FFO Champ, Fulham vs. Cardiff City (Mon Jan 05)


                               Fulham  |  Cardiff City
                          4-1-2-2-1 P  |  4-3-2-1 P
                            Joe Brown  |  Matt Rose
                                       |
                        Unai_Simon GK  |  GK A_Kinsky
                            E_Dier DF  |  DF N_Osborne
                           R_Dunne DF  |  DF H_Westermann
                          L_Eising DF  |  DF A_Traore
                        L_Chambers DF  |  DF R_Nelsen
                       J_McConnell DM  |  MF R_Esse
                         P_Barrios MF  |  MF C_Brocchi
                          S_Eguren MF  |  MF J_Slory
                         W_Odobert AM  |  AM A_Johnson
                          M_Arteta AM  |  AM R_Gomis
                        E_Ferguson FW  |  FW I_Thiago
                                       |
                       L_Vigouroux SUB |  SUB M_Freese
                        M_Richards SUB |  SUB P_Comuzzo
                           Y_Toure SUB |  SUB D_Godin
                          H_Wilson SUB |  SUB Terrats
                        B_McCarthy SUB |  SUB J_Baptista




Min. 2  :(ful) S_Eguren cuts inside the defender 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He passes it to W_Odobert 
          ...  W_Odobert sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender! 
          ...  Looks like it should be easy for A_Kinsky 
          ...  but he's made a hash of it 
          ...  It drifts inches wide!! 
          ...  A_Kinsky looks embarrassed! 
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide! 
Min. 3  :(car) N_Osborne is taking a throw in 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He throws it to J_Slory 
          ...  J_Slory cracks a laser towards goal! 
          ...  Unai_Simon parries the shot 
          ...  And the defender clears it! 
Min. 7  :(car) I_Thiago gets the ball on the wing 
          ...  He cuts inside the defender! 
          ...  He has some space now! 
          ...  M_Arteta with a bad challenge 
          ...  The Referee calls him for a talk 
          ...  It's just a warning 
Min. 9  :(ful) S_Eguren looks around for some movement 
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now! 
          ...  He hits the ball to P_Barrios 
          ...  P_Barrios throws himself at the ball! 
          ...  He manages to reach the ball 
          ...  It's beaten A_Kinsky 
          ...  It goes wide!! 
Min. 11 :(ful) L_Chambers nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward 
          ...  L_Chambers hits it 
          ...  This one could go anywhere! 
          ...  But it puts it well wide 
Min. 14 :(ful) J_McConnell unselfishly lays the ball back to P_Barrios 
          ...  P_Barrios sends it down the right wing and continues his run foward. 
          ...  cross comes back into him, he gets his head to the ball! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Fulham go ahead in this match now! 
          ...  Fulham 1-0 Cardiff City ...
Min. 18 :(ful) J_McConnell is taking a throw in 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He throws it to R_Dunne 
          ...  N_Osborne steals the ball of off him 
Min. 20 :(ful) M_Arteta beats his marker 
          ...  M_Arteta tries to chip the ball over the keeper! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Right into the top corner! 
          ...  Fulham 2-0 Cardiff City ...
Min. 21 :(ful) Tactical Change by Fulham 
          ...  Fulham have changed their playing style to C 
Min. 21 :(car) R_Gomis with a throw in 
          ...  He throws the ball across to J_Slory 
          ...  M_Arteta with a superb challenge 
          ...  The referee has given the free kick the other way! 
Min. 21 :(car) A_Johnson comes to collect the ball 
          ...  Great turn!! 
          ...  Superb play 
          ...  M_Arteta reads it well 
          ...  He clears the danger 
Min. 26 :(ful) P_Barrios is out on the left 
          ...  He moves the ball right to E_Ferguson 
          ...  R_Nelsen bundles the player over!! 
          ...  That's a foul!! 
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant! 
          ...  Play on! 
Min. 26 :(car) R_Gomis finds R_Nelsen in acres of space 
          ...  L_Eising knocks him to the floor 
          ...  The fans are calling for a penalty! 
          ...  But The Referee just turns away! 
Min. 27 :(car) R_Gomis turns on a sixpence 
          ...  R_Gomis goes for the top corner! 
          ...  The ball moves through the air! 
          ...  Unai_Simon moves quickly! 
          ...  Can he get to this? 
          ...  It's beaten him! 
          ...  But it thumps the post!! 
          ...  And goes out! 
Min. 28 :(ful) S_Eguren takes control of the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to E_Dier 
          ...  E_Dier hits the ball first time! 
