FFO EFL1, Real Sociedad vs. Barcelona (Fri Oct 24) Real Sociedad | Barcelona 3-2-3-1-1 E | 5-1-0-2-2 A Todd Fortune Caretaker | HD King | Kepa GK | GK M_Di_Gregorio J_Okore DF | DF N_Ake M_Hermoso DF | DF D_Dumfries D_Furlong DF | DF N_Sule S_Vrsaljko DM | DF R_Bensebaini L_Shaw DM | DF D_Llorente J_Weigl MF | DM D_Zakaria B_Kamara MF | AM C_Nkunku M_Gruger AM | AM A_MacAllister Y_Bissouma MF | FW G_Simeone P_Goncalves FW | FW V_Osimhen | K_Trapp SUB | SUB A_Bass Y_Nakayama SUB | SUB B_Onyemaechi R_Parra SUB | SUB D_Sanchex R_Mahrez SUB | SUB D_de_Zeeuw I_Sainz SUB | SUB M_Bero Min. 1 :(soc) Y_Bissouma sidesteps his marker ... He showed great skill there ... Y_Bissouma with the overhead! ... It goes wide! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 2 :(soc) B_Kamara with a neat pass into J_Okore ... J_Okore throws himself at the ball! ... He manages to reach the ball ... Brilliant save from M_Di_Gregorio Min. 3 :(soc) The ball runs loose! ... B_Kamara seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... D_Dumfries cleanly tackles him ... He judged that well Min. 6 :(soc) J_Weigl drives it forward to P_Goncalves ... P_Goncalves blasts it at the goal! ... GOAL!! ... Wonderful strike! ... Who says keepers are too good these days!! ... Real Sociedad have snatched the lead! ... Real Sociedad 1-0 Barcelona ... Min. 10 :(soc) M_Gruger flights the ball to D_Furlong ... But D_Llorente slides in two footed! ... The Referee has a look but waves "Play On!" Min. 11 :(bca) A_MacAllister runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off the defender back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... P_Goncalves rushes in with a clumsy challenge!! ... That's a foul!! ... He's lucky it wasn't more ... It's just a warning ... FREE KICK! ... And in a dangerous position as well! ... C_Nkunku with the curler ... 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. 14 :(soc) M_Gruger pulls it back to B_Kamara ... B_Kamara blasts it at the goal! ... But M_Di_Gregorio makes a fine save Min. 15 :(bca) A_MacAllister barges the defender off the ball ... B_Kamara with a superb tackle! ... He easily dispossessed him Min. 16 :(soc) B_Kamara is unmarked! ... D_Dumfries with a superb challenge ... The referee has given the free kick the other way! ... The Referee calls him over ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 17 :(bca) D_Dumfries with a superb first touch ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... N_Ake gets on the end of the pass ... B_Kamara with a late tackle ... It looked worse than what it was ... He is surrounded by the Barcelona players ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He was lucky to escape with a caution! Min. 19 :(soc) Y_Bissouma runs forward ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... D_Dumfries rushes in with a clumsy tackle!! ... That's a foul!! ... What's The Referee going to give? ... Play on! Min. 19 :(bca) G_Simeone sidesteps his marker ... G_Simeone controls the ball well! ... He hits the shot towards goal! ... But he somehow misses ... The Real Sociedad fans laugh at him Min. 21 :(soc) P_Goncalves latches onto the ball ... He has some space now ... An audacious effort from P_Goncalves! ... The net bulges! ... OH!! He has hit the side netting ... Goal kick given Min. 24 :(soc) J_Okore sidesteps D_Dumfries ... D_Dumfries reacts well to win the ball back Min. 29 :(bca) C_Nkunku leaves his marker standing ... C_Nkunku tries to lob the keeper! ... Kepa saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one Min. 30 :(soc) A defence splitting pass from M_Gruger to S_Vrsaljko ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... D_Zakaria hits it out for a throw Min. 30 :(bca) C_Nkunku knocks the ball past S_Vrsaljko ... But he loses control of it ... D_Furlong hits it out for a throw Min. 33 :(bca) G_Simeone with the first time flick to D_Dumfries ... D_Dumfries bears down on goal! ... Kepa is rooted to the spot! ... But the ball sails wide anyway! Min. 34 :(soc) P_Goncalves with a precise ball to J_Okore ... D_Zakaria cuts it out easily ... He clears the ball upfield Min. 35 :(soc) P_Goncalves beats his marker ... P_Goncalves with the side footed shot! ... But M_Di_Gregorio parries the shot ... The defender manages to scramble the ball away Min. 38 :(bca) G_Simeone runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off D_Furlong back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... G_Simeone tries to place it in the corner! ... Kepa goes down well to save Min. 40 :(soc) Y_Bissouma is out on the right ... He moves the ball left to S_Vrsaljko ... S_Vrsaljko with the overhead! ... M_Di_Gregorio can't get to it! ... OH! It drifts wide! ... M_Di_Gregorio was worried by that one ... He wipes the sweat off his brow? Min. 41 :(bca) R_Bensebaini with an amazing show of skill to get past L_Shaw ... He crosses to A_MacAllister ... A_MacAllister with a little chip! ... It's wide! ... 