FFO Prem, Crystal Palace vs. Cardiff City (Mon Mar 31) Crystal Palace | Cardiff City 4-1-3-2 P | 4-3-1-2 P Rob Brunton | Matt Rose | D_Livakovic GK | GK R_Allsop K_Vogt DF | DF I_Fresneda W_Anton DF | DF T_Lockyer J_Branthwaite DF | DF J_Vestergaard K_Tsimikas DF | DF J_Justin Fabinho DM | MF M_Brozovic R_De_Paul MF | MF M_Caqueret E_Eze MF | MF T_Lemar G_Rutter MF | AM M_Gotze L_Martinez FW | FW A_Silva Adama_Traore FW | FW I_Thiago | Y_Clementia SUB | SUB J_Alnwick Reinildo SUB | SUB N_Osborne R_Gumny SUB | SUB J_Taylor A_Gilbey SUB | SUB R_Koren A_Djalo SUB | SUB J_Brekalo Min. 2 :(car) J_Vestergaard finds the space intelligently ... J_Vestergaard with a quick pass down the left wing. ... He gets up high for the header! ... GOAL!! ... Genius! Genius! Genius! ... Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta ... Cosmic kite! ... What planet are you from? ... D_Livakovic was left standing ... That's put Cardiff City in front! ... Crystal Palace 0-1 Cardiff City ... Min. 3 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace ... Crystal Palace have changed their playing style to A Min. 3 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace ... E_Eze will now play as a AM Min. 3 :(car) M_Gotze backtracks with the ball ... He hits the ball upfield ... I_Thiago latches onto the end of it ... I_Thiago tries to chip the ball over D_Livakovic! ... But it goes wide of the post Min. 5 :(cry) L_Martinez takes advantage of a mistake by I_Fresneda ... He knocks the ball to E_Eze! ... E_Eze breaks clear! ... He tries to take it round R_Allsop ... He nutmegs R_Allsop ... GOAL!! I like it. ... I like it a lot! ... That's levelled the scores! ... they've done it! Absolutely incredible! ... It ain't over 'til it's over ... Crystal Palace 1-1 Cardiff City ... Min. 6 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace ... Crystal Palace have changed their playing style to P Min. 6 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace ... E_Eze will now play as a MF Min. 6 :(cry) Adama_Traore with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle ... Adama_Traore cracks a laser towards goal! ... R_Allsop makes a difficult save Min. 8 :(cry) K_Vogt unselfishly lays the ball back to Adama_Traore ... Adama_Traore with a graceful, looping effort! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 9 :(cry) A defence splitting pass from E_Eze to L_Martinez ... But he loses control of it ... M_Gotze takes possession Min. 10 :(cry) K_Tsimikas saunters past M_Caqueret ... M_Gotze hits it out for a corner ... The fans behind the goal are throwing coins at the corner taker! ... CORNER! ... W_Anton curls it into the box! ... R_Allsop comes towards the ball ... And he claims it with ease! Min. 13 :(cry) R_De_Paul gets the ball on the wing ... He slides the ball past M_Brozovic! ... He has some space now! ... R_De_Paul aims the cheeky shot at goal! ... But he somehow misses ... That was a woeful effort Min. 16 :(car) A_Silva breaks clear of the defence! ... He is clean through on D_Livakovic! ... E_Eze brings him down! ... He deserves punishment for that! ... The Referee calls him over ... The ref is taking his time with him! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 16 :(car) T_Lockyer with the nod to A_Silva ... A_Silva tries to curl it into the bottom corner! ... But D_Livakovic makes a comfortable save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 17 :(cry) K_Vogt holds the ball up and waits for support ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to L_Martinez ... M_Brozovic anticipates the pass and cuts it out Min. 17 :(car) J_Justin with the dribble ... He uses his pace to get free ... J_Justin attempts a chip! ... D_Livakovic makes a comfortable save ... He makes it look so easy Min. 19 :(car) M_Brozovic beats L_Martinez with absolute ease! ... M_Brozovic attempts a chip! ... He's pulled it wide! Min. 21 :(car) A_Silva finds the space intelligently ... Fabinho knocks him to the floor ... The fans are calling for a penalty! ... But The Referee just turns away! Min. 22 :(cry) L_Martinez beats T_Lockyer ... He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills ... I_Fresneda dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 22 :(car) I_Fresneda controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the right! ... A_Silva gets onto the end of the pass! ... Well executed sliding challenge from K_Vogt Min. 23 :(cry) J_Branthwaite is taking a throw in ... He dries the ball on his shirt ... He throws the ball to G_Rutter ... G_Rutter blasts the ball towards goal! ... The Crystal Palace fans get off their seats! ... GOAL!! ... That's put Crystal Palace into the lead! ... Crystal Palace 2-1 Cardiff City ... Min. 25 :(cry) K_Tsimikas kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He swings the ball in ... Adama_Traore gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... Adama_Traore has time and space on the edge of the box! ... He shoots towards goal! ... It's going over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... And R_Allsop reacts well