FFO Prem, Blackburn Rovers vs. Sheffield United (Mon Apr 28) Blackburn Rovers | Sheffield United 4-1-3-2 C | 4-3-3 C - | - | A_Onana GK | GK P_Gulacsi C_Lenglet DF | DF F_Guilbert W_T_Ekong DF | DF Mario_Rui N_Cadden DF | DF C_Cresswell R_Le_Normand DF | DF J_Foyth B_Guimaraes DM | MF M_Asensio K_Phillips MF | MF M_Verratti L_Sane MF | MF A_Danjuma N_Fekir MF | FW A_Belotti W_Ben_Yedder FW | FW T_Muller M_Palermo FW | FW D_Drogba | G_Shelvey SUB | SUB T_Ernst J_Wulff SUB | SUB G_Aurelio M_Oyarzabal SUB | SUB D_Saric L_Johanns SUB | SUB J_Sterner J_Kelly SUB | SUB T_Lemperle Min. 3 :(shu) Tactical Change by Sheffield United ... Sheffield United have changed their playing style to D Min. 4 :(bla) N_Fekir 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 W_Ben_Yedder ... A vicious shot by W_Ben_Yedder! ... GOAL!! ... He dives on the ground and his team mates follow him!! ... Blackburn Rovers take the lead! ... Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield United ... Min. 5 :(bla) W_Ben_Yedder with a perfectly timed run ... W_Ben_Yedder tries to beat P_Gulacsi from outside the area! ... But P_Gulacsi with the difficult save ... CORNER! ... N_Fekir lofts the ball in! ... B_Guimaraes swings a leg at it! ... P_Gulacsi parries it Min. 11 :(shu) D_Drogba gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside N_Cadden! ... He has some space now! ... D_Drogba blasts it at the goal! ... It goes wide! ... My grandmother could have scored that!! Min. 12 :(bla) W_Ben_Yedder with a simple pass to B_Guimaraes ... Driven towards goal by B_Guimaraes! ... But it whistles just past the post Min. 14 :(bla) W_Ben_Yedder beats his marker ... But C_Cresswell spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 16 :(bla) L_Sane crosses in from the wing, he finds M_Palermo in the box ... But J_Foyth slides in two footed! ... The Referee has a look but waves "Play On!" Min. 17 :(bla) N_Cadden hits a hard pass to L_Sane ... L_Sane hits a great shot! ... But P_Gulacsi reaches the ball. Good save ... There was a foul on P_Gulacsi anyway Min. 22 :(shu) M_Asensio knocks the ball past the defender ... But W_T_Ekong will cut out the threat Min. 23 :(bla) C_Lenglet cuts inside M_Verratti ... He worked that well ... He puts in W_Ben_Yedder! ... W_Ben_Yedder hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... But he got that all wrong Min. 27 :(shu) A_Belotti runs at W_T_Ekong ... The defender slips and falls over ... N_Fekir bundles the player over!! ... That's a foul!! Min. 31 :(bla) W_Ben_Yedder with a perfectly timed run ... M_Verratti rushes in with a clumsy challenge!! ... That's a foul!! ... The Referee will just give him a speaking to Min. 33 :(shu) C_Cresswell cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to M_Asensio ... N_Fekir with an ugly foul Min. 33 :(shu) J_Foyth sidesteps L_Sane ... That was too easy ... W_T_Ekong gets in the way of the ball and clears! Min. 34 :(bla) N_Cadden with a slide rule pass to W_Ben_Yedder ... Brilliantly taken away by C_Cresswell!! ... Any youngsters out there should be taking notes Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 43 :(bla) The defender underhits the back pass! ... L_Sane is through and closing innnnnnnnnn!! ... L_Sane has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... P_Gulacsi guesses right Min. 49 :(bla) R_Le_Normand is taking a throw in ... He dries the ball on his shirt ... He throws the ball to C_Lenglet ... C_Lenglet rifles it at the goal! ... But P_Gulacsi punches it away ... He had to be brave to come for that one ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield United Min. 46 :(bla) L_Sane runs at A_Belotti ... The defender slips and falls over ... A left-footer by L_Sane! ... It's going over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... But lands on the roof of the net!! ... P_Gulacsi looks relieved there! Min. 50 :(bla) Substitution by Blackburn Rovers ... COMING ON: M_Oyarzabal ... COMING OFF: M_Palermo Min. 52 :(bla) L_Sane has space to run with the ball ... L_Sane hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... But it goes just over Min. 54 :(bla) C_Lenglet runs with the ball to the corner flag ... He plays the ball across to M_Oyarzabal ... But J_Foyth spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 58 :(shu) C_Cresswell hits a hard pass to A_Belotti ... A_Belotti with the shot on net! ... But he somehow misses ... That was a woeful effort Min. 60 :(bla) C_Lenglet picks out M_Oyarzabal with the cross ... M_Oyarzabal sends it down the right wing and continues his run foward. ... cross comes back into him, he gets his head to the ball! ... It takes a deflection! ... But flies wide of the post! ... CORNER! ... W_Ben_Yedder hits it towards the far post! ... It goes straight into the arms of P_Gulacsi ... Was there some shirt pulling going on in the box? ... The strikers are calling for VAR! ... We wait for the decision ... It looks like ... NO PENALTY Min. 61 :(bla) C_Lenglet sprints down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He puts in a square ball! ... N_Fekir runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... N_Fekir with the cheeky shot! ... 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. 