9 times out of 10 he would have scored that! Min. 42 :(soc) P_Goncalves looks up ... He swings the ball right towards S_Vrsaljko ... S_Vrsaljko blasts the ball towards goal! ... It floats over M_Di_Gregorio ... It's heading goalward! ... But floats just over ... That was a great effort Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 43 :(soc) B_Kamara is forced back with the ball ... He belts the ball upfield ... P_Goncalves latches onto the end of it ... M_Di_Gregorio with the high feet ... The Referee writes his name in his little black book ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! ... Is The Referee going to give a penalty? ... He points to the spot! ... PENALTY!! ... P_Goncalves will take it ... M_Di_Gregorio dives ... GOAL!! ... The keeper had absolutely no chance there! ... Real Sociedad 2-0 Barcelona... Min. 44 :(soc) Tactical Change by Real Sociedad ... Real Sociedad have changed their playing style to D Min. 44 :(bca) G_Simeone runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to A_MacAllister ... What a shot from A_MacAllister! ... It could go anywhere ... Kepa tips it over his bar ... CORNER! ... D_Llorente swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... Kepa fists it away! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Real Sociedad 2-0 Barcelona Min. 47 :(soc) Y_Bissouma hits the ball through the heart of the defence ... J_Okore latches onto it! ... A_MacAllister fouls badly ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge Min. 57 :(bca) A_MacAllister with an intelligent ball to V_Osimhen ... V_Osimhen with a scorcher of a shot! ... Kepa is stranded! ... He can't get there in time! ... OH! It drifts just past the post ... Great strike! ... Deserved a goal really Min. 59 :(soc) S_Vrsaljko is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He throws it to M_Gruger ... R_Bensebaini beats him to the ball ... He's such a beast! Min. 66 :(bca) C_Nkunku kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... G_Simeone gets on the end of the pass ... Well intercepted by L_Shaw Min. 67 :(bca) C_Nkunku eases past J_Okore ... P_Goncalves with the dive ... There's no room in the game for that! ... The Referee marches over with gusto! ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He can't complain about that ... He's had too many warnings ... FREE KICK! ... That would have been a penalty just a yard closer to the goal! ... C_Nkunku curls it towards the top corner ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... A_MacAllister plays it into the danger area! ... Kepa comes towards the ball ... But he's nowhere near it! ... D_Dumfries with the shot! ... That shot never looked like going in Min. 69 :(bca) D_Llorente jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to V_Osimhen ... But M_Hermoso wins the tackle cleanly Min. 70 :(bca) Substitution by Barcelona ... COMING ON: B_Onyemaechi ... COMING OFF: R_Bensebaini Min. 71 :(bca) V_Osimhen is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He throws it to D_Zakaria ... D_Zakaria hits the shot with the outside of the right foot! ... Kepa fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 73 :(bca) V_Osimhen with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle ... S_Vrsaljko with a nasty foul ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! ... FREE KICK! ... An expectant silence takes the crowd ... G_Simeone hits it hard ... Kepa takes the ball off him ... He was showing off there! Min. 74 :(soc) J_Weigl chips the ball over the defence and finds J_Okore ... J_Okore shapes up for a shot! ... He hits the side netting ... Some parts of the ground thought that went in! Min. 75 :(bca) Substitution by Barcelona ... COMING ON: M_Bero ... COMING OFF: A_MacAllister Min. 77 :(soc) J_Okore sidesteps D_Llorente ... He was too quick for his marker ... But N_Ake wins the ball from behind ... The crowd appeal but The Referee has none of it Min. 79 :(bca) C_Nkunku beats one ... Knocks it past a second ... And finds B_Onyemaechi ... But he loses control of it ... B_Kamara belts it clear Min. 80 :(soc) J_Okore flicks the ball on to L_Shaw ... L_Shaw from 20 yards! ... The shot slips through M_Di_Gregorio's hands ... But goes wide! ... He got away with that! Min. 85 :(bca) Substitution by Barcelona ... COMING ON: D_de_Zeeuw ... COMING OFF: G_Simeone Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 6 minutes of injury time. Min. 89 :(soc) P_Goncalves breaks free from N_Sule ... N_Sule does well to get the tackle in Min. 95 :(soc) J_Okore plays it to his team mate for a one-two ... M_Gruger decides to keep possession instead! ... He runs towards the goal now! ... D_de_Zeeuw with a bad challenge ... The Referee calls him over ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 96 :(bca) D_Llorente plays it long to M_Bero ... S_Vrsaljko pulls on his shirt ... He wins the ball ... The defender got away with the foul there! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Reale Arena ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Sociedad Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : P_Goncalves (Man of the Match) Scorers : P_Goncalves (6,43 pen) Sent Off : N/A Booked : B_Kamara (17), P_Goncalves (67), S_Vrsaljko (73) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barcelona Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : G_Simeone Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : , D_Dumfries (16), M_Di_Gregorio (43)D_de_Zeeuw (95) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Sociedad | Barcelona Attempts on Goal : 11 | 12 Off target : 6 | 7 On target : 5 | 5 Possession : 52 | 48 Corners : 0 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 3 | 3 Subs Used : 0 | 3 Fouls : 9 | 11 Key Tackles : 6 | 9 Key Passes : 13 | 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Real Sociedad 2 - 0 Barcelona ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Real Sociedad Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kepa GK 27 1 1 1 20 | 100 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 J_Okore DF 1 23 16 14 23 | 100 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 30 M_Hermoso DF 1 23 18 5 24 | 100 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 D_Furlong DF 1 22 16 8 25 | 100 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 S_Vrsaljko DM 1 22 18 14 26 | 100 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 14 13 26 L_Shaw DM 1 22 19 14 28 | 100 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 14 J_Weigl MF 1 16 23 9 24 | 100 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 B_Kamara MF 1 17 21 14 28 | 100 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 40 22 14 M_Gruger AM 1 16 20 14 22 | 100 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 Y_Bissouma MF 1 16 21 12 31 | 100 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 16 P_Goncalves FW 1 3 16 23 25 | 100 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 -2 32 54 K_Trapp GK 24 1 1 1 32 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y_Nakayama DF 1 17 14 8 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Parra DF 1 15 13 4 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Mahrez MF 1 1 21 21 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I_Sainz FW 1 7 16 20 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Barcelona Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Di_Gregorio GK 26 1 1 1 28 | 100 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -4 0 0 0 N_Ake DF 1 24 18 14 17 | 100 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 D_Dumfries DF 1 23 17 7 22 | 100 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 43 14 40 N_Sule DF 1 23 17 13 29 | 100 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 R_Bensebaini DF 1 22 17 4 24 | 74 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0 D_Llorente DF 1 23 20 8 26 | 100 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 26 0 D_Zakaria DM 1 19 22 11 26 | 100 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 38 0 19 C_Nkunku AM 1 10 23 19 26 | 100 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 29 A_MacAllister AM 1 18 23 15 28 | 79 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 28 G_Simeone FW 1 6 13 23 27 | 89 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 40 19 V_Osimhen FW 1 3 19 24 27 | 100 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 A_Bass GK 21 1 1 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Onyemaechi DF 1 16 12 6 22 | 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Sanchex DF 1 15 13 6 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_de_Zeeuw AM 1 11 18 13 27 | 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -2 -2 M_Bero MF 1 11 14 6 22 | 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1761327435 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40