FFO EFL2, Ajax vs. Celtic (Mon Oct 20)


                                 Ajax  |  Celtic
                              4-4-2 C  |  4-1-1-2-2 L
                          Peter Spall  |  Craig Bucknall
                                       |
                          A_Trubin GK  |  GK D_Raya
                          E_Garcia DF  |  DF J_Denayer
                        N_Williams DF  |  DF G_Mancini
                           G_Avila DF  |  DF B_White
                           K_Frees DF  |  DF C_Smalling
                       B_vd_Boomen MF  |  DM A_Z_Anguissa
                       B_Tahirovic MF  |  MF W_Burger
                             Diego MF  |  AM P_Fornals
                          S_Steijn MF  |  AM O_Dembele
                     G_Mikauatadze FW  |  FW M_Salah
                          I_Paixao FW  |  FW Joao_Pedro
                                       |
                           T_Wiese SUB |  SUB G_Rulli
                            C_Rool SUB |  SUB N_Pareja
                       Z_Misimovic SUB |  SUB K_Kakic
                        R_Zerrouki SUB |  SUB M_Sow
                         D_Bellion SUB |  SUB L_ONien




Min. 3  :(cel) W_Burger gets the ball on the wing 
          ...  He cuts inside E_Garcia! 
          ...  He has some space now! 
          ...  W_Burger pounds a rocket on goal! 
          ...  A_Trubin gets his fingertips to it 
          ...  He pushes it on to the post 
          ...  The defender hoofs the ball to safety 
Min. 5  :(cel) P_Fornals takes possession of the ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to O_Dembele 
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over! 
          ...  G_Avila looks embarrassed to take the ball off him! 
Min. 6  :(aja) K_Frees jinks past W_Burger 
          ...  K_Frees hits a crisp volley! 
          ...  The fans get off their seats! 
          ...  But it sails over!! 
Min. 6  :(cel) G_Mancini has found himself in space 
          ...  He looks up for his team mates 
          ...  He swings the ball in 
          ...  W_Burger gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  He is in space! 
          ...  W_Burger goes for the top corner! 
          ...  A_Trubin parries it 
          ...  It rolls out of play 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! 
          ...  A_Z_Anguissa flights it in! 
          ...  P_Fornals with the header 
          ...  Looks like it should be easy for A_Trubin 
          ...  but he's made a hash of it 
          ...  It drifts inches wide!! 
          ...  A_Trubin looks embarrassed! 
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide! 
Min. 7  :(aja) K_Frees runs with the ball to the corner flag 
          ...  He plays the ball across to G_Mikauatadze 
          ...  But J_Denayer slides in two footed! 
          ...  The Referee has a look but waves "Play On!" 
Min. 12 :(aja) N_Williams plays the early ball across the box to find G_Mikauatadze in space 
          ...  But A_Z_Anguissa reads the situation well and wins the ball 
Min. 13 :(aja) G_Mikauatadze with a 40-yard pass to G_Avila 
          ...  G_Mancini reads it well 
          ...  This boy is a quality defender 
          ...  The crowd sing his praises 
Min. 15 :(aja) I_Paixao sidesteps B_White 
          ...  I_Paixao lobs D_Raya! 
          ...  But D_Raya punches it away 
          ...  That's gone out for a throw in 
Min. 15 :(cel) Joao_Pedro knocks it past E_Garcia and runs onto it 
          ...  He leaves the defender standing 
          ...  Joao_Pedro drives it low! 
          ...  A_Trubin with a great save 
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1 
Min. 22 :(aja) K_Frees sprints past the defender 
          ...  G_Mancini tackles cleanly 
Min. 23 :(aja) The defender loses control of the ball! 
          ...  Diego seizes control of it and thinks about the shot 
          ...  O_Dembele with an ugly foul 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge 
          ...  The Referee calls him over 
          ...  YELLOW CARD! 
Min. 25 :(cel) W_Burger bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to M_Salah 
          ...  M_Salah with a stunning strike! 
          ...  It hits the inside of the post 
          ...  It falls right into A_Trubin's arms 
          ...  He's spilt it! 
          ...  But he gathers it second time round! 
Min. 30 :(aja) G_Mikauatadze with an incisive pass to I_Paixao 
          ...  B_White with the tackle 
          ...  He had to get that one right! 
Min. 30 :(cel) W_Burger with a one-touch layoff to M_Salah 
          ...  S_Steijn fouls badly 
          ...  The Referee wants a word 
          ...  It's just a warning 
Min. 31 :(aja) K_Frees runs at the defender 
          ...  The defender falls over 
          ...  Joao_Pedro with the lunge!! 
          ...  And the whistle goes, that's a foul 
          ...  The Referee calls him for a talk 
          ...  It's just a warning 
Min. 34 :(aja) B_vd_Boomen with the nod to E_Garcia 
          ...  E_Garcia with the crafty shot! 
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!! 
          ...  D_Raya saves it!! 
          ...  What a great save! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  B_vd_Boomen plays it into the danger area! 
          ...  B_White with the clearance 
Min. 36 :(aja) I_Paixao flicks it over J_Denayer and runs onto it 
          ...  He showed great skill and pace there 
          ...  G_Mancini stands his ground and wins the tackle 
Min. 36 :(cel) W_Burger moves out wide 
          ...  He plays the ball through to O_Dembele 
          ...  O_Dembele with the 40 yard drive! 
          ...  Looks like it should be A_Trubin's 
          ...  But he elects to punch it rather than catch 
          ...  It loops out for a corner. 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  P_Fornals swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! 
          ...  That's a poor one 
          ...  G_Avila belts it clear 
Min. 40 :(aja) B_vd_Boomen with a first time pass 
          ...  E_Garcia runs onto it! 
          ...  E_Garcia attempts a chip! 
          ...  But D_Raya punches it away 
          ...  He could have caught that! 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time.
Min. 44 :(aja) S_Steijn takes advantage of a mistake by C_Smalling 
          ...  S_Steijn sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender! 
          ...  It's way wide 
          ...  The Celtic fans behind the goal spread their arms out 
Min. 44 :(cel) M_Salah breaks free from S_Steijn 
          ...  B_Tahirovic gathers up the loose ball 
Min. 45 :(aja) E_Garcia with a glorious 60-yard pass to K_Frees 
          ...  G_Mancini brings him down in the area 
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely! 
          ...  But The Referee waves play on!! 
Min. 48 :(cel) M_Salah sidesteps E_Garcia 
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game 
          ...  M_Salah lobs A_Trubin! 
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!! 
          ...  But it sails past the post!! 
          ...  A_Trubin never had a chance! 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Ajax 0-0 Celtic

