FFO Championship, Birmingham City vs. Middlesbrough (Mon Mar 25)


                      Birmingham City  |  Middlesbrough
                            5-3-1-1 C  |  4-1-3-2 A
               Freddie Kaye Caretaker  |  Cliff Coates
                                       |
                       J_Griffiths GK  |  GK A_Davies
                      Gocholshvili DF  |  DF I_Jones
                        L_Buchanan DF  |  DF D_Fry
                           E_Laird DF  |  DF P_McNair
                          F_Jensen MF  |  DF R_Aguilar
                          K_Taylor MF  |  DM S_Armstrong
                           Terrats DF  |  MF M_Crooks
                            G_Hall AM  |  MF M_Cuisance
                            J_Rowe MF  |  MF N_Chalobah
                          T_Conway FW  |  FW R_Muniz
                          L_Greiml DF  |  FW A_Pinamonti
                                       |
                          A_Iturbe SUB |  SUB M_Oxley
                         E_Longelo SUB |  SUB A_Dijksteel
                        K_Anderson SUB |  SUB A_Meroni
                        O_Gozalbez SUB |  SUB M_Ihattaren
                          J_Taylor SUB |  SUB P_Cutrone




Min. 5  :(bir) L_Buchanan plays a long ball to T_Conway 
          ...  I_Jones takes the ball 
          ...  OOOHHHH!! 
          ...  He almost loses it straight away 
          ...  But he hits it clear! 
Min. 9  :(mid) A_Pinamonti comes to collect the ball 
          ...  Great turn!! 
          ...  Superb play 
          ...  L_Buchanan with the tackle 
          ...  Good God Almighty, what a tackle from hell! 
Min. 10 :(bir) G_Hall finds his way through 
          ...  His quick turn fooled D_Fry 
          ...  G_Hall tries to chip the ball over the keeper! 
          ...  But A_Davies stops that one easily 
Min. 11 :(bir) F_Jensen takes possession 
          ...  Knocks it past the defender 
          ...  He's through on goal 
          ...  But he loses control of it 
          ...  R_Muniz takes possession 
Min. 12 :(mid) A_Pinamonti is too quick for L_Buchanan 
          ...  A delicate chip from A_Pinamonti! 
          ...  But J_Griffiths hits it away 
          ...  He could have held onto that! 
Min. 14 :(mid) S_Armstrong runs at the defence 
          ...  He nutmegs L_Buchanan 
          ...  He showed his class there 
          ...  Terrats does well to intercept the ball 
Min. 15 :(bir) L_Buchanan looks up for support 
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now 
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! 
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him! 
          ...  N_Chalobah wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge 
Min. 24 :(bir) K_Taylor plays it to his team mate for a one-two 
          ...  F_Jensen decides to keep possession instead! 
          ...  He runs towards the goal now! 
          ...  F_Jensen with a thundering drive! 
          ...  It hammers off the post 
          ...  And out for a throw in 
Min. 25 :(mid) P_McNair gets to the byline 
          ...  He centres the ball to R_Muniz 
          ...  R_Muniz sends it down the right wing and continues his run foward. 
          ...  cross comes back into him, he gets his head to the ball! 
          ...  It hits off a defender! 
          ...  But goes clear to safety! 
Min. 26 :(mid) J_Griffiths with a terrible kick! 
          ...  I_Jones takes control of the ball! 
          ...  A left-footer by I_Jones! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Look at his face! 
          ...  He can't believe it himself! 
          ...  But it's been disallowed! 
          ...  He was offside by 2-3 yards there 
Min. 30 :(bir) Gocholshvili pushes it past the defender 
          ...  Gocholshvili swings in the shot! 
          ...  A_Davies gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he slots in the rebound 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Birmingham City have taken the lead! 
          ...  Birmingham City 1-0 Middlesbrough ...
Min. 30 :(mid) R_Muniz with the dribble 
          ...  He skips through the tackle 
          ...  R_Muniz belts the ball towards goal! 
          ...  It swerves a lot in the air 
          ...  It's wide! 
          ...  9 times out of 10 he would have scored that! 
Min. 32 :(bir) K_Taylor is out on the left 
          ...  He moves the ball right to J_Rowe 
          ...  J_Rowe with the chance! 
