FFO Prem, Crystal Palace vs. Blackburn Rovers (Mon Jul 28)


                       Crystal Palace  |  Blackburn Rovers
                          4-1-2-1-2 E  |  4-1-3-2 A
                          Rob Brunton  |  Chris Spero Caretaker
                                       |
                       D_Livakovic GK  |  GK A_Onana
                           W_Anton DF  |  DF C_Lenglet
                        S_Reguilon DF  |  DF M_Acuna
                        K_Tsimikas DF  |  DF R_Le_Normand
                       J_Lascelles DF  |  DF A_Rrahmani
                         E_Alvarez DM  |  DM K_Phillips
                           P_Pogba MF  |  MF B_Guimaraes
                          F_Torres MF  |  MF L_Sane
                          G_Rutter AM  |  MF M_Fernandes
                        J_P_Mateta FW  |  FW S_Mane
                          L_Openda FW  |  FW M_Oyarzabal
                                       |
                       Y_Clementia SUB |  SUB B_Bertinato
                     J_Branthwaite SUB |  SUB W_Bouma
                            J_Ward SUB |  SUB A_Candreva
                      H_Mkhitaryan SUB |  SUB J_Wulff
                       A_Di_Natale SUB |  SUB E_Demirovic




Min. 4  :(bla) K_Phillips with a great first touch 
          ...  Launched towards the top corner by K_Phillips! 
          ...  D_Livakovic is beaten! 
          ...  It hits the bar!! 
          ...  And goes clear 
Min. 5  :(cry) P_Pogba with a flicked pass to L_Openda 
          ...  L_Openda hits the shot! 
          ...  It swerves a lot! 
          ...  A_Onana parries it, he follows it up 
          ...  And A_Onana recovers to save!! 
Min. 6  :(cry) L_Openda takes possession 
          ...  What can he do here? 
          ...  A delicate chip from L_Openda! 
          ...  But A_Onana makes a comfortable save 
          ...  He gave the striker no chance 
Min. 7  :(bla) S_Mane with a clever shimmy 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from S_Reguilon 
Min. 10 :(cry) W_Anton with a neat pass into L_Openda 
          ...  A delicate header from L_Openda! 
          ...  It flies wide! 
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!! 
Min. 13 :(bla) B_Guimaraes fires over a low cross to L_Sane 
          ...  L_Sane with the 40 yard drive! 
          ...  It goes wide! 
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!! 
Min. 14 :(cry) W_Anton finds G_Rutter with a perfectly weighted pass 
          ...  G_Rutter with a low drive through the rain! 
          ...  He's dragged it wide!! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He puts his face in his hands! 
Min. 14 :(bla) B_Guimaraes with a precise ball to K_Phillips 
          ...  K_Phillips sights up the goal 
          ...  He shoots! 
          ...  It's well wide! 
          ...  8 times out of 10 he would have scored that! 
Min. 15 :(bla) Tactical Change by Blackburn Rovers 
          ...  Blackburn Rovers have changed their playing style to P 
Min. 15 :(cry) P_Pogba runs with the ball to the corner flag 
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_P_Mateta 
          ...  A skilful effort from J_P_Mateta! 
          ...  But A_Onana punches it away 
          ...  He commands his area so well 
Min. 16 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace 
          ...  Crystal Palace have changed their playing style to C 
Min. 16 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace 
          ...  J_P_Mateta will now play as a AM 
Min. 19 :(cry) G_Rutter looks up 
          ...  He swings the ball right towards L_Openda 
          ...  L_Openda hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! 
          ...  A_Onana parries it, he follows it up 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  The defence had gone walk about! 
          ...  That's put Crystal Palace into the lead! 
          ...  Crystal Palace 1-0 Blackburn Rovers ...
Min. 20 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace 
          ...  Crystal Palace have changed their playing style to P 
Min. 20 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace 
          ...  J_P_Mateta will now play as a FW 
Min. 23 :(cry) E_Alvarez plays a first time ball through the defence to J_P_Mateta 
          ...  J_P_Mateta bears down on goal! 
          ...  A_Onana gathers it comfortably 
Min. 24 :(cry) J_P_Mateta jinks past R_Le_Normand 
          ...  M_Fernandes with a two footed lunge! 
          ...  Play On!! 
Min. 24 :(bla) B_Guimaraes knocks the ball past S_Reguilon 
          ...  E_Alvarez leaves his foot in with the challenge!! 
