FFO EFL2, Sparta Prague vs. Valencia (Mon Jul 08) Sparta Prague | Valencia 4-1-2-1-2 L | 5-2-0-1-2 A Emlyn Brennan | Peter Hayward | A_Brignoli GK | GK A_Valles F_Panak DF | DF Gaya A_Sorensen DF | DF T_Correia D_Machado DF | DF L_Davis L_Buchanan DF | DF E_Pujol K_Kairinene DM | DF C_Ozkacar J_Bacuna MF | DM A_Almeida F_Maoussa MF | DM A_Herrera Douglas_Costa AM | AM D_Klaassen A_Delort FW | FW R_Borre M_Simon FW | FW V_Muriqi | P_Jensen SUB | SUB Jaume A_Disasi SUB | SUB J_Tavernier L_Morgalla SUB | SUB M_Diakhaby S_Samed SUB | SUB Pepelu J_Kuchta SUB | SUB E_Unal Min. 2 :(spp) Tactical Change by Sparta Prague ... Sparta Prague have changed their playing style to C Min. 4 :(spp) J_Bacuna takes control of the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to M_Simon ... M_Simon flings a shot at goal! ... A_Valles makes a difficult save Min. 4 :(val) E_Pujol is closed down ... He plays a quick pass ... Gaya latches onto the ball ... Gaya goes for the top corner! ... A_Brignoli is just going to watch it go over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... But goes just over!! ... A_Brignoli looks very relieved! Min. 5 :(val) A_Almeida looks around for some movement ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to R_Borre ... D_Machado dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 7 :(val) The defender underhits the back pass! ... V_Muriqi is through! ... What a mistake by A_Sorensen! ... V_Muriqi curls it towards the top corner! ... A_Brignoli makes the save ... He hits the ball upfield! Min. 12 :(spp) L_Buchanan finds M_Simon in acres of space ... M_Simon controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... It hits off a defender! ... But goes clear to safety! Min. 12 :(val) Gaya finds R_Borre with a perfectly weighted pass ... R_Borre with a quick pass down the left wing. ... He gets up high for the header! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it thumps off the woodwork!! ... And goes safely clear! ... A_Brignoli never had a chance! Min. 13 :(spp) Douglas_Costa is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate in space ... He throws it long to F_Maoussa ... E_Pujol reads the situation well and wins the ball ... But it goes out ... CORNER! ... A_Delort curls it into the box! ... A_Valles jumps well to claim it! Min. 13 :(spp) J_Bacuna takes advantage of a defensive mistake ... He runs towards goal ... R_Borre stands firm and knocks the player to the ground!! ... That's a rash challenge!! ... The Referee fumbles about in his pocket! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 23 :(val) A_Herrera with an incisive pass to R_Borre ... But F_Panak wins the ball with a sliding challenge Min. 29 :(val) V_Muriqi hits a hard pass to D_Klaassen ... F_Panak robs him of the ball Min. 32 :(spp) D_Machado 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_Bacuna ... Gaya slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 33 :(spp) F_Panak leaves T_Correia standing ... But Gaya slides in Min. 42 :(spp) L_Buchanan runs down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He cuts the ball back ... A_Delort latches onto the pass ... He carves out some space ... A_Delort hits a curling shot! ... A_Valles blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 42 :(val) D_Klaassen with the deft touch ... He takes it past K_Kairinene ... He knocks it to R_Borre! ... But F_Panak sees the pass and cuts it out Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 49 :(spp) J_Bacuna with a well-controlled run ... J_Bacuna with the drive! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... A_Valles dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had A_Valles beaten! ... CORNER! ... L_Buchanan drives it into the box! ... A_Valles thumps the ball away! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Sparta Prague 0-0 Valencia Min. 51 :(spp) A_Delort beats his marker ... A_Delort attempts a low drive! ... But he puts it wide ... He found himself with no room to manoeuvre Min. 52 :(val) A_Almeida unselfishly lays the ball back to V_Muriqi ... Fine tackle by Douglas_Costa ... He prevents the corner as well Min. 53 :(spp) K_Kairinene gets to the byline ... He looks up and lobs in a cross ... M_Simon is unmarked ... M_Simon with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... Powerful header! ... But A_Valles punches it away ... That's gone out for a corner kick ... CORNER! ... Swung in by M_Simon ... A_Valles jumps well to claim it! Min. 63 :(spp) A_Sorensen controls the ball with ease ... A_Sorensen smashed the ball towards the bottom corner! ... A_Valles parries it Min. 63 :(val) A_Herrera spits at M_Simon ... Who does he think he is? El-Hadji Diouf? ... He is fortunate to be given just a warning Min. 65 :(val) Substitution by Valencia ... COMING ON: E_Unal ... COMING OFF: V_Muriqi Min. 68 :(spp) D_Machado works the ball inside ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to A_Delort ... A_Delort with the shot! ... It goes wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 70 :(spp) Substitution by Sparta Prague ... COMING ON: A_Disasi ... COMING OFF: D_Machado Min. 70 :(spp) Tactical Change by Sparta Prague ... Sparta Prague have changed their playing style to A Min. 70 :(spp) A_Delort has broken through the defence! ... He is clean through on A_Valles! ... E_Unal hacks him down! ... The Referee consults his linesman ... Now he calls the player over ... YELLOW CARD! ... He is lucky not to have seen red really ... That looked to be a late tackle on the replays! Min. 71 :(val) R_Borre with a real burst of pace ... He shows A_Disasi a clean set of heals ... R_Borre smashed the ball towards the bottom corner! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! Min. 72 :(spp) Douglas_Costa runs forward ... A thundering drive by Douglas_Costa! ... It takes a deflection! ... But goes wide! ... CORNER! ... Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! ... Douglas_Costa flights it in! ... A_Valles fists it away! Min. 76 :(spp) F_Maoussa 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! ... F_Maoussa drives it towards goal! ... Looks like it should be A_Valles's ... But he elects to punch it rather than catch ... It loops out for a corner. ... CORNER! ... Swung in by A_Delort ... E_Pujol deals with the danger and clears Min. 78 :(spp) Substitution by Sparta Prague ... COMING ON: S_Samed ... COMING OFF: J_Bacuna Min. 78 :(spp) L_Buchanan threads the through ball to M_Simon ... Gaya dives in with both feet!! ... Play On!! Min. 78 :(val) E_Pujol cuts inside A_Sorensen ... He worked that well ... A well-placed shot from E_Pujol! ... A_Brignoli tips it over his bar ... CORNER! ... A_Almeida flights it in! ... That's a poor one ... A_Disasi clears the danger Min. 79 :(spp) A_Sorensen sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball across to A_Delort ... A_Delort tries to beat A_Valles from outside the area! ... He's dragged it wide!! Min. 80 :(spp) Substitution by Sparta Prague ... COMING ON: J_Kuchta ... COMING OFF: M_Simon Min. 80 :(val) C_Ozkacar flicks the ball on to R_Borre ... R_Borre flicks the header toward the far post! ... But A_Brignoli makes a superb stop down low Min. 82 :(val) Gaya with a flicked pass to D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen with the spectacular bicycle kick! ... Wide of goal. Even Simon Clark couldnt work his spin on that woeful effort Min. 83 :(spp) F_Panak takes advantage of a bad back pass from C_Ozkacar ... F_Panak carves a shot towards goal! ... It goes wide for a goal kick Min. 84 :(spp) Douglas_Costa finds his way through ... He bears down on goal ... C_Ozkacar reads the play well Min. 84 :(val) L_Davis with a smart pass to A_Almeida ... A_Almeida with the shot on net! ... A_Brignoli blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 87 :(val) R_Borre cuts through the defence ... R_Borre attempts to drive it home! ... A_Brignoli makes a comfortable save ... He makes it look so easy Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Generali Arena ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sparta Prague Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : F_Panak Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valencia Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Gaya (Man of the Match) Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : R_Borre (13), E_Unal (70) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sparta Prague | Valencia Attempts on Goal : 12 | 9 Off target : 8 | 4 On target : 4 | 5 Possession : 51 | 49 Corners : 5 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 2 Subs Used : 3 | 1 Fouls : 4 | 9 Key Tackles : 6 | 6 Key Passes : 9 | 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Sparta Prague 0 - 0 Valencia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Sparta Prague Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Brignoli GK 23 1 1 1 23 | 95 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 F_Panak DF 1 19 14 9 28 | 95 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 48 0 16 A_Sorensen DF 1 18 15 7 29 | 95 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 19 D_Machado DF 1 18 12 6 30 | 74 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 32 0 L_Buchanan DF 1 18 12 5 28 | 95 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 K_Kairinene DM 1 14 18 9 24 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 J_Bacuna MF 1 11 18 8 25 | 82 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 17 F_Maoussa MF 1 8 16 11 30 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Douglas_Costa AM 1 5 19 15 23 | 95 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 30 9 10 A_Delort FW 1 4 15 20 22 | 95 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 M_Simon FW 1 2 13 19 22 | 84 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 P_Jensen GK 17 1 1 1 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Disasi DF 1 18 11 4 29 | 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 L_Morgalla DF 1 17 16 2 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Samed MF 1 10 17 10 23 | 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Kuchta FW 1 8 11 16 22 | 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Valencia Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Valles GK 24 1 1 1 24 | 95 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 Gaya DF 1 20 14 11 31 | 95 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 58 28 14 T_Correia DF 1 18 14 11 28 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Davis DF 1 18 13 10 26 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 E_Pujol DF 1 17 15 11 24 | 95 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 36 13 15 C_Ozkacar DF 1 16 14 2 24 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 14 0 A_Almeida DM 1 13 19 5 22 | 95 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 21 A_Herrera DM 1 15 19 10 31 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 D_Klaassen AM 1 4 20 16 26 | 95 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 R_Borre FW 1 8 13 19 27 | 95 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 -4 -4 22 V_Muriqi FW 1 2 12 19 27 | 69 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 Jaume GK 18 1 1 1 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Tavernier DF 1 16 11 10 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Diakhaby DF 1 16 13 9 31 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pepelu DM 1 12 17 10 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Unal FW 1 5 14 18 29 | 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 -4 -4 1720470420 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40