FFO EFL2, Athletic Bilbao vs. Celtic (Mon Oct 27) Athletic Bilbao | Celtic 5-1-1-1-2 C | 5-1-1-1-2 C Neil Kirby Caretaker | Craig Bucknall | L_Maximiano GK | GK D_Raya I_Zubeldia DF | DF L_Hernandez D_Vivian DF | DF J_Denayer R_L_Cabral DF | DF G_Mancini Yeray DF | DF B_White J_Louis-Jean DF | DF A_Wisdom Jaurigezar MF | DM A_Z_Anguissa S_Chukwueze AM | MF W_Burger M_Zubimendi DM | AM P_Fornals J_Stansfield FW | FW M_Salah L_Jovic FW | FW Joao_Pedro | J_Ezkieta SUB | SUB G_Rulli Gorasabel SUB | SUB C_Smalling A_Munoz SUB | SUB K_Kakic G_Larrazabal SUB | SUB M_Sow A_Hierro SUB | SUB N_Pareja Min. 1 :(bil) J_Stansfield sprints past J_Denayer ... It was as if the defender wasn't even there ... J_Stansfield hits it ... This one could go anywhere! ... D_Raya tips it over ... CORNER! ... S_Chukwueze plays it towards the near post! ... G_Mancini wins the ball ... And he clears the danger Min. 2 :(cel) J_Denayer drives it forward to Joao_Pedro ... Joao_Pedro cracks a laser towards goal! ... It takes a deflection! ... But goes wide! ... CORNER! ... B_White with an outswinging corner into the box ... L_Maximiano fists it away! Min. 10 :(bil) J_Stansfield with the through ball to L_Jovic ... L_Jovic with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... a lovely cushioned header ... D_Raya watches it sail safely wide! Min. 11 :(bil) Jaurigezar finds himself with plenty of time ... Jaurigezar launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! ... But it goes wide of the post Min. 12 :(cel) A_Wisdom reads the run of Joao_Pedro ... Yeray with an ugly foul ... The Referee will want to speak to him Min. 13 :(cel) Joao_Pedro flicks it over Yeray and runs onto it ... He showed great skill and pace there ... But M_Zubimendi wins the tackle cleanly Min. 14 :(bil) I_Zubeldia with a slick pass to L_Jovic ... L_Jovic with the chance! ... It takes a deflection! ... But sails wide! ... CORNER! ... S_Chukwueze with an inswinging corner into the box ... A_Wisdom clears the danger Min. 14 :(cel) W_Burger crosses into the box, finding M_Salah ... Excellent sliding challenge from D_Vivian Min. 15 :(bil) J_Stansfield with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle from L_Hernandez ... D_Raya with a bad challenge ... The Referee will want to speak to him ... The ref gives a PENALTY!! ... That's a controversial decision! ... L_Jovic takes it ... He tries a cheeky Panenka chip over the keeper ... GOAL!! ... D_Raya looks embarrassed he dived too early ... That's put Athletic Bilbao in front! ... Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Celtic... Min. 22 :(cel) J_Denayer with the deft touch ... He takes it past D_Vivian ... He knocks it to M_Salah! ... The ball hits R_L_Cabral in the face! ... And goes clear! Min. 23 :(cel) W_Burger sidesteps J_Louis-Jean ... He showed great skill there ... W_Burger has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... L_Maximiano gathers it comfortably Min. 26 :(bil) I_Zubeldia takes possession ... He has his back towards goal ... He turns well ... But A_Wisdom wins the ball Min. 28 :(bil) L_Jovic with a real burst of pace ... He leaves L_Hernandez behind ... L_Jovic sends it down the right wing and continues his run foward. ... cross comes back into him, he gets his head to the ball! ... D_Raya makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 28 :(cel) M_Salah sidesteps his marker ... That was too easy ... Jaurigezar with a superb tackle! ... He easily dispossessed him Min. 32 :(cel) M_Salah has the ball on the wing ... He takes it past L_Jovic ... He knocks it to Joao_Pedro! ... L_Jovic wins the ball well ... The Referee has given a free kick ... The Referee refrained from booking him but had words ... FREE KICK! ... Nerves jangling as the free kick is lined up ... M_Salah with the curler ... It's beaten L_Maximiano ... It goes wide!! Min. 38 :(bil) Jaurigezar with an amazing show of skill to get past G_Mancini ... He crosses to D_Vivian ... B_White hits it out for a corner ... Can they make this pay? ... CORNER! ... S_Chukwueze hits it into the box! ... A_Wisdom gets up well ... And he heads it away Min. 38 :(cel) M_Salah cuts inside R_L_Cabral ... He worked that well ... M_Salah has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... L_Maximiano