to tip it over ... CORNER! ... J_Branthwaite swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... R_Allsop comes towards the ball ... Great catch! Min. 26 :(cry) R_De_Paul with a throw in ... He throws the ball across to L_Martinez ... I_Fresneda wins the ball Min. 26 :(car) T_Lemar kills the ball dead with a superb touch ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... A_Silva gets on the end of the pass ... A_Silva with the overhead! ... D_Livakovic gets his fingertips to it ... The defender puts the ball behind ... CORNER! ... J_Justin chips the ball in towards the far post! ... D_Livakovic fists it away! Min. 27 :(cry) R_De_Paul rises up for the header ... He flicks the ball on to L_Martinez ... A scorcher of a shot from L_Martinez! ... He has put it over the bar! ... He looks stunned by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 28 :(cry) Adama_Traore flicks it past the defender ... He runs forward ... Adama_Traore tries to chip the ball over the keeper! ... Gooooooooooooool! ... Gooooooooooooool! ... Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooool ... I want to cry! ... Dear God! ... Long live football! ... Gooooooooooal! ... Crystal Palace 3-1 Cardiff City ... Min. 28 :(car) I_Thiago finds himself in acres of space ... R_De_Paul dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 30 :(car) T_Lockyer with a Cruyff turn ... Fabinho with a bad challenge ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! ... FREE KICK! ... Here we go, a real chance of a goal ... A_Silva curls it towards the top corner ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... J_Justin flights it in! ... That's a poor one ... D_Livakovic catches it with ease Min. 30 :(cry) Adama_Traore sprints down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He puts in a square ball! ... Fabinho runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... A_Silva with an ugly foul ... FREE KICK ... This is very far out ... K_Tsimikas knocks it forward ... Adama_Traore gets on the end of it ... Adama_Traore rises above the defence to head the ball! ... R_Allsop is stranded! ... He can't get there in time! ... OH! It drifts just past the post ... Great strike! ... Deserved a goal really Min. 32 :(cry) L_Martinez moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to Adama_Traore ... J_Justin slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in Min. 33 :(car) T_Lemar cuts in on Adama_Traore's blind side ... Fabinho with a superb tackle! ... He easily dispossessed him Min. 34 :(cry) K_Tsimikas flicks the ball through ... L_Martinez runs onto it! ... J_Justin gets the foot in to win the ball Min. 35 :(car) M_Brozovic sidesteps J_Branthwaite ... R_De_Paul with the tackle ... He left his foot in there! Min. 38 :(cry) E_Eze drives it across the face of the goal L_Martinez ... A skilful effort from L_Martinez! ... It grazes the post! ... And hits the side netting ... Goal Kick! Min. 39 :(car) A_Silva sidesteps his marker ... That was too easy ... R_De_Paul rushes in with a clumsy tackle!! ... That's a foul!! Min. 40 :(cry) L_Martinez plays it long to K_Vogt ... T_Lemar tackles cleanly ... The linesman flags for the foul though! ... Unbelievable! It looked clean to me ... The Referee reaches to his pocket! ... He jots down his name! ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 41 :(cry) Fabinho is taking a throw in ... He takes a couple of strides back ... He throws the ball to W_Anton ... A_Silva goes in with the block tackle ... He comes out of it with the ball ... Great tackle! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 43 :(cry) R_De_Paul chips the ball over the defence and finds Adama_Traore ... J_Justin is late with that one ... He gets up and shakes the players hand ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! Min. 44 :(car) A_Silva sidesteps J_Branthwaite ... He's been running his marker ragged all game ... The ball hits W_Anton in the face! ... And goes clear! Min. 45 :(car) Tactical Change by Cardiff City ... Cardiff City have changed their playing style to N Min. 46 :(cry) G_Rutter is taking a throw in ... He dries the ball on his shirt ... He throws the ball to K_Tsimikas ... I_Fresneda takes out the attacker ... He looked to have fouled him there Min. 47 :(car) M_Brozovic has broken clear! Just the keeper to beat! ... He tries to get past D_Livakovic! ... D_Livakovic brings him down in the area! ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! ... He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more! ... PENALTY!! ... The Referee waves the players away ... A_Silva with the spot kick ... D_Livakovic guesses correctly ... But the shot's too powerful! ... GOAL!! ... He scores his 10th goal of the campaign! ... Crystal Palace 3-2 Cardiff City... Min. 47 :(car) M_Gotze turns on a sixpence ... M_Gotze looks to see where D_Livakovic is! ... He rifles in the shot! ... D_Livakovic just watches it fly safely wide! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Crystal Palace 3-2 Cardiff City Min. 49 :(car) T_Lockyer chips the ball forward to A_Silva ... What a shot from A_Silva! ... It could go anywhere ... GOAL!! ... That's a contender for goal of the season! ... Cardiff City have equalised! ... Crystal Palace 3-3 Cardiff City ... Min. 52 :(cry) R_De_Paul is forced back with the ball ... He belts the ball upfield ... W_Anton latches onto the end of it ... A powerful shot by W_Anton! ... R_Allsop fists it away Min. 53 :(cry) Adama_Traore has the ball ... He knocks the ball past M_Caqueret ... He puts in L_Martinez! ... L_Martinez shapes up for a shot! ... GOAL!! ... R_Allsop was caught out there ... Let's see if Crystal Palace can hang onto that lead! ... Crystal Palace 4-3 Cardiff City ... Min. 56 :(car) T_Lockyer has the ball on the wing, a chance to show his pace ... He knocks the ball past W_Anton ... He puts in I_Thiago! ... I_Thiago controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... D_Livakovic with a great save ... And he holds onto it as well! Min. 57 :(cry) G_Rutter brings the ball under control ... He sees a team mate in space! ... He plays the ball in to him! ... Adama_Traore gets on the end of the pass ... I_Fresneda takes the ball and the player!! ... But the ref waves play on!! Min. 58 :(cry) Substitution by Crystal Palace ... COMING ON: Reinildo ... COMING OFF: K_Tsimikas Min. 58 :(cry) W_Anton with an excellent first touch ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He swings the ball in ... Adama_Traore gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... Adama_Traore sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... R_Allsop dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had R_Allsop beaten! ... CORNER! ... E_Eze lofts the ball in! ... K_Vogt swings a leg at it! ... Over the bar! Min. 58 :(cry) E_Eze with a pinpoint pass to Adama_Traore ... J_Justin with a bad challenge ... FREE KICK! ... This is a good chance! ... He's been taking tips from Juninho ... Can he show the techniques he's learned? ... L_Martinez with the thundering drive ... R_Allsop gets his fingertips to it ... He just manages to tip it over ... CORNER! ... Fabinho swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... G_Rutter gets on the end of it ... Saved by R_Allsop Min. 60 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: J_Taylor ... COMING OFF: M_Caqueret Min. 61 :(cry) E_Eze gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside I_Fresneda! ... He has some space now! ... E_Eze sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender! ... R_Allsop catches the ball Min. 62 :(cry) Reinildo with the through ball to Adama_Traore ... Adama_Traore beats the offside trap! ... He looked offside to me ... R_Allsop comes towards him ... He rounds R_Allsop ... He has been pushed wide! ... Surely he can't score from that angle! ... GOAL!! ... Crystal Palace 5-3 Cardiff City ... Min. 63 :(cry) Substitution by Crystal Palace ... COMING ON: A_Gilbey ... COMING OFF: Adama_Traore Min. 63 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace ... Crystal Palace have changed their playing style to C Min. 65 :(cry) Substitution by Crystal Palace ... COMING ON: R_Gumny ... COMING OFF: G_Rutter Min. 65 :(cry) W_Anton pulls it back to R_Gumny ... R_Gumny has time and space! ... He flicks the ball towards goal ... R_Allsop guesses right Min. 70 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: R_Koren ... COMING OFF: M_Gotze Min. 70 :(car) T_Lemar gains possession ... T_Lemar controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... Looks like it should be easy for D_Livakovic ... but he's made a hash of it ... It drifts inches wide!! ... D_Livakovic looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! Min. 71 :(cry) W_Anton with a short pass to find J_Branthwaite ... J_Branthwaite rifles it to the far post! ... GOAL!! ... His manager looks unmoved ... Crystal Palace 6-3 Cardiff City ... Min. 72 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace ... Crystal Palace have changed their playing style to D Min. 73 :(car) T_Lemar controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the right! ... A_Silva gets onto the end of the pass! ... A_Gilbey with the block Min. 74 :(cry) E_Eze beats I_Fresneda ... He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills ... Excellent sliding challenge by T_Lemar ... He timed it well Min. 75 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: J_Brekalo ... COMING OFF: A_Silva Min. 77 :(cry) E_Eze plays the early ball across the box to find L_Martinez in space ... M_Brozovic with a late tackle ... It looked worse than what it was ... He is surrounded by the Crystal Palace players Min. 80 :(cry) A_Gilbey spots his team mate making a run ... That's an excellent through ball to L_Martinez! ... L_Martinez blasts the ball towards goal! ... R_Allsop makes a great save ... And he manages to hold onto it as well! Min. 84 :(cry) Reinildo with a real burst of pace ... T_Lockyer can't catch up with him ... He's clean through! ... Reinildo with a low drive through the rain! ... R_Allsop heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 87 :(cry) A_Gilbey pass splits open the defence ... What a ball! ... R_De_Paul is clean through! ... Excellent sliding challenge from T_Lockyer ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... Fabinho plays it into the danger area! ... Reinildo tries to place the shot! ... The shot slips through R_Allsop's hands ... But goes wide! ... He got away with that! ... Goal kick given! ... That looked like a corner to me Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 5 minutes of injury time. Min. 89 :(cry) L_Martinez flicks the ball through ... R_De_Paul runs onto it! ... R_De_Paul has time and space! ... He shoots towards goal! ... Looks like it should be easy for R_Allsop ... but he's made a hash of it ... It drifts inches wide!! ... R_Allsop looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! Min. 92 :(car) I_Thiago runs at the defender ... The defender falls over ... J_Branthwaite goes in with high feet!! ... That's a poor tackle! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He was lucky to escape with a caution! ... Matt Rose looks bemused that it wasn't more! He wanted to see red! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Selhurst Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crystal Palace Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Adama_Traore (Man of the Match) Scorers : E_Eze (5), G_Rutter (23), Adama_Traore (28,62), L_Martinez (53), J_Branthwaite (71) Sent Off : N/A Booked : E_Eze (16), Fabinho (30), D_Livakovic (47), J_Branthwaite (92) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_Silva Scorers : J_Vestergaard (2), A_Silva (47 pen,49) Sent Off : N/A Booked : T_Lemar (40), J_Justin (43) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crystal Palace | Cardiff City Attempts on Goal : 24 | 12 Off target : 9 | 5 On target : 15 | 7 Possession : 59 | 41 Corners : 5 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 4 | 2 Subs Used : 3 | 3 Fouls : 10 | 16 Key Tackles : 6 | 12 Key Passes : 25 | 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Crystal Palace 6 - 3 Cardiff City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Crystal Palace Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Livakovic GK 26 1 1 1 27 | 98 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -10 0 0 0 K_Vogt DF 1 18 14 8 27 | 98 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 32 19 W_Anton DF 1 23 16 10 27 | 98 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 60 18 J_Branthwaite DF 1 20 16 3 28 | 98 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -4 28 52 K_Tsimikas DF 1 21 15 11 31 | 61 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 Fabinho DM 1 17 21 8 26 | 98 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 5 -4 R_De_Paul MF 1 4 23 18 24 | 98 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 33 28 18 E_Eze MF 1 8 19 18 28 | 98 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 -4 18 32 G_Rutter MF 1 6 19 17 22 | 68 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 39 L_Martinez FW 1 8 18 24 26 | 98 0 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 64 28 Adama_Traore FW 1 6 12 22 28 | 66 0 0 1 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 40 63 Y_Clementia GK 18 1 1 1 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reinildo DF 1 22 18 11 25 | 37 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 33 R_Gumny DF 1 16 13 5 28 | 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 A_Gilbey MF 1 12 16 7 26 | 32 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 28 0 A_Djalo MF 1 3 19 16 30 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Cardiff City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Allsop GK 24 1 1 1 28 | 98 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 I_Fresneda DF 1 20 18 3 27 | 98 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 12 0 T_Lockyer DF 1 21 16 8 27 | 98 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 60 0 J_Vestergaard DF 1 20 15 13 28 | 98 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 J_Justin DF 1 19 15 8 28 | 98 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 32 -4 16 M_Brozovic MF 1 15 20 10 29 | 98 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 0 17 M_Caqueret MF 1 14 20 4 25 | 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Lemar MF 1 4 20 18 22 | 98 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 29 16 5 M_Gotze AM 1 6 20 15 26 | 73 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 62 10 12 A_Silva FW 1 7 13 23 28 | 78 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 30 0 46 I_Thiago FW 1 6 17 22 25 | 98 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 J_Alnwick GK 17 1 1 1 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Osborne DF 1 19 15 9 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Taylor MF 15 1 1 1 22 | 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Koren AM 1 8 17 16 21 | 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Brekalo FW 1 3 13 18 27 | 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1743432656 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40