FFO Champ, Norwich City vs. West Brom (Fri Sep 26) Norwich City | West Brom 5-2-3 P | 5-2-1-2 P Jon Banks | Frank Deeming | J_Trafford GK | GK D_Iversen I_Maatsen DF | DF J_Poyth L_Colwill DF | DF M_Holgate G_Heinze DF | DF Ruben_Vezo H_Burrows DF | DF M_Lanzaro Joao_Gomes DF | DF M_Bola Joao_Neves MF | MF S_Morsy A_MacAllister MF | MF S_Longstaff K_Dyer FW | AM A_Mulele J_Ramsey FW | FW Lucas_Moura J_David FW | FW D_Solanke | V_Reyes SUB | SUB T_Hasal R_Giles SUB | SUB F_Clerc S_Sohm SUB | SUB J_Jordan B_Bahn SUB | SUB Marc_Roca B_Brereton SUB | SUB R_Bozenik Min. 1 :(wba) Lucas_Moura plays a great one-two ... He continues to run forward now ... L_Colwill wins control of the ball with his hand!! ... Play On!! Min. 3 :(nor) I_Maatsen controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the right! ... J_David gets onto the end of the pass! ... But S_Longstaff wins the ball from behind ... The crowd appeal but The Referee has none of it Min. 4 :(nor) Joao_Neves jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to Joao_Gomes ... J_Poyth slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 5 :(wba) Lucas_Moura moves out over to the edge of the pitch ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to D_Solanke ... From long range D_Solanke bends the ball towards goal! ... But J_Trafford just gets his fingers to that one Min. 7 :(nor) K_Dyer turns nicely onto the ball ... K_Dyer fires the shot in! ... D_Iversen makes a fine save Min. 7 :(wba) J_Poyth takes on 3 men ... K_Dyer pulls on his opponent's shirt!! ... You can't swap shirts until after the game! ... That's a foul!! ... The Referee wants a word ... It's just a warning Min. 7 :(wba) A_Mulele beats G_Heinze ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" Waves The Referee ... A_Mulele with the ball at his feet ... Is he going to have a crack? ... He is, you know... ... But J_Trafford parries the shot ... The defender manages to scramble the ball away Min. 10 :(nor) J_David plays it forward to Joao_Neves ... Joao_Neves tries the shot! ... D_Iversen tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 12 :(nor) J_David takes possession ... Knocks it past S_Morsy ... He's through on goal ... J_David looks to see where D_Iversen is! ... He rifles in the shot! ... But it puts it well wide Min. 19 :(wba) M_Holgate controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the right! ... Lucas_Moura gets onto the end of the pass! ... G_Heinze with the tackle ... Good God Almighty, what a tackle from hell! Min. 27 :(nor) J_Ramsey 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! ... J_Ramsey fires a shot at goal! ... But D_Iversen punches it away Min. 28 :(nor) Joao_Gomes gains control of the loose ball ... Joao_Gomes tries to curl it into the bottom corner! ... But the ball goes harmlessly wide Min. 28 :(wba) Lucas_Moura cuts inside H_Burrows ... He worked that well ... He puts in M_Holgate! ... M_Holgate attempts a lob! ... J_Trafford catches the ball Min. 29 :(nor) L_Colwill with a short pass to find G_Heinze ... G_Heinze with the shot! ... It hits the sponsor hoarding Min. 29 :(wba) S_Morsy lands a right hook on I_Maatsen! ... The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning Min. 32 :(nor) G_Heinze with an intelligent ball to J_David ... J_David with his head down lets it go! ... GOAL!! ... Runs off and slides on his knees!! ... The fans go wild! ... Norwich City have the advantage! ... Norwich City 1-0 West Brom ... Min. 33 :(nor) Tactical Change by Norwich City ... Norwich City have changed their playing style to C Min. 33 :(nor) Tactical Change by Norwich City ... J_Ramsey will now play as a AM Min. 33 :(nor) Tactical Change by Norwich City ... K_Dyer will now play as a AM Min. 34 :(nor) I_Maatsen moves out over to the edge of the pitch ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to K_Dyer ... K_Dyer with the punt towards goal! ... But D_Iversen punches it away ... That's gone out for a goal kick ... It was clear to everyone that D_Iversen got a touch Min. 35 :(wba) D_Solanke brushes G_Heinze aside and breaks free ... D_Solanke hits a crisp volley! ... But J_Trafford parries the ball ... It's picked up by the defender, much to the relief of the crowd Min. 36 :(nor) J_David with a burst of pace ... J_Poyth with the dive ... There's no room in the game for that! ... He's lucky it wasn't more ... It's just a warning ... FREE KICK! ... Just outside the box! ... I_Maatsen knocks it forward ... K_Dyer gets on the end of it ... K_Dyer shapes up for a shot! ... D_Iversen with an easy save ... He just oozes confidence Min. 37 :(nor) H_Burrows takes advantage of a mistake by M_Bola ... He crosses to Joao_Neves ... Joao_Neves flicks the header toward the far post! ... It flies wide! ... He should have hit the target at least!! Min. 39 :(wba) J_Poyth sidesteps his marker ... He's been running his marker ragged all game ... Cleared by Joao_Neves Min. 40 :(nor) K_Dyer has time and space on the edge of the box ... K_Dyer with a terrific drive! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL!! ... D_Iversen never had a chance! ... Norwich City 2-0 West Brom ... Min. 41 :(wba) Tactical Change by West Brom ... West Brom have changed their playing style to A Min. 41 :(nor) K_Dyer squares it to J_David ... J_David with the goal bound shot! ... D_Iversen saves it ... He got his body behind the ball there Min. 42 :(nor) Joao_Neves pass splits open the defence and finds J_David ... J_David cracks a laser towards goal! ... The shot slips through D_Iversen's hands ... GOAL!! ... Oh dear! ... But it's been disallowed! ... Don't ask me why, though! ... I didn't see anything wrong with that! Min. 42 :(wba) J_Trafford miskicks! ... M_Holgate is through! ... G_Heinze with an over the top challenge ... The Referee calls him over ... He's told to calm down ... Jon Banks looks relieved Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 45 :(nor) Joao_Neves plays a first time ball through the defence to J_David ... J_David sends it flying towards goal! ... But D_Iversen punches it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 47 :(wba) M_Holgate with a flicked pass to D_Solanke ... D_Solanke tries to place it in the corner! ... J_Trafford with a fantastic point blank save ... He showed great reflexes there ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Norwich City 2-0 West Brom Min. 46 :(wba) A_Mulele slips past J_David ... Cleaned up by I_Maatsen Min. 47 :(nor) J_Ramsey hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... Joao_Neves latches onto it! ... M_Holgate with the tackle ... He came to the rescue there! Min. 49 :(nor) Joao_Neves takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into H_Burrows ... H_Burrows with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... a lovely cushioned header ... But he puts it wide ... That was a terrible attempt! Min. 51 :(nor) I_Maatsen whips the ball across to J_Ramsey ... J_Ramsey with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... But he got that all wrong Min. 53 :(nor) J_Ramsey takes possession ... He looks up ... He's in acres of space ... M_Lanzaro knobbles the attacking player. ... The Referee blows up for a foul ... He got away with just a warning Min. 55 :(nor) H_Burrows looks for options ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to J_Ramsey ... J_Ramsey looks to see where D_Iversen is! ... He rifles in the shot! ... But he somehow misses ... The West Brom fans laugh at him Min. 56 :(wba) D_Solanke takes possession ... Knocks it past the defender ... He's through on goal ... D_Solanke tries to place it in the corner! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... S_Longstaff swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! ... Lucas_Moura gets his head on it ... J_Trafford falls over ... But J_Trafford is relieved to watch it go out of play! Min. 60 :(nor) J_Ramsey breaks free from J_Poyth ... J_Ramsey with a quick pass down the left wing. ... He gets up high for the header! ... D_Iversen gets his body behind the ball and saves ... Text book goalkeeping! Min. 63 :(nor) Joao_Neves plays the early ball across the box to find K_Dyer in space ... K_Dyer with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... a lovely cushioned header ... D_Iversen makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 66 :(nor) J_Ramsey with electric pace ... He eases past A_Mulele ... J_Ramsey attempts the shot! ... But D_Iversen is equal to it Min. 69 :(wba) M_Holgate hits in a shot! ... It hits the defender ... Lucas_Moura collects the loose ball! ... Lucas_Moura hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! ... But J_Trafford hits it away ... He could have held onto that! Min. 73 :(wba) Lucas_Moura changes direction inside ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to S_Morsy ... The defender plays it back to J_Trafford ... S_Morsy intercepts the back pass! ... He tries to dummy J_Trafford ... He tries to slide it past J_Trafford ... He has put it wide!! Min. 75 :(nor) Substitution by Norwich City ... COMING ON: S_Sohm ... COMING OFF: A_MacAllister Min. 75 :(nor) Substitution by Norwich City ... COMING ON: R_Giles ... COMING OFF: L_Colwill Min. 75 :(nor) G_Heinze holds up the ball ... He plays the ball through to Joao_Gomes ... Joao_Gomes uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! ... D_Iversen with the acrobatic save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 79 :(wba) D_Solanke steps over the ball ... He nutmegs the defender ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... A cheeky lob from D_Solanke! ... J_Trafford beats the ball away Min. 80 :(wba) D_Solanke takes advantage of a bad back pass ... But he loses control of it ... K_Dyer takes possession Min. 81 :(nor) I_Maatsen pass splits open the defence and finds J_Ramsey ... J_Ramsey with a bicycle kick! ... D_Iversen is beaten! ... It hits the bar!! ... And goes clear