has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... L_Maximiano reacts well to save!! Min. 40 :(bil) D_Vivian with the heel pass to I_Zubeldia ... A_Z_Anguissa gets to the ball first Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 45 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... Celtic have changed their playing style to A Min. 46 :(bil) M_Zubimendi looks around for some movement ... He knocks the ball across to L_Jovic ... L_Jovic with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... D_Raya with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Celtic Min. 47 :(bil) Yeray with the first time pass to J_Stansfield ... J_Stansfield tries to chip the ball over the keeper! ... But D_Raya palms it away ... He could have caught that! Min. 48 :(cel) J_Denayer takes advantage of a mistake by I_Zubeldia ... He knocks the ball to P_Fornals! ... P_Fornals attempts a low drive! ... L_Maximiano won't get to that! ... It clips the post! ... And goes wide! Min. 49 :(cel) J_Denayer is out on the left ... He moves the ball right to Joao_Pedro ... Yeray reads it well ... This boy is a quality defender ... The crowd sing his praises Min. 51 :(bil) J_Stansfield cuts inside his opponent ... He worked that well ... J_Stansfield hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! ... But D_Raya parries the shot ... The defender manages to scramble the ball away Min. 51 :(cel) W_Burger with a neat pass into M_Salah ... R_L_Cabral slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in Min. 53 :(bil) Yeray jumps over the defender's challenge ... But G_Mancini spotted the danger and cleans up the play Min. 55 :(bil) R_L_Cabral steps over the ball ... He nutmegs G_Mancini ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... R_L_Cabral sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... But D_Raya makes a superb stop down low ... CORNER! ... I_Zubeldia hits it into the box! ... M_Zubimendi swings a leg at it! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... That shot was so poor it would make Ronny Rosenthal cringe! Min. 60 :(bil) D_Vivian jumps over L_Hernandez's challenge ... Oh, beautiful nutmeg ... He's clean through ... D_Vivian with his head down lets it go! ... It goes wide! ... My grandmother could have scored that!! Min. 60 :(cel) W_Burger with electric pace ... He eases past Jaurigezar ... M_Zubimendi with a terrible tackle ... The Referee calls him for a talk ... It's just a warning Min. 60 :(cel) M_Salah has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past R_L_Cabral! ... He has some space now! ... But I_Zubeldia sweeps up the threat Min. 61 :(bil) J_Stansfield times his run well ... But L_Hernandez wins the tackle Min. 63 :(cel) G_Mancini holds the ball up ... He knocks a through ball to Joao_Pedro ... J_Louis-Jean rushes in with a clumsy tackle!! ... That's a foul!! ... What's The Referee going to give? ... Play on! Min. 71 :(bil) S_Chukwueze steps over the ball ... He nutmegs the defender ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... S_Chukwueze with the header! ... D_Raya saves it ... He got his body behind the ball there Min. 73 :(bil) J_Louis-Jean pass splits open the defence ... What a ball! ... Yeray is clean through! ... A_Wisdom does well to intercept the ball Min. 76 :(bil) R_L_Cabral plays a clever one-two with his team mate ... He looks around for options ... He moves forward with the ball ... Superbly timed tackle by L_Hernandez ... He made it look easy Min. 77 :(bil) Substitution by Athletic Bilbao ... COMING ON: Gorasabel ... COMING OFF: Yeray Min. 77 :(bil) Substitution by Athletic Bilbao ... COMING ON: A_Hierro ... COMING OFF: J_Stansfield Min. 81 :(bil) Substitution by Athletic Bilbao ... COMING ON: G_Larrazabal ... COMING OFF: Jaurigezar Min. 81 :(bil) L_Jovic passes the ball to M_Zubimendi ... A left-footer by M_Zubimendi! ... D_Raya is stranded! ... He can't get there in time! ... OH! It drifts just past the post ... Great strike! ... Deserved a goal really Min. 84 :(bil) A_Hierro floats the ball in to find S_Chukwueze ... But J_Denayer comes away with the ball ... Excellent defending there! Min. 85 :(bil) The ball goes loose! ... S_Chukwueze seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... S_Chukwueze rifles it at the goal! ... D_Raya guesses right Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 88 :(bil) A_Hierro with a penetrating pass to S_Chukwueze ... S_Chukwueze with a bicycle kick! ... D_Raya gets a hand to it!! ... But he slots in the rebound ... NO HE DOESN'T!! ... How on Earth did he put that wide? ... He was two yards out! Min. 91 :(bil) D_Vivian runs with the ball to the corner flag ... He plays the ball across to A_Hierro ... A scorcher of a shot from A_Hierro! ... D_Raya saves, but he fumbles ... But he gathers at the second attempt! Min. 92 :(cel) A_Z_Anguissa puts in Joao_Pedro ... Joao_Pedro drives the ball low! ... He has failed to hit the target! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 94 :(cel) P_Fornals works the ball inside ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to Joao_Pedro ... But A_Hierro wins the tackle cleanly ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : San Mames ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athletic Bilbao Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : L_Jovic (Man of the Match) Scorers : L_Jovic (15 pen) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Denayer Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athletic Bilbao | Celtic Attempts on Goal : 17 | 6 Off target : 7 | 4 On target : 10 | 2 Possession : 57 | 43 Corners : 4 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 3 | 0 Fouls : 11 | 6 Key Tackles : 9 | 11 Key Passes : 11 | 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Athletic Bilbao 1 - 0 Celtic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Athletic Bilbao Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L_Maximiano GK 27 1 1 1 25 | 96 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 I_Zubeldia DF 1 22 17 14 30 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 D_Vivian DF 1 22 16 7 25 | 96 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 30 19 R_L_Cabral DF 1 22 16 11 27 | 96 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 0 17 Yeray DF 1 20 16 12 26 | 79 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 15 0 J_Louis-Jean DF 1 20 16 9 24 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 15 0 Jaurigezar MF 1 13 19 7 26 | 83 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 12 19 S_Chukwueze AM 1 4 22 22 27 | 96 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 M_Zubimendi DM 1 19 21 12 27 | 96 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 10 28 J_Stansfield FW 1 5 16 20 22 | 79 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 24 L_Jovic FW 1 7 19 24 24 | 96 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 12 28 J_Ezkieta GK 18 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gorasabel DF 1 18 15 4 23 | 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Munoz DF 1 15 13 3 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G_Larrazabal MF 1 3 16 14 25 | 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Hierro FW 1 7 14 19 27 | 17 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 34 9 Player Statistics - Celtic Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D_Raya GK 26 1 1 1 30 | 96 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 L_Hernandez DF 1 23 19 7 24 | 96 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 J_Denayer DF 1 23 17 9 26 | 96 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 56 0 G_Mancini DF 1 23 18 5 22 | 96 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 13 0 B_White DF 1 22 20 10 25 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 A_Wisdom DF 1 21 15 12 23 | 96 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 A_Z_Anguissa DM 1 19 23 6 28 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 0 W_Burger MF 1 14 21 7 22 | 96 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 21 P_Fornals AM 1 2 22 20 23 | 96 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 M_Salah FW 1 4 21 25 28 | 96 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 Joao_Pedro FW 1 9 17 23 28 | 96 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 G_Rulli GK 21 1 1 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Smalling DF 1 18 15 10 27 | 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 N_Pareja DF 1 17 13 3 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1761586289 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40