FFO CL, Atletico Madrid vs. Aston Villa (Wed Jul 16) Atletico Madrid | Aston Villa 4-1-3-1-1 P | 5-2-2-1 P Simon Marsh | Emlyn Brennan | D_Costa GK | GK E_Martinez M_Skriniar DF | DF N_Semedo J_Frimpong DF | DF B_Pavard M_van_de_Ven DF | DF A_Robertson S_Botman DF | DF L_Digne B_Cristante DM | DF D_Munoz E_Palacios MF | MF S_Amrabat C_Gallagher MF | MF L_Goretzka Casemiro MF | AM N_Fekir M_Odegaard AM | AM L_Pellegrini Y_Pino FW | FW L_Martinez | P_Gulacsi SUB | SUB D_Ward J_Senior SUB | SUB R_Gosens Isco SUB | SUB M_Kovacic K_Zefi SUB | SUB D_Kwakman J_Tilley SUB | SUB E_Osong Min. 4 :(ast) B_Pavard finds his way through ... He bent his run well ... B_Pavard with a thundering shot! ... D_Costa tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 5 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to C Min. 5 :(atm) M_Skriniar with the Cruyff turn ... A vicious shot by M_Skriniar! ... But he somehow misses ... He can't be happy with that effort Min. 5 :(ast) N_Fekir retreats under pressure ... He hits the ball upfield ... S_Amrabat latches onto the end of it ... S_Amrabat hits a crisp volley! ... D_Costa has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... D_Costa is left flat-footed ... It's gone wide!! Min. 9 :(atm) M_Odegaard with the flick on ... He plays the ball across to Y_Pino ... S_Amrabat slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in Min. 10 :(atm) M_van_de_Ven runs at L_Pellegrini ... The defender slips and falls over ... M_van_de_Ven cracks a laser towards goal! ... E_Martinez with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know! Min. 10 :(ast) N_Fekir is out on the left ... He moves the ball right to N_Semedo ... A cracking drive from N_Semedo! ... It floats over D_Costa ... It's heading goalward! ... But floats just over ... That was a great effort Min. 12 :(atm) C_Gallagher has a go! ... It hits the defender ... J_Frimpong collects the loose ball! ... J_Frimpong with the punt towards goal! ... E_Martinez has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... E_Martinez is left flat-footed ... It's gone wide!! Min. 13 :(ast) L_Pellegrini takes advantage of a mistake by E_Palacios ... He crosses to L_Digne ... L_Digne with a thundering volley! ... D_Costa makes a great save ... And he manages to hold onto it as well! Min. 14 :(atm) Y_Pino finds his way through ... They tried to play the offside trap ... Y_Pino with the spectacular bicycle kick! ... But he miskicks and puts it well off target ... The Aston Villa fans taunt him about that effort Min. 14 :(atm) E_Palacios dribbles past S_Amrabat ... L_Goretzka with the high feet Min. 20 :(atm) Tactical Change by Atletico Madrid ... Atletico Madrid have changed their playing style to N Min. 20 :(ast) S_Amrabat looks around for some movement ... He knocks the ball across to B_Pavard ... Casemiro with an ugly foul ... The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning Min. 21 :(atm) Casemiro with the majestic dribble ... Casemiro carves a shot towards goal! ... It's well wide! ... 8 times out of 10 he would have scored that! Min. 21 :(atm) E_Palacios stamps on L_Digne's foot! ... He could have broken it then! ... He could be in big trouble! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... That's a surprise, I think he should've gone! ... The ref must have got a nice Christmas present Min. 24 :(atm) M_Odegaard searches out M_van_de_Ven ... L_Pellegrini pulls on his opponent's shirt!! ... You can't swap shirts until after the game! ... That's a foul!! ... He's lucky it wasn't more ... It's just a warning Min. 25 :(ast) L_Goretzka holds the ball up ... He sees L_Pellegrini in space! ... S_Botman forces him off the ball ... But it rolls out of play ... CORNER! ... L_Pellegrini dinks the ball into the area! ... M_van_de_Ven reads it well and clears the danger Min. 27 :(atm) J_Frimpong with a penetrating pass to S_Botman ... Good sliding challenge from N_Semedo and it had to be Min. 30 :(atm) Tactical Change by Atletico Madrid ... Atletico Madrid have changed their playing style to P Min. 31 :(atm) C_Gallagher beats D_Munoz ... He showed great skill there ... C_Gallagher swings in the shot! ... But E_Martinez reaches the ball. Good save ... There was a foul on E_Martinez anyway Min. 31 :(ast) L_Goretzka works the ball inside ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to N_Semedo ... M_van_de_Ven reads it well ... This boy is a quality defender ... The crowd sing his praises Min. 34 :(atm) Y_Pino flicks it over the defender and runs onto it ... He showed great skill and pace there ... Y_Pino hits the shot! ... It swerves a lot! