Match Report
| Nottingham Forest | Nottingham Forest |  |  | Newcastle United | Newcastle United | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Lennart Prantl | L. Prantl |  | 73 | G |  | 1 | | G | 62 |  | Sylvain Maddison | S. Maddison | |||||||||
| Francisco Paquito | F. Paquito |  | 73 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 68 | | Greg Mckay | G. Mckay | |||||||||
| Adam Merson | A. Merson | | 62 | D | | 3 | | D | 67 |  | Pablo Caminero | P. Caminero | |||||||||
| Glynn Taylor | G. Taylor | | 60 | D | | 4 | | D | 60 |  | Joseph-Desire Ipoua | J. Ipoua | |||||||||
| Valerio Piovani | V. Piovani |  | 56 | D | | 5 | | D | 58 | | Jason Standing | J. Standing | |||||||||
| Pontus Moukoko | P. Moukoko |  | 80 | M | | 6 | | M | 74 | | Martin Le Saux | M. Le Saux | |||||||||
| Micha‘l Laigle | M. Laigle |  | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 66 |  | Hugo Carvalho | H. Carvalho | |||||||||
| Zinedine Diatta | Z. Diatta | | 66 | M | | 8 | | M | 61 |  | Chris Van Der Elst | C. Van Der Elst | |||||||||
| Adam Batty | A. Batty | | 62 | M | | 9 | | A | 70 | | Patrick Grantt | P. Grantt | |||||||||
| Dion Vassell | D. Vassell | | 71 | A | | 10 | | A | 65 | | Malcolm Mckay | M. Mckay | |||||||||
| Dale Swift | D. Swift | | 69 | A | | 11 | | A | 54 | | Jermaine Walker | J. Walker | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
It's a sunny day here at City Ground where Nottingham Forest play host to Newcastle United. A crowd of 9,723 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Nottingham Forest are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Newcastle United appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Nottingham Forest are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Newcastle United appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Nottingham Forest get the match underway!
8.16
0-0Chris Van Der Elst passes the ball forward to Jermaine Walker. Jermaine Walker shoots from outside the area. The ball comes in low, but Lennart Prantl easily smothers it!
9.55
0-0Hugo Carvalho knocks the ball forward to Malcolm Mckay. Malcolm Mckay shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
10.24
Martin Le Saux surges forward with the ball. Martin Le Saux whips in a cross ball towards Jermaine Walker. Jermaine Walker flicks the ball with his head but it goes wide for a goal kick.
15.01
Adam Merson makes a simple pass to Micha‘l Laigle. Micha‘l Laigle passes the ball forward to Dion Vassell. Dion Vassell controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is tipped over by Sylvain Maddison.
18.58
Hugo Carvalho deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Malcolm Mckay. Malcolm Mckay shoots from 20 yards. It's miles wide!
26.14
1-0Micha‘l Laigle threads the ball through to Dion Vassell. Dion Vassell knocks in a cross ball towards Dale Swift. Dale Swift is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
45.00
Hugo Carvalho controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jermaine Walker. Jermaine Walker shoots from outside the area. Lennart Prantl is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
Newcastle United kick off and get the second half underway!
53.03
1-1Malcolm Mckay catches Adam Merson on the ankles. The referee calls over Malcolm Mckay and warns him to calm down! Adam Merson carries on, but is struggling a bit.
57.42
Hugo Carvalho deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Malcolm Mckay. Malcolm Mckay shoots from outside the area but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
65.53
Micha‘l Laigle controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dion Vassell. Dion Vassell tries a spectacular long range effort but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
66.18
Pablo Caminero makes a simple pass to Chris Van Der Elst. Chris Van Der Elst flicks the ball to his team mate, Jermaine Walker. Jermaine Walker finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
69.56
Martin Le Saux surges forward with the ball. Martin Le Saux plays a perfect one-two with Patrick Grantt and rushes in on goal... Martin Le Saux makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Martin Le Saux!
75.15
1-2Pontus Moukoko passes the ball forward to Dale Swift. Dale Swift knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Sylvain Maddison who gathers it comfortably.
81.35
Valerio Piovani makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Pontus Moukoko. Pontus Moukoko kicks a strong pass forward to Dion Vassell. Dion Vassell shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
87.15
Hugo Carvalho kicks a strong pass forward to Patrick Grantt. Patrick Grantt controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jermaine Walker. Jermaine Walker makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
89.16
Micha‘l Laigle controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dale Swift. Dale Swift shoots from 25 yards. It curls slightly but Sylvain Maddison manages to gather it comfortably.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
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