          ...  A_Davies with a fantastic point blank save 
          ...  He showed great reflexes there 
Min. 34 :(bir) G_Hall with a fantastic turn that puts him through on goal 
          ...  G_Hall shapes up for a shot! 
          ...  But A_Davies is equal to it 
Min. 36 :(bir) The defender underhits the back pass! 
          ...  G_Hall is through! 
          ...  What a mistake by R_Aguilar! 
          ...  R_Aguilar recovers the situation to win the ball back 
Min. 40 :(mid) A_Pinamonti can't find space for the shot 
          ...  He slips it through to M_Cuisance 
          ...  M_Cuisance with a quick pass down the wing. 
          ...  Cross comes back in to him at a good height 
          ...  Powerful header! 
          ...  GOAL!!!!!!! 
          ...  He runs towards the Middlesbrough fans! 
          ...  It's all square now! 
          ...  Birmingham City 1-1 Middlesbrough ...
Min. 41 :(bir) K_Taylor has the ball on the wing, a chance to show his pace 
          ...  He knocks the ball past P_McNair 
          ...  He puts in Terrats! 
          ...  Terrats with a hard drive! What a hit son! What a hit! 
          ...  But A_Davies smothers the ball 
Min. 41 :(mid) M_Cuisance sprints past L_Greiml 
          ...  M_Cuisance tries to beat J_Griffiths! 
          ...  He hits the post 
          ...  He follows it up! 
          ...  But puts it wide! 
          ...  He'll be disappointed with that 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time
Min. 43 :(bir) J_Rowe dribbles past the defender 
          ...  It was as if he wasn't even there 
          ...  R_Aguilar forces him off the ball 
          ...  But it rolls out of play 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  F_Jensen swings it in! 
          ...  A_Davies fists it away! 
Min. 43 :(mid) M_Crooks with a measured pass to R_Muniz 
          ...  with a nasty foul 
          ...  The Referee will want to speak to him 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Birmingham City 1-1 Middlesbrough

Min. 50 :(bir) Substitution by Birmingham City 
          ...  COMING ON: O_Gozalbez 
          ...  COMING OFF: K_Taylor 
Min. 53 :(mid) S_Armstrong is taking a throw in 
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt 
          ...  He throws the ball to R_Muniz 
          ...  R_Muniz tries to chip the ball over the keeper! 
          ...  J_Griffiths gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he slots in the rebound 
          ...  He has put it wide!! 
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair! 
Min. 54 :(bir) L_Buchanan with an excellent first touch 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run! 
          ...  He swings the ball in 
          ...  J_Rowe gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  He is in space! 
          ...  A great volley from J_Rowe! 
          ...  But A_Davies punches it away 
Min. 56 :(bir) O_Gozalbez with a glorious 60-yard pass to T_Conway 
          ...  But R_Aguilar wins the ball 
Min. 58 :(bir) J_Rowe hits the ball through the heart of the defence 
          ...  G_Hall latches onto it! 
          ...  A cheeky lob from G_Hall! 
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!! 
          ...  It's wide! 
          ...  That was a dismal effort! 
          ...  He should have buried that! 
Min. 60 :(bir) Substitution by Birmingham City 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Taylor 
          ...  COMING OFF: T_Conway 
Min. 62 :(bir) G_Hall takes possession of the ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to E_Laird 
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by D_Fry!! 
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes 
Min. 64 :(bir) G_Hall with a burst of pace 
          ...  G_Hall with a stunning strike! 
          ...  A_Davies heads it away 
          ...  He was showing off there! 
Min. 65 :(bir) O_Gozalbez plays it forward to J_Taylor 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from R_Aguilar 
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender if he hadn't been careful 
Min. 65 :(mid) M_Crooks with a measured pass to S_Armstrong 
          ...  Terrats cuts it out easily 
          ...  He clears the ball upfield 
Min. 66 :(mid) A_Pinamonti gets to the byline and finds R_Muniz with a beautiful cross 
          ...  R_Muniz fires off a right-footed shot! 
          ...  J_Griffiths dives towards his top let hand corner 
          ...  He's pushed that one just around the goal 
          ...  Super Stop! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  I_Jones chips the ball in towards the far post! 
          ...  A_Pinamonti gets his head on it 
          ...  Looks like it should be easy for J_Griffiths 
          ...  but he's made a hash of it 
          ...  It drifts inches wide!! 
          ...  J_Griffiths looks embarrassed! 
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide! 
