FFO EFL3, FC Basel vs. AZ Alkmaar (Fri Jan 26)


                             FC Basel  |  AZ Alkmaar
                              4-2-4 L  |  4-4-2 A
                                    -  |  -
                                       |
                            M_Hitz GK  |  GK M_Ryan
                           R_Veiga DF  |  DF J_Clasie
                           A_Comas DF  |  DF Y_Sugawara
                          M_Drager DF  |  DF A_Penetra
                            M_Lang DF  |  DF M_Dekker
                           T_Xhaka MF  |  MF D_de_Wit
                            F_Frei MF  |  MF S_Mijnans
                       D_Jovanovic FW  |  MF D_Mihailovic
                        J_Augustin FW  |  MF J_Odgaard
                           T_Barry FW  |  FW V_Pavlidis
                        A_Hunziker FW  |  FW M_Skoda
                                       |
                          N_De_Mol SUB |  SUB H_Verhulst
                           K_Ruegg SUB |  SUB B_M_Indi
                          D_Schmid SUB |  SUB F_Stam
                         J_Dubasin SUB |  SUB T_Dantas
                           J_Gauto SUB |  SUB N_Koster




Min. 3  :(aza) M_Skoda runs at the defence 
          ...  He nutmegs the defender 
          ...  He showed his class there 
          ...  M_Skoda has time and space! 
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal 
          ...  M_Hitz makes a fine save 
Min. 5  :(aza) J_Odgaard plays it to his team mate for a one-two 
          ...  J_Clasie decides to go for goal instead! 
          ...  J_Clasie is clean through! 
          ...  He rounds M_Hitz 
          ...  M_Hitz makes his move 
          ...  He's lobbed him!! 
          ...  It bounces in front of goal! 
          ...  And settles in the back of the net! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  AZ Alkmaar have taken the lead! 
          ...  FC Basel 0-1 AZ Alkmaar ...
Min. 7  :(bsl) F_Frei has the ball on the wing 
          ...  He knocks the ball past the defender! 
          ...  He has some space now! 
          ...  F_Frei curls the ball in on goal! 
          ...  The shot slips through M_Ryan's hands 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Oh dear! 
          ...  That's levelled the scores! 
          ...  they've done it! Absolutely incredible! 
          ...  It ain't over 'til it's over 
          ...  FC Basel 1-1 AZ Alkmaar ...
Min. 9  :(aza) Y_Sugawara knocks the ball on and sprints past A_Comas 
          ...  A delightful ball in to S_Mijnans 
          ...  S_Mijnans is clean through! 
          ...  He tries to take it round M_Hitz 
          ...  M_Hitz makes his move 
          ...  He's lobbed him!! 
          ...  It bounces in front of goal! 
          ...  Inches wide!! 
Min. 11 :(bsl) J_Augustin sidesteps M_Dekker 
          ...  That was too easy 
          ...  J_Augustin rises above the defence to head the ball! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  The manager is delighted with that one 
          ...  That's put FC Basel ahead! 
          ...  FC Basel 2-1 AZ Alkmaar ...
Min. 12 :(bsl) A_Comas is forced back with the ball 
          ...  He belts the ball upfield 
          ...  T_Barry latches onto the end of it 
          ...  T_Barry with a little chip! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Superb strike! 
          ...  His team mates join him in a celebration 
          ...  They dance around his shirt in delight!! 
          ...  FC Basel 3-1 AZ Alkmaar ...
Min. 13 :(aza) Y_Sugawara flicks it past A_Hunziker 
          ...  He runs forward 
          ...  A_Hunziker is late with that one 
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball 
          ...  The Referee will just give him a speaking to 
Min. 13 :(aza) M_Dekker hits in a shot! 
          ...  It hits the defender 
          ...  S_Mijnans collects the loose ball! 
          ...  S_Mijnans hits the ball first time! 
          ...  He could have let that bounce 
          ...  The fans get off their seats! 
          ...  M_Hitz plucks the ball out of the air 
          ...  Good goalkeeping there! 
Min. 14 :(aza) J_Clasie has the ball 
          ...  He knocks the ball past A_Comas 
          ...  He puts in M_Skoda! 
          ...  R_Veiga is called for the holding foul 
          ...  He won that header unfairly 
          ...  The Referee wants to have a word with him 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  FREE KICK 
          ...  It is deep inside their own half. This will allow them to regroup 
          ...  V_Pavlidis passes to D_de_Wit 
          ...  D_de_Wit swings in the shot! 
          ...  M_Hitz falls over 
          ...  But M_Hitz is relieved to watch it go out of play! 
Min. 17 :(aza) A defence splitting pass from A_Penetra to S_Mijnans 
          ...  S_Mijnans flings a shot at goal! 
