FFO League One, Rotherham United vs. Portsmouth (Fri Jan 17) Rotherham United | Portsmouth 4-4-2 P | 4-4-2 E - | - | V_Johansson GK | GK W_Norris S_Morrison DF | DF R_Poole C_Humphreys DF | DF C_Ogilvie T_Blackett DF | DF J_Rafferty L_Peltier DF | DF Z_Swanson Cafu MF | MF A_Robertson O_Rathbone MF | MF J_Morrell C_McGuckin MF | MF M_Pack F_Onyedinma MF | MF T_Devlin S_Nombe FW | FW C_Saydee J_Hugill FW | FW C_Bishop | D_Phillips SUB | SUB R_Schofield T_Bola SUB | SUB J_Sparkes S_Ferguson SUB | SUB D_Hume A_Green SUB | SUB P_Lane T_Eaves SUB | SUB A_Kamara Min. 2 :(rot) T_Blackett sidesteps his marker ... That was too easy ... T_Blackett tries to catch the keeper out! ... But it puts it well wide Min. 4 :(por) C_Saydee gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside L_Peltier! ... He has some space now! ... T_Blackett with a deliberate foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He is in the book for that one ... He's got to be careful now! Min. 4 :(por) J_Morrell finds C_Saydee in acres of space ... C_Saydee with a screamer of a shot! ... V_Johansson gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball Min. 5 :(rot) O_Rathbone looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to C_Humphreys ... C_Humphreys with the 40 yard drive! ... He hits the side netting Min. 5 :(por) C_Ogilvie slides the ball across to T_Devlin ... T_Devlin flings a shot at goal! ... He's dragged it wide!! Min. 15 :(rot) J_Hugill squares it to S_Nombe ... S_Nombe with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 15 :(por) T_Devlin unselfishly lays the ball back to C_Saydee ... Superbly timed tackle by C_Humphreys ... He made it look easy Min. 16 :(rot) S_Nombe with the nod to J_Hugill ... J_Hugill has broken clear! Just W_Norris to beat! ... He rounds W_Norris ... He has been pushed wide! ... Surely he can't score from that angle! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 17 :(rot) Cafu brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... O_Rathbone gets on the end of the pass ... O_Rathbone hits the shot! ... It swerves a lot! ... W_Norris narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety Min. 17 :(por) A_Robertson plays a clever one-two with his team mate ... He runs towards goal now ... C_Humphreys is called for the holding foul ... He was pushing down on his man ... The Referee calls him over ... The ref is taking his time with him! ... He lets him off with a strong talking too Min. 18 :(por) R_Poole had to stretch to reach the pass ... T_Blackett beats him to the ball ... He's such a beast! Min. 21 :(por) C_Saydee loses L_Peltier ... C_Saydee shapes up for a shot! ... V_Johansson just watches it drift out of play! Min. 25 :(por) C_Ogilvie brings the ball into the opposing area ... C_Ogilvie goes for goal! ... V_Johansson with a fantastic save ... His captain pats him on the back for that one Min. 27 :(rot) O_Rathbone with a slide rule pass to S_Morrison ... S_Morrison with a bicycle kick! ... W_Norris fists it away Min. 27 :(por) A_Robertson heads the ball back to C_Bishop ... C_Bishop with a bomb of a shot! ... But he puts it wide Min. 29 :(por) J_Morrell spots his team mate making a run ... He finds C_Bishop with a lovely pass! ... C_Bishop strikes a wicked curler! ... But V_Johansson makes a fine save Min. 30 :(rot) J_Hugill finds a hole in the defence ... J_Hugill with the attempt at goal! ... It hits off a defender! ... W_Norris is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... C_Humphreys floats the ball in! ... W_Norris thumps the ball away! Min. 32 :(rot) S_Nombe with a real burst of pace ... He leaves the defender behind ... S_Nombe bears down on goal! ... It flies wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 35 :(rot) C_Humphreys looks around for support ... He knocks the ball across to F_Onyedinma ... F_Onyedinma with a thundering drive! ... W_Norris with a great save ... He shows why he is the number 1 Min. 39 :(por) M_Pack brings the ball into the opposing area ... R_Poole makes himself available ... R_Poole has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... A_Robertson plays it into the danger area! ... It is cleared by T_Blackett Min. 40 :(por) A_Robertson searches out C_Saydee ... T_Blackett rushes in with a clumsy challenge!! ... That's a foul!! Min. 41 :(rot) Cafu takes advantage of a mistake by J_Rafferty ... It's a lucky break ... Cafu hits the ball on the bounce! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 41 :(por) C_Ogilvie sprints past L_Peltier ... C_Humphreys tackles cleanly Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 43 :(por) C_Saydee brings the ball into the opposing area ... But he loses control of it ... C_Humphreys belts it clear Min. 44 :(rot) T_Blackett steps over the ball ... He nutmegs the defender ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... T_Blackett flings a shot at goal! ... But he puts it wide ... That was a terrible attempt! Min. 45 :(rot) Substitution by Rotherham United ... COMING ON: A_Green ... COMING OFF: F_Onyedinma Min. 45 :(rot) Substitution by Rotherham United ... COMING ON: T_Bola ... COMING OFF: L_Peltier ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Rotherham United 0-0 Portsmouth Min. 47 :(rot) S_Nombe knocks the ball on and sprints past T_Devlin ... A delightful ball in to O_Rathbone ... O_Rathbone with the header! ... W_Norris makes a fine save Min. 48 :(por) T_Devlin with an inswinging cross to C_Saydee ... Driven towards goal by C_Saydee! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... V_Johansson dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had V_Johansson beaten! Min. 51 :(rot) T_Bola makes the tackle ... He gets to his feet quickly ... He's beat the defender to the ball ... C_Ogilvie cleanly tackles him ... He judged that well Min. 51 :(por) C_Ogilvie plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... M_Pack decides to keep possession instead! ... He runs towards the goal now! ... M_Pack with the shot! ... V_Johansson makes himself big and wins the ball Min. 52 :(por) J_Rafferty with the flick on ... He plays the ball across to M_Pack ... C_Humphreys dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 55 :(por) Substitution by Portsmouth ... COMING ON: P_Lane ... COMING OFF: T_Devlin Min. 55 :(rot) S_Morrison takes on J_Rafferty ... He runs past him ... R_Poole goes in with the block tackle ... He comes out of it with the ball ... Great tackle! Min. 57 :(por) J_Morrell hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... C_Saydee latches onto it! ... C_Saydee with a screamer of a shot! ... He hits the side netting ... Some parts of the ground thought that went in! Min. 58 :(rot) T_Blackett jumps over the defender's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... J_Rafferty clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play ... The linesman is flagging ... Throw in Min. 59 :(por) J_Rafferty runs into space ... O_Rathbone pulls the player to the ground!! ... That's a poor tackle! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on ... INDIRECT FREE KICK! ... A_Robertson plays it short to C_Saydee ... C_Humphreys with the tackle ... He had to get that one right! Min. 62 :(rot) O_Rathbone looks around for support ... He knocks the ball across to A_Green ... J_Morrell reads it well ... This boy is a quality defender ... The crowd sing his praises Min. 62 :(por) J_Morrell gets to the byline ... He centres the ball to P_Lane ... P_Lane rifles it to the far post! ... V_Johansson claws it off the line ... What's The Referee going to give? ... GOAL!! ... That's put Portsmouth ahead! ... Rotherham United 0-1 Portsmouth ... Min. 65 :(por) Substitution by Portsmouth ... COMING ON: A_Kamara ... COMING OFF: C_Bishop Min. 68 :(rot) S_Nombe knocks it past A_Robertson and runs onto it ... He leaves the defender standing ... S_Nombe flicks the header toward the far post! ... It hits the side netting! ... The fans thought that was a GOAL! ... But it's not ... Goal kick. Min. 71 :(rot) C_McGuckin with a 40-yard pass to J_Hugill ... Excellent sliding challenge from A_Kamara ... He had to time that one perfectly Min. 71 :(por) R_Poole curls the ball out wide to P_Lane ... P_Lane with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... Powerful downward header! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! Min. 72 :(por) A_Robertson sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball in to C_Saydee ... C_Saydee goes for the top corner! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... V_Johansson pushes it behind! ... CORNER! ... J_Morrell hits it into the box! ... V_Johansson comes towards the ball ... And he claims it with ease! Min. 74 :(rot) C_Humphreys with a measured pass to S_Nombe ... But he loses control of it ... C_Saydee takes possession Min. 77 :(rot) O_Rathbone feeds the ball through the middle ... C_McGuckin runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... C_Ogilvie with a pull on the shirt Min. 78 :(por) C_Saydee sidesteps T_Blackett ... He showed great skill there ... Cafu does well to intercept the ball Min. 82 :(rot) J_Hugill picks up the pass ... J_Hugill uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! ... W_Norris heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 83 :(por) M_Pack runs down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He cuts the ball back ... C_Saydee latches onto the pass ... He carves out some space ... C_Saydee tries one from the edge of the box! ... But he puts it wide ... That was a terrible attempt! Min. 84 :(por) P_Lane crosses in from the wing, he finds Z_Swanson in the box ... Cafu wins control of the ball with his hand!! ... Play On!! Min. 85 :(rot) O_Rathbone races into the box ... He sees C_McGuckin lose his man ... He cuts the ball back to him ... C_McGuckin drives the shot in! ... W_Norris with the acrobatic save ... Well saved Min. 87 :(rot) S_Morrison lobs the ball over the defence ... O_Rathbone latches on to it ... A heafty challenge by R_Poole ... Which leads to the ball going out for a corner ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by T_Bola! ... J_Rafferty wins the ball ... And he clears the danger Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 7 minutes of injury time. Min. 89 :(por) J_Morrell 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 R_Poole ... R_Poole tries to chip the ball over the keeper! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? Min. 90 :(rot) S_Nombe cuts inside R_Poole ... He worked that well ... S_Nombe curls the ball in on goal! ... GOAL!! ... What a finish! ... What a player! ... That was a crucial equaliser from !! ... Rotherham United 1-1 Portsmouth ... Min. 92 :(rot) C_McGuckin saunters past C_Ogilvie ... C_Ogilvie reacts well to win the ball back Min. 94 :(rot) S_Nombe drives the ball across field ... It comes to Cafu ... Cafu hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... But W_Norris punches it away ... He had to be brave to come for that one Min. 95 :(por) J_Rafferty looks around for some movement ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He hits the ball to P_Lane ... T_Bola with a perfectly timed tackle ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : New York Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rotherham United Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : S_Nombe Scorers : S_Nombe (90) Sent Off : N/A Booked : T_Blackett (4), O_Rathbone (59) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portsmouth Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Morrell (Man of the Match) Scorers : P_Lane (62) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rotherham United | Portsmouth Attempts on Goal : 17 | 15 Off target : 9 | 9 On target : 8 | 6 Possession : 55 | 45 Corners : 2 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 2 Fouls : 10 | 6 Key Tackles : 10 | 9 Key Passes : 13 | 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Rotherham United 1 - 1 Portsmouth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Rotherham United Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V_Johansson GK 21 1 1 1 10 | 98 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 S_Morrison DF 1 18 14 8 26 | 98 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 16 C_Humphreys DF 1 18 15 8 22 | 98 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 70 14 15 T_Blackett DF 1 18 15 8 26 | 98 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 24 -4 26 L_Peltier DF 1 16 13 5 22 | 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cafu MF 1 8 18 15 22 | 98 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 48 4 17 O_Rathbone MF 1 14 17 7 28 | 98 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 -4 16 30 C_McGuckin MF 1 4 17 14 24 | 98 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 F_Onyedinma MF 1 5 15 14 16 | 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 S_Nombe FW 1 8 12 18 20 | 98 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 30 33 J_Hugill FW 1 10 13 16 32 | 98 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 22 D_Phillips GK 19 1 1 1 14 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Bola DF 1 16 14 7 20 | 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 S_Ferguson DF 1 16 14 7 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Green MF 1 4 15 14 10 | 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Eaves FW 1 8 12 15 30 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Portsmouth Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W_Norris GK 21 1 1 1 22 | 98 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 R_Poole DF 1 19 15 7 20 | 98 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 26 7 32 C_Ogilvie DF 1 18 14 7 24 | 98 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 16 17 J_Rafferty DF 1 17 15 8 26 | 98 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 14 0 Z_Swanson DF 1 16 14 7 24 | 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Robertson MF 1 7 18 16 26 | 98 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 J_Morrell MF 1 14 17 6 26 | 98 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 38 0 M_Pack MF 1 16 17 6 24 | 98 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 18 T_Devlin MF 1 7 17 13 12 | 56 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 C_Saydee FW 1 8 12 18 20 | 98 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 24 0 32 C_Bishop FW 1 9 13 17 16 | 66 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 R_Schofield GK 18 1 1 1 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Sparkes DF 1 14 13 6 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Hume DF 1 14 13 7 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P_Lane MF 1 5 16 14 30 | 42 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 35 A_Kamara FW 1 7 11 15 12 | 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 1737105560 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40