FFO FA Cup, Celtic vs. Valencia (Wed Jul 03) Celtic | Valencia 4-1-1-2-2 P | 5-2-0-1-2 A Mati Finkelstein | Peter Hayward | D_Raya GK | GK A_Valles D_Llorente DF | DF Gaya L_Digne DF | DF T_Correia L_Hernandez DF | DF L_Davis B_White DF | DF E_Pujol O_Dembele AM | DF C_Ozkacar A_Z_Anguissa DM | DM A_Almeida C_Eriksen AM | DM A_Herrera P_Fornals MF | AM D_Klaassen W_Ben_Yedder FW | FW R_Borre N_Madueke FW | FW V_Muriqi | R_Ofori SUB | SUB Jaume J_Denayer SUB | SUB J_Tavernier D_Neres SUB | SUB M_Diakhaby C_Weston SUB | SUB Pepelu T_Boyd SUB | SUB E_Unal Min. 1 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... Celtic have changed their playing style to C Min. 1 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... P_Fornals will now play as a AM Min. 2 :(cel) W_Ben_Yedder takes on 3 men ... W_Ben_Yedder lobs A_Valles! ... A_Valles with the acrobatic save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 2 :(val) A_Herrera with the first time flick to C_Ozkacar ... Excellent sliding challenge from L_Digne ... He had to time that one perfectly Min. 3 :(cel) L_Hernandez cuts the ball back to O_Dembele ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... R_Borre hits it out for a throw Min. 7 :(val) E_Pujol with the first time flick to V_Muriqi ... L_Digne wins the ball Min. 18 :(cel) L_Digne 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! ... O_Dembele receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... O_Dembele uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! ... A_Valles with the acrobatic save ... Well saved Min. 18 :(val) D_Klaassen unselfishly heads the ball back to V_Muriqi ... V_Muriqi with a bicycle kick! ... It flies into Row Z! Min. 19 :(cel) C_Eriksen kicks A_Almeida off the ball ... Well spotted by The Referee ... The Referee just wants to lecture him Min. 21 :(cel) O_Dembele cuts inside T_Correia ... He worked that well ... O_Dembele strikes a wicked curler! ... But it goes wide Min. 22 :(val) A_Herrera spots a team mate in space ... He plays a fantastic through ball to T_Correia! ... T_Correia sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL!! ... D_Raya never had a chance! ... That's given Valencia the lead! ... Celtic 0-1 Valencia ... Min. 23 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... Celtic have changed their playing style to A Min. 24 :(cel) N_Madueke picks up the pass ... A thundering drive by N_Madueke! ... A_Valles with a fantastic point blank save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 26 :(cel) A_Z_Anguissa is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate loosing his marker ... He throws it to P_Fornals ... P_Fornals has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... The fans get off their seats! ... A_Valles plucks the ball out of the air ... Good goalkeeping there! Min. 29 :(cel) B_White spots his team mate making a run ... He plays a fantastic through ball to W_Ben_Yedder! ... But Gaya wins the ball with a sliding challenge Min. 31 :(val) L_Davis slows the ball down and waits for support ... A team mate overlaps him now ... He uses his team mates run as a decoy ...And heads towards the goal! ... L_Davis hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! ... GOAL!! ... D_Raya was well beaten there! ... Celtic 0-2 Valencia ... Min. 34 :(cel) C_Eriksen with a real burst of pace ... E_Pujol can't catch up with him ... He's clean through! ... But Gaya sweeps up the threat Min. 35 :(val) A_Almeida with a measured pass to R_Borre ... R_Borre with the chance! ... D_Raya heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 37 :(cel) W_Ben_Yedder spots B_White who is in acres of space ... B_White tries to catch the keeper out! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it wide Min. 39 :(val) D_Klaassen turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to R_Borre ... R_Borre blasts it at the goal! ... The shot deflects wide into the crowd!! ... CORNER! ... Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! ... D_Klaassen flights it in! ... A_Herrera gets a shot in ... D_Raya has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... D_Raya reacts well to save!! Min. 40 :(val) R_Borre hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... V_Muriqi latches onto it! ... But B_White wins the ball Min. 41 :(cel) P_Fornals sidesteps T_Correia ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... P_Fornals carves a shot towards goal! ... The ball moves through the air! ... A_Valles moves quickly! ... Can he get to this? ... It's beaten him! ... But it thumps the post!! ... And goes out! Min. 42 :(val) D_Raya miskicks! ... R_Borre is through! ... But D_Llorente wins the ball with a sliding challenge Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 45 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... Celtic have changed their playing style to E Min. 45 :(cel) D_Llorente is first to the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to P_Fornals ... P_Fornals swings in the shot! ... It takes a deflection! ... A_Valles is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... A_Z_Anguissa swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... That's a poor one ... L_Davis clears the danger ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Celtic 0-2 Valencia Min. 47 :(cel) B_White has the ball on the wing ... He takes it past A_Herrera ... He knocks it to L_Digne! ... L_Digne curls it towards the top corner! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it thumps off the woodwork!! ... And goes safely clear! ... A_Valles never had a chance! Min. 47 :(val) D_Klaassen steps over the ball ... He nutmegs W_Ben_Yedder ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... A_Z_Anguissa with an ugly foul Min. 48 :(cel) D_Llorente spots his team mate making a run ... He plays a fantastic through ball to N_Madueke! ... C_Ozkacar dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 50 :(cel) Substitution by Celtic ... COMING ON: J_Denayer ... COMING OFF: B_White Min. 51 :(val) C_Ozkacar lobs the ball over the defence ... D_Klaassen latches on to it ... D_Klaassen with the crafty shot! ... It hits the bar and goes over ... Well, it's kinda 50/50 ... Sometimes they go in, sometimes they don't Min. 52 :(cel) C_Eriksen cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to O_Dembele ... O_Dembele attempts a low drive! ... A_Valles can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... A_Valles makes a cocky smile ... Did he know that was always going over? Min. 52 :(val) L_Davis is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate in space ... He throws it long to V_Muriqi ... V_Muriqi with a screamer of a shot! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL!! ... That was unstoppable! ... Celtic 0-3 Valencia ... Min. 55 :(val) D_Raya miskicks! ... V_Muriqi is through! ... V_Muriqi uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! ... D_Raya was lucky there Min. 56 :(cel) N_Madueke beats L_Davis with absolute ease! ... Gaya with a nasty foul ... That looked malicious Min. 60 :(cel) Substitution by Celtic ... COMING ON: D_Neres ... COMING OFF: P_Fornals Min. 61 :(cel) C_Eriksen spots his team mate making a run ... He plays a fantastic through ball to N_Madueke! ... But he loses control of it ... L_Davis takes possession Min. 63 :(val) R_Borre runs with pace at the defence ... A cracking drive from R_Borre! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it wide Min. 65 :(cel) D_Neres is taking a throw in ... He dries the ball on his shirt ... He throws the ball to N_Madueke ... N_Madueke goes for goal! ... It flies wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 67 :(val) D_Klaassen has it on the edge of the box ... D_Klaassen with the goal bound shot! ... It hits the post ... And goes clear Min. 70 :(cel) Substitution by Celtic ... COMING ON: C_Weston ... COMING OFF: O_Dembele Min. 70 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... Celtic have changed their playing style to P Min. 74 :(cel) C_Eriksen loses his marker! ... A_Herrera pulls the player to the ground!! ... That's a poor tackle! Min. 75 :(cel) C_Weston looks for options ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to C_Eriksen ... But E_Pujol wins the ball with a sliding challenge ... CORNER! ... J_Denayer floats the ball in! ... A_Valles reads it well, and claims it! Min. 78 :(val) C_Ozkacar looks around for some movement ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to E_Pujol ... E_Pujol with a thundering volley! ... D_Raya with a fantastic point blank save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 80 :(val) L_Davis hits in a shot! ... It hits the defender ... R_Borre collects the loose ball! ... R_Borre drives the shot in! ... But D_Raya is equal to it Min. 81 :(cel) C_Eriksen makes the tackle ... He gets to his feet quickly ... He's beat the defender to the ball ... Superbly timed tackle by A_Almeida ... He made it look easy Min. 82 :(cel) A_Z_Anguissa beats