Min. 67 :(bir) Terrats knocks the ball on and sprints past A_Pinamonti 
          ...  A delightful ball in to J_Taylor 
          ...  Driven towards goal by J_Taylor! 
          ...  A_Davies with a fantastic point blank save 
          ...  He gave the striker no chance 
Min. 70 :(mid) Substitution by Middlesbrough 
          ...  COMING ON: A_Dijksteel 
          ...  COMING OFF: P_McNair 
Min. 70 :(mid) Substitution by Middlesbrough 
          ...  COMING ON: M_Ihattaren 
          ...  COMING OFF: M_Crooks 
Min. 70 :(mid) Substitution by Middlesbrough 
          ...  COMING ON: P_Cutrone 
          ...  COMING OFF: R_Muniz 
Min. 71 :(bir) O_Gozalbez backtracks with the ball 
          ...  He hoofs the ball upfield 
          ...  G_Hall gets on the end of it 
          ...  G_Hall with the header! 
          ...  It grazes the post! 
          ...  And hits the side netting 
          ...  Goal Kick! 
Min. 71 :(mid) P_Cutrone slows the ball down and waits for support 
          ...  No one seems to be coming forward 
          ...  He heads towards the goal alone! 
          ...  P_Cutrone attempts the shot! 
          ...  It hits the post!! 
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound 
          ...  OHHHHHHHH!! 
          ...  He's put it over 
Min. 72 :(bir) J_Rowe bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to F_Jensen 
          ...  F_Jensen curls the ball in on goal! 
          ...  A_Davies narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety 
Min. 74 :(mid) I_Jones controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right! 
          ...  P_Cutrone gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  P_Cutrone blasts it at the goal! 
          ...  J_Griffiths makes a comfortable save 
          ...  He wasn't troubled there 
Min. 76 :(bir) Substitution by Birmingham City 
          ...  COMING ON: K_Anderson 
          ...  COMING OFF: F_Jensen 
Min. 76 :(bir) G_Hall spots his team mate making a run 
          ...  That's an excellent through ball to E_Laird! 
          ...  E_Laird with a quick pass down the left wing. 
          ...  He gets up high for the header! 
          ...  But A_Davies parries the shot 
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away 
Min. 76 :(mid) N_Chalobah steps over the ball 
          ...  He nutmegs the defender 
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery 
          ...  A vicious shot by N_Chalobah! 
          ...  J_Griffiths with the acrobatic save 
          ...  Well saved 
Min. 79 :(mid) A_Pinamonti jinks past J_Rowe 
          ...  A great volley from A_Pinamonti! 
          ...  But it puts it well wide 
Min. 84 :(bir) Gocholshvili looks around for some movement 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He hits the ball up to J_Taylor 
          ...  J_Taylor lobs A_Davies! 
          ...  But it puts it well wide 
Min. 85 :(mid) R_Aguilar takes advantage of a mistake by K_Anderson 
          ...  away from two, three, four. 
          ...  Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. 
          ...  How good is he?! 
          ...  Now he crosses to A_Dijksteel! 
          ...  A_Dijksteel plays it down the wing 
          ...  Cross comes in back to him, diving header! 
          ...  He had to be brave there 
          ...  Over the bar! 
Min. 87 :(mid) S_Armstrong leaps into the air 
          ...  He wins the header 
          ...  He heads it across to M_Ihattaren 
          ...  Terrats with an ugly foul 
          ...  That looked malicious 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  FREE KICK 
          ...  Just past the halfway line. 
          ...  P_Cutrone swings it in 
          ...  A_Pinamonti gets on the end of it 
          ...  A_Pinamonti with only one thing on his mind! 
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal! 
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection 
          ...  J_Griffiths dives desperately to try and save it!! 
          ...  He can't get to it! 
          ...  But it creeps just wide!! 
          ...  The deflection had J_Griffiths beaten! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Armstrong lofts the ball in! 
          ...  M_Cuisance gets a shot in 
          ...  It hits the inside of the post 
          ...  the balls hits J_Griffiths and comes out 
          ...  the striker is on hand! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Easy tap in! That was a bit of a freak goal! 
          ...  That surely hands Middlesbrough victory!! 
          ...  Some people on the pitch! 
          ...  They think it's all over! 
          ...  It might be soon! 
          ...  Birmingham City 1-2 Middlesbrough ...
