FFO FLT, Leicester City vs. Ajax (Wed Feb 28)


                       Leicester City  |  Ajax
                            5-2-2-1 L  |  4-3-1-2 L
                          Darren Lear  |  Matias Finkelstein
                                       |
                          A_Areola GK  |  GK A_Trubin
                          Sequeira DF  |  DF E_Garcia
                            Y_Atal DF  |  DF G_Avila
                          A_Witsel DM  |  DF B_Sosa
                            L_Dunk DF  |  DF J_Forlin
                         A_Marusic DF  |  AM S_Steijn
                       L_Henderson MF  |  MF B_Tahirovic
                          F_Kessie DM  |  MF O_Lingr
                         G_Simeone FW  |  MF R_Zerrouki
                          M_Kilman DF  |  FW G_Mikauatadze
                         C_Eriksen MF  |  FW A_Ueda
                                       |
                       M_Van_Damme SUB |  SUB G_Rulli
                         M_Montoya SUB |  SUB G_Trauner
                           M_Thiel SUB |  SUB J_Medic
                        S_Nakajima SUB |  SUB B_vd_Boomen
                          F_Sotoca SUB |  SUB C_Akpom




Min. 1  :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City 
          ...  Leicester City have changed their playing style to C 
Min. 1  :(aja) Tactical Change by Ajax 
          ...  O_Lingr will now play as a AM 
Min. 4  :(lei) Y_Atal jinks past the defender 
          ...  Y_Atal has time and space! 
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal 
          ...  He has failed to hit the target! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He should have buried that! 
Min. 10 :(aja) G_Mikauatadze takes advantage of a defensive mistake 
          ...  But he loses control of it 
          ...  G_Simeone hits it out for a throw 
Min. 12 :(aja) G_Mikauatadze had to stretch to reach the pass 
          ...  A cracking drive from G_Mikauatadze! 
          ...  It sails over! 
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity 
Min. 12 :(lei) G_Simeone runs at the defender 
          ...  The ball rebounds off the defender back to him! 
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! 
          ...  B_Sosa fouls badly 
          ...  The Referee calls him for a talk 
          ...  It's just a warning 
          ...  FREE KICK 
          ...  F_Kessie swings it in 
          ...  G_Simeone gets on the end of it 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge by E_Garcia 
          ...  He timed it well 
Min. 14 :(lei) C_Eriksen is taking a throw in 
          ...  He sees a team mate loosing his marker 
          ...  He throws it to G_Simeone 
          ...  G_Simeone tries the lob from 30 yards! 
          ...  A_Trubin falls over 
          ...  He recovers to tip it onto the post! 
          ...  But it deflects in! 
          ...  And goes wide!! 
          ...  A_Trubin looks relieved!! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Swung in by A_Witsel 
          ...  L_Henderson makes a firm connection with his head 
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection 
          ...  A_Trubin dives desperately to try and save it!! 
          ...  He can't get to it! 
          ...  But it creeps just wide!! 
          ...  The deflection had A_Trubin beaten! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  C_Eriksen with an inswinging corner into the box 
          ...  L_Dunk tries to place the shot! 
          ...  He miskicks the ball 
          ...  He's managed to put that out of the stadium 
Min. 17 :(lei) C_Eriksen holds the ball up 
          ...  He sees L_Henderson in space! 
          ...  R_Zerrouki with the tackle 
          ...  He left his foot in there! 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again 
Min. 24 :(aja) R_Zerrouki drives it across the face of the goal O_Lingr 
          ...  A_Marusic with a late tackle 
          ...  It looked worse than what it was 
          ...  He is surrounded by the Ajax players 
Min. 24 :(aja) J_Forlin 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! 
          ...  G_Avila receives the pass and heads towards the goal 
          ...  A_Witsel dives in two footed!! 
          ...  Play On!! 
Min. 25 :(lei) L_Henderson gets to the byline 
          ...  He puts it into the box 
          ...  He finds C_Eriksen 
          ...  C_Eriksen aims the cheeky shot at goal! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  YOU BEAUTY! 
          ...  Leicester City have taken the lead! 