64 :(bla) R_Le_Normand gets to the byline ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to W_Ben_Yedder ... W_Ben_Yedder has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... It hits the side netting! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 65 :(bla) M_Oyarzabal runs into space ... Fine tackle by Mario_Rui ... He prevents the corner as well Min. 68 :(shu) D_Drogba beats K_Phillips ... He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills ... C_Lenglet with a bad challenge ... The Referee calls him for a talk ... He's going to let him off for that ... He'd better be careful now Min. 70 :(bla) Substitution by Blackburn Rovers ... COMING ON: L_Johanns ... COMING OFF: L_Sane Min. 70 :(shu) Substitution by Sheffield United ... COMING ON: G_Aurelio ... COMING OFF: J_Foyth Min. 70 :(shu) Substitution by Sheffield United ... COMING ON: D_Saric ... COMING OFF: M_Verratti Min. 75 :(bla) M_Oyarzabal knocks it past the defender and runs onto it ... He leaves the defender standing ... But G_Aurelio sees the pass and cuts it out Min. 77 :(bla) W_T_Ekong runs down the flank ... He threads the ball in to R_Le_Normand ... R_Le_Normand pounds a rocket on goal! ... But P_Gulacsi comes out and dives at his feet ... That's goalkeeping at its finest Min. 83 :(shu) A_Danjuma with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past K_Phillips ... N_Cadden with a bad challenge ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 6 minutes of injury time. ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Ewood Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn Rovers Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : C_Lenglet (Man of the Match) Scorers : W_Ben_Yedder (4) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N_Cadden (83) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheffield United Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Foyth Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn Rovers | Sheffield United Attempts on Goal : 14 | 2 Off target : 7 | 2 On target : 7 | 0 Possession : 64 | 36 Corners : 2 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 2 Fouls : 11 | 8 Key Tackles : 2 | 6 Key Passes : 12 | 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Blackburn Rovers 1 - 0 Sheffield United ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Blackburn Rovers Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Onana GK 25 1 1 1 22 | 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 C_Lenglet DF 1 24 17 13 25 | 100 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 52 15 W_T_Ekong DF 1 13 6 4 24 | 100 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 24 0 N_Cadden DF 1 16 14 11 28 | 100 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -4 28 -4 R_Le_Normand DF 1 22 16 7 20 | 100 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 21 B_Guimaraes DM 1 17 23 18 28 | 100 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 K_Phillips MF 1 19 22 13 26 | 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Sane MF 1 4 22 21 23 | 74 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 26 N_Fekir MF 1 5 23 20 29 | 100 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 W_Ben_Yedder FW 1 4 19 24 20 | 100 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 11 24 M_Palermo FW 1 9 13 18 20 | 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Shelvey GK 17 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Wulff MF 1 12 14 11 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Oyarzabal FW 1 2 17 22 27 | 46 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 L_Johanns MF 1 13 18 14 20 | 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Kelly FW 1 5 14 17 14 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Sheffield United Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P_Gulacsi GK 25 1 1 1 22 | 100 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 F_Guilbert DF 1 22 15 11 33 | 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mario_Rui DF 1 20 14 10 24 | 100 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 C_Cresswell DF 1 20 15 14 20 | 100 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 15 0 J_Foyth DF 1 19 12 10 23 | 74 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 M_Asensio MF 1 5 20 19 20 | 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Verratti MF 1 14 22 10 28 | 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Danjuma MF 1 3 20 16 24 | 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Belotti FW 1 2 14 22 26 | 100 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 T_Muller FW 1 1 11 19 23 | 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Drogba FW 1 2 13 18 21 | 100 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 T_Ernst GK 19 1 1 1 31 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Aurelio DF 1 16 14 6 24 | 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 D_Saric MF 1 13 16 12 26 | 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Sterner MF 1 10 16 13 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Lemperle FW 1 5 12 15 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1745858258 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40