FFO Prem, Aston Villa vs. Coventry City (Mon Jul 07)


                          Aston Villa  |  Coventry City
                          4-2-2-1-1 E  |  5-1-2-1-1 C
                        Emlyn Brennan  |  Will Schoolar
                                       |
                        E_Martinez GK  |  GK R_Adler
                          R_Gosens DF  |  DF C_Soyuncu
                           D_Munoz DF  |  DF M_van_Ewijk
                       A_Robertson DF  |  DF T_Sakamoto
                           L_Digne DF  |  DF B_Thomas
                         S_Amrabat DM  |  DF P_Schulz
                        L_Goretzka DM  |  MF F_Neuhaus
                         M_Kovacic MF  |  MF E_Smith_Rowe
                      L_Pellegrini MF  |  DM B_Sheaf
                           N_Fekir AM  |  AM C_OHare
                        L_Martinez FW  |  FW L_Donovan
                                       |
                            D_Ward SUB |  SUB A_Manninger
                          B_Pavard SUB |  SUB J_Yobo
                          N_Semedo SUB |  SUB D_Shittu
                         D_Kwakman SUB |  SUB J_Jones
                           E_Osong SUB |  SUB D_Malen




Min. 1  :(ast) L_Martinez races into the box 
          ...  He sees N_Fekir lose his man 
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him 
          ...  N_Fekir attempts the shot! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  That's a contender for goal of the season! 
          ...  Aston Villa have the advantage! 
          ...  Aston Villa 1-0 Coventry City ...
Min. 2  :(ast) Tactical Change by Aston Villa 
          ...  Aston Villa have changed their playing style to P 
Min. 7  :(ast) L_Pellegrini gains control of the loose ball 
          ...  But T_Sakamoto reads the situation well and wins the ball 
Min. 9  :(ast) L_Martinez crosses into the box, finding L_Pellegrini 
          ...  L_Pellegrini fires off a left-footed snap shot! 
          ...  R_Adler manages to turn it behind 
Min. 12 :(ast) L_Pellegrini floats the ball in to find R_Gosens 
          ...  E_Smith_Rowe reads him well and hoofs it clear 
Min. 12 :(cov) C_OHare unselfishly heads the ball back to T_Sakamoto 
          ...  L_Martinez with a bad challenge 
          ...  The Referee will want to speak to him 
Min. 13 :(cov) C_Soyuncu turns on a sixpence 
          ...  A wicked drive by C_Soyuncu! 
          ...  The Coventry City fans get off their seats! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  That could be a game changer! 
          ...  Coventry City have pulled level! 
          ...  Aston Villa 1-1 Coventry City ...
Min. 14 :(ast) L_Pellegrini with a burst of pace 
          ...  L_Pellegrini plays it down the wing 
          ...  Cross comes in back to him, diving header! 
          ...  He had to be brave there 
          ...  R_Adler with an amazing dive to the bottom left 
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  L_Martinez swings it in! 
          ...  R_Adler comes towards the ball 
          ...  And he claims it with ease! 
Min. 16 :(ast) D_Munoz volleys it forward. He finds N_Fekir 
          ...  N_Fekir with a bicycle kick! 
          ...  R_Adler just watches it drift out of play! 
Min. 17 :(cov) P_Schulz moves forward 
          ...  Another tackle close to the line by D_Munoz 
          ...  But he cant prevent the corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  The corner is swung in by B_Thomas! 
          ...  E_Martinez easily claims the ball! 
Min. 19 :(ast) S_Amrabat with the mazy run 
          ...  S_Amrabat hits the shot with the inside of the left foot! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Hammered into the top corner! 
          ...  He salutes the Aston Villa fans!! 
          ...  Aston Villa go in front now with that goal! 
          ...  Aston Villa 2-1 Coventry City ...
Min. 25 :(cov) E_Smith_Rowe drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to L_Donovan 
          ...  L_Pellegrini is late with that one 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge 
          ...  He is warned by The Referee 
Min. 26 :(ast) R_Gosens nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully 
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind! 
          ...  Blocked by T_Sakamoto 
Min. 31 :(cov) T_Sakamoto looks up 
          ...  He swings the ball right towards C_Soyuncu 
          ...  Great turn! Astonishing! The defence has gone to sleep 
          ...  C_Soyuncu is all alone 
          ...  E_Martinez comes towards him 
          ...  E_Martinez charges out of his area 
          ...  He's lobbed him!! 
          ...  It's hit the bar and gone over!! 
Min. 32 :(ast) S_Amrabat slips past E_Smith_Rowe 
          ...  A delicate header from S_Amrabat! 
          ...  But R_Adler smothers the ball 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time.