E_Pujol ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... A_Z_Anguissa hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... It hits the inside of the post ... It falls right into A_Valles's arms ... He's spilt it! ... But he gathers it second time round! Min. 83 :(cel) D_Neres 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! ... N_Madueke receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... E_Pujol anticipates the pass and cuts it out Min. 84 :(cel) D_Neres backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball upfield ... N_Madueke gets on the end of it ... N_Madueke attempts to drive it home! ... GOAL!! ... He dives on the ground and his team mates follow him!! ... Is a fightback from Celtic on? ... Celtic 1-3 Valencia ... Min. 85 :(cel) L_Digne gets lucky and beats E_Pujol ... Now with the centre to W_Ben_Yedder ... Driven towards goal by W_Ben_Yedder! ... It hammers off the post ... And out for a throw in Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 5 minutes of injury time. Min. 90 :(val) Gaya spots a team mate in space ... He plays a fantastic through ball to D_Klaassen! ... D_Klaassen attempts the shot! ... D_Raya makes a great save ... And he manages to hold onto it as well! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Celtic Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : D_Neres Scorers : N_Madueke (84) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Valencia Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : L_Davis (Man of the Match) Scorers : T_Correia (22), L_Davis (31), V_Muriqi (52) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic | Valencia Attempts on Goal : 14 | 14 Off target : 9 | 5 On target : 5 | 9 Possession : 55 | 45 Corners : 2 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 3 | 0 Fouls : 12 | 8 Key Tackles : 4 | 9 Key Passes : 15 | 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Celtic 1 - 3 Valencia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Celtic Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Raya GK 24 1 1 1 30 | 96 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Llorente DF 1 21 18 6 26 | 96 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 22 0 L_Digne DF 1 21 15 11 27 | 96 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 30 28 15 L_Hernandez DF 1 21 17 6 24 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 B_White DF 1 20 19 8 25 | 51 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 20 18 O_Dembele AM 1 3 20 18 25 | 71 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 A_Z_Anguissa DM 1 17 22 5 28 | 96 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 C_Eriksen AM 1 7 19 14 22 | 96 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 P_Fornals AM 1 2 20 17 23 | 61 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 W_Ben_Yedder FW 1 4 18 24 20 | 96 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 N_Madueke FW 1 5 18 21 22 | 96 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 R_Ofori GK 17 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Denayer DF 1 20 15 8 26 | 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Neres MF 1 6 19 12 22 | 35 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 C_Weston DM 1 14 17 8 20 | 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 T_Boyd FW 1 4 11 15 27 | 0 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 23 1 1 1 24 | 96 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Gaya DF 1 20 14 11 31 | 96 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 15 0 T_Correia DF 1 18 14 11 28 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 L_Davis DF 1 18 12 10 26 | 96 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 36 55 40 E_Pujol DF 1 17 15 11 24 | 96 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 38 14 16 C_Ozkacar DF 1 16 14 2 24 | 96 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 30 0 A_Almeida DM 1 12 19 5 22 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 10 0 A_Herrera DM 1 15 18 10 31 | 96 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 17 D_Klaassen AM 1 4 20 16 26 | 96 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 31 R_Borre FW 1 8 13 19 27 | 96 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 28 16 30 V_Muriqi FW 1 2 12 19 27 | 96 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 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 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1720038141 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40