          ...  A_Kinsky makes a comfortable save 
          ...  He wasn't troubled there 
Min. 32 :(ful) E_Ferguson plays a first time ball through the defence to M_Arteta 
          ...  M_Arteta beats the offside trap! 
          ...  He runs at A_Kinsky 
          ...  He rounds A_Kinsky 
          ...  He has been pushed wide! 
          ...  Surely he can't score from that angle! 
          ...  That shot never looked like going in 
Min. 32 :(car) R_Nelsen rises up for the header 
          ...  He flicks the ball on to C_Brocchi 
          ...  W_Odobert with an ugly foul 
          ...  The Referee will want to speak to him 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
Min. 33 :(ful) S_Eguren beats the defender 
          ...  Cleaned up by R_Nelsen 
Min. 34 :(ful) E_Ferguson with the dribble 
          ...  He spots the run of his team-mate 
          ...  He's decided to go alone 
          ...  Good sliding challenge from N_Osborne and it had to be 
Min. 36 :(car) N_Osborne runs at goal 
          ...  He spots the run of H_Westermann 
          ...  He's played him in 
          ...  E_Ferguson fouls badly 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He is in the book for that one 
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on 
Min. 38 :(ful) E_Ferguson breaks free from his marker 
          ...  A_Traore intercepts the pass 
Min. 38 :(car) A_Johnson controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right! 
          ...  I_Thiago gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  I_Thiago with the goal bound shot! 
          ...  Unai_Simon catches the ball 
Min. 40 :(ful) S_Eguren runs at the defender 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He passes it to E_Ferguson 
          ...  E_Ferguson hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! 
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!! 
          ...  It grazes the post and goes wide 
Min. 40 :(car) I_Thiago beats one 
          ...  Goes past the second 
          ...  He keeps going 
          ...  Fantastic skill!! 
          ...  L_Eising clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play 
          ...  The linesman is flagging 
          ...  Throw in 
Min. 41 :(car) J_Slory with the through ball to A_Johnson 
          ...  P_Barrios pulls on his opponent's shirt!! 
          ...  The Referee has stopped play 
          ...  Well spotted by The Referee! 
          ...  The Referee writes his name in his little black book 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on! 
Min. 41 :(car) R_Gomis is out on the left 
          ...  He moves the ball right to N_Osborne 
          ...  N_Osborne goes for goal! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But sails wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! 
          ...  R_Esse flights it in! 
          ...  E_Dier heads it away 
Min. 42 :(ful) P_Barrios uses his feet well to turn on the ball 
          ...  H_Westermann with the block 
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time.
Min. 44 :(car) I_Thiago with a burst of pace 
          ...  E_Dier hits it out for a corner 
          ...  The pressure is mounting! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  R_Nelsen plays it towards the near post! 
          ...  Unai_Simon fists it away! 
Min. 45 :(car) R_Nelsen hoofs it upfield to find A_Johnson 
          ...  But L_Chambers wins the ball with a sliding challenge 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Fulham 2-0 Cardiff City

Min. 48 :(car) N_Osborne holds up the ball 
          ...  He plays the ball to J_Slory 
          ...  But L_Chambers reads the situation well and wins the ball 
Min. 49 :(ful) M_Arteta latches onto the ball 
          ...  He has some space now 
          ...  N_Osborne hits it out for a corner 
          ...  That was sent up into the top tier 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  E_Dier crosses it in! 
          ...  Excellent keeping! 
Min. 49 :(car) H_Westermann backtracks with the ball 
          ...  He hits the ball upfield 
          ...  A_Johnson latches onto the end of it 
          ...  A_Johnson beats the defender to the ball 
          ...  He beats a second defender 
          ...  He just has Unai_Simon to beat! 
          ...  He tries to beat Unai_Simon 
          ...  Unai_Simon pulls off a save!! 
Min. 51 :(ful) E_Ferguson with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He shows N_Osborne a clean set of heals 
          ...  E_Ferguson with the punt towards goal! 
          ...  But he puts it over 
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort 
Min. 51 :(car) J_Slory loses his marker 
          ...  J_Slory flicks the header toward the far post! 
          ...  It hits the bar 
          ...  And goes over! 
          ...  Unai_Simon was beaten there! 
Min. 53 :(car) R_Nelsen flights the ball to A_Johnson 
          ...  W_Odobert with a late tackle 
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul 
Min. 59 :(ful) Curled in dangerously from J_McConnell to L_Chambers 
          ...  L_Chambers flicks the header toward the far post! 
          ...  He has failed to hit the target! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He should have buried that! 