Min. 49 :(aja) E_Garcia 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! 
          ...  B_Tahirovic receives the pass and heads towards the goal 
          ...  B_Tahirovic sees D_Raya off his line! 
          ...  The shot slips through D_Raya's hands 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  He got away with that! 
Min. 50 :(cel) W_Burger runs down the flank 
          ...  He plays the ball in to M_Salah 
          ...  E_Garcia reads it well 
          ...  He clears the danger 
Min. 51 :(cel) B_White 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! 
          ...  M_Salah receives the pass and heads towards the goal 
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by N_Williams 
          ...  He made it look easy 
          ...  But he can't keep it in 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  O_Dembele swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! 
          ...  The ball finds its way to M_Salah 
          ...  He gets the shot away 
          ...  But A_Trubin hits it away 
          ...  He could have held onto that! 
Min. 52 :(cel) Joao_Pedro gains possession 
          ...  Joao_Pedro has a dig at goal! 
          ...  A_Trubin catches the ball 
Min. 57 :(aja) B_vd_Boomen curls the ball out wide to G_Mikauatadze 
          ...  W_Burger pulls the player to the ground!! 
          ...  That's a poor tackle! 
          ...  He gets away with that one 
          ...  It's just a warning 
          ...  Peter Spall looks annoyed that there was no card there 
Min. 64 :(cel) Joao_Pedro over hits his pass 
          ...  He finds P_Fornals though 
          ...  That was fortunate 
          ...  Diego leaves his foot in with the challenge!! 
          ...  That's a bad foul!! 
Min. 64 :(cel) P_Fornals flicks it past B_vd_Boomen 
          ...  He runs forward 
          ...  P_Fornals swings in the shot! 
          ...  A_Trubin gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he picks up the rebound 
          ...  Fantastic reflex save by <g1>!! 
Min. 66 :(cel) P_Fornals spots a team mate in space 
          ...  He plays a fantastic through ball to M_Salah! 
          ...  B_vd_Boomen slides in hard! 
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw! 
Min. 70 :(cel) Joao_Pedro gets lucky and beats B_vd_Boomen 
          ...  Now with the centre to O_Dembele 
          ...  O_Dembele hits the ball first time! 
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Look at the delight on his face! 
          ...  Just look at his face!! 
          ...  Celtic have snatched the lead! 
          ...  Ajax 0-1 Celtic ...
Min. 71 :(aja) Substitution by Ajax 
          ...  COMING ON: Z_Misimovic 
          ...  COMING OFF: Diego 
Min. 75 :(aja) E_Garcia is hurt 
          ...  He's receiving some treatment now 
          ...  But I think Peter Spall is going to take him off 
Min. 75 :(aja) Substitution by Ajax 
          ...  COMING ON: C_Rool 
          ...  COMING OFF: E_Garcia 
Min. 76 :(cel) B_White threads the through ball to M_Salah 
          ...  M_Salah sends it down the right wing and continues his run foward. 
          ...  cross comes back into him, he gets his head to the ball! 
          ...  It's just over! 
          ...  9 times out of 10 he would have scored that! 
Min. 80 :(cel) B_White has it now 
          ...  He takes on C_Rool 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He puts in Joao_Pedro! 
          ...  Joao_Pedro beats the offside trap! 
          ...  He looked offside to me 
          ...  A_Trubin comes towards him 
          ...  He rounds A_Trubin 
          ...  He taps it towards the goal! 
          ...  It goes wide!! 
Min. 81 :(aja) G_Mikauatadze runs down the flank 
          ...  He threads the ball in to I_Paixao 
          ...  From long range I_Paixao bends the ball towards goal! 
          ...  Looks like it should be D_Raya's 
          ...  But he elects to punch it rather than catch 
          ...  It loops out for a corner. 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Z_Misimovic with an outswinging corner into the box 
          ...  B_vd_Boomen loses his marker 
          ...  He gets his head onto it! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  B_vd_Boomen plays it towards the near post! 
          ...  D_Raya comes towards the ball 
          ...  But he's misjudged it! 
          ...  S_Steijn with the header 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  But it sails past the post!! 
          ...  D_Raya never had a chance! 
Min. 81 :(cel) C_Smalling skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to O_Dembele 
          ...  G_Avila cleanly tackles him 
          ...  He judged that well 
Min. 83 :(cel) M_Salah takes advantage of a mistake by N_Williams 
          ...  He knocks the ball to B_White! 
          ...  B_White hits it 
          ...  This one could go anywhere! 
          ...  A_Trubin tips it over his bar 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  The corner is swung in by J_Denayer! 
          ...  G_Mancini makes a firm connection with his head 
          ...  But he puts it well wide 
          ...  That was a crappy effort! 
Min. 84 :(aja) B_vd_Boomen dribbles past the defender 
          ...  It was as if he wasn't even there 
          ...  B_vd_Boomen has time and space! 
          ...  He shoots towards goal! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Z_Misimovic swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! 
          ...  G_Mancini wins the ball 
          ...  And he heads it away 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time.
Min. 91 :(aja) G_Mikauatadze looks injured. He's been stretchered off 
          ...  He isn't going to continue 
Min. 91 :(aja) Substitution by Ajax 
          ...  COMING ON: D_Bellion 
          ...  COMING OFF: G_Mikauatadze 
Min. 93 :(aja) I_Paixao makes a run into space 
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over! 
          ...  J_Denayer hits it out for a throw 

