FFO Champions League, Real Madrid vs. Aston Villa (Wed Jan 17) Real Madrid | Aston Villa 5-0-3-2 A | 5-1-1-3 P Steve Talbot | Ian Greaves | G_Donnarumma GK | GK A_Meret T_A_Arnold DF | DF Eder_Militao S_Dest DF | DF H_Hateboer V_van_Dijk DF | DF M_Hermoso P_Kimpembe DF | DF J_Lascelles B_Guimaraes DF | DF J_Todibo D_Tadic AM | DM W_Ndidi R_Sterling AM | MF I_Gundogan R_Leao AM | FW L_Martinez Rodrygo FW | FW J_Alvarez J_Doku FW | FW Luis_Diaz | S_Burchert SUB | SUB A_Bachmann C_Kouyate SUB | SUB K_Narey R_Sawyers SUB | SUB Raphinha S_Sabelli SUB | SUB V_Camarasa M_Zaccagni SUB | SUB H_Hope Min. 1 :(rma) D_Tadic backtracks with the ball ... He hits the ball upfield ... S_Dest latches onto the end of it ... S_Dest belts the ball towards goal! ... It swerves a lot in the air ... GOAL!! ... It was a top drawer goal ... That's given Real Madrid the advantage! ... Real Madrid 1-0 Aston Villa ... Min. 1 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to C Min. 1 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... L_Martinez will now play as a AM Min. 1 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... J_Alvarez will now play as a AM Min. 1 :(ast) J_Alvarez rushes through the defence ... R_Sterling with an inch perfect tackle ... The whistle has gone! Incredible! ... He gets away with that one ... It's just a warning ... Ian Greaves looks annoyed that there was no card there Min. 2 :(ast) J_Alvarez sprints past J_Doku ... A glorious effort by J_Alvarez! ... It hammers off the bar and loops up high into the air ... The defenders out leap the attackers ... The ball is away and clear from the danger area Min. 5 :(rma) R_Leao looks to play the ball out wide ... He plays the ball across to Rodrygo ... Launched towards the top corner by Rodrygo! ... A_Meret blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 5 :(ast) H_Hateboer wins possession ... He plays the ball across to Luis_Diaz ... The defender plays it back to G_Donnarumma ... Luis_Diaz intercepts the back pass! ... He tries to dummy G_Donnarumma ... He tries to beat G_Donnarumma ... G_Donnarumma pulls off a save!! Min. 8 :(ast) J_Alvarez finds his way through ... They tried to play the offside trap ... V_van_Dijk with an awful challenge ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He is in the book for that one ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 9 :(rma) Rodrygo with a clever shimmy ... Rodrygo with his head down lets it go! ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 18 :(rma) V_van_Dijk with the deft touch ... He takes it past J_Todibo ... He knocks it to Rodrygo! ... Rodrygo launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! ... A_Meret with a fantastic point blank save ... He showed great reflexes there Min. 20 :(ast) Luis_Diaz lobs it over V_van_Dijk ... Luis_Diaz with an overhead kick! ... He gets a connection ... G_Donnarumma with the diving save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 23 :(ast) J_Alvarez leaves his marker standing ... D_Tadic stands his ground and wins the tackle Min. 24 :(rma) V_van_Dijk runs down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He cuts the ball back ... Rodrygo latches onto the pass ... He carves out some space ... Rodrygo with a graceful, looping effort! ... It hammers off the post ... And out for a throw in Min. 25 :(rma) Rodrygo 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! ... Rodrygo hits the ball on the bounce! ... He's dragged it wide!! Min. 28 :(rma) S_Dest takes possession of the ball ... He plays the ball across to B_Guimaraes ... B_Guimaraes hits the shot! ... It swerves a lot! ... But A_Meret is equal to it Min. 30 :(rma) R_Sterling with a byline cross to Rodrygo ... Rodrygo has broken through the defence! ... He is one on one with A_Meret ... He nutmegs A_Meret ... A_Meret does well to save it!! Min. 32 :(rma) J_Doku flicks it over the defender and runs onto it ... He showed great skill and pace there ... J_Doku with the overhead! ... A_Meret parries it ... The defender clears it Min. 32 :(ast) G_Donnarumma with a terrible kick! ... Luis_Diaz is through! ... R_Sterling with a deliberate foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... The Referee writes his name into the book ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 33 :(ast) J_Alvarez beats his marker ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" waves The Referee ... R_Leao hits it out for a corner ... That was sent up into the top tier ... CORNER! ... J_Todibo dinks the ball into the area! ... Headed away by P_Kimpembe Min. 34 :(ast) Luis_Diaz dribbles past T_A_Arnold ... It was as if the defender wasn't even there ... Luis_Diaz shoots towards goal! ... G_Donnarumma has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... G_Donnarumma reacts well to save!! Min. 39 :(ast) L_Martinez flicks it over B_Guimaraes's head ... He showed some great skill there! ... L_Martinez hits the ball on the bounce! ... G_Donnarumma goes down well to save Min. 42 :(rma) Rodrygo takes advantage of a mistake by Eder_Militao ... That mistake could prove costly ... Rodrygo with an overhead kick! ... He gets a connection ... A_Meret is rooted to the spot! ... But the ball sails wide anyway! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 43 :(ast) J_Alvarez moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to Luis_Diaz ... T_A_Arnold fouls badly ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... FREE KICK! ... The The Referee uses his vanishing spray to keep the wall in line ... Luis_Diaz with the thundering drive ... But he's missed it! ... It's unbelievable, Jeff! Min. 45 :(rma) T_A_Arnold brushes his marker behind and breaks free ... But H_Hateboer sweeps up the threat Min. 46 :(rma) Rodrygo hoofs it upfield to find R_Leao ... R_Leao is clean through! ... He tries to take it round A_Meret ... He tries to slide it past A_Meret ... He has put it wide!! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Real Madrid 1-0 Aston Villa Min. 46 :(rma) T_A_Arnold with a Cruyff turn ... T_A_Arnold tries to beat A_Meret from outside the area! ... It's hit the bar ... It bounces down ... A_Meret grabs it ... No Goal! ... Boos surround the stadium!! Min. 48 :(rma) R_Sterling wins possession ... He plays the ball across to T_A_Arnold ... L_Martinez intercepts the pass Min. 50 :(rma) P_Kimpembe is closed down ... He plays a quick pass ... R_Sterling latches onto the ball ... But W_Ndidi spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 50 :(ast) I_Gundogan cuts in on the inside of the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to J_Alvarez ... J_Alvarez attempts to drive it home! ... The fans get off their seats! ... G_Donnarumma plucks the ball out of the air ... Good goalkeeping there! Min. 51 :(ast) Luis_Diaz nutmegs V_van_Dijk, he continues to run forward ... R_Leao body checks his opponent!! ... That's a careless challenge!! ... The Referee gave him a strong warning Min. 51 :(ast) Luis_Diaz takes advantage of a mistake by V_van_Dijk ... Can he make them pay? ... T_A_Arnold with the tackle ... He came to the rescue there! Min. 52 :(ast) I_Gundogan looks around for some movement ... He knocks the ball across to J_Alvarez ... J_Alvarez sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender! ... G_Donnarumma saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one Min. 52 :(rma) D_Tadic with the majestic dribble ... I_Gundogan with an ugly foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... He is warned by The Referee Min. 54 :(ast) G_Donnarumma miskicks! ... Luis_Diaz takes control of the ball! ... S_Dest makes the challenge and clears the ball Min. 55 :(ast) Substitution by Aston Villa ... COMING ON: Raphinha ... COMING OFF: W_Ndidi Min. 58 :(ast) Raphinha had to stretch to reach the pass ... Raphinha plays it down the wing ... Cross comes in back to him, diving header! ... He had to be brave there ... G_Donnarumma falls over ... He recovers to tip it onto the post! ... But it deflects in! ... GOAL!! ... Unlucky! ... The Aston Villa fans start to taunt him now! ... Steve Talbot is shaking his head on the touchline ... Aston Villa have equalised! ... Real Madrid 1-1 Aston Villa ... Min. 59 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to P Min. 59 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... L_Martinez will now play as a FW Min. 59 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... J_Alvarez will now play as a FW Min. 59 :(rma) The ball is passed in from Rodrygo, he finds D_Tadic ... D_Tadic tries to chip the ball over the keeper! ... A_Meret is beaten! ... It hits the bar!! ... GOAL!! ... Superb finish! ... Ian Greaves is barking orders at his players! ... His team will have to come back from behind now ... Real Madrid 2-1 Aston Villa ... Min. 60 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to C Min. 60 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... L_Martinez will now play as a AM Min. 60 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... J_Alvarez will now play as a AM Min. 60 :(rma) J_Doku with the cross-field pass to R_Sterling ... R_Sterling flings a shot at goal! ... A_Meret with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know! Min. 62 :(rma) D_Tadic with a glorious 60-yard pass to B_Guimaraes ... B_Guimaraes pounds a rocket on goal! ... A_Meret with the acrobatic save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 62 :(ast) Raphinha with a deep cross to Eder_Militao ... Brilliantly taken away by V_van_Dijk!! ... Any youngsters out there should be taking notes Min. 65 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... Real Madrid have changed their playing