Min. 60 :(ful) Substitution by Fulham 
          ...  COMING ON: M_Richards 
          ...  COMING OFF: E_Dier 
Min. 60 :(ful) Substitution by Fulham 
          ...  COMING ON: B_McCarthy 
          ...  COMING OFF: W_Odobert 
Min. 60 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City 
          ...  COMING ON: M_Freese 
          ...  COMING OFF: N_Osborne 
Min. 60 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City 
          ...  COMING ON: P_Comuzzo 
          ...  COMING OFF: H_Westermann 
Min. 60 :(ful) E_Ferguson had to stretch to reach the pass 
          ...  E_Ferguson fires the shot in! 
          ...  He's dragged it wide!! 
Min. 61 :(car) J_Slory with a first time pass 
          ...  A_Traore runs onto it! 
          ...  A_Traore carves a shot towards goal! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But sails wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  R_Gomis with an outswinging corner into the box 
          ...  Unai_Simon comes towards the ball 
          ...  And he claims it with ease! 
Min. 63 :(ful) P_Barrios sidesteps R_Nelsen 
          ...  A glorious effort by P_Barrios! 
          ...  It hits off a defender! 
          ...  A_Kinsky is wrong footed! 
          ...  It drifts just wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  J_McConnell swings the ball in hard and fast towards the back post! 
          ...  A_Kinsky easily catches it! 
Min. 65 :(car) Substitution by Cardiff City 
          ...  COMING ON: D_Godin 
          ...  COMING OFF: J_Slory 
Min. 65 :(car) Tactical Change by Cardiff City 
          ...  Cardiff City have changed their playing style to A 
Min. 65 :(ful) P_Barrios spots his team mate making a run 
          ...  He finds E_Ferguson with a lovely pass! 
          ...  E_Ferguson carves a shot towards goal! 
          ...  A_Kinsky 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. 66 :(ful) A_Kinsky miskicks! 
          ...  B_McCarthy is through! 
          ...  B_McCarthy fires the shot in! 
          ...  But it goes wide of the post 
Min. 67 :(ful) M_Arteta sidesteps P_Comuzzo 
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by R_Esse!! 
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes 
Min. 68 :(ful) P_Barrios brushes R_Nelsen aside and breaks free 
          ...  P_Barrios bears down on goal! 
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up! 
          ...  But it's gone just wide!! 
Min. 69 :(ful) E_Ferguson had to stretch to reach the pass 
          ...  E_Ferguson launches himself head first to connect with the low cross! 
          ...  A_Kinsky parries it 
Min. 70 :(ful) M_Arteta takes advantage of a mistake by A_Traore 
          ...  He puts in B_McCarthy! 
          ...  But P_Comuzzo wins the tackle cleanly 
Min. 71 :(car) A_Johnson controls the ball with a deft piece of skill 
          ...  He plays the ball out to the left! 
          ...  R_Gomis gets onto the end of the pass! 
          ...  R_Dunne with a late tackle 
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on 
Min. 77 :(ful) L_Eising with the first time flick to M_Richards 
          ...  D_Godin with the tackle 
          ...  He had to get that one right! 
Min. 78 :(car) A_Traore curls the ball out wide to P_Comuzzo 
          ...  A wicked drive by P_Comuzzo! 
          ...  Unai_Simon with a fantastic point blank save 
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league 
Min. 79 :(ful) B_McCarthy holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now 
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! 
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him! 
          ...  B_McCarthy tries to beat A_Kinsky from outside the area! 
          ...  Saved by A_Kinsky 
Min. 80 :(ful) M_Arteta is too quick for P_Comuzzo 
          ...  M_Arteta has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He shoots! 
          ...  But A_Kinsky punches it away 
          ...  He commands his area so well 
Min. 82 :(ful) S_Eguren plays a long ball to J_McConnell 
          ...  J_McConnell hits the shot with the inside of the left foot! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But flies wide of the post! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Eguren plays it towards the near post! 
          ...  P_Comuzzo clears the corner with a header away from the near post 
Min. 82 :(car) A_Johnson with an amazing show of skill to get past R_Dunne 
          ...  He crosses to C_Brocchi 
          ...  C_Brocchi with a blistering shot! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork!! 
          ...  And goes safely clear! 
          ...  Unai_Simon never had a chance! 
Min. 84 :(ful) M_Arteta cuts in on the inside of the defender 
          ...  He gets past him! 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to B_McCarthy 
          ...  B_McCarthy sidesteps his marker and tries the wicked snap bender! 
          ...  A_Kinsky makes himself big and wins the ball 
Min. 84 :(car) R_Nelsen rises up for the header 
          ...  He flicks the ball on to I_Thiago 
          ...  A great volley from I_Thiago! 