          ...  Leicester City 1-0 Ajax ...
Min. 26 :(aja) Tactical Change by Ajax 
          ...  Ajax have changed their playing style to A 
Min. 27 :(aja) B_Tahirovic bursts forward 
          ...  B_Tahirovic keeps his head down as he hits the shot! 
          ...  A_Areola gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he picks up the rebound 
          ...  OHHHHHHHH!! 
          ...  He's put it over 
Min. 33 :(aja) The defender loses control of the ball! 
          ...  R_Zerrouki seizes control of it and thinks about the shot 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from A_Witsel 
          ...  He had to time that one perfectly 
Min. 35 :(lei) A_Witsel beats B_Tahirovic 
          ...  He showed great skill there 
          ...  A_Witsel hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! 
          ...  But A_Trubin hits it away 
          ...  He could have held onto that! 
Min. 38 :(lei) C_Eriksen knocks it past G_Avila and runs onto it 
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there 
          ...  C_Eriksen blasts the ball towards goal! 
          ...  Wide of goal. Even Simon Clark couldnt work his spin on that woeful effort 
Min. 41 :(lei) C_Eriksen runs forward 
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully 
          ...  He only has going for goal in mind! 
          ...  C_Eriksen sights up the goal 
          ...  He shoots! 
          ...  A_Trubin makes a great save 
          ...  But he can't hold onto it! 
Min. 42 :(lei) F_Kessie plays the early ball across the box to find G_Simeone in space 
          ...  G_Simeone attempts to drive it home! 
          ...  A_Trubin makes himself big and wins the ball 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time.
Min. 43 :(aja) J_Forlin rises up for the header 
          ...  He flicks the ball on to O_Lingr 
          ...  O_Lingr tries to beat A_Areola! 
          ...  It hits the bar!! 
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound 
          ...  OHHHHHHHH!! 
          ...  A_Areola pushes it behind! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  G_Mikauatadze crosses it in! 
          ...  A_Areola reads it well, and claims it! 
Min. 44 :(aja) R_Zerrouki finds G_Avila on the edge of the box 
          ...  C_Eriksen muscles him off the ball 
          ...  Looked like a good tackle but the referee has awarded them a free kick 
          ...  The Referee lectures him 
Min. 45 :(lei) A_Witsel looks to play the ball out wide 
          ...  He plays the ball across to C_Eriksen 
          ...  C_Eriksen curls the ball in on goal! 
          ...  But A_Trubin hits it away 
          ...  He could have held onto that! 
Min. 47 :(lei) F_Kessie hits a hard pass to G_Simeone 
          ...  G_Simeone has slipped behind the defence! 
          ...  He is one on one with A_Trubin 
          ...  He lobs it over A_Trubin 
          ...  It's hit the bar and gone over!! 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Leicester City 1-0 Ajax

Min. 47 :(lei) C_Eriksen with a smart pass to G_Simeone 
          ...  G_Avila clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play 
          ...  The linesman is flagging 
          ...  Throw in 
Min. 48 :(lei) A_Marusic has broken clear! Just A_Trubin to beat! 
          ...  J_Forlin brings him down! 
          ...  He could be in big trouble! 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  That's a surprise, I think he should've gone! 
          ...  The ref must have got a nice Christmas present 
          ...  FREE KICK 
          ...  L_Dunk knocks it forward 
          ...  G_Simeone gets on the end of it 
          ...  G_Simeone strikes a wicked curler! 
          ...  It floats over A_Trubin 
          ...  It's heading goalward! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  That was a great effort 
          ...  Leicester City 2-0 Ajax ...
Min. 49 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City 
          ...  Leicester City have changed their playing style to N 
Min. 49 :(lei) F_Kessie knocks the ball past S_Steijn 
          ...  F_Kessie has time and space! 
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal 
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!! 
          ...  But it sails past the post!! 
          ...  A_Trubin never had a chance! 
