Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

[Acid]

Game: PES2009
Game Length: 20 Minutes
Difficulty: Regular (I will probably move up to Professional at some point)

Formation: 4-4-2
---------------Almunia----------------
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Sagna------Toure------Gallas (C)------Clichy
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--------------Song-------------------
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-------------------Fabregas------
Nasri-----------------------------Rosicky
--------------------Van Persie-------
----------Adebayor------------------

Subs:
Lukasz Fabianski
Theo Walcott
Eduardo
Emmanuel Eboue
Nicklas Bendtner
Denilson
Carlos Vela

[Acid]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 5, West Ham 1


Emmanuel Adebayor earns Man of the Match with 2 goals.

Match Highlights
20' Arsenal captain William Gallas takes down West Ham forward Craig Bellamy in the box resulting in a penalty. Former Arsenal player Freddie Ljungberg took the penalty for West Ham but sent the shot off the post and out of play.

23' Freddie Ljungberg got past defender Kolo Toure on the left wing and crossed a dangerous ball into the area right to midfielder Kieran Dyer who had broken away from Cesc Fabregas for an easy goal past Manuel Almunia. 1-0 West Ham

35' Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky sent in a high cross just over the head of Freddie Ljungberg. Striker Emmanuel Adebayor had a brilliant first touch on the ball to move past Ljungberg and blast the ball into the roof of the net. 1-1

37' Samir Nasri won the ball in a dangerous position in West Ham's side of the field. Nasri chipped in a beautiful ball into the area for Robin Van Persie who displayed great first touch to beat a defender and rip the ball into the net off his legendary left foot. 2-1 Arsenal

40' Alexandre Song wins a sliding challenge in the center of the pitch and distributes the ball to Cesc Fabregas who plays a perfectly chipped ball into the box. West Ham defender Daniel Gabbidon made a shocking mistimed diving header attempt to allow Emmanuel Adebayor an easy 1v1 opportunity with goalkeeper Robert Green. 3-1 Arsenal

68' 3 substitutions made: Matthew Etherington on for Nolberto Solano (West Ham). Theo Walcott on for Samir Nasri and Eduardo on for Robin Van Persie (Arsenal)

72' Arsenal win themselves a corner. Cesc Fabregas curls it in just outside the 6 yard box for a thundering Kolo Toure header. 4-1 Arsenal

79' Theo Walcott runs wild down the right wing and draws two defenders. He splits the defenders with a chip into the box towards Adebayor, who hits it hard at goal. Robert Green is able to parry it, but Eduardo is in good position to head the deflection into the goal. 5-1 Arsenal

Cards
8' Matthew Upson (West Ham)
20' William Gallas (Arsenal)
36' Anton Ferdinand (West Ham)
42' Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham)
76' Daniel Gabbidon (West Ham)

Goals
23' Kieran Dyer (Assisted by Freddie Ljungberg)

35' Emmanuel Adebayor (Assisted by Tomas Rosicky)
37' Robin Van Persie (Assisted by Samir Nasri)
40' Emmanuel Adebayor (Assisted by Cesc Fabregas)
72' Kolo Toure (Assisted by Cesc Fabregas)
79' Eduardo (No assist)

Record: 1-0-0 (3 points)

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Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 2, Everton 2


Everton Striker Andrew Johnson earns Man of the Match with his last-gasp winner.

Match Highlights

48' Robin Van Persie wins the ball around the center of the pitch and plays a long through ball to Tomas Rosicky who takes a good touch and beats his defender. Rosicky draws 2 defenders leaving a streaking Van Persie open, Rosicky lays it off for Van Persie who hits a screamer off his left foot past goalkeeper Tim Howard. 1-0 Arsenal

53' Everton attack the Arsenal defense, the ball is crossed into the ball and Andrew Johnson chests it down and tries to touch it past Kolo Toure. Toure makes a crucial tackle in the box to win the ball, but in a lack of communication within the Arsenal defenders, Mikel Arteta is able to catch Manuel Almunia off his line for an easy goal. 1-1

58' 1 substitution: Denilson on for Alexandre Song (Arsenal)

60' Arsenal win a free kick on the left wing near the touch line. Robin Van Persie swings in a cross which connects with Emmanuel Adebayor's head near the back post. Adebayor heads it across the box to William Gallas who slots it into the corner of the net with his left foot. 2-1 Arsenal

67' 2 substitutions: Carlos Vela on for Samir Nasri and Aaron Ramsey on for Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal)

71' 1 substitution: Yakubu on for Phil Neville (Everton)

87' 1 subsitution: Leon Osman on for Andy Van Der Meyde (Everton)

89' With Everton pushing for an equalizer, the ball is crossed into the box and William Gallas makes an effort to clear it but ends up shanking the clearance. The ball lands for Steven Pienaar who rips a volley towards goal, Manuel Almunia is able to parry it to the right but he doesn't get enough on it to knock it out for a corner and Andrew Johnson is able to get a shot off at a tight angle and put the ball side netting for a late goal. 2-2

Cards
58' Alexandre Song (Arsenal)

Goals
48' Robin Van Persie (Assisted by Tomas Rosicky)
60' William Gallas

53' Mikel Arteta
89' Andrew Johnson

Record: 1-1-0 (4 Points)

[Acid]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 2, Bolton 1



Emmanuel Eboue gets Man of the Match honors with his consistent play on the wing.