style to C Min. 65 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... D_Tadic will now play as a MF Min. 65 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... R_Sterling will now play as a MF Min. 65 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... J_Doku will now play as a AM Min. 65 :(rma) B_Guimaraes with a slide rule pass to Rodrygo ... Rodrygo smashed the ball towards the bottom corner! ... A_Meret with the save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 66 :(ast) L_Martinez pushes it past the defender ... L_Martinez sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? Min. 70 :(ast) M_Hermoso plays it long to L_Martinez ... Quick pass to the winger who crosses it in. ... A powerful header from L_Martinez! ... It looks good ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... J_Alvarez drives it into the box! ... It comes to Luis_Diaz ... He gets the shot away ... GOAL!! ... He dives on the ground and his team mates follow him!! ... Aston Villa have equalised! ... Real Madrid 2-2 Aston Villa ... Min. 71 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... Real Madrid have changed their playing style to A Min. 71 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... D_Tadic will now play as a AM Min. 71 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... J_Doku will now play as a FW Min. 71 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to P Min. 71 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... L_Martinez will now play as a FW Min. 71 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... J_Alvarez will now play as a FW Min. 71 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... R_Sterling will now play as a AM Min. 71 :(ast) L_Martinez steps over the ball ... He nutmegs V_van_Dijk ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... L_Martinez with a stunning strike! ... But he somehow misses ... That was a woeful effort Min. 72 :(rma) D_Tadic runs at the defender ... The defender falls over ... I_Gundogan with a nasty foul ... That looked malicious ... The Referee wants to have a word with him ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 73 :(rma) J_Doku with the Cruyff turn ... J_Doku tries to place it in the corner! ... A_Meret with a fantastic point blank save ... When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league Min. 74 :(rma) T_A_Arnold backtracks with the ball ... He hits the ball upfield ... B_Guimaraes latches onto the end of it ... J_Lascelles goes in studs first Min. 75 :(ast) Raphinha squares it to J_Alvarez ... S_Dest slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in Min. 77 :(ast) Luis_Diaz with the Cruyff turn ... V_van_Dijk with a bad challenge ... That looked malicious ... He's already been booked once, he knows what's coming ... RED CARD!! Min. 77 :(ast) I_Gundogan backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball upfield ... Luis_Diaz gets on the end of it ... Luis_Diaz tries the shot! ... It hammers off the bar and loops up high into the air ... The defenders out leap the attackers ... The ball is away and clear from the danger area Min. 78 :(rma) S_Dest knocks the ball past M_Hermoso ... Now he crosses to R_Sterling! ... R_Sterling blasts it at the goal! ... A_Meret takes the ball off him ... He was showing off there! Min. 78 :(ast) Luis_Diaz with the towering header to L_Martinez ... L_Martinez drives it low! ... It takes a deflection! ... But hits the side netting! ... CORNER! ... J_Lascelles floats the ball in! ... G_Donnarumma fists it away! Min. 80 :(ast) Raphinha knocks the ball past the lunge of P_Kimpembe ... Raphinha controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? Min. 82 :(rma) Rodrygo dribbles past the defender ... It was as if he wasn't even there ... Rodrygo has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... GOAL!! ... It defies description! ... How about 'sensational'? ... How about 'superb'? ... It's his 10th for the season!! ... The Real Madrid fans are going crazy! ... The Aston Villa fans are just stunned in silence! ... Real Madrid 3-2 Aston Villa ... Min. 83 :(rma) Substitution by Real Madrid ... COMING ON: C_Kouyate ... COMING OFF: R_Leao Min. 83 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... Real Madrid have changed their playing style to C Min. 83 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... D_Tadic will now play as a MF Min. 83 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... R_Sterling will now play as a MF Min. 83 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... J_Doku will now play as a AM Min. 83 :(rma) Tactical Change by Real Madrid ... P_Kimpembe will now play as a DM Min. 83 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to C Min. 83 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... L_Martinez will now play as a AM