FFO Champ, Coventry City vs. Huddersfield Town (Mon Sep 09)


                        Coventry City  |  Huddersfield Town
                              4-4-2 N  |  4-1-2-1-2 E
                        Will Schoolar  |  Guillaume Rousseau
                                       |
                          B_Wilson GK  |  GK L_Nicholls
                       M_van_Ewijk DF  |  DF B_Jackson
                        T_Sakamoto DF  |  DF J_Victor
                        L_Kitching DF  |  DF E_Laird
                          P_Schulz DF  |  DF R_Andrews
                           C_OHare MF  |  DM J_Hogg
                           B_Sheaf MF  |  MF K_Taylor
                          K_Palmer MF  |  MF H_Kane
                          J_Eccles MF  |  AM J_Rowe
                          H_Wright FW  |  FW L_Foster
                           D_Malen FW  |  FW J_Bowen
                                       |
                           S_Moore SUB |  SUB J_Stolarczyk
                          B_Thomas SUB |  SUB Y_Nakayama
                       K_McFadzean SUB |  SUB P_R_Mpanzu
                           L_Kelly SUB |  SUB M_Doue
                           E_Simms SUB |  SUB T_Bradshaw




Min. 11 :(cov) B_Sheaf crosses to D_Malen 
          ...  D_Malen attempts to nutmeg L_Nicholls! 
          ...  L_Nicholls is rooted to the spot! 
          ...  But the ball sails wide anyway! 
Min. 14 :(cov) D_Malen breaks free from the last defender! 
          ...  He just has to beat L_Nicholls now! 
          ...  E_Laird trips him up from behind! 
          ...  He's lucky it wasn't more 
          ...  It's just a warning 
Min. 15 :(cov) P_Schulz hoists the ball across to H_Wright 
          ...  A delicate chip from H_Wright! 
          ...  L_Nicholls won't get to that! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Pick that one out!! 
          ...  Coventry City have taken the lead! 
          ...  Coventry City 1-0 Huddersfield Town ...
Min. 16 :(cov) P_Schulz with a one-touch layoff to D_Malen 
          ...  Quick pass to the winger who crosses it in. 
          ...  A powerful header from D_Malen! 
          ...  It looks good 
          ...  L_Nicholls 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. 16 :(hud) K_Taylor holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  He knocks the ball across to R_Andrews 
          ...  P_Schulz with an ugly foul 
Min. 18 :(cov) C_OHare flicks the ball through 
          ...  H_Wright runs onto it! 
          ...  A cheeky lob from H_Wright! 
          ...  L_Nicholls manages to turn it behind 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  P_Schulz swings it in! 
          ...  Excellent keeping! 
Min. 20 :(cov) H_Wright knocks the ball past R_Andrews 
          ...  H_Wright lobs L_Nicholls! 
          ...  L_Nicholls catches the ball 
Min. 23 :(cov) D_Malen sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He was too quick for his marker 
          ...  D_Malen tries to place it in the corner! 
          ...  L_Nicholls just watches it fly safely wide! 
Min. 24 :(hud) The defender loses control of the ball! 
          ...  J_Hogg seizes control of it and thinks about the shot 
          ...  J_Hogg has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He shoots! 
          ...  But he puts it well wide 
          ...  The Coventry City fans taunt him! 
Min. 25 :(cov) C_OHare holds the ball up 
          ...  He knocks a through ball to K_Palmer 
          ...  K_Palmer with a quick pass down the wing. 
          ...  Cross comes back in to him at a good height 
          ...  a lovely cushioned header 
          ...  It hammers off the post 
          ...  And out for a throw in 
Min. 26 :(cov) H_Wright knocks the ball past the lunge of B_Jackson 
          ...  What a shot from H_Wright! 
          ...  It could go anywhere 
          ...  But L_Nicholls stops that one easily 
Min. 26 :(hud) H_Kane with the through ball to K_Taylor 
          ...  A great volley from K_Taylor! 
          ...  It hits the inside of the post 
          ...  It falls right into B_Wilson's arms 
          ...  He's spilt it! 
          ...  But he gathers it second time round! 
Min. 29 :(cov) J_Eccles pauses and waits for support 
          ...  He runs towards goal 
          ...  B_Jackson bundles the player over!! 
          ...  That's a foul!! 
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant! 
          ...  Play on! 
Min. 30 :(cov) T_Sakamoto with an early cross to J_Eccles 
          ...  J_Eccles with the spectacular bicycle kick! 
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up! 
          ...  But it's gone just wide!! 
Min. 31 :(cov) M_van_Ewijk with the nod to H_Wright 
          ...  R_Andrews reads the situation well and wins the ball 
Min. 32 :(hud) J_Hogg lays the ball back to J_Bowen 
          ...  J_Bowen plays it down the wing 
          ...  Cross comes in back to him, diving header! 