          ...  Saved by M_Hitz 
Min. 25 :(aza) D_Mihailovic curls the ball out wide to D_de_Wit 
          ...  T_Xhaka fouls badly 
          ...  That looked malicious 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He is in the book for that one 
Min. 29 :(aza) A_Penetra controls it with ease 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by M_Lang 
          ...  He timed it well 
Min. 39 :(bsl) D_Jovanovic beats his marker 
          ...  That was a quick burst of pace to set him free 
          ...  D_Jovanovic with a graceful, looping effort! 
          ...  M_Ryan tips it onto the post! 
          ...  But it deflects wide for a corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  A_Comas floats the ball in! 
          ...  D_Jovanovic tries to place the shot! 
          ...  But M_Ryan pulls out a save of the game 
Min. 39 :(aza) V_Pavlidis knocks the ball past the lunge of F_Frei 
          ...  D_Jovanovic steals the ball of off him 
Min. 40 :(aza) M_Dekker slips past his marker J_Augustin 
          ...  The ball is whipped into M_Skoda 
          ...  Blocked by A_Hunziker 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time.
Min. 45 :(bsl) Substitution by FC Basel 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Dubasin 
          ...  COMING OFF: F_Frei 
Min. 45 :(bsl) Substitution by FC Basel 
          ...  COMING ON: K_Ruegg 
          ...  COMING OFF: M_Lang 
Min. 45 :(aza) Substitution by AZ Alkmaar 
          ...  COMING ON: T_Dantas 
          ...  COMING OFF: J_Odgaard 
Min. 46 :(bsl) T_Barry hits a hard pass to A_Hunziker 
          ...  M_Dekker stands his ground and wins the tackle 
Min. 47 :(aza) D_Mihailovic finds his way through 
          ...  He sets up the shot 
          ...  D_Mihailovic lobs M_Hitz! 
          ...  But M_Hitz punches it away 
          ...  That's gone out for a corner kick 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  D_Mihailovic with an inswinging corner into the box 
          ...  T_Xhaka deals with the danger and clears 
Min. 48 :(aza) S_Mijnans slows the ball down and waits 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! 
          ...  M_Drager with a perfectly timed tackle 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: FC Basel 3-1 AZ Alkmaar

Min. 47 :(aza) Y_Sugawara plays it long to D_de_Wit 
          ...  D_de_Wit blasts it at the goal! 
          ...  It hits the post 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  What a great effort! 
          ...  FC Basel 3-2 AZ Alkmaar ...
Min. 50 :(aza) M_Dekker plays a clever one-two with his team mate 
          ...  He looks around for options 
          ...  He moves forward with the ball 
          ...  R_Veiga fouls badly 
          ...  That looked malicious 
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game! 
          ...  RED CARD!! 
          ...  FREE KICK! 
          ...  It's in a good position! 
          ...  V_Pavlidis knocks it forward 
          ...  D_Mihailovic gets on the end of it 
          ...  M_Drager plays it back 
          ...  M_Hitz slips!! 
          ...  It goes just wide 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  M_Skoda with an outswinging corner into the box 
          ...  M_Hitz comes towards the ball 
          ...  And he claims it with ease! 
Min. 51 :(aza) D_Mihailovic runs at the defender 
          ...  The ball rebounds off K_Ruegg back to him! 
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! 
          ...  D_Mihailovic hits it 
          ...  This one could go anywhere! 
          ...  M_Hitz with a fantastic point blank save 
          ...  He showed great reflexes there 
Min. 52 :(bsl) A_Comas has broken clear! Just M_Ryan to beat! 
          ...  A_Penetra brings him down! 
          ...  The Referee calls him for a talk 
          ...  He's going to let him off for that 
          ...  He'd better be careful now 
Min. 53 :(aza) D_de_Wit takes on K_Ruegg 
          ...  He runs past him 
          ...  D_de_Wit fires off a right-footed shot! 
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target 
          ...  The FC Basel fans taunt him about that effort 
Min. 54 :(aza) D_Mihailovic with a byline cross to S_Mijnans 
          ...  K_Ruegg with the foul 
          ...  He received a good talking to from The Referee 
          ...  FREE KICK 
          ...  It is deep inside their own half. This will allow them to regroup 
          ...  A_Penetra floats it forward 
          ...  D_Mihailovic latches onto the end of it 
          ...  A left-footer by D_Mihailovic! 
          ...  But M_Hitz with the difficult save 
Min. 55 :(aza) Substitution by AZ Alkmaar 
          ...  COMING ON: N_Koster 
          ...  COMING OFF: M_Skoda 
Min. 55 :(aza) A_Penetra with a neat pass into V_Pavlidis 
          ...  V_Pavlidis with the punt towards goal! 
