FFO Champ, Cardiff City vs. Leicester City (Mon Feb 09) Cardiff City | Leicester City 5-1-2-1-1 P | 4-1-3-2 L Matt Rose | Darren Lear | A_Kinsky GK | GK A_Areola N_Osborne DF | DF J_Angelino H_Westermann DF | DF G_Montiel R_Nelsen DF | DM F_Kessie D_Godin DF | DF A_Sorensen P_Comuzzo DF | DF N_Aguerd R_Gomis DM | MF R_De_Paul R_Esse MF | MF B_Pearson C_Brocchi MF | FW K_Dolberg J_Slory AM | FW Ronaldinho I_Thiago FW | MF G_Rutter | M_Freese SUB | SUB M_Muller J_OBrien SUB | SUB Y_Berchiche A_Johnson SUB | SUB N_Kante J_Baptista SUB | SUB E_Eze S_Floccari SUB | SUB C_Woodrow Min. 1 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... Leicester City have changed their playing style to P Min. 1 :(car) D_Godin looks around for some movement ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to J_Slory ... J_Slory hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! ... But A_Areola comes out and dives at his feet ... That's goalkeeping at its finest Min. 1 :(car) N_Osborne with the dribble ... K_Dolberg with an ugly foul ... The Referee calls him for a talk ... He's going to let him off for that ... He'd better be careful now Min. 2 :(car) I_Thiago breaks free from A_Sorensen ... J_Angelino tackles cleanly Min. 9 :(car) R_Esse passes the ball to J_Slory ... But N_Aguerd wins the ball Min. 10 :(lei) G_Rutter with the header on ... He finds K_Dolberg in space ... But H_Westermann clears the ball to safety Min. 11 :(lei) Ronaldinho turns past N_Osborne ... He has created space for himself now ... But I_Thiago comes away with the ball ... Excellent defending there! Min. 15 :(lei) A defence splitting pass from F_Kessie to B_Pearson ... D_Godin with an over the top challenge ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! Min. 16 :(car) J_Slory cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to C_Brocchi ... N_Aguerd brings him down in the area ... There can only be one outcome surely! ... But The Referee waves play on!! Min. 17 :(car) R_Nelsen with a smart pass to N_Osborne ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... B_Pearson hits it out for a throw Min. 18 :(car) Tactical Change by Cardiff City ... Cardiff City have changed their playing style to C Min. 19 :(car) D_Godin slips past his marker N_Aguerd ... The ball is whipped into J_Slory ... J_Slory smashed the ball towards the bottom corner! ... A_Areola narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety Min. 20 :(lei) Ronaldinho with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past I_Thiago ... A skilful effort from Ronaldinho! ... GOAL!! ... It defies description! ... How about 'sensational'? ... How about 'superb'? ... Leicester City have taken the lead! ... Cardiff City 0-1 Leicester City ... Min. 28 :(lei) F_Kessie knocks the ball on and sprints past H_Westermann ... A delightful ball in to K_Dolberg ... K_Dolberg with the shot! ... He's pulled it wide! ... He looks horrified by that miss! Min. 33 :(lei) Ronaldinho plays a first time ball through the defence to K_Dolberg ... K_Dolberg tries the shot! ... A_Kinsky parries the shot ... And the defender clears it! Min. 37 :(car) R_Esse with a real burst of pace ... He shows F_Kessie a clean set of heals ... K_Dolberg with a poor challenge ... The Referee calls him over ... What's it going to be? ... YELLOW CARD! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 44 :(lei) G_Rutter looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to K_Dolberg ... K_Dolberg with his head down lets it go! ... A_Kinsky saves it ... Good goalkeeping Min. 46 :(lei) The ball runs loose! ... G_Montiel seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... G_Montiel must beat A_Kinsky! ... But A_Kinsky pulls out a save of the game ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Cardiff City 0-1 Leicester City Min. 48 :(car) N_Osborne finds himself in acres of space ... N_Osborne throws himself at the ball! ... He manages to reach the ball ... He's pulled it wide! Min. 51 :(lei) B_Pearson finds J_Angelino with a perfectly weighted pass ... J_Angelino sends it flying towards goal! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It's wide! ... That was a dismal effort! ... He should have buried that! Min. 52 :(lei) G_Montiel with a reverse pass to G_Rutter ... H_Westermann with a nasty foul ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment ... The Referee warns him Min. 54 :(car) N_Osborne finds P_Comuzzo in the box ... P_Comuzzo with a graceful, looping effort! ... A_Areola falls over ... But A_Areola is relieved to watch it go out of play! Min. 55 :(lei) R_De_Paul with a real burst of pace ... He leaves the defender behind ... A vicious shot by R_De_Paul! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... G_Rutter hits it towards the far post! ... D_Godin clears the danger Min. 55 :(car) C_Brocchi 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 J_Slory ... N_Aguerd is called for the holding foul ... He was a bit too close for comfort ... He is warned by The Referee Min. 57 :(car) J_Slory with a probing through ball I_Thiago ... A_Sorensen pulls on his shirt ... He wins the ball ... The defender got away with the foul there! Min. 60 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: A_Johnson ... COMING OFF: R_Esse Min. 60 :(lei) Substitution by Leicester City ... COMING ON: E_Eze ... COMING OFF: B_Pearson Min. 60 :(lei) Substitution by Leicester City ... COMING ON: C_Woodrow ... COMING OFF: Ronaldinho Min. 60 :(lei) J_Angelino takes advantage of a bad back pass from P_Comuzzo ... But C_Brocchi sees the pass and cuts it out Min. 62 :(lei) K_Dolberg retreats under pressure ... He hoofs the ball upfield ... R_De_Paul gets