Squad Changes for the Game
---------------Almunia----------------
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Sagna------Toure------Senderos------Clichy
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--------------Diaby-------------------
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-------------------Fabregas (C)------
Eboue-----------------------------Walcott
--------------------Eduardo-------
----------Adebayor------------------

Match Highlights

15' Arsenal attack the Bolton defense with their quick pace. Emmanuel Adebayor delivers a long through ball for Emmanuel Eboue who made a great forward run. Eboue chips it over two defenders into the box for an Adebayor diving header. Jussi Jääskeläinen was able to parry away Adebayor's attempt but Theo Walcott showed good hustle to keep up with the play and put home a diving header of his own past the keeper. 1-0 Arsenal

38' Jlloyd Samuel receives the Bolton throw-in from El-Hadji Diouf and sends in a dangerous low cross towards Matthew Taylor. Taylor was able to split Kolo Toure and Abou Diaby with a clever touch and pounded home a left-footed shot. 1-1

67' 1 substitution: Ricardo Gardner on for Jlloyd Samuel. (Bolton)

70' 2 substitutions: Carlos Vela on for Theo Walcott and Robin Van Persie on for Eduardo. (Arsenal)

71' Arsenal earn a free kick in a dangerous position 23 meters from goal. Robin Van Persie is brought on just for this occasion in a very key tactical move. Van Persie curls in a brilliant free kick that Jussi Jääskeläinen has no shot at saving. 2-1 Arsenal

73' 1 substitution: Kevin Davies on for Blerim Dzemaili. (Bolton)

75' 1 substitution + formation change: Denilson on for Emmanuel Adebayor. Formation change to 4-5-1 from 4-4-2. (Arsenal)

Cards
None

Goals
15' Theo Walcott (No Assist)
71' Robin Van Persie (No Assist)

38' Matthew Taylor (No Assist)

Record: 2-1-0 (7 points)

[Acid]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

I don't have time for the write-up but I beat Wigan 2-1.

Cards
38' Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal)
87' Jason Koumas (Wigan)

Goals
40' Tomas Rosicky (Assisted by Nicklas Bendtner)
88' Carlos Vela (Assisted by William Gallas)

83' Antonio Valencia

Record: 3-1-0 (10 Points)

[headrulz101]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

This is looking pretty awesome. I like the match highlights, very detailed. I'll be following, even when you lose to Liverpool!

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

I'm following.

[Acid]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 4, Tottenham 1


Cesc Fabregas receives Man of the Match for his dominating play in the center of the pitch.

Match Highlights

10' Robin Van Persie gets into a dangerous position on the left wing and plays a clever backheel to Gael Clichy who delivered a great cross to Samir Nasri. Nasri played the ball off his chest past his defender and ripped a right-footed shot at Heurelho Gomes who did well to parry it, but defender Younes Kaboul was in the way and deflected the ball into the net. 1-0 Arsenal

36' Emmanuel Adebayor picks up possession of the ball near midfield and hits Tomas Rosicky with a great through ball into space down the right wing. Rosicky dribbles down to the edge of the box and passes to Robin Van Persie who has a brilliant first touch to get past defender Pascal Chimbonda and thunder home a left-footed shot into the top corner of the net. 2-0 Arsenal

57' 1 substitution: Giovani Dos Santos on for Tom Huddlestone. (Tottenham)

60' Arsenal are on the attack and Emmanuel Adebayor attempts a shot from just outside the box but it is blocked and sent towards Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas. Jenas gets caught between Adebayor and Van Persie and loses the ball in a crucial part of the pitch. Adebayor rips a shot off the bottom of the crossbar from just inside the box, giving Gomes no shot at saving it. 3-0 Arsenal

64' Tottenham build an attack down the right wing. Darren Bent dribbles deep down the wing and launches in a cross towards goal. Kolo Toure and Manuel Almunia don't operate on the same page and instead of leaving the ball for Almunia, Toure tries to clear the ball but mistimes his clearance and ends up heading the ball into his own net. 3-1 Arsenal

