FFO EFL2, Schalke vs. Wolfsburg (Mon May 25) Schalke | Wolfsburg 3-4-3 D | 4-3-1-2 C Hamza Siddiqui | Ryan Field | E_Jaouen GK | GK E_Corvi J_Zanetti DF | DF B_Diakite N_Zeze DF | DF D_Vivian R_Albiol DF | DF M_Silvestre J_Lepenant MF | AM C_Seedorf Ruben_Neves MF | DF Roque_Junior M_Burke MF | MF M_Wieffer N_Serrano MF | MF Mar_Antonio N_Woltemade FW | MF C_Jones D_Jebbison FW | FW R_Hojlund M_Cho FW | FW Ronaldo | S_Asenjo SUB | SUB B_Labont W_Bridge SUB | SUB L_Baines C_Davies SUB | SUB R_Navarro J_Feret SUB | SUB N_Anelka S_Kozuki SUB | SUB D_Welbeck Min. 1 :(sch) The ball goes loose! ... J_Lepenant seizes control of it and thinks about the shot ... D_Vivian takes the ball ... OOOHHHH!! ... He almost loses it straight away ... But he hits it clear! Min. 4 :(sch) N_Woltemade crosses in from the wing, he finds J_Lepenant in the box ... J_Lepenant with the 40 yard drive! ... The shot slips through E_Corvi's hands ... GOAL!! ... What a terrible mistake ... That's given Schalke the lead! ... Schalke 1-0 Wolfsburg ... Min. 6 :(wlb) Ronaldo is closed down ... He plays a quick pass under pressure ... C_Jones latches onto the ball ... C_Jones has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... E_Jaouen makes the save ... He hits the ball upfield! Min. 7 :(sch) J_Lepenant holds the ball up and waits for support ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to D_Jebbison ... Blocked by D_Vivian Min. 8 :(wlb) M_Silvestre with a measured ball to C_Seedorf ... C_Seedorf drives the ball low! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it thumps off the woodwork!! ... And goes safely clear! ... E_Jaouen never had a chance! Min. 16 :(wlb) C_Seedorf plays a great one-two ... He continues to run forward now ... Ruben_Neves gathers up the loose ball Min. 18 :(wlb) C_Jones is unmarked! ... C_Jones could have let it bounce! ... E_Jaouen blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 22 :(wlb) B_Diakite is clutching his leg! ... This doesn't look good ... I think Ryan Field is going to take him off Min. 22 :(wlb) Substitution by Wolfsburg ... COMING ON: L_Baines ... COMING OFF: B_Diakite Min. 27 :(sch) J_Zanetti backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball upfield ... Ruben_Neves gets on the end of it ... Ruben_Neves strikes a wicked curler! ... E_Corvi gets his fingertips to it ... He just manages to tip it over ... CORNER! ... Ruben_Neves plays it into the danger area! ... Roque_Junior clears the danger Min. 28 :(sch) N_Zeze runs down the flank ... He threads the ball in to N_Serrano ... L_Baines anticipates the pass and cuts it out Min. 31 :(sch) N_Woltemade hits a hard pass to N_Serrano ... M_Silvestre dives in two footed!! ... Play On!! Min. 33 :(sch) M_Burke brings it under control ... He takes on Roque_Junior ... He gets past him! ... He puts in J_Lepenant! ... J_Lepenant shoots towards goal! ... E_Corvi 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. 33 :(wlb) M_Wieffer with the Cruyff turn ... What a fantastic interception by Ruben_Neves Min. 34 :(wlb) C_Jones looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to R_Hojlund ... R_Hojlund with a bicycle kick! ... But he puts it wide ... He found himself with no room to manoeuvre Min. 35 :(sch) N_Serrano turns past the defender ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to D_Jebbison ... D_Jebbison with an overhead kick! ... He gets a connection ... It hits the inside of the post ... It falls right into E_Corvi's arms ... Unlucky Min. 39 :(wlb) Ronaldo with a real burst of pace ... He leaves M_Burke behind ... Ronaldo with the deft touch! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... But E_Jaouen is equal to it Min. 42 :(wlb) C_Jones with the flick on ... He plays the ball across to Ronaldo ... Ronaldo with the cheeky shot! ... But E_Jaouen is equal to it Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 45 :(sch) Substitution by Schalke ... COMING ON: W_Bridge ... COMING OFF: R_Albiol ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Schalke 1-0 Wolfsburg Min. 50 :(wlb) Mar_Antonio finds himself in acres of space ... Mar_Antonio drives the shot in! ... It's well wide! ... 8 times out of 10 he would have scored that! Min. 51 :(wlb) Ronaldo looks around for some movement ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He hits the ball to R_Hojlund ... R_Hojlund must beat E_Jaouen! ... E_Jaouen with a great save ... He holds onto it as well! Min. 59 :(sch) N_Woltemade brushes C_Jones aside and breaks free ... Roque_Junior goes in with the block tackle ... He comes out of it with the ball ... Great tackle! Min. 64 :(sch) J_Lepenant with an inswinging cross to M_Cho ... M_Wieffer with a superb tackle! ... He easily dispossessed him Min. 65 :(sch) Substitution by Schalke ... COMING ON: J_Feret ... COMING OFF: N_Serrano Min. 69 :(wlb) M_Wieffer knocks the ball past the lunge of M_Burke ... M_Wieffer has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... The ball moves through the air with some crazy top spin! ... E_Jaouen moves quickly! ... Can he get to this? ... E_Jaouen tips it wide! ... CORNER! ... C_Jones hits it towards the far post! ... N_Zeze gets up well ... And he heads it clear Min. 70 :(wlb) Tactical Change by Wolfsburg ... Wolfsburg have changed their playing style to L Min. 73 :(wlb) M_Wieffer has a go! ... It hits the defender ... C_Jones collects the loose ball! ... C_Jones with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... Powerful downward header! ... E_Jaouen with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know! Min. 77 :(sch) M_Burke finds M_Cho in acres of space ... M_Cho tries to catch the keeper out! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... That shot was so poor it would make Ronny Rosenthal cringe! Min. 77 :(wlb) M_Silvestre has a go! ... It hits the defender ... M_Wieffer collects the loose ball! ... Excellent sliding challenge from Ruben_Neves ... He could have easily caught the defender if he hadn't been careful Min. 78 :(wlb) M_Silvestre comes up lame after the wicked challenge ... He looks like he will continue Min. 80 :(wlb) R_Hojlund sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball in to L_Baines ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... Ruben_Neves looks embarrassed to take the ball off him! Min. 84 :(sch) M_Cho jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to D_Jebbison ... M_Wieffer with the tackle ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge. ... That was Roy Keane on Alf-Inge Haland levels! Min. 86 :(sch) M_Cho sidesteps Mar_Antonio ... M_Cho hits a great shot! ... Looks like it should be E_Corvi's ... But he elects to punch it rather than catch ... It loops out for a corner. ... CORNER! ... M_Cho dinks the ball into the area! ... Excellent keeping! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 6 minutes of injury time. ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Veltins-Arena ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schalke Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Lepenant (Man of the Match) Scorers : J_Lepenant (4) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolfsburg Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : C_Jones Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : B_Diakite (22) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schalke | Wolfsburg Attempts on Goal : 6 | 10 Off target : 4 | 3 On target : 2 | 7 Possession : 42 | 58 Corners : 2 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 1 Fouls : 8 | 6 Key Tackles : 5 | 7 Key Passes : 9 | 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Schalke 1 - 0 Wolfsburg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Schalke Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E_Jaouen GK 27 1 1 1 25 | 97 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 J_Zanetti DF 1 22 17 5 26 | 97 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 N_Zeze DF 1 22 18 8 24 | 97 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 16 0 R_Albiol DF 1 21 18 11 24 | 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Lepenant MF 1 20 23 17 25 | 97 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 45 Ruben_Neves MF 1 8 23 22 26 | 97 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 120 0 8 M_Burke MF 1 18 22 4 24 | 97 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 N_Serrano MF 1 11 22 20 26 | 66 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 N_Woltemade FW 1 4 20 24 26 | 97 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 D_Jebbison FW 1 5 19 23 28 | 97 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 M_Cho FW 1 5 15 21 28 | 97 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 S_Asenjo GK 22 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Bridge DF 1 21 17 7 23 | 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Davies DF 1 20 17 13 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Feret MF 1 5 20 15 20 | 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Kozuki FW 1 8 13 15 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Wolfsburg Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E_Corvi GK 24 1 1 1 24 | 97 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 B_Diakite DF 1 22 19 11 24 | 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Vivian DF 1 22 17 13 28 | 97 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 M_Silvestre DF 1 21 16 7 30 | 97 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 36 0 C_Seedorf AM 1 11 21 17 20 | 97 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Roque_Junior DF 1 20 16 11 22 | 97 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 M_Wieffer MF 1 20 22 6 27 | 97 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 12 24 Mar_Antonio MF 1 16 22 15 21 | 97 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 C_Jones MF 1 13 23 20 25 | 97 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 30 R_Hojlund FW 1 8 20 25 29 | 97 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 Ronaldo FW 1 4 18 23 28 | 97 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 14 B_Labont GK 22 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Baines DF 1 20 16 15 28 | 75 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 R_Navarro MF 1 3 17 15 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Anelka FW 1 6 16 21 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Welbeck FW 1 5 14 20 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1779731002 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40