He's been working on a top spin dip free kick! ... Will we see it? ... M_Llorente shapes to shoot ... He plays it to J_David instead ... Fine tackle by J_Todibo ... But he can't prevent the corner Min. 50 :(ast) Eder_Militao with a 30-yard pass to Luis_Diaz ... What a shot from Luis_Diaz! ... It could go anywhere ... But T_Strakosha palms it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 52 :(new) M_Llorente runs at the defence ... He nutmegs Eder_Militao ... He showed his class there ... M_Llorente tries to catch the keeper out! ... Saved by O_Baumann Min. 53 :(ast) H_Hateboer holds the ball up ... He sees Luis_Diaz in space! ... Luis_Diaz hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... T_Strakosha makes himself big and wins the ball Min. 56 :(ast) I_Gundogan with a precise pass to L_Martinez ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... M_Acuna hits it out for a throw Min. 57 :(new) J_Clauss gets lucky and beats H_Hateboer ... Now with the centre to D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! ... O_Baumann gets his fingertips to it ... It's pushed around the post to safety ... CORNER! ... J_Clauss plays it towards the near post! ... J_David swings a leg at it! ... O_Baumann gets up well to catch that one Min. 57 :(ast) M_Salah breaks free from the last defender! ... He just has to beat T_Strakosha now! ... J_Tarkowski trips him up from behind! ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! ... He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more! Min. 59 :(ast) I_Gundogan curls the ball out wide to Luis_Diaz ... Luis_Diaz with the goal bound shot! ... T_Strakosha parries it Min. 60 :(ast) W_Ndidi with a simple pass to L_Martinez ... R_De_Tomas wins the ball with ease ... The Referee saw something no-one else did Min. 63 :(new) R_De_Tomas with a one-touch layoff to M_Acuna ... M_Acuna tries to chip the ball over O_Baumann! ... The fans get off their seats! ... But it sails over!! Min. 64 :(new) J_Clauss loses Luis_Diaz ... J_Todibo with an ugly foul ... That looked malicious Min. 65 :(ast) Eder_Militao is out on the right ... He moves the ball left to Luis_Diaz ... A scorcher of a shot from Luis_Diaz! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And spins wide Min. 66 :(ast) Luis_Diaz is taking a throw in ... He is taking a run up at it! ... He throws it long to M_Salah ... M_Salah with a scorcher of a shot! ... T_Strakosha makes the save ... He hits the ball upfield! Min. 69 :(new) J_Clauss 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 G_Ramirez ... A scorcher of a shot from G_Ramirez! ... The fans behind the goal jump up! ... But it's gone just wide!! Min. 75 :(new) R_De_Tomas skips the challenge from I_Gundogan ... R_De_Tomas drives it low! ... O_Baumann gets a hand to it!! ... GOAL!! ... He just couldn't keep it out! ... That's given Newcastle United the advantage! ... Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa ... Min. 76 :(new) J_Clauss reads the run of R_Burke ... R_Burke hits a curling shot! ... Looks like it should be easy for O_Baumann ... but he's made a hash of it ... It drifts inches wide!! ... O_Baumann looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! Min. 78 :(new) J_Clauss has it now ... He takes on Raphinha ... He gets past him! ... He puts in A_Grimaldo! ... A scorcher of a shot from A_Grimaldo! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL!! ... Look at his face! ... He can't believe it himself! ... Newcastle United 3-1 Aston Villa ... Min. 79 :(ast) L_Martinez cuts inside R_Burke ... He worked that well ... L_Martinez with the crafty shot! ... T_Strakosha parries it ... CORNER! ... Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! ... W_Ndidi flights it in! ... It comes to Eder_Militao ... He fires it towards to goal ... T_Strakosha gets a hand to it!! ... But he slots in the rebound ... No, it's wide!! ... That was terrible! Min. 80 :(new) Tactical Change by Newcastle United ... Newcastle United have changed their playing style to D Min. 84 :(new) M_Llorente sidesteps Eder_Militao ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... What a shot from M_Llorente! ... It could go anywhere ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... M_Llorente swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... The danger is dealt with by J_Lascelles Min. 87 :(ast) H_Hateboer moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to Luis_Diaz ... Luis_Diaz with a bomb of a shot! ... But T_Strakosha reaches the ball. Good save Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 89 :(ast) H_Hateboer sidesteps R_Burke ... He showed great skill there ... H_Hateboer with the attempt at goal! ... GOAL!! ... T_Strakosha was well beaten there! ... Don't write Aston Villa off just yet! ... Newcastle United 3-2 Aston Villa ... Min. 90 :(ast) M_Salah finds his way through ... He bent his run well ... A_Grimaldo reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 91 :(new) A_Grimaldo with the header on ... He finds M_Llorente in space ... M_Llorente with his head down lets it go! ... It goes wide! ... My grandmother could have scored that!! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : St James Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle United Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_Grimaldo (Man of the Match) Scorers : A_Grimaldo (30,78), R_De_Tomas (75) Sent Off : N/A Booked : J_Tarkowski (57) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Salah Scorers : M_Salah (16), H_Hateboer (89) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle United | Aston Villa Attempts on Goal : 25 | 12 Off target : 10 | 2 On target : 15 | 10 Possession : 55 | 45 Corners : 3 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 0 Subs Used : 0 | 0 Fouls : 6 | 8 Key Tackles : 4 | 4 Key Passes : 17 | 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Newcastle United 3 - 2 Aston Villa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Newcastle United Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T_Strakosha GK 22 1 1 1 24 | 93 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 M_Acuna DF 1 20 14 13 25 | 93 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 18 11 J_Clauss DF 1 19 16 13 26 | 93 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 21 88 30 R_Burke DF 1 18 13 6 28 | 93 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 0 36 J_Tarkowski DF 1 19 12 10 30 | 93 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 38 -2 A_Grimaldo DF 1 18 14 9 31 | 93 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 22 36 92 M_Llorente MF 1 12 20 13 22 | 93 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 24 67 D_Klaassen MF 1 3 19 15 26 | 93 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 13 G_Ramirez MF 1 4 18 15 28 | 93 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 57 J_David FW 1 6 16 18 29 | 93 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 40 36 R_De_Tomas FW 1 3 15 20 25 | 93 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 34 32 S_Herrera GK 17 1 1 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Nelson DF 1 13 9 8 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Evans DF 1 17 14 9 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Trigueros MF 1 11 16 11 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Svanberg FW 1 10 17 12 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Aston Villa Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- O_Baumann GK 22 1 1 1 27 | 93 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 Eder_Militao DF 1 21 16 3 29 | 93 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 21 H_Hateboer DF 1 19 16 3 26 | 93 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 32 58 J_Lascelles DF 1 19 15 3 25 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 J_Todibo DF 1 19 15 3 25 | 93 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 17 0 W_Ndidi MF 1 15 19 3 24 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 I_Gundogan MF 1 11 20 3 25 | 93 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 Raphinha AM 1 8 19 18 27 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 L_Martinez FW 1 7 16 21 26 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 M_Salah FW 1 1 15 22 24 | 93 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 Luis_Diaz FW 1 6 15 22 22 | 93 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 26 A_Bachmann GK 16 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Narey DF 1 13 9 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Hall DF 1 10 8 2 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Hofler MF 1 10 14 2 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Hope FW 1 1 7 10 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1689718162 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40