FFO Vase, Stoke City vs. Monaco (Wed Feb 11) Stoke City | Monaco 4-2-1-1-2 P | 5-1-0-2-2 C Ryan Craig | Mike Bridge Caretaker | M_Flekken GK | GK A_Ramsdale Miranda DF | DF B_Ivanovic K_Kaladze DF | DF R_Burke E_Abidal DF | DF J_Bednarek J_Calvo DF | DF Pepe N_OReilly DM | DF C_Rool S_Diabate DM | DM A_Basinas Xavi MF | AM A_Ricchiuti T_Berenbruch AM | AM C_Forbs D_Scarlett FW | FW E_Demirovic J_Gonzaga FW | FW A_McGeady | S_Simonsen SUB | SUB N_Ratti E_Stevens SUB | SUB P_Kalambayi L_Andreasen SUB | SUB F_Bilbija M_Rente SUB | SUB J_Leko M_Okugawa SUB | SUB F_Insua Min. 2 :(sto) T_Berenbruch finds D_Scarlett in acres of space ... Wonderful sliding challenge by A_McGeady Min. 11 :(mon) C_Forbs moves out over to the edge of the pitch ... He plays the ball through to A_McGeady ... A_McGeady with the deft touch! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... GOAL!! ... What a finish! ... What a player! ... Monaco have snatched the lead! ... Stoke City 0-1 Monaco ... Min. 12 :(mon) J_Bednarek runs with the ball to the corner flag ... He plays the ball across to A_Ricchiuti ... Miranda hits it out for a corner ... That was sent up into the top tier ... CORNER! ... A_Ricchiuti swings it in! ... K_Kaladze gets up well ... And he heads it clear Min. 14 :(mon) C_Rool volleys it forward. He finds E_Demirovic ... E_Demirovic with the goal bound shot! ... But M_Flekken makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 16 :(sto) J_Gonzaga finds K_Kaladze with a ball over the defence ... K_Kaladze drives the ball low! ... A_Ramsdale with a fantastic save ... His captain pats him on the back for that one Min. 17 :(mon) A_Ricchiuti with the mazy dribble ... He takes it past E_Abidal ... K_Kaladze slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 21 :(mon) A_Ricchiuti plays a long ball to E_Demirovic ... Miranda with an ugly foul ... He is fortunate to be given just a warning Min. 29 :(sto) Miranda is first to the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to Xavi ... B_Ivanovic hits it out for a corner ... Will the quality of the ball be good? ... It has to beat the first defender! ... CORNER! ... Swung in by N_OReilly ... It comes to K_Kaladze ... He gets the shot away ... But A_Ramsdale punches it away ... He commands his area so well Min. 30 :(sto) J_Gonzaga with a pinpoint pass to D_Scarlett ... R_Burke slides in hard! ... And knocks the ball out for a throw! Min. 31 :(sto) T_Berenbruch with a short pass to find D_Scarlett ... D_Scarlett with the drive! ... A_Ramsdale has it covered ... It takes a deflection! ... A_Ramsdale is left flat-footed ... It's gone in ... GOAL!! ... It's a level game! ... Stoke City 1-1 Monaco ... Min. 32 :(mon) E_Demirovic takes advantage of a bad back pass from Miranda ... J_Gonzaga is late with that one ... I think he was just trying to get to the ball ... The Referee refrained from booking him but had words Min. 33 :(mon) E_Demirovic is first to the loose ball ... But K_Kaladze barges him off the ball. Thou shalt not pass! Min. 35 :(mon) C_Forbs cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to A_McGeady ... A_McGeady hits a crisp volley! ... M_Flekken with the acrobatic save ... He must have spotted the TV cameras! Min. 36 :(sto) N_OReilly retreats under pressure ... He hits the ball upfield ... E_Abidal latches onto the end of it ... E_Abidal with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... Powerful header! ... A_Ramsdale gathers it easily Min. 36 :(mon) A_Basinas kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... A_Ricchiuti gets on the end of the pass ... A_Ricchiuti hits the ball on the bounce! ... He's dragged it wide!! Min. 41 :(sto) D_Scarlett knocks it past Pepe and runs onto it ... He leaves the defender standing ... D_Scarlett strikes a wicked curler! ... A_Ramsdale just watches it float over the bar! Min. 42 :(mon) A_McGeady plays a clever one-two with his team mate ... He looks around for options ... He moves forward with the ball ... A_McGeady with the drive! ... But he puts it well wide ... That was a crappy effort! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 47 :(sto) J_Calvo makes the tackle ... He gets to his feet quickly ... He's beat the defender to the ball ... J_Calvo throws himself at the ball! ... He manages to reach the ball ... The fans behind the goal jump up! ... A_Ramsdale acrobatically tips it over!! ... Great keeping! ... CORNER! ... T_Berenbruch lofts the ball in! ... E_Abidal with the header ... It hits the outside of the post ... And goes out ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Stoke City 1-1 Monaco Min. 46 :(mon) A_McGeady cuts inside ... A_McGeady with the side footed shot! ... M_Flekken with a great save ... And he holds onto it as well! Min. 47 :(sto) K_Kaladze slips past his marker ... K_Kaladze with a low drive through the rain! ... A_Ramsdale heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 51 :(mon) C_Forbs with a glorious long pass to A_McGeady ... A_McGeady goes for the top corner! ... GOOOOOAL!! ... Hammered home! ... The Monaco fans chant his name! ... Ryan Craig is barking orders at his players! ... His team will have to come back from behind now ... Stoke City 1-2 Monaco ... Min. 52 :(mon) E_Demirovic with a probing through ball A_McGeady ... A_McGeady with the cheeky shot! ... M_Flekken makes a great save ... But he can't hold onto it! ... He gathers it at the second attempt! Min. 53 :(sto) J_Gonzaga steps over the ball ... He nutmegs B_Ivanovic ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... J_Gonzaga hits a curling shot! ... A_Ramsdale fists it away ... That was a good save! Min. 59 :(mon) B_Ivanovic finds the run of A_McGeady ... A_McGeady hits the shot with the inside of the right foot! ... But M_Flekken makes a superb stop down low Min. 60 :(mon) C_Rool has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past K_Kaladze! ... He has some space now! ... C_Rool has time and space on the edge of the box! ... He shoots towards goal! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And spins wide Min. 61 :(sto) D_Scarlett with the dribble ... The defender is easily beaten ... Pepe seizes control of the ball ... He hoists it forward Min. 61 :(sto) S_Diabate controls it well ... He nutmegs Pepe ... He puts in D_Scarlett! ... A_Ramsdale with a nasty foul ... He gets away with that one ... It's just a warning ... FREE KICK! ... It's in a good position! ... T_Berenbruch runs up straight ... And hits it hard with a massive toe-bunger! ... A_Ramsdale with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know! Min. 62 :(sto) N_OReilly takes on the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to J_Gonzaga ... A_Basinas with the tackle ... That's got to be a yellow ... The Referee wants to have a word with him ... YELLOW CARD!! Min. 63 :(mon) Substitution by Monaco ... COMING ON: F_Insua ... COMING OFF: E_Demirovic Min. 65 :(sto) A defence splitting pass from Xavi to T_Berenbruch ... J_Bednarek tries to head the ball away from goal ... But it's looping towards his own net!! ... It goes just over!! ... He's a lucky boy!! ... CORNER! ... T_Berenbruch chips the ball in towards the far post! ... D_Scarlett gets a shot in ... A_Ramsdale has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... A_Ramsdale reacts well to tip it wide!! ... CORNER! ... N_OReilly floats the ball in! ... A_Ramsdale fists it away! Min. 66 :(sto) Xavi looks around for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to J_Gonzaga ... J_Gonzaga tries to place it in the corner! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH!! ... He's put it wide Min. 68 :(mon) C_Forbs runs at the defence ... He nutmegs Miranda ... He showed his class there ... Miranda redeems himself with a great tackle Min. 69 :(sto) K_Kaladze pass splits open the defence ... What a ball! ... N_OReilly is clean through! ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... A_Basinas hits it out for a throw Min. 69 :(mon) J_Bednarek loses his marker! ... J_Bednarek plays it down the wing ... Cross comes in back to him, diving header! ... He had to be brave there ... But M_Flekken comes out and dives at his feet ... That's goalkeeping at its finest Min. 70 :(sto) D_Scarlett sprints down the flank ... He threads the ball in to E_Abidal ... But he loses control of it ... J_Bednarek takes possession Min. 72 :(sto) Substitution by Stoke City ... COMING ON: L_Andreasen ... COMING OFF: S_Diabate Min. 75 :(mon) Substitution by Monaco ... COMING ON: F_Bilbija ... COMING OFF: C_Forbs Min. 75 :(mon) A_Ricchiuti runs at the defence ... A_Ricchiuti fires a shot at goal! ... It flies into Row Z! Min. 76 :(mon) C_Rool with the nod to Pepe ... D_Scarlett with the foul ... The Referee writes his name into the book ... YELLOW CARD!! ... FREE KICK! ... It's in a good position! ... F_Insua smashes it goalwards with the outside of his foot ... It hits the inside of the post ... It falls right into M_Flekken's arms ... But he recovers to save! Min. 78 :(sto) J_Calvo with the cross-field pass to N_OReilly ... Pepe with a superb tackle! ... He easily dispossessed him Min. 78 :(mon) B_Ivanovic boots it towards J_Bednarek ... J_Bednarek with a low drive through the rain! ... He's pulled it wide! Min. 79 :(mon) Substitution by Monaco ... COMING ON: P_Kalambayi ... COMING OFF: R_Burke Min. 82 :(sto) Substitution by Stoke City ... COMING ON: M_Rente ... COMING OFF: Xavi Min. 82 :(sto) Substitution by Stoke City ... COMING ON: M_Okugawa ... COMING OFF: J_Gonzaga Min. 84 :(sto) K_Kaladze takes advantage of a mistake by B_Ivanovic ... He knocks the ball to E_Abidal! ... E_Abidal with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... But A_Ramsdale makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 86 :(mon) A_Ricchiuti with a reverse pass to F_Insua ... F_Insua with the deft touch! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... But M_Flekken parries the shot ... The defender manages to scramble the ball away Min. 87 :(mon) A_McGeady nutmegs N_OReilly, he continues to run forward ... A_McGeady drives the shot in! ... But M_Flekken hits it away ... He could have held onto that! Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 90 :(mon) Pepe with the first time flick to A_McGeady ... A_McGeady with the drive! ... M_Flekken gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Bet365 Stadium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stoke City Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : D_Scarlett Scorers : D_Scarlett (31) Sent Off : N/A Booked : D_Scarlett (76) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monaco Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_McGeady (Man of the Match) Scorers : A_McGeady (11,51) Sent Off : N/A Booked : A_Basinas (62) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stoke City | Monaco Attempts on Goal : 13 | 17 Off target : 3 | 6 On target : 10 | 11 Possession : 43 | 57 Corners : 4 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 1 Subs Used : 3 | 3 Fouls : 6 | 5 Key Tackles : 5 | 8 Key Passes : 14 | 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Stoke City 1 - 2 Monaco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Stoke City Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Flekken GK 27 1 1 1 25 | 96 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 Miranda DF 1 21 16 12 27 | 96 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 16 0 K_Kaladze DF 1 20 17 11 26 | 96 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 48 30 51 E_Abidal DF 1 20 15 9 28 | 96 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 J_Calvo DF 1 19 16 14 26 | 96 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 N_OReilly DM 1 19 21 12 22 | 96 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 S_Diabate DM 1 17 21 6 26 | 74 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 Xavi MF 1 13 21 15 28 | 84 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 T_Berenbruch AM 1 10 21 20 24 | 96 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 8 D_Scarlett FW 1 9 16 23 22 | 96 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 14 24 J_Gonzaga FW 1 5 18 21 29 | 84 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 12 S_Simonsen GK 23 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Stevens DF 1 19 14 5 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Andreasen MF 1 15 19 7 29 | 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Rente MF 1 11 16 10 29 | 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Okugawa FW 1 10 13 16 16 | 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Monaco Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Ramsdale GK 27 1 1 1 29 | 96 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 B_Ivanovic DF 1 19 15 5 26 | 96 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 34 0 R_Burke DF 1 22 17 9 28 | 81 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 J_Bednarek DF 1 22 16 13 23 | 96 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 28 16 28 Pepe DF 1 20 14 14 29 | 96 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 18 0 C_Rool DF 1 19 16 8 27 | 96 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 18 A_Basinas DM 1 13 20 8 24 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 10 -2 A_Ricchiuti AM 1 7 21 17 20 | 96 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 18 C_Forbs AM 1 4 19 16 26 | 77 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 E_Demirovic FW 1 11 15 21 32 | 65 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 A_McGeady FW 1 9 16 21 20 | 96 0 1 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 27 0 91 N_Ratti GK 18 1 1 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P_Kalambayi DF 1 15 11 4 24 | 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F_Bilbija MF 1 6 16 12 34 | 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Leko MF 1 8 15 13 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F_Insua FW 1 6 19 18 21 | 31 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1770829290 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40