Match Report
| Southampton | Southampton |  |  | AC Monza | AC Monza | ||||||||||||||||
| Mark ONeill | Mark ONeill | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Bögelund | M. Bögelund |  | 81 | G |  | 1 | | G | 71 |  | Juan-Carlos Ruiz | J. Ruiz | |||||||||
| Tonci Keown | T. Keown |  | 30 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 77 |  | Mateus Ojeda | M. Ojeda | |||||||||
| Dean Westwood | D. Westwood |  | 25 | D | | 3 | | D | 63 |  | Guilherme Marques | G. Marques | |||||||||
| Antonis Xenakis | A. Xenakis |  | 18 | D | | 4 | | D | 61 |  | Garry Ritchie | G. Ritchie | |||||||||
| Anthony Marr | A. Marr | | 36 | D | | 5 | | D | 60 |  | Dino Zampagna | D. Zampagna | |||||||||
| Leon Johnson | L. Johnson | | 27 | D | | 6 | | M | 75 |  | Sebastián Ortiz | S. Ortiz | |||||||||
| Graham Neville | G. Neville | | 25 | M | | 7 | | M | 69 | | Gennaro Morello | G. Morello | |||||||||
| Syd Black | S. Black | | 28 | M | | 8 | | M | 57 | | Nicola Corrent | N. Corrent | |||||||||
| Victor Lorenzo | V. Lorenzo | | 29 | A | | 9 | | A | 77 | | Manuel Porro | M. Porro | |||||||||
| Oleg Proctor | O. Proctor | | 29 | A | | 10 | | A | 65 | | Gabriele Borgobello | G. Borgobello | |||||||||
| Eirik Heggem | E. Heggem |  | 24 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 | | Alejandro Esposito | A. Esposito | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at St Marys Stadium where Southampton play AC Monza in this friendly game. A crowd of 20,201 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Southampton and AC Monza are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Southampton and AC Monza are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0AC Monza get the match underway!
2.20
0-0Tonci Keown hacks Alejandro Esposito from behind! Tonci Keown is warned by the referee! Alejandro Esposito stretches but gets up unharmed.
4.25
0-0Southampton are easily keeping AC Monza at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
9.50
0-0Mateus Ojeda makes a simple pass to Nicola Corrent. Nicola Corrent controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Manuel Porro. Manuel Porro knocks in a cross ball towards Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it is tipped over by Michael Bögelund.
14.20
Alejandro Esposito clumsily knocks into Tonci Keown. Alejandro Esposito is given a warning by the referee! Tonci Keown runs off the knock.
22.54
0-0Sebastián Ortiz threads the ball through to Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello goes all the way! Gabriele Borgobello makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
28.36
0-0Guilherme Marques knocks the ball to his team mate, Gennaro Morello. Gennaro Morello kicks a strong pass forward to Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Dean Westwood.
33.39
Sebastián Ortiz comes in with a late challenge on Syd Black. Sebastián Ortiz is warned by the referee! Syd Black stretches but gets up unharmed.
33.39
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
38.31
Nicola Corrent makes a probing pass to Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello shoots from 20 yards. Michael Bögelund easily smothers it.
44.19
0-1Dino Zampagna kicks a strong pass forward to Sebastián Ortiz. Sebastián Ortiz passes the ball forward to Manuel Porro. Manuel Porro plays a perfect one-two with Gabriele Borgobello and rushes in on goal... Manuel Porro shoots from just inside the box. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Southampton get the second half underway!
49.14
Gennaro Morello threads the ball through to Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. Michael Bögelund easily smothers it.
51.50
Dino Zampagna passes the ball forward to Nicola Corrent. Nicola Corrent passes the ball forward to Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello flicks the ball to his team mate, Manuel Porro. Manuel Porro shoots from just inside the box. It's miles wide!
54.55
Graham Neville comes in with a late challenge on Gennaro Morello. Graham Neville is given a warning by the referee! Gennaro Morello runs off the knock.
59.06
Nicola Corrent knocks the ball to his team mate, Manuel Porro. Manuel Porro sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
65.05
Sebastián Ortiz makes a simple pass to Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
72.23
Gennaro Morello takes it forward alone. Gennaro Morello goes all the way! Gennaro Morello tries a spectacular strike but somehow Michael Bögelund manages to keep it out.
81.05
Southampton are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate AC Monza's defence.
83.29
Sebastián Ortiz kicks a strong pass forward to Alejandro Esposito. Alejandro Esposito chips the ball to his team mate, Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello takes a shot at goal but it is tipped over by Michael Bögelund.
87.22
Garry Ritchie deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nicola Corrent. Nicola Corrent flicks the ball to his team mate, Gabriele Borgobello. Gabriele Borgobello goes all the way! Gabriele Borgobello shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
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Scorers
| Manuel Porro 44 |