          ...  But he puts it over 
          ...  He can't be happy with that effort 
Min. 86 :(ful) E_Ferguson sidesteps his marker 
          ...  That was too easy 
          ...  E_Ferguson with the side footed shot! 
          ...  It hits the post 
          ...  And goes clear 
Min. 87 :(ful) E_Ferguson with an amazing show of skill to get past R_Esse 
          ...  He crosses to M_Arteta 
          ...  What a fantastic interception by A_Traore 
          ...  He read that situation like a book! 
Min. 87 :(car) D_Godin is taking a throw in 
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back 
          ...  He throws the ball to I_Thiago 
          ...  But S_Eguren sweeps up the threat 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time.
Min. 88 :(ful) S_Eguren with the nutmeg 
          ...  He takes the ball forward 
          ...  S_Eguren aims for the top right corner! 
          ...  That shot never looked like going in 
Min. 90 :(ful) M_Richards brings the ball into the opposing area 
          ...  E_Ferguson makes himself available 
          ...  C_Brocchi reads the game well and cuts out the pass! 
Min. 93 :(ful) P_Barrios plays it to his team mate for a one-two 
          ...  B_McCarthy keeps possession instead! 
          ...  He runs towards the goal now! 
          ...  But P_Comuzzo puts the ball out of play 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : Craven Cottage
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Fulham Match Info
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Best player          : M_Arteta (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : P_Barrios (14), M_Arteta (20)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : W_Odobert (32), E_Ferguson (36), P_Barrios (41), R_Dunne (71)
Injured              : N/A
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Cardiff City Match Info
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Best player          : N_Osborne
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                                  Fulham  |    Cardiff City
Attempts on Goal     :          22        |       10
Off target           :          15        |       6
On target            :           7        |       4
Possession           :          61        |       39
Corners              :           3        |       3
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           4        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       3
Fouls                :          11        |       5
Key Tackles          :           8        |       14
Key Passes           :          17        |       16
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Final Score          : Fulham 2 - 0 Cardiff City
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Player Statistics - Fulham
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Unai_Simon     GK  27   1   1   1  25 |  97   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  53   0   0   0
E_Dier         DF   1  23  15  10  25 |  63   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  30   0  20
R_Dunne        DF   1  20  16   8  31 |  97   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
L_Eising       DF   1  21  15   3  20 |  97   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  51  19   0
L_Chambers     DF   1  20  13   9  23 |  97   0   2   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  36   0  38
J_McConnell    DM   1  14  19   5  22 |  97   0   0   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  64  23
P_Barrios      MF   1  20  22  16  26 |  97   0   0   3   0   4   1   1   0   0  -2  34  70
S_Eguren       MF   1  13  20  15  25 |  97   0   1   5   0   1   0   0   0   0  25  70  13
W_Odobert      AM   1   9  20  17  29 |  63   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   9
M_Arteta       AM   1   8  20  15  26 |  97   0   1   2   0   3   1   0   0   0  30  28  66
E_Ferguson     FW   1   3  20  25  26 |  97   0   0   2   0   6   0   1   0   0  -2  26  18
L_Vigouroux    GK  18   1   1   1  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Richards     DF   1  19  15   3  21 |  34   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  19   0
Y_Toure        MF   1  12  19  10  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
H_Wilson       AM   1   3  16  14  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_McCarthy     FW   1  10  16  20  28 |  34   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  28

Player Statistics - Cardiff 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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A_Kinsky       GK  27   1   1   1  27 |  97   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  29   0   0   0
N_Osborne      DF   1  21  17  11  20 |  63   0   3   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  51  51  17
H_Westermann   DF   1  20  16  10  28 |  63   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  18  18   0
A_Traore       DF   1  20  17   7  25 |  97   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  36  17  21
R_Nelsen       DF   1  19  17   8  25 |  97   0   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  38  51   0
R_Esse         MF   1   9  21  17  25 |  97   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  29   0   0
C_Brocchi      MF   1  13  20   5  28 |  97   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  25   0  23
J_Slory        MF   1   7  20  19  26 |  68   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  28  20
A_Johnson      AM   1   3  18  20  30 |  97   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  48  10
R_Gomis        AM   1  15  19   7  26 |  97   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30  21
I_Thiago       FW   1   6  17  24  25 |  97   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
M_Freese       DF  19   1   1   1  31 |  34   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Comuzzo      DF   1  20  15  15  30 |  34   0   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  54   0  15
D_Godin        MF   1  19  13   7  26 |  29   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  19  21   0
Terrats        MF   1  12  16   9  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Baptista     FW   1  10  14  21  26 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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