Match Report


Manchester CityManchester City     Charlton AthleticCharlton Athletic
Rick BarlowRick Barlow Iain Richer Iain Richer
Sebastien WilmotsS. Wilmots83
G
1
G
67Antonio RomanA. Roman
André MolinaA. Molina77
D
2
D
67Fabiano ScarlatoF. Scarlato
Nelson BlatsisN. Blatsis76
D
3
D
70Bernardo VenturinB. Venturin
Nicola Carlo Di LoretoN. Di Loreto70
D
4
D
67Kevin StrachanK. Strachan
Petre OvidiuP. Ovidiu77
M
5
M
73Gerard Van WanrooyG. Van Wanrooy
Emile NjankaE. Njanka72
M
captain6
M
74Bojan ElmanderB. Elmander
Joseph-Desire WomeJ. Wome80
M
7
M
69Tim NaylorT. Naylor
Peter GranadosP. Granados83
M
8
M
67Jose Javier GilJ. Gil
Frans JohanssonF. Johansson88
A
9captain
A
79Ivo SimonsI. Simons
Arturo SierraA. Sierra86
A
10
A
72Giulio LentiniG. Lentini
Yuri YanovskiY. Yanovski77
A
11
A
72Luciano OngaratoL. Ongarato
 
Saidu A. WestS. West73
D
12
A
66Dino LonghiD. Longhi
Martin PartinM. Partin80
M
13
D
66Flavio MazzolaF. Mazzola
Gabriel MartinG. Martin77
A
14
A
65Nicky FroggattN. Froggatt

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Match Report
It's a warm sunny day here at The Etihad Stadium where Manchester City play host to Charlton Athletic. A crowd of 17,676 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Both Manchester City and Charlton Athletic are lined up in a 3-4-3 formation.
Today's match is refereed by Laurent Mettomo.


0.00
Manchester City get the match underway!
3.29
Jose Javier Gil plays the ball forward to Ivo Simons. Ivo Simons flicks a high pass forward. Giulio Lentini controls it well on his chest and turns goalwards. Giulio Lentini cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. Sebastien Wilmots gathers the ball up comfortably. Excellent keeping!
4.41
Emile Njanka advances with the ball. Emile Njanka sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Magnificent save by Antonio Roman!
6.23
Nicola Carlo Di Loreto kicks a strong pass forward to Emile Njanka. Emile Njanka sees Frans Johansson in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Frans Johansson rushes past Fabiano Scarlato! Some good footwork from Frans Johansson provides some space. He shoots at goal but Antonio Roman is on top of it.
14.49
Gerard Van Wanrooy sees a break and surges forward. Gerard Van Wanrooy hits a low pass to Giulio Lentini. Giulio Lentini looks for support before firing off a hurried shot at goal. The keeper is more than a match for it. Superb keeping!
20.09
Peter Granados kicks a strong pass forward to Yuri Yanovski. Yuri Yanovski knocks in a cross ball towards Arturo Sierra. Kevin Strachan comes in with a late challenge on Arturo Sierra. That's got to be a penalty! No, the referee isn't even looking in that direction!!
21.35
Bojan Elmander passes the ball forward to Ivo Simons. Ivo Simons finds some space and shoots from distance but it scrapes just over the bar. Good effort!
22.56
Emile Njanka makes an attacking run forward. Emile Njanka shoots from 25 yards. Magnificent save by Antonio Roman!
26.32
Joseph-Desire Wome makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Yuri Yanovski. Yuri Yanovski cuts inside the box! Some silky footwork from Yuri Yanovski provides him some room. He curls a shot at goal. Antonio Roman is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
33.42
Bernardo Venturin passes the ball forward to Jose Javier Gil. Jose Javier Gil makes a probing pass to Luciano Ongarato. Luciano Ongarato lofts in a cross ball towards Ivo Simons. Ivo Simons jumps high and flicks the ball with his head. The ball skims just under the bar, beyond the keeper's outstretched hand. Goal!!
36.33
Tim Naylor flicks a high pass forward to Giulio Lentini who brings the ball under control. Giulio Lentini shoots from outside the area. Wonderful reactions from Sebastien Wilmots keeps it out!
38.27
Emile Njanka flicks a high pass forward. Frans Johansson holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Frans Johansson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but is denied by Antonio Roman. Excellent save.
39.49
Tim Naylor makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Giulio Lentini. Giulio Lentini passes the ball forward but Ivo Simons is offside!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Manchester City appear unchanged since the first half. Charlton Athletic also appear unchanged since the first half. The Manchester City players look more determined than they did at the start of the game.