Min. 43 :(ast) L_Pellegrini jinks past B_Sheaf 
          ...  B_Thomas makes the challenge and clears the ball 
Min. 44 :(ast) The ball runs loose! 
          ...  L_Martinez seizes control of it and thinks about the shot 
          ...  L_Martinez drives it towards goal! 
          ...  The net bulges! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  He kisses the badge! 
          ...  He shows his love for the club!! 
          ...  The fans cheer him and chant his name!! 
          ...  Aston Villa 3-1 Coventry City ...
Min. 49 :(ast) L_Martinez brings the ball into the opposing area 
          ...  M_van_Ewijk takes the player out!! 
          ...  The ref turns away!! 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Aston Villa 3-1 Coventry City

Min. 57 :(ast) L_Digne works the ball inside 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Kovacic 
          ...  M_Kovacic controls the ball well! 
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal! 
          ...  He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!! 
          ...  But it sails past the post!! 
          ...  R_Adler never had a chance! 
Min. 58 :(ast) M_Kovacic with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He's clean through! 
          ...  M_Kovacic tries the shot! 
          ...  The net bulges! 
          ...  OH!! He has hit the side netting 
          ...  Goal kick given 
Min. 59 :(ast) L_Pellegrini breaks free from his marker 
          ...  T_Sakamoto with the lunge!! 
          ...  And the whistle goes, that's a foul 
          ...  Surely a penalty! 
          ...  PENALTY!! 
          ...  Coventry City can have few complaints there! 
          ...  L_Martinez is the man who takes it 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Aston Villa 4-1 Coventry City...
Min. 60 :(ast) Substitution by Aston Villa 
          ...  COMING ON: B_Pavard 
          ...  COMING OFF: L_Digne 
Min. 60 :(cov) Substitution by Coventry City 
          ...  COMING ON: D_Malen 
          ...  COMING OFF: C_OHare 
Min. 61 :(cov) Substitution by Coventry City 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Yobo 
          ...  COMING OFF: P_Schulz 
Min. 61 :(ast) A_Robertson controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right! 
          ...  B_Pavard gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  B_Pavard hits the ball first time! 
          ...  He could have let that bounce 
          ...  R_Adler can't get to it! 
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar! 
          ...  R_Adler makes a cocky smile 
          ...  Did he know that was always going over? 
Min. 61 :(cov) L_Donovan heads the ball back to B_Thomas 
          ...  M_Kovacic fouls badly 
Min. 61 :(cov) B_Thomas reads the run of D_Malen 
          ...  What a fantastic interception by S_Amrabat 
          ...  He read that situation like a book! 
Min. 62 :(cov) Substitution by Coventry City 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Jones 
          ...  COMING OFF: F_Neuhaus 
Min. 62 :(ast) M_Kovacic with the deft touch 
          ...  He takes it past M_van_Ewijk 
          ...  He knocks it to L_Martinez! 
          ...  C_Soyuncu with the high feet 
          ...  The Referee tells him to calm his game down a bit 
Min. 67 :(ast) L_Pellegrini finds his way through 
          ...  They tried to play the offside trap 
          ...  L_Pellegrini attempts to drive it home! 
          ...  The ball hits the line the referee waves play on. 
          ...  Emlyn Brennan spits his dummy out yet again. 
Min. 68 :(cov) M_van_Ewijk bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to D_Malen 
          ...  R_Gosens pulls on his shirt 
          ...  He wins the ball 
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there! 
Min. 70 :(ast) Substitution by Aston Villa 
          ...  COMING ON: D_Kwakman 
          ...  COMING OFF: S_Amrabat 
Min. 70 :(ast) Substitution by Aston Villa 
          ...  COMING ON: E_Osong 
          ...  COMING OFF: N_Fekir 
Min. 72 :(ast) M_Kovacic takes advantage of a defensive mistake 
          ...  M_Kovacic smashed the ball towards the bottom corner! 
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection 
          ...  Wide!! 
          ...  That was fortunate 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  M_Kovacic lofts the ball in! 
          ...  The ball comes to L_Pellegrini 
          ...  He gets the shot away 
          ...  R_Adler with a superb tip over the bar 
          ...  He showed great reflexes there 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  D_Kwakman swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! 
          ...  D_Munoz gets something on it! 
          ...  But the ball goes harmlessly wide 
Min. 74 :(ast) D_Kwakman plays a first time ball through the defence to L_Pellegrini 
          ...  L_Pellegrini tries to lob the keeper! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork!! 
          ...  And goes safely clear! 
          ...  R_Adler never had a chance! 
Min. 77 :(ast) B_Pavard leaps into the air 
          ...  He wins the header 
          ...  He heads it across to E_Osong 
          ...  A skilful effort from E_Osong! 