Min. 50 :(aja) Substitution by Ajax 
          ...  COMING ON: C_Akpom 
          ...  COMING OFF: A_Ueda 
Min. 54 :(lei) M_Kilman is taking a throw in 
          ...  He sees a team mate loosing his marker 
          ...  He throws it to Sequeira 
          ...  But B_Sosa wins the ball with a sliding challenge 
Min. 55 :(aja) R_Zerrouki knocks it forward 
          ...  Sequeira slips 
          ...  G_Mikauatadze gets to it! 
          ...  G_Mikauatadze with the attempt at goal! 
          ...  A_Areola gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he picks up the rebound 
          ...  OHHHHHHHH!! 
          ...  He's put it over 
Min. 57 :(aja) J_Forlin with the towering header to G_Mikauatadze 
          ...  C_Eriksen with the block 
Min. 57 :(aja) C_Akpom swings an elbow 
          ...  He caught L_Henderson full in the face 
          ...  He is ordered to cool off 
Min. 58 :(lei) Sequeira with a first time pass 
          ...  G_Simeone runs onto it! 
          ...  G_Simeone goes for the top corner! 
          ...  A_Trubin gets his body behind the ball and saves 
          ...  Text book goalkeeping! 
Min. 59 :(lei) A_Marusic finds his way through 
          ...  His quick turn fooled the defender 
          ...  A_Marusic with a bicycle kick! 
          ...  It floats over A_Trubin 
          ...  It's heading goalward! 
          ...  But floats just over 
          ...  That was a great effort 
Min. 60 :(aja) Substitution by Ajax 
          ...  COMING ON: B_vd_Boomen 
          ...  COMING OFF: R_Zerrouki 
Min. 61 :(lei) F_Kessie with a simple pass to G_Simeone 
          ...  G_Simeone with an overhead kick! 
          ...  He gets a connection 
          ...  He's pulled it wide! 
Min. 63 :(lei) L_Dunk hits in a wicked shot! 
          ...  It hits the defender 
          ...  A_Witsel latches onto it! 
          ...  A great volley from A_Witsel! 
          ...  The ball moves through the air! 
          ...  A_Trubin moves quickly! 
          ...  Can he get to this? 
          ...  A_Trubin catches it with style! 
Min. 64 :(aja) E_Garcia runs with the ball to the corner flag 
          ...  He plays the ball across to O_Lingr 
          ...  O_Lingr has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He shoots! 
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  How did that find it's way in? 
          ...  Leicester City 2-1 Ajax ...
Min. 65 :(aja) Substitution by Ajax 
          ...  COMING ON: G_Trauner 
          ...  COMING OFF: B_Sosa 
Min. 65 :(lei) L_Dunk dribbles past E_Garcia 
          ...  What a shot from L_Dunk! 
          ...  It could go anywhere 
          ...  It sails over! 
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity 
Min. 68 :(aja) O_Lingr nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward 
          ...  F_Kessie cuts out the pass 
          ...  That was close! 
Min. 69 :(lei) F_Kessie with the cross-field pass to G_Simeone 
          ...  G_Simeone attempts the shot! 
          ...  A_Trubin is just going to watch it go over! 
          ...  It dips dramatically!! 
          ...  And A_Trubin reacts well to palm it behind! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  C_Eriksen drives it into the box! 
          ...  G_Simeone makes a firm connection with his head 
          ...  GOOOOOAL!! 
          ...  Hammered home! 
          ...  The Leicester City fans chant his name! 
          ...  Leicester City 3-1 Ajax ...
Min. 70 :(aja) Tactical Change by Ajax 
          ...  Ajax have changed their playing style to P 
Min. 72 :(lei) A_Marusic beats his marker 
          ...  He showed great skill there 
          ...  A_Marusic hits a great drive! 
          ...  A_Trubin has it covered 
          ...  It takes a bobble! 
          ...  A_Trubin is left flat-footed 
          ...  It's gone wide!! 
Min. 73 :(aja) C_Akpom sidesteps L_Dunk 
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game 
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by Y_Atal 
          ...  He had to get that one right! 
Min. 78 :(aja) J_Forlin beats Sequeira 
          ...  He showed great skill there 
          ...  L_Dunk brings him down from behind! 
          ...  But the ref gives nothing! 