45.00
The whistle blows and Charlton Athletic get the second half underway!
49.50
With imagination, Bernardo Venturin plays the ball forward to Jose Javier Gil. Jose Javier Gil laces a weighted ball forward to Luciano Ongarato. Luciano Ongarato plays a scrappy one-two with Ivo Simons and stumbles forward towards the goal... Luciano Ongarato shoots from just inside the box. Good keeping from Sebastien Wilmots as he gets his fingers to the ball and pushes it wide.
50.11
Jose Javier Gil takes the corner, swinging a high ball in towards the far post. Frans Johansson reaches the ball and hoofs it clear.
51.06
Petre Ovidiu knocks the ball to his team mate, Arturo Sierra. Arturo Sierra knocks in a cross ball towards Yuri Yanovski. Yuri Yanovski makes a looping header on goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
55.43
Peter Granados makes a simple pass to Yuri Yanovski. Yuri Yanovski lofts in a cross ball towards Arturo Sierra. Arturo Sierra flicks the ball with his head. The ball edges just beyond the reach of the keeper, thudding into the back of the net. Beautiful goal!!
60.07
André Molina advances with the ball. André Molina knocks the ball to his team mate, Arturo Sierra. Arturo Sierra makes a probing pass between the defence to Frans Johansson. Frans Johansson makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. The ball swerves viciously but the keeper is more than a match for it. Excellent keeping!
61.34
Nicola Carlo Di Loreto threads a neat ball through to Emile Njanka. Emile Njanka sees space and advances. Emile Njanka lofts in a cross ball towards Yuri Yanovski. Yuri Yanovski gets a glancing touch on the cross ball but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
66.28
Ivo Simons clumsily knocks into André Molina. The referee calls over Ivo Simons and warns him to calm down! André Molina hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
67.07
Kevin Strachan threads the ball through to Jose Javier Gil. Jose Javier Gil controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Luciano Ongarato. Luciano Ongarato plays a quick one-two with Giulio Lentini and rushes in on goal... Some clumsy but lucky footwork from Luciano Ongarato provides some space. He stabs the ball goalward. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
72.11
Nelson Blatsis clumsily knocks into Luciano Ongarato. The referee warns Nelson Blatsis to calm down! Luciano Ongarato carries on, but is struggling a bit.
73.26
Joseph-Desire Wome kicks a strong pass forward to Arturo Sierra. Arturo Sierra lofts in a cross ball towards Yuri Yanovski. Yuri Yanovski gets a glancing touch on the cross ball but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
77.04
Manchester City have made 2 substitutions with Saidu A. West replacing Nelson Blatsis and Martin Partin replacing Joseph-Desire Wome .
78.13
Tim Naylor advances with the ball. Tim Naylor shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
83.51
Kevin Strachan flicks the ball to his team mate, Bojan Elmander. Bojan Elmander flicks the ball to his team mate, Luciano Ongarato. Luciano Ongarato controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is more than a match for it. Nice save!
84.47
Martin Partin flicks the ball to his team mate, Yuri Yanovski. Yuri Yanovski shoots from 20 yards but slams it into the crowd!
85.53
Saidu A. West plays the ball forward to Peter Granados. Peter Granados sees Arturo Sierra in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Arturo Sierra passes the ball forward to Frans Johansson. Frans Johansson cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. It's there!! Antonio Roman has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time

Match Statistics
 

Manchester City

Charlton Athletic
Goals
4
2
Shots on Target
9
7
Shots off Target
3
2
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
43%
57%
Play Area
30.4%
41.8%
27.8%

Scorers
Yuri Yanovski 26, 51
Arturo Sierra 55
Frans Johansson 86
Ivo Simons 33
Luciano Ongarato 67

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Yuri Yanovski of Manchester City

Match Ratings