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... Wide!! ... That was fortunate ... CORNER! ... M_Odegaard swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... B_Pavard heads it away Min. 35 :(atm) J_Frimpong lobs the ball over the defence ... M_Odegaard latches on to it ... An audacious effort from M_Odegaard! ... E_Martinez tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 36 :(atm) M_Skriniar beats L_Digne ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... N_Fekir with a nasty foul ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He's not too happy about that Min. 37 :(atm) C_Gallagher moves out over to the edge of the pitch ... He plays the ball through to M_Odegaard ... L_Goretzka gets to the ball first Min. 39 :(ast) A_Robertson finds the run of L_Martinez ... L_Martinez with a low drive through the rain! ... D_Costa gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball Min. 40 :(ast) L_Martinez pushes it past B_Cristante ... L_Martinez has a dig at goal! ... But he puts it wide Min. 41 :(atm) S_Botman with the first time pass to B_Cristante ... Driven towards goal by B_Cristante! ... He has put it wide! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 44 :(ast) B_Pavard looks around for support ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to L_Martinez ... A delicate chip from L_Martinez! ... D_Costa won't get to that! ... It clips the post! ... And goes wide! Min. 45 :(atm) Tactical Change by Atletico Madrid ... Atletico Madrid have changed their playing style to N Min. 47 :(atm) E_Palacios get's past L_Digne ... He's gonna worry them again ... D_Munoz with the tackle ... He left his foot in there! ... The Referee wants to have a word with him ... YELLOW CARD!! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Aston Villa Min. 48 :(ast) D_Munoz jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to L_Pellegrini ... L_Pellegrini has time and space on the edge of the box! ... He shoots towards goal! ... D_Costa won't get to that! ... It clips the post! ... And goes wide! Min. 53 :(atm) Casemiro dribbles past N_Semedo ... Casemiro fires off a left-footed snap shot! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... Swung in by J_Frimpong ... Excellent keeping! Min. 55 :(atm) Substitution by Atletico Madrid ... COMING ON: Isco ... COMING OFF: E_Palacios Min. 55 :(atm) Tactical Change by Atletico Madrid ... Atletico Madrid have changed their playing style to P Min. 58 :(atm) Casemiro jumps over A_Robertson's challenge ... Casemiro has time and space! ... He flicks the ball towards goal ... E_Martinez watches it sail safely wide! Min. 58 :(ast) D_Munoz finds his way through ... His quick turn fooled M_Skriniar ... D_Munoz with a screamer of a shot! ... D_Costa gets his fingertips to it Min. 61 :(ast) L_Pellegrini has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past the defender! ... He has some space now! ... B_Cristante with an awful challenge ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He was unlucky to be booked for that Min. 64 :(atm) C_Gallagher runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to Isco ... N_Semedo gathers up the loose ball Min. 64 :(ast) L_Pellegrini spots his team mate making a run ... He plays a fantastic through ball to D_Munoz! ... D_Munoz blasts the ball towards goal! ... It hits the post ... And goes clear Min. 65 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... Aston Villa have changed their playing style to P Min. 66 :(atm) S_Botman takes advantage of a mistake by B_Pavard ... He puts in M_van_de_Ven! ... A delicate header from M_van_de_Ven! ... E_Martinez won't get to that! ... It clips the post! ... And goes wide! Min. 67 :(ast) N_Fekir 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! ... His team mate plays the through ball for him! ... J_Frimpong with the tackle ... He left his foot in there! ... FREE KICK! ... It's in a good position! ... L_Martinez curls it towards the top corner ... But D_Costa pulls out a save of the game Min. 68 :(ast) N_Semedo gets to the byline and finds L_Martinez with a beautiful cross ... L_Martinez strikes a wicked curler! ... D_Costa is