66' In a vintage Arsenal attack full of 1 touch passes and great off-the-ball movement, Bacary Sagna plays a ball to Cesc Fabregas who immediately passes to Van Persie who passes to Adebayor with Fabregas overlapping to spread the defenders. Adebayor passes to Tomas Rosicky at the top of the box and Rosicky hits it first-time, he hits it low and off the post just out of reach for Gomes. 4-1 Arsenal

79' 3 substitutions: Denilson on for Alexandre Song, Emmanuel Eboue on for Samir Nasri, and Eduardo on for Robin Van Persie. (Arsenal)

Cards
24' Kolo Toure (Arsenal)
49' Tom Huddlestone (Tottenham)

Goals
10' Samir Nasri (No Assist)
36' Robin Van Persie (Assisted by Tomas Rosicky)
60' Emmanuel Adebayor (No Assist)
66' Tomas Rosicky (Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor)

64' Kolo Toure Own Goal

Record: 4-1-0 (13 Points)

[Acid]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 4, Hull City 2


Emmanuel Eboue earns his second Man of the Match with another impressive performance.

Squad Changes
---------------Fabianski----------------
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Sagna------Toure------Senderos------Eboue
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--------------Denilson-------------------
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-------------------Fabregas (C)------
Eduardo-----------------------------Walcott
--------------------Vela-------
----------Adebayor------------------

Match Highlights

19' Theo Walcott wins a challenge in the Hull City half. He dribbles to about 20 meters away from goal and passes it to Emmanuel Adebayor. Adebayor passes it to Carlos Vela just inside the box who takes a great touch to free himself from 2 defenders and shows a cool head to finish with the keeper rushing at him. 1-0 Arsenal

23' Arsenal win a corner. Cesc Fabregas takes the corner and curls in a dangerous cross, Emmanuel Adebayor leaps to meet the ball with his head for a powerful header. 2-0 Arsenal

26' Phillipe Senderos loses the ball in the Arsenal half allowing Nick Barmby to play a nice through ball in towards Caleb Folan who hits a powerful shot past keeper Lukasz Fabianski. 2-1 Arsenal

36' Cesc Fabregas takes another corner for Arsenal. Phillipe Senderos hits a thunderous header towards goal, but the defender on the post is able to save the goal. Carlos Vela attempts to put home the rebound but goalkeeper Tony Warner was able to deflect it. Emmanuel Adebayor was in perfect position to pounce on the rebound and pick up his second goal of the game. 3-1 Arsenal

44' 1 substitution: Ian Ashbee on for Bryan Hughes. (Hull City)

71' Geovanni dribbled his way down the right wing and put in a low cross for Caleb Folan. Lukasz Fabianski, Phillippe Senderos, and Folan all collided with one another and left the ball laying there for Ian Ashbee who just had to walk the ball into the net. 3-2 Arsenal

71' 1 substitution: Nicky Featherstone on for George Boateng. (Hull City)

73' Emmanuel Eboue took a throw-in for Arsenal on the left wing. Denilson received the throw-in and made a move to get past his defender. He sent in a good cross off his left foot that was met with a perfect header from Eduardo, who had broken free from his defender. 4-2 Arsenal

75' 3 substitutions: Samir Nasri on for Cesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie on for Theo Walcott, and Nicklas Bendtner on for Emmanuel Adebayor. Kolo Toure given captain's armband from Fabregas. (Arsenal)

82' 1 substitution: Dean Marney on for Nick Barmby. (Hull City)

Cards
None

Goals
19' Carlos Vela (Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor)
23' Emmanuel Adebayor (Assisted by Cesc Fabregas)
36' Emmanuel Adebayor (No Assist)
73' Eduardo (Assisted by Denilson)

26' Caleb Folan (Assisted by Nick Barmby)
71' Ian Ashbee (No Assist)

Record: 5-1-0 (16 Points)

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Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 2, Newcastle United 1


Alexandre Song receives Man of the Match with his exceptional play in the midfield.

Match Highlights

3' Arsenal build an attack through the center of the pitch. Alexandre Song passes wide to Tomas Rosicky who passes back to Song, Song passes to Emmanuel Adebayor who holds the ball for a second to draw a defender and then passes back to Song who has made a forward run towards the box. Song hits the ball first time and hits a well-placed shot into the bottom left corner of the net out of reach of Shay Given. 1-0 Arsenal

38' Newcastle United win a corner. Geremi swings in a dangerous ball into the box, William Gallas times his jump poorly and misses his header clearance. Obafemi Martins is able to react fast enough to head the ball past Manuel Almunia. 1-1

39' Tomas Rosicky dribbles down the left wing and plays a good ball to Robin Van Persie in the middle. Van Persie makes a great pass to Adebayor who found himself some space, Adebayor receives the pass and immediately attempts a chip into the box towards Van Persie. Cacapa tries to head the ball away but mistimes his clearance and ends up putting the ball into his own net past Given. 2-1 Arsenal

46' 1 substitution: Diagne Faye on for Cacapa. (Newcastle United)

49' Robin Van Persie dribbles down the left side of the field and makes a dangerous move to try and get into the box. Nicky Butt makes a lousy challenge from behind on Van Persie and takes him down just outside the box. The referee shows Butt a straight red card and awards Arsenal a free kick just outside the box. Robin Van Persie hits the free kick well but can't get enough bend on it, and it hits the side netting.