Min. 80 :(lei) A_Witsel plays it to his team mate for a one-two 
          ...  L_Henderson decides to go for goal instead! 
          ...  S_Steijn with the tackle 
          ...  He came to the rescue there! 
Min. 86 :(lei) G_Simeone beats one 
          ...  Goes past the second 
          ...  He keeps going 
          ...  Fantastic skill!! 
          ...  B_vd_Boomen fouls badly 
          ...  The Referee calls him over 
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him! 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He's not happy with that! 
          ...  He's got to be careful now! 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time.
Min. 89 :(lei) M_Kilman with a long pass to G_Simeone 
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!! 
          ...  G_Trauner picks up the loose ball and clears the danger 
Min. 91 :(lei) C_Eriksen stops the ball and looks around for movement 
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now 
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal! 
          ...  C_Eriksen tries to lob the keeper! 
          ...  He's pulled it wide! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
Min. 91 :(lei) L_Dunk steps over the ball 
          ...  He nutmegs C_Akpom 
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery 
          ...  S_Steijn fouls badly 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : King Power Stadium
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Leicester City Match Info
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Best player          : G_Simeone (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : C_Eriksen (25), G_Simeone (48,69)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Ajax Match Info
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Best player          : O_Lingr
Scorers              : O_Lingr (64)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : R_Zerrouki (17), J_Forlin (48), B_vd_Boomen (86), S_Steijn (91)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                          Leicester City  |    Ajax
Attempts on Goal     :          22        |       5
Off target           :          11        |       3
On target            :          11        |       2
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           3        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       4
Subs Used            :           0        |       3
Fouls                :           3        |       9
Key Tackles          :           7        |       5
Key Passes           :          14        |       6
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Final Score          : Leicester City 3 - 1 Ajax
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Player Statistics - Leicester 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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A_Areola       GK  22   1   1   1  25 |  95   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -6   0   0   0
Sequeira       DF   1  21  14   9  28 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Y_Atal         DF   1  18  15   2  27 |  95   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  14   0  18
A_Witsel       DM   1  14  18   9  31 |  95   0   2   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  36  12  26
L_Dunk         DF   1  21  15  10  22 |  95   0   1   1   1   2   0   0   0   0  11  20  20
A_Marusic      DF   1  19  12  10  24 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20
L_Henderson    MF   1   4  19  17  30 |  95   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0  10  22  13
F_Kessie       DM   1  13  20   8  27 |  95   0   1   4   0   1   0   0   0   0  19  16  12
G_Simeone      FW   1   6  12  20  27 |  95   0   1   0   0   8   2   0   0   0  26   0  24
M_Kilman       DF   1  17  13   6  25 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10  32  10
C_Eriksen      MF   1   7  19  13  22 |  95   0   1   3   1   5   1   0   0   0  25  22  54
M_Van_Damme    GK  15   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 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Thiel        MF   1   9  12   8  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Nakajima     MF   1   4  15  12  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Sotoca       FW   1   2  13  18  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Ajax
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_Trubin       GK  23   1   1   1  23 |  95   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -22   0   0   0
E_Garcia       DF   1  20  13   7  23 |  95   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  12  24   0
G_Avila        DF   1  19  14  10  22 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3 -10 -10
B_Sosa         DF   1  17  12  10  23 |  67   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0
J_Forlin       DF   1  17  15   9  33 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   0  -5  22  -5
S_Steijn       AM   1   4  19  13  22 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  23  -5  -5
B_Tahirovic    MF   1  13  17  11  20 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   9
O_Lingr        AM   1   4  15  13  25 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  31
R_Zerrouki     MF   1  10  17   6  20 |  62   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   0 -15  -1 -15
G_Mikauatadze  FW   1   3  14  19  24 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
A_Ueda         FW   1   4  10  14  24 |  52   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Rulli        GK  22   1   1   1  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Trauner      DF   1  18  13   8  24 |  28   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0   0
J_Medic        DF   1  14  10   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_vd_Boomen    DM   1  15  18   9  24 |  33   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -5  -5  -5
C_Akpom        FW   1   7  13  16  28 |  43   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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