just going to watch it go over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... But goes just over!! ... D_Costa looks very relieved! Min. 70 :(atm) Isco sidesteps D_Munoz ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... Isco flicks the header toward the far post! ... But E_Martinez punches it away ... He had to be brave to come for that one Min. 70 :(ast) L_Goretzka runs down the wing ... He knocks it past the defender into space! ... He cuts the ball back ... L_Martinez latches onto the pass ... He carves out some space ... L_Martinez tries to beat D_Costa! ... But D_Costa makes a fine save Min. 71 :(ast) L_Pellegrini rises up for the header ... He flicks the ball on to N_Fekir ... N_Fekir hits a curling shot! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... B_Pavard with an inswinging corner into the box ... J_Frimpong gets up well ... And he clears the danger Min. 72 :(atm) B_Cristante saunters past A_Robertson ... B_Cristante tries to chip the ball over the keeper! ... E_Martinez with a superb tip around the post ... When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league ... CORNER! ... M_Odegaard floats the ball in! ... The ball finds its way to S_Botman ... He gets the shot away ... E_Martinez makes himself big ... Superb Stop! ... Well that one would have delighted him Min. 73 :(atm) M_Odegaard knocks it forward ... S_Amrabat slips ... Y_Pino gets to it! ... Y_Pino beats the offside trap! ... He is clean through ... He just has to beat E_Martinez ... He tries to slide it past E_Martinez ... E_Martinez gets a foot to it!! Min. 74 :(ast) L_Goretzka volleys it forward. He finds D_Munoz ... D_Munoz is clean through! ... The linesman has his flag raised ... But The Referee waves play on ... He just has to beat D_Costa ... He dinks it over D_Costa ... It's heading in! ... B_Cristante somehow gets back to hack it off the line!! Min. 75 :(atm) B_Cristante gets to the byline ... He puts it into the box ... He finds Isco ... B_Pavard cleanly tackles him ... He judged that well Min. 75 :(ast) L_Pellegrini sidesteps his marker ... L_Pellegrini has time and space! ... He flicks the ball towards goal ... D_Costa makes the save ... He hits the ball upfield! Min. 80 :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa ... L_Pellegrini will now play as a FW Min. 80 :(atm) Y_Pino takes advantage of a mistake by S_Amrabat ... It's a lucky break ... Driven towards goal by Y_Pino! ... But E_Martinez punches it away ... He was lucky to get to that one Min. 80 :(ast) N_Fekir with a real burst of pace ... S_Botman can't catch up with him ... He's clean through! ... But J_Frimpong spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 81 :(ast) A_Robertson has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past M_Skriniar! ... He has some space now! ... M_van_de_Ven hits it out for a corner ... No nonsense clearance! ... CORNER! ... L_Goretzka with an inswinging corner into the box ... D_Costa comes towards the ball ... But he's misjudged it! ... N_Semedo with the header ... It hits off a defender! ... D_Costa is wrong footed! ... It drifts just wide! ... CORNER! ... L_Martinez chips the ball in towards the far post! ... A_Robertson with the shot! ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... L_Pellegrini lofts the ball in! ... S_Amrabat with the shot! ... It takes a deflection! ... But flies wide of the post! ... CORNER! ... N_Fekir lofts the ball in! ... M_van_de_Ven with a great clearance! Min. 84 :(ast) D_Munoz can't find space for the shot ... He slips it through to L_Martinez ... L_Martinez with the cheeky shot! ... D_Costa watches it sail safely wide! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 5 minutes of injury time. Min. 88 :(atm) Substitution by Atletico Madrid ... COMING ON: K_Zefi ... COMING OFF: C_Gallagher Min. 89 :(atm) Substitution by Atletico Madrid ... COMING ON: J_Senior ... COMING OFF: M_Skriniar Min. 89 :(ast) N_Fekir beats S_Botman with absolute ease! ... N_Fekir carves a shot towards goal! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it wide Min. 90 :(atm) J_Frimpong finds Y_Pino with a perfectly weighted pass ... L_Digne steals the ball of off him Min. 90 :(ast) S_Amrabat retreats under pressure ... He hits the ball upfield ... L_Martinez latches onto the end of it ... L_Martinez with a thundering drive! ... D_Costa with the save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 92 :(ast) B_Pavard cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to L_Digne ... L_Digne hits the ball first time! ... He could have let that bounce ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 93 :(atm) M_Odegaard with a 30-yard pass to B_Cristante ... B_Cristante with a thundering drive! ... But E_Martinez punches it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 95 :(atm) M_Odegaard runs at the defence ... He nutmegs N_Semedo ... He showed his class there ... N_Semedo does well to get the tackle in ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Wanda Metropolitano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atletico Madrid Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_van_de_Ven (Man of the Match) Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : E_Palacios (21), B_Cristante (61) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : B_Pavard Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N_Fekir (36), D_Munoz (47) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atletico Madrid | Aston Villa Attempts on Goal : 18 | 23 Off target : 9 | 14 On target : 9 | 9 Possession : 47 | 53 Corners : 3 | 6 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 2 Subs Used : 3 | 0 Fouls : 10 | 8 Key Tackles : 7 | 8 Key Passes : 13 | 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Atletico Madrid 0 - 0 Aston Villa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Atletico Madrid Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Costa GK 26 1 1 1 23 | 98 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 M_Skriniar DF 1 24 18 14 27 | 92 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 J_Frimpong DF 1 24 18 14 26 | 98 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 51 16 M_van_de_Ven DF 1 23 18 14 28 | 98 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 85 0 34 S_Botman DF 1 23 18 7 26 | 98 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 34 25 B_Cristante DM 1 22 24 15 26 | 98 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 9 47 E_Palacios MF 1 19 22 13 30 | 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -2 -2 C_Gallagher MF 1 15 23 16 22 | 91 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 16 Casemiro MF 1 18 24 16 28 | 98 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 M_Odegaard AM 1 4 22 22 27 | 98 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 52 10 Y_Pino FW 1 6 19 24 25 | 98 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 P_Gulacsi GK 24 1 1 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Senior DF 1 17 13 5 26 | 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Isco AM 1 6 21 19 27 | 40 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 K_Zefi MF 1 6 18 14 29 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Tilley FW 1 8 14 15 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Aston Villa Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E_Martinez GK 26 1 1 1 24 | 98 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 N_Semedo DF 1 23 17 13 25 | 98 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 51 18 34 B_Pavard DF 1 22 18 8 26 | 98 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 36 34 24 A_Robertson DF 1 24 19 10 29 | 98 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 20 L_Digne DF 1 24 19 12 23 | 98 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 32 0 38 D_Munoz DF 1 23 20 10 26 | 98 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 -2 28 62 S_Amrabat MF 1 18 23 10 29 | 98 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 22 24 40 L_Goretzka MF 1 17 23 18 25 | 98 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 48 0 N_Fekir AM 1 5 23 20 29 | 98 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 22 18 L_Pellegrini FW 1 9 23 21 26 | 98 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 20 L_Martinez FW 1 8 19 24 26 | 98 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 D_Ward GK 24 1 1 1 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Gosens DF 1 24 16 11 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Kovacic MF 1 5 23 17 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Kwakman MF 1 15 18 11 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Osong FW 1 7 15 18 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1752681161 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40