64' 2 substitutions: Theo Walcott on for Cesc Fabregas and Carlos Vela on for Robin Van Persie. Robin Van Persie picked up a slight injury, and may have to miss the next game. (Arsenal)

67' 1 substitution: James Milner on for Jose Enrique. (Newcastle United)

77' 1 substitution: Mark Viduka on for James Milner. (Newcastle United)

Cards
17' Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
49' Nicky Butt (Newcastle United) [Red Card]
60' Jose Enrique (Newcastle United)

Goals
3' Alexandre Song (Assisted by Emmanuel Adebayor)
39' Cacapa Own Goal

38' Obafemi Martins (Assisted by Geremi)

Record: 6-1-0 (19 Points)

[Jet Sufferer]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Can you recommend me the best PES game for the 360 or PS3 other than 09? Loved it on the original xbox. Don't want to buy it new because I know it won't get a ton of play. Thanks.

[Acid]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 1, Fulham 1


Gael Clichy earns Man of the Match honors for his dominating performance on the entire left side of the pitch.

Squad Changes
---------------Almunia----------------
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Sagna------Toure------Gallas (C)------Clichy
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--------------Denilson-------------------
-----------------------------------
-------------------Fabregas------
Nasri-----------------------------Eboue
--------------------Eduardo-------
----------Adebayor------------------

Match Highlights

10' Arsenal win a corner and Cesc Fabregas swings it in towards William Gallas. Fulham clears, but the ball lands to Emmanuel Eboue who passes across the edge of the box to Samir Nasri. Nasri plays the ball to the top of the 18 for an unmarked Kolo Toure. Toure takes one touch and blasts the ball into the net near post. 1-0 Arsenal

56' Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy has the ball just outside the 18, he chips the ball in towards David Healy on the edge of the 6 yard box. Healy controls it and gets a shot off between Bacary Sagna and Gallas. The shot goes through Gallas' legs and past Manuel Almunia. 1-1

56' 2 substitutions: Tomas Rosicky on for Samir Nasri and Carlos Vela on for Eduardo. (Arsenal)

87' 1 substitution: Nicklas Bendtner on for Emmanuel Adebayor. (Arsenal)

Cards
66' Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal)

Goals
10' Kolo Toure (Assisted by Samir Nasri)

56' David Healy

Record: 6-2-0 (20 Points)

[rsnomar05]

Re: Arsenal's Title Challenge (PES2009)

Arsenal 1, Fulham 1


Gael Clichy earns Man of the Match honors for his dominating performance on the entire left side of the pitch.

Squad Changes
---------------Almunia----------------
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Sagna------Toure------Gallas (C)------Clichy
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--------------Denilson-------------------
-----------------------------------
-------------------Fabregas------
Nasri-----------------------------Eboue
--------------------Eduardo-------
----------Adebayor------------------

Match Highlights

10' Arsenal win a corner and Cesc Fabregas swings it in towards William Gallas. Fulham clears, but the ball lands to Emmanuel Eboue who passes across the edge of the box to Samir Nasri. Nasri plays the ball to the top of the 18 for an unmarked Kolo Toure. Toure takes one touch and blasts the ball into the net near post. 1-0 Arsenal

56' Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy has the ball just outside the 18, he chips the ball in towards David Healy on the edge of the 6 yard box. Healy controls it and gets a shot off between Bacary Sagna and Gallas. The shot goes through Gallas' legs and past Manuel Almunia. 1-1

56' 2 substitutions: Tomas Rosicky on for Samir Nasri and Carlos Vela on for Eduardo. (Arsenal)

87' 1 substitution: Nicklas Bendtner on for Emmanuel Adebayor. (Arsenal)

Cards
66' Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal)

Goals
10' Kolo Toure (Assisted by Samir Nasri)

56' David Healy

Record: 6-2-0 (20 Points)

This is too unrealistic. Rosicky should be sitting on the sidelines enjoying his season off.

Actually, Arsenal tying Fullham is pretty realistic. Especially giving up a second half equalizer.