          ...  R_Adler dives towards his top let hand corner 
          ...  He's pushed that one just around the goal 
          ...  Super Stop! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  M_Kovacic lofts the ball in! 
          ...  D_Malen heads it away 
Min. 77 :(cov) D_Malen with a Cruyff turn 
          ...  A_Robertson fouls badly 
          ...  The Referee will want to speak to him 
          ...  The Referee just wants to lecture him 
Min. 81 :(cov) D_Malen runs at the defence 
          ...  D_Malen drives the shot in! 
          ...  He's pulled it wide! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
Min. 82 :(ast) E_Osong barges J_Jones off the ball 
          ...  E_Osong with a quick pass down the wing. 
          ...  Cross comes back in to him at a good height 
          ...  Powerful header! 
          ...  R_Adler gets his body behind the ball and saves 
          ...  Text book goalkeeping! 
Min. 83 :(cov) B_Sheaf 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! 
          ...  D_Malen receives the pass and heads towards the goal 
          ...  D_Malen attempts a lob! 
          ...  The shot slips through E_Martinez's hands 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  He got away with that! 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time.
Min. 88 :(cov) E_Smith_Rowe takes advantage of a defensive mistake 
          ...  Can he make them pay? 
          ...  E_Smith_Rowe pounds a rocket on goal! 
          ...  E_Martinez with an amazing dive to the bottom left 
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know! 
Min. 93 :(cov) B_Thomas skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to T_Sakamoto 
          ...  T_Sakamoto hits a curling shot! 
          ...  It hits the post!! 
          ...  But he beats the defender to the rebound 
          ...  OHHHHHHHH!! 
          ...  He's put it over 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : Villa Park
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Aston Villa Match Info
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Best player          : L_Martinez (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : N_Fekir (1), S_Amrabat (19), L_Martinez (44,59 pen)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Coventry City Match Info
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Best player          : E_Smith_Rowe
Scorers              : C_Soyuncu (13)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Aston Villa  |    Coventry City
Attempts on Goal     :          18        |       6
Off target           :           8        |       4
On target            :          10        |       2
Possession           :          57        |       43
Corners              :           4        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       9
Key Tackles          :           3        |       6
Key Passes           :           9        |       6
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Final Score          : Aston Villa 4 - 1 Coventry City
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Player Statistics - Aston Villa
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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E_Martinez     GK  26   1   1   1  24 |  97   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0
R_Gosens       DF   1  24  15  11  25 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0   0
D_Munoz        DF   1  23  20  10  26 |  97   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  15  13  18
A_Robertson    DF   1  24  19  10  29 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0
L_Digne        DF   1  24  19  12  23 |  64   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0
S_Amrabat      DM   1  17  23  10  29 |  74   0   1   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  21   0  68
L_Goretzka     DM   1  17  23  18  25 |  97   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Kovacic      MF   1   5  23  17  22 |  97   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   0  10  33
L_Pellegrini   MF   1   9  23  20  26 |  97   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  10  46
N_Fekir        AM   1   5  23  20  29 |  74   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  36
L_Martinez     FW   1   8  19  24  26 |  97   0   0   2   1   2   2   0   0   0   0  47  40
D_Ward         GK  24   1   1   1  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Pavard       DF   1  22  18   8  26 |  33   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  15  20
N_Semedo       MF   1  23  17  13  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Kwakman      MF   1  15  18  11  22 |  23   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0
E_Osong        FW   1   7  15  18  24 |  23   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  24

Player Statistics - Coventry City
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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R_Adler        GK  23   1   1   1  25 |  97   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  23   0   0   0
C_Soyuncu      DF   1  22  14  10  23 |  97   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  66
M_van_Ewijk    DF   1  21  16   7  31 |  97   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  17  17   0
T_Sakamoto     DF   1  20  15  10  29 |  97   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  36  18  18
B_Thomas       DF   1  20  13  12  24 |  97   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  18  40   0
P_Schulz       DF   1  19  15   5  26 |  65   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
F_Neuhaus      MF   1  14  21  10  28 |  66   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Smith_Rowe   MF   1  13  20  13  26 |  97   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  25  13  17
B_Sheaf        DM   1  15  20   6  23 |  97   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  13   0
C_OHare        AM   1   5  20  17  23 |  64   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Donovan      FW   1   9  18  20  24 |  97   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Manninger    GK  21   1   1   1  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Yobo         DF   1  19  13  11  21 |  32   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Shittu       DF   1  18  13   3  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Jones        MF   1  13  19  15  30 |  31   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Malen        FW   1   5  16  20  25 |  33   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  33   0  16
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