Min. 85 :(nor) J_Ramsey with the dribble ... M_Holgate with a nasty foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 5 minutes of injury time. Min. 89 :(nor) Joao_Neves lays the ball back to K_Dyer ... A cracking drive from K_Dyer! ... D_Iversen with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know! Min. 89 :(wba) M_Holgate spots his team mate making a run ... He finds J_Poyth with a lovely pass! ... J_Poyth tries one from the edge of the box! ... J_Trafford saves it ... He got his body behind the ball there Min. 91 :(nor) H_Burrows spots his team mate making a run ... That's an excellent through ball to K_Dyer! ... M_Holgate reads it well ... He clears the danger Min. 91 :(wba) M_Lanzaro has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past the defender! ... He has some space now! ... M_Lanzaro with the attempt at goal! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... GOAL!! ... That was unstoppable! ... That's given West Brom something to fight for! ... Norwich City 2-1 West Brom ... Min. 92 :(wba) M_Holgate is spitting at J_Trafford ... He should be ashamed! ... Disgusting! ... He deserves punishment for that! ... The Referee calls him over ... The ref is taking his time with him! ... YELLOW CARD!! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Carrow Road ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norwich City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : K_Dyer (Man of the Match) Scorers : J_David (32), K_Dyer (40) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- West Brom Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Lucas_Moura Scorers : M_Lanzaro (91) Sent Off : N/A Booked : M_Holgate (92) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norwich City | West Brom Attempts on Goal : 23 | 12 Off target : 8 | 2 On target : 15 | 10 Possession : 63 | 37 Corners : 0 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 1 Subs Used : 2 | 0 Fouls : 8 | 8 Key Tackles : 5 | 4 Key Passes : 19 | 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Norwich City 2 - 1 West Brom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Norwich City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J_Trafford GK 26 1 1 1 28 | 97 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 I_Maatsen DF 1 20 18 10 25 | 97 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 52 0 L_Colwill DF 1 20 18 5 27 | 77 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 0 G_Heinze DF 1 19 16 10 28 | 97 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 50 16 H_Burrows DF 1 19 17 9 24 | 97 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 42 17 Joao_Gomes DF 1 20 22 14 25 | 97 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Joao_Neves MF 1 19 23 15 27 | 97 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 48 24 A_MacAllister MF 1 17 22 14 28 | 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K_Dyer AM 1 11 19 18 25 | 97 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 25 12 78 J_Ramsey AM 1 4 22 21 22 | 97 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 36 J_David FW 1 6 18 23 29 | 97 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 13 36 V_Reyes GK 21 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Giles DF 1 15 12 6 26 | 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Sohm MF 1 5 16 13 21 | 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Bahn MF 1 3 14 10 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Brereton FW 1 4 12 15 30 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - West Brom Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Iversen GK 25 1 1 1 24 | 97 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 J_Poyth DF 1 20 13 10 25 | 97 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 18 M_Holgate DF 1 22 15 11 28 | 97 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 26 62 15 Ruben_Vezo DF 1 22 15 8 35 | 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Lanzaro DF 1 19 15 12 24 | 97 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 M_Bola DF 1 18 15 8 21 | 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Morsy MF 1 13 20 6 30 | 97 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 S_Longstaff MF 1 12 20 6 24 | 97 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 A_Mulele AM 1 6 17 19 22 | 97 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Lucas_Moura FW 1 4 14 23 24 | 97 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 51 10 D_Solanke FW 1 2 14 20 24 | 97 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 T_Hasal GK 17 1 1 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F_Clerc DF 1 18 14 9 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Jordan MF 1 7 19 14 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marc_Roca AM 1 3 19 14 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Bozenik FW 1 8 13 19 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1758903461 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40