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 6 minutes of injury time.
Min. 88 :(bir) Tactical Change by Birmingham City 
          ...  Birmingham City have changed their playing style to L 
Min. 88 :(bir) E_Laird with a probing through ball Gocholshvili 
          ...  But A_Dijksteel with the fine tackle 
Min. 91 :(bir) K_Anderson finds E_Laird with a perfectly weighted pass 
          ...  I_Jones slides in hard! 
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw! 
Min. 91 :(mid) A_Dijksteel controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left! 
          ...  R_Aguilar gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  Terrats with a nasty foul 
          ...  He's already been booked once, he knows what's coming 
          ...  RED CARD!! 
Min. 92 :(bir) L_Greiml pass splits open the defence and finds O_Gozalbez 
          ...  S_Armstrong hits it out for a corner 
          ...  The pressure is mounting! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  L_Greiml with an outswinging corner into the box 
          ...  D_Fry with a great clearance! 
Min. 95 :(mid) N_Chalobah runs at goal 
          ...  He spots the run of P_Cutrone 
          ...  He's played him in 
          ...  P_Cutrone hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! 
          ...  J_Griffiths parries it 
Min. 96 :(bir) J_Taylor dribbles past D_Fry 
          ...  It was as if the defender wasn't even there 
          ...  But A_Dijksteel slides in 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : St Andrews
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Birmingham City Match Info
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Best player          : G_Hall
Scorers              : Gocholshvili (30)
Sent Off             : Terrats (91)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Middlesbrough Match Info
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Best player          : M_Cuisance (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : M_Cuisance (40,87)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                         Birmingham City  |    Middlesbrough
Attempts on Goal     :          14        |       17
Off target           :           4        |       9
On target            :          10        |       8
Possession           :          51        |       49
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           5        |       6
Key Tackles          :           3        |       13
Key Passes           :          17        |       10
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Final Score          : Birmingham City 1 - 2 Middlesbrough
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Player Statistics - Birmingham 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_Griffiths    GK  21   1   1   1  26 |  97   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
Gocholshvili   DF   1  16  14   7  28 |  97   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  12  38
L_Buchanan     DF   1  17  12   5  28 |  97   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  17  28   0
E_Laird        DF   1  18  15   9  23 |  97   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0 -10   1   5
F_Jensen       MF   1   8  14  12  31 |  77   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  22
K_Taylor       MF   1  12  17  13  27 |  51   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  27   0
Terrats        DF   1  12  16   9  30 |  92   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   1   0  24 -10  -5
G_Hall         AM   1   5  18  14  24 |  97   0   0   2   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  16  46
J_Rowe         MF   1   8  16  12  24 |  97   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  20  24
T_Conway       FW   1   6  11  17  24 |  61   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Greiml       DF   1  16  14   3  29 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
A_Iturbe       GK  19   1   1   1  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Longelo      DF   1  14  12   5  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Anderson     MF   1   4  14  11  23 |  20   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   0
O_Gozalbez     MF   1   2  15  11  31 |  46   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  33   0
J_Taylor       FW   1   3  10  15  29 |  36   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  16

Player Statistics - Middlesbrough
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Davies       GK  22   1   1   1  27 |  97  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
I_Jones        DF   1  20  15  10  24 |  97   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  28  11  14
D_Fry          DF   1  20  12   7  29 |  97   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  28   0   0
P_McNair       DF   1  19  11  11  28 |  71   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  10  25  10
R_Aguilar      DF   1  20  14   7  26 |  97   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  56  12   0
S_Armstrong    DM   1  13  17   5  35 |  97   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  21  29   0
M_Crooks       MF   1  11  19   9  24 |  71   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0
M_Cuisance     MF   1   3  18  12  21 |  97   0   0   0   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0  66
N_Chalobah     MF   1  12  17   7  22 |  97   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  22   9  17
R_Muniz        FW   1   8  16  20  22 |  71   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  26   0  10
A_Pinamonti    FW   1   7  14  19  28 |  97   0   0   2   1   4   0   0   0   0   0  38  14
M_Oxley        GK  16   1   1   1  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Dijksteel    DF   1  18  14  13  22 |  26   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  32  12   9
A_Meroni       DF   1  15  11   7  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Ihattaren    MF   1   7  17  13  26 |  26   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Cutrone      FW   1   2  11  17  22 |  26   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  10  10  29
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