5 minute mark: McFadden dribbles left of the box... passes it to Fletcher in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. catches it.
11 minute mark: Schreurs dribbles right of the box.. passes back to Parker outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper saves it.
13 minute mark: Parker gets a yellow card for a trip on Uilliam.
17 minute mark: Schreurs passes to king right of the box.. he centers to Downing.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper has perfect position.. saves it easily.
19 minute mark: Boogaart passes to King at midfield.. he dribbles past a defender.. dribbles past another defender.. shows more speed than I thought he had.. crossover dribble past a third defender.. into the right side of the box.. fakes left.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.
23 minute mark: Adriano with a pair of acrobatic saves.
25 minute mark: Plessis passes to Obodo.. he passes to Santa Cruz.. he passes to mario who is inside the 6 yard box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. Adriano just can't stop that one. GOAL. 1-1.
33 minute mark: Downing passes to McFadden left of the box.. he crosses it to the far post.. king heads it.. into the crossbar.
39 minute mark: Downing passes to McFadden in the left side of the box.. he shoots.. lower left corner.. the keeper dives.. barely tips it wide.
40 minute mark: Downing dribbles past a defender.. short cross.. McFadden heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-1.
42 minute mark: Schreurs gets a yellow card for a trip on Roberto.
44 minute mark: Adriano with a pair of acrobatic saves.
Halftime: 2-1 lead!
They have over 85,000 fans here today.
57 minute mark: Adriano stops a pair of shots.
76 minute mark: Adriano stops a pair of shots again.
77 minute mark: Ortega on for Schreurs who is tired and Alfonso on for Parker who is tired.
82 minute mark: Plessas with a corner kick to the far post.. Nicolas Burdisso heads it.. he outjumped Boogaart.. upper right corner.. GOAL. 2-2. That was Burdisso's first of the season.
Game over. 2-2 tie. That is all I wanted - a tie on the road. Of course, it would have been nice if we held onto the lead.
We were outshot 17-14 (9-7 on target in our favor)
Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 19 of 25 passes, 1 key pass, 8 of 14 tackles, 1 of 5 headers, 1 interception, 11 runs, 1 foul drawn, 1 assist.
McFadden had a 9 for form. Most of my starters had 8's.