          ...  That's a bad foul!! 
Min. 25 :(bla) B_Guimaraes with electric pace 
          ...  He eases past S_Reguilon 
          ...  G_Rutter with a late tackle 
          ...  It looked worse than what it was 
          ...  He is surrounded by the Blackburn Rovers players 
Min. 26 :(bla) M_Acuna unselfishly heads the ball back to R_Le_Normand 
          ...  R_Le_Normand with the strike! 
          ...  But D_Livakovic is equal to it 
Min. 27 :(bla) B_Guimaraes takes control of the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to C_Lenglet 
          ...  But W_Anton slides in 
Min. 30 :(bla) S_Mane plays the early ball across the box to find C_Lenglet in space 
          ...  A great volley from C_Lenglet! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Look at his face! 
          ...  He can't believe it himself! 
          ...  Now they are back in the game! 
          ...  Crystal Palace 1-1 Blackburn Rovers ...
Min. 31 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace 
          ...  Crystal Palace have changed their playing style to C 
Min. 31 :(cry) Tactical Change by Crystal Palace 
          ...  J_P_Mateta will now play as a AM 
Min. 33 :(cry) J_P_Mateta runs at goal 
          ...  He spots the run of E_Alvarez 
          ...  He's played him in 
          ...  What a fantastic interception by B_Guimaraes 
Min. 34 :(bla) M_Acuna sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He was too quick for his marker 
          ...  L_Openda with a clumsy challenge 
          ...  He received a good talking to from The Referee 
Min. 37 :(cry) E_Alvarez is taking a throw in 
          ...  He is taking a run up at it! 
          ...  He throws it long to S_Reguilon 
          ...  A scorcher of a shot from S_Reguilon! 
          ...  It goes wide! 
          ...  He made that look harder than it was!! 
Min. 38 :(cry) J_P_Mateta takes possession 
          ...  Knocks it past the defender 
          ...  He's through on goal 
          ...  But A_Rrahmani comes away with the ball 
          ...  Excellent defending there! 
Min. 39 :(cry) J_P_Mateta lobs it over C_Lenglet 
          ...  J_P_Mateta rises above the defence to head the ball! 
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection 
          ...  A_Onana dives desperately to try and save it!! 
          ...  He can't get to it! 
          ...  But it creeps just wide!! 
          ...  The deflection had A_Onana beaten! 
Min. 40 :(cry) J_P_Mateta is forced back with the ball 
          ...  He belts the ball upfield 
          ...  G_Rutter latches onto the end of it 
          ...  G_Rutter with the header! 
          ...  It hits the bar 
          ...  And goes over! 
          ...  A_Onana was beaten there! 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time
Min. 46 :(cry) S_Reguilon plays it to his team mate for a one-two 
          ...  L_Openda decides to go for goal instead! 
          ...  But he loses control of it 
          ...  C_Lenglet belts it clear 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Crystal Palace 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Min. 47 :(cry) S_Reguilon flights the ball to W_Anton 
          ...  W_Anton shoots towards goal! 
          ...  A_Onana gets a hand to it!! 
          ...  But he slots in the rebound 
          ...  He has put it wide!! 
          ...  He puts his hands on his head in despair! 
Min. 48 :(cry) W_Anton finds his way through 
          ...  His quick turn fooled R_Le_Normand 
          ...  M_Fernandes is late with that one 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge 
Min. 51 :(cry) J_P_Mateta sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game 
          ...  K_Phillips with a late tackle 
          ...  It looked worse than what it was 
          ...  He is surrounded by the Crystal Palace players 
Min. 52 :(bla) B_Guimaraes beats E_Alvarez 
          ...  He showed great skill there 
          ...  E_Alvarez recovers to win the ball back. He's a real bundle of energy 
Min. 53 :(bla) M_Oyarzabal makes the tackle 
          ...  He gets to his feet quickly 
          ...  He's beat the defender to the ball 
          ...  M_Oyarzabal has time and space! 
          ...  He tries the lob! 
          ...  D_Livakovic makes the save 
          ...  He hits the ball upfield! 
Min. 55 :(bla) A_Rrahmani over hits his pass 
          ...  He finds R_Le_Normand though 
          ...  That was fortunate 
          ...  A heafty challenge by W_Anton 
          ...  Which leads to the ball going out for a corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  M_Fernandes swings it in! 