*************  FULL TIME  ****************



Match Details
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Venue                : Johan Cruyff Arena
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Ajax Match Info
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Best player          : B_vd_Boomen
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : , E_Garcia (75)G_Mikauatadze (91)
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Celtic Match Info
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Best player          : G_Mancini (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : O_Dembele (70)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : O_Dembele (23)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                                    Ajax  |    Celtic
Attempts on Goal     :          10        |       15
Off target           :           7        |       7
On target            :           3        |       8
Possession           :          46        |       54
Corners              :           4        |       4
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           3        |       0
Fouls                :           8        |       8
Key Tackles          :           7        |       10
Key Passes           :          10        |       13
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Final Score          : Ajax 0 - 1 Celtic
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Player Statistics - Ajax
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Trubin       GK  25   1   1   1  23 |  97   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  25   0   0   0
E_Garcia       DF   1  22  15   9  23 |  78   0   1   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  14  32  38
N_Williams     DF   1  20  14  10  24 |  97   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  16  17   0
G_Avila        DF   1  22  16  12  22 |  97   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  42   0   0
K_Frees        DF   1  19  14  13  24 |  97   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  17  13
B_vd_Boomen    MF   1  16  21  11  24 |  97   0   1   3   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  30  30
B_Tahirovic    MF   1  15  19  13  20 |  97   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  21   0  13
Diego          MF   1   6  19  14  23 |  74   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Steijn       MF   1   5  21  16  22 |  97   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20
G_Mikauatadze  FW   1   4  16  22  24 |  94   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  45   0
I_Paixao       FW   1   2  14  21  29 |  97   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  12
T_Wiese        GK  22   1   1   1  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Rool         DF   1  18  13   7  27 |  19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Z_Misimovic    MF   1  10  19  15  27 |  23   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Zerrouki     MF   1  11  19   7  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Bellion      FW   1   4  15  18  23 |   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Celtic
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_Raya         GK  26   1   1   1  30 |  97   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  22   0   0   0
J_Denayer      DF   1  23  17   9  26 |  97   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  26   0   0
G_Mancini      DF   1  23  18   5  22 |  97   0   5   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  78  13  21
B_White        DF   1  22  20  10  25 |  97   0   2   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  28  33  18
C_Smalling     DF   1  18  15  10  27 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  16   0
A_Z_Anguissa   DM   1  19  23   6  28 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  17   0   0
W_Burger       MF   1  14  21   7  22 |  97   0   0   4   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  40  42
P_Fornals      AM   1   2  22  19  23 |  97   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  18  16
O_Dembele      AM   1   3  22  20  25 |  97   0   0   0   0   2   1   1   0   0  -2  -2  28
M_Salah        FW   1   4  20  25  28 |  97   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  11   6
Joao_Pedro     FW   1   9  17  23  28 |  97   0   0   1   1   3   0   0   0   0   0  33  13
G_Rulli        GK  21   1   1   1  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Pareja       DF   1  17  13   3  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Kakic        MF   1  14  15  10  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Sow          FW   1   5  13  17  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_ONien        DF   1  16  11   4  36 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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