          ...  M_Hitz gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he picks up the rebound 
          ...  OHHHHHHHH!! 
          ...  He's put it over 
Min. 57 :(aza) S_Mijnans kills the ball dead 
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker! 
          ...  He plays the ball across to him! 
          ...  N_Koster gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  J_Augustin slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in 
Min. 59 :(aza) V_Pavlidis is out on the left 
          ...  He moves the ball right to D_de_Wit 
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by T_Xhaka!! 
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes 
Min. 60 :(bsl) M_Drager picks out J_Augustin with the cross 
          ...  Cleared by V_Pavlidis 
Min. 60 :(aza) D_de_Wit beats T_Xhaka 
          ...  He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills 
          ...  K_Ruegg hits it out for a corner 
          ...  Can they make this pay? 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Mijnans plays it into the danger area! 
          ...  The ball comes to N_Koster 
          ...  He gets the shot away 
          ...  But M_Hitz just gets his fingers to that one 
Min. 61 :(bsl) J_Dubasin runs at the defender 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He passes it to T_Barry 
          ...  T_Barry fires a shot at goal! 
          ...  M_Ryan tips it onto the post! 
          ...  But it deflects wide for a corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  T_Barry floats the ball in! 
          ...  M_Ryan reads it well, and claims it! 
Min. 62 :(aza) S_Mijnans is out on the left 
          ...  He moves the ball right to D_Mihailovic 
          ...  D_Mihailovic looks to see where M_Hitz is! 
          ...  He rifles in the shot! 
          ...  It comes back off the woodwork!! 
          ...  But he picks up the rebound 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  AZ Alkmaar have pulled level! 
          ...  FC Basel 3-3 AZ Alkmaar ...
Min. 68 :(aza) D_de_Wit runs down the flank 
          ...  He plays the ball in to A_Penetra 
          ...  A_Penetra goes for goal! 
          ...  It goes wide! 
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity 
Min. 70 :(aza) T_Dantas with the deft touch 
          ...  He takes it past J_Augustin 
          ...  He knocks it to A_Penetra! 
          ...  A_Penetra curls it towards the top corner! 
          ...  He has put it wide! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He puts his face in his hands! 
Min. 71 :(bsl) T_Xhaka is taking a throw in 
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back 
          ...  He throws the ball to J_Augustin 
          ...  J_Augustin tries the lob from 30 yards! 
          ...  But M_Ryan makes a comfortable save 
          ...  He gave the striker no chance 
Min. 71 :(aza) D_de_Wit with the first time pass to N_Koster 
          ...  N_Koster launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! 
          ...  M_Hitz narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety 
Min. 73 :(aza) M_Dekker runs down the flank 
          ...  He threads the ball in to J_Clasie 
          ...  M_Drager wins control of the ball with his hand!! 
          ...  Play On!! 
Min. 76 :(aza) D_Mihailovic runs at the defender 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He passes it to N_Koster 
          ...  But M_Drager puts it in row Z! 
Min. 76 :(bsl) D_Jovanovic breaks clear of the defence! 
          ...  He is clean through on M_Ryan! 
          ...  D_Mihailovic brings him down! 
          ...  It looks like he could be sent off! 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  That was very, very close to being a red let me assure you! 
          ...  FREE KICK! 
          ...  It's within shooting distance! 
          ...  T_Xhaka knocks it forward 
          ...  T_Barry gets on the end of it 
          ...  T_Barry fires the shot in! 
          ...  M_Ryan gets his fingertips to it 
          ...  He pushes it on to the post 
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball 
Min. 77 :(aza) S_Mijnans with a short pass to find V_Pavlidis 
          ...  V_Pavlidis hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! 
          ...  M_Hitz guesses right 
Min. 79 :(aza) J_Clasie is first to the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to D_de_Wit 
          ...  D_de_Wit chases it through, he must score! 
          ...  Over the bar! 
Min. 80 :(bsl) T_Xhaka kills the ball dead 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run! 
          ...  He plays the ball across to him! 
          ...  T_Barry gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  T_Barry with a low drive through the rain! 
          ...  It hits off a defender! 
          ...  But goes clear to safety! 
Min. 80 :(bsl) D_Jovanovic dribbles past T_Dantas 
          ...  D_de_Wit fouls badly 
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment 
          ...  The Referee calls him for a talk 
          ...  He's going to let him off for that 
          ...  He'd better be careful now 
Min. 87 :(aza) A_Penetra plays a quick one-two with his team mate 
          ...  He heads towards the goal 
          ...  He slides it past the defender! 
          ...  A_Penetra strikes a wicked curler! 
          ...  But he puts it well wide 
          ...  That was a crappy effort! 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time.