          ...  W_Anton deals with the danger and clears 
Min. 56 :(bla) M_Oyarzabal finds K_Phillips in the box 
          ...  K_Tsimikas beats him to the ball 
          ...  He's such a beast! 
Min. 57 :(bla) M_Fernandes controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left! 
          ...  L_Sane gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  L_Openda with an ugly foul 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge 
          ...  FREE KICK 
          ...  Just inside their own half 
          ...  B_Guimaraes hoists it forward 
          ...  K_Phillips gets on the end of it 
          ...  W_Anton goes in with the block tackle 
          ...  He comes out of it with the ball 
          ...  Great tackle! 
Min. 62 :(cry) F_Torres looks around for support 
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Lascelles 
          ...  A_Rrahmani reads it well 
          ...  This boy is a quality defender 
          ...  The crowd sing his praises 
Min. 64 :(cry) Substitution by Crystal Palace 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Branthwaite 
          ...  COMING OFF: J_Lascelles 
Min. 65 :(bla) S_Mane holds up the ball 
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Oyarzabal 
          ...  But S_Reguilon wins the ball with a sliding challenge 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  L_Sane swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! 
          ...  J_Branthwaite reads it well and clears the danger 
Min. 66 :(bla) S_Mane off the woodwork! 
          ...  M_Oyarzabal picks up the deflection 
          ...  M_Oyarzabal carves a shot towards goal! 
          ...  D_Livakovic fists it away 
Min. 70 :(bla) Substitution by Blackburn Rovers 
          ...  COMING ON: E_Demirovic 
          ...  COMING OFF: S_Mane 
Min. 70 :(cry) F_Torres cuts in on A_Rrahmani's blind side 
          ...  F_Torres uses the inside of his foot to curl a shot! 
          ...  But A_Onana is equal to it 
Min. 71 :(bla) K_Phillips holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He hits the ball up to M_Oyarzabal 
          ...  M_Oyarzabal could have let it bounce! 
          ...  D_Livakovic with the acrobatic save 
          ...  Well saved 
Min. 72 :(bla) M_Oyarzabal takes advantage of a mistake by K_Tsimikas 
          ...  Can he make them pay? 
          ...  A powerful shot by M_Oyarzabal! 
          ...  D_Livakovic watches it sail wide! 
Min. 73 :(cry) Substitution by Crystal Palace 
          ...  COMING ON: A_Di_Natale 
          ...  COMING OFF: L_Openda 
Min. 73 :(cry) W_Anton is too quick for A_Rrahmani 
          ...  W_Anton hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! 
          ...  But he puts it over 
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort 
Min. 73 :(cry) P_Pogba hits the ball through the heart of the defence 
          ...  J_P_Mateta latches onto it! 
          ...  M_Oyarzabal with the tackle 
          ...  He left his foot in there! 
          ...  It's a yellow, and rightly so 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
Min. 77 :(cry) F_Torres knocks the ball on and sprints past C_Lenglet 
          ...  A delightful ball in to J_P_Mateta 
          ...  J_P_Mateta has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He fires the ball goalward! 
          ...  It sails over! 
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity 
Min. 78 :(cry) E_Alvarez controls it well 
          ...  He nutmegs C_Lenglet 
          ...  He puts in A_Di_Natale! 
          ...  A_Rrahmani with the tackle 
          ...  That's got to be a yellow 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution! 
Min. 79 :(cry) J_Branthwaite looks around for some movement 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He hits the ball up to A_Di_Natale 
          ...  A_Di_Natale launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! 
          ...  A_Onana with a fantastic point blank save 
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1 
Min. 80 :(bla) Substitution by Blackburn Rovers 
          ...  COMING ON: J_Wulff 
          ...  COMING OFF: M_Fernandes 
Min. 80 :(bla) C_Lenglet takes control of the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to M_Acuna 
          ...  J_Branthwaite clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play 
          ...  The linesman is flagging 
          ...  Throw in 
Min. 82 :(cry) W_Anton pushes it past L_Sane 
          ...  W_Anton sends it down the right wing and continues his run foward. 
          ...  cross comes back into him, he gets his head to the ball! 
          ...  But he got that all wrong 
Min. 82 :(bla) K_Phillips jumps over J_Branthwaite's challenge 
          ...  S_Reguilon reads the game well and cuts out the pass! 
