October 24, 2007
| Pkd | Inf | Name | Position | Morale | Form | Con | Apps | Gls | Av Rat |
| GK | | Simon Jentzsch | GK | Superb | 9-7-8-9-8 | 100% | 11 | - | 7.64 |
| DR | | Steve Finnan | D/DM R | Superb | 7-7-7-8-7 | 100% | 4 | - | 7.25 |
| DL | | Michael Ball | D/DM L | Superb | 7-7-7-8-7 | 100% | 2 | - | 7.50 |
| DC | | Pascal Cygan | D C | Superb | 8-7-7-7-7 | 97% | 10 | 1 | 7.20 |
| DC | | Danny Shittu | D C | Very Good | 7-7-8-7-7 | 100% | 12 | - | 7.50 |
| DMC | Bid | Fábio Rochemback | DM C | Very Poor | 7-7-4-8-7 | 100% | 5 | 1 | 6.60 |
| MR | Unh | Scott Donnelly | AM RC | Superb | 8-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 0 (2) | 2 | 7.00 |
| ML | | Peter Løvenkrands | F LC | Superb | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 4 (2) | - | 7.17 |
| AMC | | Cedric van der Gun | AM/F C | Superb | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 0 (1) | - | 7.00 |
| FC | | Cristiano Lucarelli | S C | Very Good | 7-7-6-7-7 | 95% | 11 | 6 | 7.27 |
| FC | | Güiza | S C | Superb | 8-7-6-7-7 | 98% | 3 (2) | 1 | 7.00 |
| S1 | Unh | Generoso Rossi | GK | Superb | 8-8-7-8-7 | 100% | 1 | - | 7.00 |
| S2 | | Youssouf Hersi | AM C | Very Good | 7-7-7-6-7 | 100% | 6 (1) | 1 | 7.00 |
| S3 | | Damiano Zenoni | DM RC | Superb | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 2 (5) | - | 7.00 |
| S4 | | Fabrice Fernandes | AM RL | Superb | 7-9-7-8-7 | 95% | 7 (4) | - | 7.36 |
| S5 | | Jon Dahl Tomasson | F C | Superb | 7-7-7-7-7 | 94% | 6 (6) | 3 | 7.08 |
| - | Unh | Grzegorz Rasiak | S C | Good | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 2 (2) | - | 7.00 |
| - | | Christian Wilhelmsson | AM/F RLC | Superb | 7-7-7-7-8 | 94% | 10 (1) | - | 7.55 |
| - | | Freddy Guarín | DM RC | Superb | 8-7-6-7-7 | 96% | 7 (2) | 2 | 7.22 |
| - | | Juanfran | D/DM L | Superb | 7-7-7-7-7 | 96% | 10 | - | 7.00 |
| - | | Tomas Locatelli | AM LC | Very Good | 7-7-7-7-7 | 100% | 1 (7) | - | 7.00 |
| - | | Bonaventure Kalou | AM/F RC | Superb | 7-7-9-7-8 | 91% | 6 | 4 | 7.67 |
| - | | Raúl Sánchez | S C | Superb | 8-7-8-7-7 | 100% | 2 (1) | 1 | 7.33 |
| - | | Abubakari Yakubu | D/DM RC | Superb | 8-7-8-7-7 | 97% | 10 | - | 7.60 |
Carling Cup, 3rd round: we play Peterborough at Loftus Road. They're currently 3rd in League One and even though they finished 2st last year, they're not to take lightly. Still, we are 1-6 favourites to win this game.
(*note* I will start using the real name of "Carling Cup" since I have installed a new "fake.lnc" file that makes the game use the real name. No more "EURO Cup", it's now really called "EUFA Cup" and no more "EURO Vase", it's now refered to as the "EUFA Intertoto Cup")
We play Chelsea on the 27th and I adjusted my starting lineup, resting some regulars in order to have them fresh to go for Chelsea.
Danny Shittu goes very deep to take a throw in and while he doesn't send it as far as one of
Freddy Guarín's, it's still getting to
Cristiano Lucarelli who's just inside their penalty area. He's fighting with a defender for the header and he's pushed off!
PENALTY!!! Scott Donnelly strikes a bullet through the keeper's body for the 1-0 goal!
We double our lead only 6 minutes later when
Peter Lovenkrands plays a lovely long cross, 50 yards forward, ahead of
Lucarelli. He takes it home and makes it 2-0!
Dang, I thought we were hot, but we fall right back flat and they move the ball easily, taking one back in the 17th minute.
The halftime score is 2-1. We're outshooting them 16(12) to 2(1), woah! The tiny letdown that gave them their only goal was our only bad time.
In the 74th minute,
Lucarelli's hard shot is stopp, but
Jon Dahl Tomasson is there for the rebound, burying it for the 3-1 goal.
In the 86th minute,
Tomasson gets away from two defenders after receiving a nice pass from
Fabrice Fernandes. He scores his second of the game, 5th of the season to make it 4-1.
Tomasson and
Lucarelli team up again in the 89th minute when
Tomasson centers it perfectly to
Lucarelli's head. An easy goal to make it 5-1.
Final Score: Q.P.R. 5, Peterborough 1
We outshot them 28(10) to 4(2)
Attempting near 30 shots in one game is one thing, to put 19 on target is another one. Dang, I've seen NHL team with less shots on target than that in a game...
Cristiano Lucarelli was selected as
Man of the Match, getting a rating of 10 with two goals, 2 assists, and placing 7 of 11 shots on target
Scott Donnelly and
Cedric van der Gun both rated at 9 while most everybody else rated at 8.
We've been given $52k for the win and we're through to round 4.
FM