          ...  He had to be brave there 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  B_Wilson tips it wide !! 
          ...  Great goalkeeping there! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! 
          ...  K_Taylor flights it in! 
          ...  It comes to J_Bowen 
          ...  He gets the shot away 
          ...  B_Wilson narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety 
Min. 36 :(cov) H_Wright eases past J_Rowe 
          ...  H_Wright has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He fires the ball goalward! 
          ...  That shot never looked like going in 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time
Min. 44 :(hud) H_Kane 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! 
          ...  J_Bowen receives the pass and heads towards the goal 
          ...  T_Sakamoto with a nasty foul 
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Coventry City 1-0 Huddersfield Town

Min. 51 :(cov) D_Malen with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He leaves E_Laird behind 
          ...  D_Malen blasts it at the goal! 
          ...  It hits the outside of the post 
          ...  And spins wide 
Min. 52 :(cov) M_van_Ewijk finds his way through 
          ...  He bent his run well 
          ...  M_van_Ewijk drives it low! 
          ...  But L_Nicholls parries the shot 
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away 
Min. 55 :(hud) J_Bowen loses his marker 
          ...  J_Bowen fires off a left-footed snap shot! 
          ...  He has failed to hit the target! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He should have buried that! 
Min. 56 :(cov) H_Wright leaves J_Rowe standing 
          ...  H_Wright hits a curling shot! 
          ...  L_Nicholls is beaten! 
          ...  It hits the bar!! 
          ...  And goes clear 
Min. 57 :(hud) J_Bowen saunters past M_van_Ewijk 
          ...  What a fantastic interception by P_Schulz 
Min. 59 :(cov) C_OHare has a go! 
          ...  It hits the defender 
          ...  H_Wright collects the loose ball! 
          ...  H_Wright with a thundering volley! 
          ...  It flies into Row Z! 
Min. 60 :(hud) J_Rowe holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now! 
          ...  He knocks a through ball to J_Bowen 
          ...  J_Eccles slices it 
          ...  B_Wilson moves quickly!! 
          ...  He can't get there! 
          ...  It inches just wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  H_Kane lofts the ball in! 
          ...  L_Kitching heads it away 
Min. 64 :(cov) J_Eccles beats J_Hogg 
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender 
          ...  J_Eccles with the side footed shot! 
          ...  But L_Nicholls comes out and dives at his feet 
          ...  That's goalkeeping at its finest 
Min. 65 :(hud) K_Taylor pulls up 
          ...  That looks like his knee gave in! 
          ...  He won't be able to continue! 
Min. 65 :(hud) Substitution by Huddersfield Town 
          ...  COMING ON: P_R_Mpanzu 
          ...  COMING OFF: K_Taylor 
Min. 68 :(hud) J_Hogg with a fantastic turn that puts him through on goal 
          ...  D_Malen with a nasty foul 
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment 
Min. 68 :(cov) D_Malen takes possession 
          ...  What can he do here? 
          ...  H_Kane is late with that one 
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball 
          ...  FREE KICK 
          ...  Just past the halfway line. 
          ...  B_Sheaf floats it forward 
          ...  L_Kitching latches onto the end of it 
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by B_Jackson 
          ...  He made it look easy 
          ...  But he can't keep it in 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  J_Eccles hits it towards the far post! 
          ...  L_Nicholls comes towards the ball 
          ...  But he's misjudged it! 
          ...  L_Kitching gets to it! 
          ...  The shot slips through L_Nicholls's hands 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  He got away with that! 
          ...  Goal kick given! 
          ...  That looked like a corner to me 
Min. 69 :(cov) K_Palmer has it now 
          ...  He takes on J_Victor 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He puts in J_Eccles! 
          ...  J_Eccles is through on goal! 
          ...  The defender was caught napping 
          ...  He just has L_Nicholls to beat 
          ...  L_Nicholls charges out of his area 
          ...  He's lobbed him!! 
          ...  It's hit the bar and gone over!! 
Min. 71 :(cov) H_Wright with a real burst of pace 
          ...  H_Wright with the punt towards goal! 
          ...  L_Nicholls gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he slots in the rebound 
          ...  NO HE DOESN'T!! 
          ...  How on Earth did he put that wide? 
          ...  He was two yards out! 
Min. 73 :(hud) J_Hogg runs at goal 
          ...  He spots the run of J_Victor 
          ...  He's played him in 
          ...  J_Victor hits the ball on the bounce! 
          ...  But it goes wide 
Min. 73 :(cov) L_Kitching with an excellent first touch 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run! 
          ...  He swings the ball in 
          ...  H_Wright gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  He is in space! 