Min. 84 :(bla) L_Sane dribbles it into the box 
          ...  G_Rutter with a late tackle 
          ...  It looked worse than what it was 
          ...  He is surrounded by the Blackburn Rovers players 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time
Min. 88 :(cry) W_Anton feeds the ball through the middle 
          ...  P_Pogba runs onto it 
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender 
          ...  P_Pogba curls it towards the top corner! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! 
          ...  A_Di_Natale flights it in! 
          ...  Excellent keeping! 
Min. 89 :(cry) J_P_Mateta looks around for some movement 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He hits the ball up to K_Tsimikas 
          ...  K_Tsimikas with a bomb of a shot! 
          ...  It's gone over 
          ...  Well he must have left his shooting boots at home for that one 
Min. 91 :(cry) G_Rutter retreats under pressure 
          ...  He hoofs the ball upfield 
          ...  A_Di_Natale gets on the end of it 
          ...  A_Di_Natale shoots towards goal! 
          ...  A_Onana gets up well to catch that one 
Min. 91 :(cry) J_Branthwaite moves out wide 
          ...  He plays the ball through to A_Di_Natale 
          ...  K_Phillips leaves his foot in with the challenge!! 
          ...  That's a bad foul!! 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : Selhurst Park
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Crystal Palace Match Info
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Best player          : L_Openda (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : L_Openda (19)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Blackburn Rovers Match Info
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Best player          : S_Mane
Scorers              : C_Lenglet (30)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_Oyarzabal (73), A_Rrahmani (78)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                          Crystal Palace  |    Blackburn Rovers
Attempts on Goal     :          19        |       9
Off target           :          11        |       4
On target            :           8        |       5
Possession           :          54        |       46
Corners              :           1        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       2
Subs Used            :           2        |       2
Fouls                :          11        |       12
Key Tackles          :          11        |       5
Key Passes           :          19        |       11
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Final Score          : Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
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Player Statistics - Crystal Palace
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_Livakovic    GK  26   1   1   1  27 |  92   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0   0   0
W_Anton        DF   1  24  16  10  27 |  92   0   4   3   0   3   0   0   0   0  56  51  54
S_Reguilon     DF   1  21  20   2  30 |  92   0   3   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  51  26  26
K_Tsimikas     DF   1  23  16  11  31 |  92   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  15   0  17
J_Lascelles    DF   1  22  17   4  25 |  65   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Alvarez      DM   1  19  22  12  33 |  92   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  19  33   0
P_Pogba        MF   1  13  24  14  29 |  92   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  27  14
F_Torres       MF   1   5  21  18  26 |  92   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  24  12
G_Rutter       AM   1   6  20  18  22 |  92   0   0   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   0  44  20
J_P_Mateta     AM   1   2  18  23  22 |  92   0   0   3   0   4   0   0   0   0   0  45  24
L_Openda       FW   1   5  15  23  23 |  74   0   0   0   0   4   1   0   0   0   0   0  41
Y_Clementia    GK  18   1   1   1  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Branthwaite  DF   1  20  17   4  28 |  27   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  36  16   0
J_Ward         DF   1  18  13   8  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Mkhitaryan   MF   1   2  18  13  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Di_Natale    FW   1   7  14  19  20 |  18   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  22

Player Statistics - Blackburn Rovers
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_Onana        GK  27   1   1   1  22 |  92   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
C_Lenglet      DF   1  25  18  13  25 |  92   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  13  15  42
M_Acuna        DF   1  23  17  15  25 |  92   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  16   0
R_Le_Normand   DF   1  23  17   7  20 |  92   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  23
A_Rrahmani     DF   1  23  18   5  30 |  92   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  28  13  -2
K_Phillips     DM   1  19  23  14  26 |  92   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10  28
B_Guimaraes    MF   1  17  23  19  28 |  92   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  21  30   0
L_Sane         MF   1   4  22  21  23 |  92   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   7
M_Fernandes    MF   1   4  20  19  29 |  81   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  34   0   0
S_Mane         FW   1   2  14  22  24 |  71   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  81   0
M_Oyarzabal    FW   1   2  17  23  27 |  92   0   0   1   0   4   0   1   0   0  -2  14  24
B_Bertinato    GK  20   1   1   1  16 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
W_Bouma        DF   1  19  13  10  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Candreva     MF   1   9  18  12  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Wulff        MF   1  12  14  11  28 |  11   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Demirovic    FW   1  11  13  19  32 |  21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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