[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Parker steals the ball from them in the midfield.. he passes it to Downing in the left corner.. Downing spins past a defender.. dribbles into the box.. draws over the keeper.. fires a pass to the far post.. Schreurs with a diving header.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

5 minute mark: Godoy gets a yellow card for a trip on Emana.

7 minute mark: Groenevid with a long pass to Abeyie.. Abeyie bruns Cahais.. dribbles into the box.. fakes right.. dribbles left.. shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL. 1-1.

10 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the box.. he is tripped by Soeroredjo in the box.. yellow card for Soeroredjo.. Rooney takes the penalty shot.. blasts it into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!! 2-1. That is Rooney's 30th of the year!

21 minute mark: Downing crosses it to Schreurs.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.. Godoy gets it outside the box.. he shoots.. middle of the net.. powerful shot.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.

25 minute mark: Abeyie has it at midpitch.. he plays a long throughball.. Groenevid races to it.. Howard races to it.. the defender beats Howard.. he dribbles around him.. shoots into the net! GOAL. 2-2.

29 minute mark: Great dribble by Schreurs past two men.. crosses it to Downing by the far post.. he heads it.. over the bar.

30 minute mark: Negri stops a flurry of shots by Godoy and Adraino.

31 minute mark: Adriano pushes their defender.. yellow card to adriano.

33 minute mark: Downing dribbles to the left corner.. past his man.. crosses it to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar.

41 minute mark: Schreurs passes it to Godoy just outside the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it.

44 minute mark: Downing crosses it to the far post.. Godoy heads it.. upper right corner.. the keeper blocks it.


Halftime: 2-2 tie. We have over 87,000 fans here today.



54 minute mark: Miller with a good defensive play.

61 minute mark: King on for Adriano.

72 minute mark: we get off a flurry of shots which their defenders or keeper block.

77 minute mark: Schreurs passes to King right of the box.. he centers it to Parker just inside the box.. he blasts a shot.. the defender blocks it wide of the net.

Barbosa on for Downing who is tired.

80 minute mark: Barbosa dribbles past two defenders.. gets himself some room.. centers it to King.. he heads it.. just wide right.

82 minute mark: Miller is hurt after a collision with de Camargo, but I think he can continue.

88 minute mark: Cahais trips Emana.. he gets his second yellow card!

I put Marchetti on for King and go to a 4-4-1. Howard has had a pathetic game, and he might have just started his last match this year...

93 minute mark: Miller with a goal saving tackle in our box.


Game over. 2-2 tie. How disappointing. I hope we don't let the EPL Title slip away again (particularly after that guarantee.)

We outshot them 23-4 (10-2 on target)

Schreurs won MoM, 10 for form, 20 of 25 passes, 1 key pass, 0 tackles, 4 of 6 headers, 21 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 1 goal.

Downing had a 9 for form.

Howard had a 4 for form. He is going to become the backup now.