          ...  J_Bowen with an ugly foul 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge 
          ...  FREE KICK! 
          ...  The crowd expects from this range 
          ...  H_Wright hits it hard 
          ...  L_Nicholls saves it 
          ...  He got his body behind the ball there 
Min. 75 :(hud) Substitution by Huddersfield Town 
          ...  COMING ON: Y_Nakayama 
          ...  COMING OFF: J_Victor 
Min. 77 :(hud) Substitution by Huddersfield Town 
          ...  COMING ON: T_Bradshaw 
          ...  COMING OFF: J_Bowen 
Min. 80 :(hud) H_Kane controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right! 
          ...  L_Foster gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  But D_Malen puts it in row Z! 
Min. 81 :(hud) L_Foster gets the ball on the wing 
          ...  He slides the ball past K_Palmer! 
          ...  He has some space now! 
          ...  T_Sakamoto wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge 
          ...  It goes out of play 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  J_Rowe with an inswinging corner into the box 
          ...  E_Laird makes a firm connection with his head 
          ...  But B_Wilson hits it away 
          ...  He could have held onto that! 
Min. 83 :(cov) H_Wright barges J_Rowe off the ball 
          ...  H_Wright hits a crisp volley! 
          ...  L_Nicholls with an amazing dive to the bottom left 
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  K_Palmer plays it into the danger area! 
          ...  H_Wright with the header 
          ...  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. 84 :(hud) T_Bradshaw is in some pain 
          ...  It looks like he'll carry on though 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 5 minutes of injury time.
Min. 88 :(hud) R_Andrews runs down the flank 
          ...  He plays the ball in to T_Bradshaw 
          ...  C_OHare reads him well and hoofs it clear 
Min. 95 :(cov) H_Wright knocks it past the defender and runs onto it 
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from B_Jackson 
          ...  He had to time that one perfectly 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : Coventry Building Society Arena
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Coventry City Match Info
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Best player          : H_Wright (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : H_Wright (15)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : T_Sakamoto (44)
Injured              : N/A
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Huddersfield Town Match Info
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Best player          : H_Kane
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : K_Taylor (65)
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Match Statistics
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                           Coventry City  |    Huddersfield Town
Attempts on Goal     :          21        |       7
Off target           :          13        |       4
On target            :           8        |       3
Possession           :          57        |       43
Corners              :           3        |       3
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       0
Subs Used            :           0        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       5
Key Tackles          :           6        |       4
Key Passes           :           9        |       7
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Final Score          : Coventry City 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town
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Player Statistics - Coventry 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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B_Wilson       GK  23   1   1   1  27 |  96   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
M_van_Ewijk    DF   1  20  15   6  31 |  96   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  13  20
T_Sakamoto     DF   1  19  14   9  29 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  12  10  -4
L_Kitching     DF   1  18  14  11  25 |  96   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  32   0  14
P_Schulz       DF   1  18  14   4  26 |  96   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  17  46   0
C_OHare        MF   1   5  19  16  23 |  96   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  30  27   0
B_Sheaf        MF   1  14  19   6  23 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0
K_Palmer       MF   1   8  18  15  28 |  96   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
J_Eccles       MF   1  10  16  11  29 |  96   0   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  25   0  43
H_Wright       FW   1   4  14  20  31 |  96   0   0   0   0  11   1   0   0   0   0   0  73
D_Malen        FW   1   5  16  19  25 |  96   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  30   0  24
S_Moore        GK  19   1   1   1  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Thomas       DF   1  18  13  11  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_McFadzean    DF   1  18  13  10  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Kelly        MF   1  11  15   9  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Simms        FW   1   2  12  18  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Huddersfield Town
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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L_Nicholls     GK  23   1   1   1  31 |  96   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
B_Jackson      DF   1  20  13  12  26 |  96   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0   0
J_Victor       DF   1  19  15   4  25 |  76   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  21
E_Laird        DF   1  19  16  10  23 |  96   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  16
R_Andrews      DF   1  17  16   8  22 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  18  12   0
J_Hogg         DM   1  13  19   9  23 |  96   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  18  16
K_Taylor       MF   1  12  19  14  27 |  66   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
H_Kane         MF   1  10  17  14  24 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  33   0
J_Rowe         AM   1   8  17  13  24 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  11   0
L_Foster       FW   1   8  15  19  30 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Bowen        FW   1   6  12  20  20 |  78   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  17
J_Stolarczyk   GK  17   1   1   1  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Y_Nakayama     DF   1  16  14   8  28 |  20   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_R_Mpanzu     MF   1   7  19  13  25 |  30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Doue         MF   1   8  14  12  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Bradshaw     FW   1   5  13  18  28 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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