on the end of it ... R_De_Paul fires off a right-footed shot! ... A_Kinsky gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender hoofs the ball to safety Min. 64 :(lei) G_Rutter with the flick on ... He plays the ball across to C_Woodrow ... C_Woodrow swings in the shot! ... A_Kinsky just watches it drift out of play! Min. 65 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City ... COMING ON: J_Baptista ... COMING OFF: I_Thiago Min. 67 :(lei) F_Kessie with a throw in ... He throws the ball across to N_Aguerd ... N_Aguerd fires the shot in! ... He hits the post ... He follows it up! ... But puts it wide! ... He'll be disappointed with that Min. 69 :(lei) E_Eze picks out G_Montiel with the cross ... N_Osborne anticipates the pass and cuts it out Min. 71 :(lei) G_Montiel unselfishly heads the ball back to K_Dolberg ... K_Dolberg drives it towards goal! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... A_Kinsky dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had A_Kinsky beaten! Min. 77 :(car) A_Johnson with the mazy run ... A_Johnson sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender! ... It hammers off the post ... And out for a throw in Min. 78 :(lei) Tactical Change by Leicester City ... Leicester City have changed their playing style to D Min. 82 :(car) R_Gomis finds a hole in the defence ... But he loses control of it ... N_Aguerd hits it out for a throw Min. 83 :(lei) G_Rutter controls it well ... He nutmegs D_Godin ... He puts in K_Dolberg! ... H_Westermann with an ugly foul ... That looked malicious ... The Referee calls him over ... The Referee tells him that he has been warned enough ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 86 :(lei) F_Kessie with the towering header to G_Rutter ... N_Osborne cuts out the pass ... That was close! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 92 :(car) A_Johnson runs into space ... But J_Angelino puts it in row Z! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Cardiff City Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Slory Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : D_Godin (15), H_Westermann (83) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leicester City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : N_Aguerd (Man of the Match) Scorers : Ronaldinho (20) Sent Off : N/A Booked : K_Dolberg (37) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardiff City | Leicester City Attempts on Goal : 5 | 11 Off target : 2 | 6 On target : 3 | 5 Possession : 48 | 52 Corners : 0 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 1 Subs Used : 2 | 2 Fouls : 6 | 7 Key Tackles : 6 | 7 Key Passes : 8 | 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Cardiff City 0 - 1 Leicester City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Cardiff City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Kinsky GK 27 1 1 1 27 | 97 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 N_Osborne DF 1 22 17 11 20 | 97 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 17 17 H_Westermann DF 1 21 16 10 28 | 97 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 -2 -2 R_Nelsen DF 1 19 17 8 25 | 97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 D_Godin DF 1 19 13 7 26 | 97 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 40 -2 P_Comuzzo DF 1 20 15 15 30 | 97 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 R_Gomis DM 1 15 19 7 26 | 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Esse MF 1 9 21 17 25 | 64 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 C_Brocchi MF 1 13 20 5 28 | 97 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 14 0 J_Slory AM 1 7 20 19 26 | 97 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 22 I_Thiago FW 1 6 17 24 25 | 69 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 M_Freese GK 19 1 1 1 31 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_OBrien DF 1 14 11 2 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Johnson MF 1 3 18 21 30 | 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 J_Baptista FW 1 10 14 21 26 | 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Floccari FW 1 5 14 19 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Leicester City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Areola GK 26 1 1 1 25 | 97 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 J_Angelino DF 1 22 16 9 22 | 97 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 0 19 G_Montiel DF 1 22 16 15 27 | 97 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 15 F_Kessie DM 1 15 23 10 27 | 97 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 A_Sorensen DF 1 21 16 9 29 | 97 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 N_Aguerd DF 1 24 15 13 21 | 97 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 42 0 15 R_De_Paul MF 1 3 23 19 24 | 97 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 B_Pearson MF 1 15 20 13 31 | 64 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 14 0 K_Dolberg FW 1 3 15 23 27 | 97 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 17 22 Ronaldinho FW 1 7 18 20 20 | 64 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 28 G_Rutter MF 1 6 21 19 22 | 97 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 M_Muller GK 21 1 1 1 31 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y_Berchiche DF 1 22 18 14 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Kante DM 1 13 20 12 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Eze DF 1 8 20 19 28 | 33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 C_Woodrow FW 1 3 12 15 24 | 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1770662186 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40