Min. 88 :(aza) J_Clasie with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He shows T_Barry a clean set of heals 
          ...  J_Dubasin with the tackle 
Min. 89 :(bsl) K_Ruegg holds up the ball 
          ...  He plays the ball to T_Barry 
          ...  But J_Clasie will cut out the threat 
Min. 89 :(aza) N_Koster nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully 
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind! 
          ...  N_Koster swings in the shot! 
          ...  Wide of goal. Even Simon Clark couldnt work his spin on that woeful effort 
Min. 90 :(aza) D_de_Wit beats K_Ruegg 
          ...  He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills 
          ...  D_de_Wit aims the cheeky shot at goal! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  M_Hitz tips it wide !! 
          ...  Great goalkeeping there! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  D_Mihailovic plays it towards the near post! 
          ...  N_Koster with the shot! 
          ...  But M_Hitz stops that one easily 
Min. 91 :(bsl) A defence splitting pass from M_Drager to J_Dubasin 
          ...  But A_Penetra puts the ball out of play 
Min. 91 :(aza) Y_Sugawara has a go! 
          ...  It hits the defender 
          ...  N_Koster collects the loose ball! 
          ...  N_Koster has time and space on the edge of the box! 
          ...  He shoots towards goal! 
          ...  But he got that all wrong 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : St Jakob-Park
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FC Basel Match Info
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Best player          : T_Barry
Scorers              : F_Frei (7), J_Augustin (11), T_Barry (12)
Sent Off             : R_Veiga (50)
Booked               : T_Xhaka (25)
Injured              : N/A
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AZ Alkmaar Match Info
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Best player          : D_Mihailovic (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : J_Clasie (5), D_de_Wit (47), D_Mihailovic (62)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Mihailovic (76)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                                FC Basel  |    AZ Alkmaar
Attempts on Goal     :           9        |       24
Off target           :           1        |       9
On target            :           8        |       15
Possession           :          29        |       71
Corners              :           2        |       4
Red Cards            :           1        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       1
Subs Used            :           2        |       2
Fouls                :          11        |       6
Key Tackles          :          12        |       4
Key Passes           :           8        |       21
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Final Score          : FC Basel 3 - 3 AZ Alkmaar
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Player Statistics - FC Basel
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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M_Hitz         GK  22   1   1   1  16 |  96  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -4   0   0   0
R_Veiga        DF   1  17  14   9  32 |  53   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -20 -20 -20
A_Comas        DF   1  16  12   7  28 |  96   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0
M_Drager       DF   1  16  11   7  28 |  96   0   4   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  64  26   0
M_Lang         DF   1  15  13   7  22 |  45   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  17   0   0
T_Xhaka        MF   1  13  18   5  40 |  96   0   2   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  33   7  -5
F_Frei         MF   1  12  17   5  26 |  45   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  38
D_Jovanovic    FW   1   8  13  17  22 |  96   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  24   0  10
J_Augustin     FW   1   7  11  16  20 |  96   0   1   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  25   0  22
T_Barry        FW   1   7  11  15  22 |  96   0   0   1   0   4   1   0   0   0   0  13  37
A_Hunziker     FW   1   7  10  15  18 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0
N_De_Mol       GK  19   1   1   1  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Ruegg        DF   1  15  13   7  20 |  51   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  17  11   0
D_Schmid       DF   1  14  12   7  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Dubasin      MF   1   6  17  13  24 |  51   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   7   0
J_Gauto        FW   1   5  16  12  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - AZ Alkmaar
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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M_Ryan         GK  22   1   1   1  26 |  96   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -18   0   0   0
J_Clasie       DF   1  18  13   8  34 |  96   0   1   2   0   1   1   0   0   0  14  22  32
Y_Sugawara     DF   1  17  13   9  24 |  96   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  46   0
A_Penetra      DF   1  16  14   8  30 |  96   0   1   2   0   3   0   0   0   0  16  20  36
M_Dekker       DF   1  16  14   6  14 |  96   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  16  30   0
D_de_Wit       MF   1   8  17  13  32 |  96   0   0   2   0   5   1   0   0   0   0  14  54
S_Mijnans      MF   1   7  17  14  26 |  96   0   0   3   1   3   0   0   0   0   0  30  22
D_Mihailovic   MF   1   6  16  14  16 |  96   0   0   3   0   4   1   1   0   0  -5  19  39
J_Odgaard      MF   1   6  15  15  24 |  45   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
V_Pavlidis     FW   1   9  13  17  22 |  96   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  23  11   8
M_Skoda        FW   1   9  12  16  38 |  58   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
H_Verhulst     GK  21   1   1   1  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_M_Indi       DF   1  15  14   7  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Stam         DF   1  15  13   6  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Dantas       MF   1  13  15   5  14 |  51   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0
N_Koster       FW   1   7  11  15  26 |  38   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  31
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