Min. 83 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... J_Alvarez will now play as a AM Min. 84 :(ast) Substitution by Aston Villa ... COMING ON: K_Narey ... COMING OFF: J_Lascelles Min. 84 :(ast) Luis_Diaz chests it down ... Luis_Diaz fires off a left-footed snap shot! ... G_Donnarumma with the acrobatic save ... Well saved Min. 85 :(rma) Substitution by Real Madrid ... COMING ON: S_Sabelli ... COMING OFF: R_Sterling Min. 87 :(ast) L_Martinez is taking a throw in ... He sees a man in space! ... He throws it to J_Alvarez ... T_A_Arnold robs him of the ball Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 88 :(ast) Substitution by Aston Villa ... COMING ON: H_Hope ... COMING OFF: J_Alvarez Min. 91 :(rma) D_Tadic breaks clear of the defence! ... He is clean through on A_Meret! ... I_Gundogan brings him down! ... That's a brutal challenge ... The referee comes over ... He's already on a yellow ... RED CARD!! Min. 92 :(rma) B_Guimaraes with an amazing show of skill to get past Eder_Militao ... He crosses to J_Doku ... J_Doku has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... But it clips the post and goes wide ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Santiago Bernabeu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Madrid Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Rodrygo (Man of the Match) Scorers : S_Dest (1), D_Tadic (59), Rodrygo (82) Sent Off : V_van_Dijk (77) Booked : R_Sterling (32) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Luis_Diaz Scorers : Raphinha (58), Luis_Diaz (70) Sent Off : I_Gundogan (91) Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Madrid | Aston Villa Attempts on Goal : 20 | 17 Off target : 7 | 8 On target : 13 | 9 Possession : 42 | 58 Corners : 0 | 3 Red Cards : 1 | 1 Yellow Cards : 1 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 3 Fouls : 8 | 8 Key Tackles : 8 | 3 Key Passes : 15 | 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Real Madrid 3 - 2 Aston Villa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Real Madrid Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G_Donnarumma GK 25 1 1 1 24 | 96 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 T_A_Arnold DF 1 20 18 15 22 | 96 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 36 0 11 S_Dest DF 1 22 17 13 26 | 96 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 32 26 34 V_van_Dijk DF 1 22 17 11 26 | 81 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 18 -8 P_Kimpembe DM 1 21 18 13 23 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 12 0 B_Guimaraes DF 1 16 21 16 28 | 96 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 D_Tadic MF 1 3 20 20 25 | 96 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 35 32 20 R_Sterling MF 1 4 21 20 25 | 89 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 25 23 R_Leao AM 1 4 20 20 22 | 87 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 34 10 6 Rodrygo FW 1 7 18 23 26 | 96 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 38 46 J_Doku AM 1 3 19 21 25 | 96 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 19 S_Burchert GK 22 1 1 1 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Kouyate DF 1 17 10 4 27 | 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Sawyers MF 1 4 16 14 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Sabelli MF 1 5 11 7 27 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Zaccagni FW 1 6 10 17 23 | 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Meret GK 22 1 1 1 27 | 96 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 Eder_Militao DF 1 22 17 4 29 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Hateboer DF 1 20 17 4 26 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 13 0 M_Hermoso DF 1 20 16 3 24 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 J_Lascelles DF 1 20 15 3 25 | 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Todibo DF 1 20 16 4 25 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Ndidi DM 1 16 20 4 24 | 59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 -10 -10 I_Gundogan MF 1 12 21 3 25 | 95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -30 -3 -30 L_Martinez AM 1 7 17 22 26 | 96 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 31 13 22 J_Alvarez AM 1 3 17 21 28 | 92 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 19 Luis_Diaz FW 1 6 15 23 22 | 96 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 15 40 A_Bachmann GK 17 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 | 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Raphinha MF 1 9 20 19 27 | 37 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 20 29 V_Camarasa MF 1 8 11 3 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Hope FW 1 1 7 10 23 | 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1705522202 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40