From: Timo Ojala Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:32:05 +0200 Subject: [WEFS] WC - Playoffs #1 Bottom Pool MOTW WC - Playoffs #1 Bottom Pool MOTW --------------------------------- 1 FIN - DEN 2 NOR - SWE 3 CAN - FRA 4 CRO - PHU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** WORLD CUP MATCH REPORT *** Playoffs #1: Finland (#3 seed) (#3 in A) vs Denmark (#3 seed) (#4 in B) 82173 fans showed up to WEFS Ground Match seed: 268 Starting lineups ---------------- FIN Coach Jussi Haukioja GK 5843 Bad Back MEX SW 5256 Ringing Ears MEX DF 5654 Feeling Restless MEX DF 5469 Feeling Hyperactive MEX DF 4975 Feeling Blue MEX DF 4976 Feeling Low MEX MF 5655 Wrong Glasses MEX MF 5470 Wrong Shoes MEX MF 5116 Wrong Bow MEX FW 5295 Too Humid MEX FW 5117 TooMany Notes MEX S1 4491 Jet Lagged MEX S2 4811 Wrong Mute MEX S3 4812 TooBusyTo Practise MEX S4 4650 Ear Infection MEX DEN Coach William Baldwin GK 5865 Queen_of Hearts NRU DF 5866 Three Blind_Mice NRU DF 5920 Mister Rhyme NRU DF 5329 Elephant Rhyme NRU MF 5777 Mistress Bessie NRU MF 5931 Duck Thumb NRU FW 5498 Little Dog NRU FW < 5499 Simple Simon NRU FW 5500 Poor Mary NRU FW < 5123 Tom Thumb NRU FW > 4948 My Egg NRU S1 5867 Aiken Drum NRU S2 5926 Old Miller NRU S3 4790 Tommy Tucker NRU S4 4789 Goosey Gander NRU S5 4947 Mistress Anne NRU Officials from Portugal: referee Joao Pinto assistant referee #1 Joao Almeida assistant referee #2 Joaquim Fonseca Chronology for the match: Min 1: Pheeeep! Referee Pinto signals the kick-off! Min 3: DEN decent volley by Mistress Bessie ... ... is calmly cleared by DF Feeling Restless! Min 4: FIN good shot by Wrong Bow ... ... assistant referee Fonseca judges the play to be marginally offside! Min 7: DEN mediocre volley by Little Dog ... ... assistant referee Almeida judges the play to be barely offside! Min 8: FIN good chance by Too Humid ... ... is deflected inches wide by DF Elephant Rhyme! Min 8: FIN good effort by Too Humid ... ... assistant referee Fonseca judges the play to be barely offside! Min 9: FIN win a corner kick, which is taken by Feeling Hyperactive ... ... the cross is deflected to Wrong Glasses, whose promising shot ... ... bulges the roof of the net! GOAL!!! ... score now: FIN 1 - DEN 0 Min 14: DEN win a corner kick, which is taken by Mistress Bessie ... ... the cross finds Poor Mary, whose mediocre attempt ... ... bursts the net! GOAL!!! ... Mistress Bessie is credited with the assist. ... score now: FIN 1 - DEN 1 Min 16: FIN good long shot by Feeling Low ... ... is scrambled over the bar by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 16: DEN decent long-range shot by Mister Rhyme ... ... bulges the roof of the net! GOAL!!! ... Three Blind_Mice is credited with the assist. ... score now: FIN 1 - DEN 2 Min 18: FIN promising attempt by TooMany Notes ... ... is hastily hoofed clear by DF Mister Rhyme! Min 18: DEN decent header by Little Dog ... ... is blocked in the last second by DF Feeling Restless! Min 18: DEN win an indirect free kick, which is taken by Three Blind_Mice ... ... the cross is deflected to Simple Simon, whose mediocre shot ... ... is smothered by GK Bad Back! Min 18: FIN win a corner kick, which is taken by Feeling Hyperactive ... ... the cross is deflected to Feeling Low, whose good long shot ... ... misses completely! Min 20: DEN mediocre volley by Poor Mary ... ... is unstoppable! GOAL!!! ... Three Blind_Mice is credited with the assist. ... score now: FIN 1 - DEN 3 Min 20: DEN adopts stalling tactic. Min 20: Mistress Bessie (DEN MF) drops back. Min 20: Duck Thumb (DEN MF) drops back. Min 20: Little Dog (DEN FW) drops back. Min 20: Poor Mary (DEN FW) drops back. Min 20: My Egg (DEN FW) drops back. Min 22: FIN mediocre long-range shot by Feeling Restless ... ... blazes wide of goal! Min 27: Three Blind_Mice (DEN DF) just manages to intercept a pass from Wrong Glasses (FIN MF). Min 28: FIN decent chance by TooMany Notes ... ... assistant referee Fonseca judges the play to be marginally offside! Min 29: Feeling Restless (FIN DF) is just tackled by Duck Thumb (DEN MF). Min 34: DEN desperate long-range shot by Three Blind_Mice ... ... is saved with a smile by GK Bad Back! Min 35: FIN mediocre long-range shot by Wrong Shoes ... ... misses by a whisker! Min 39: FIN decent long-range shot by Feeling Blue ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Elephant Rhyme! Min 43: DEN desperate long-range shot by Little Dog ... ... is blocked in the last second by DF Feeling Restless! Min 45: Pheeeep! Referee Pinto signals the end of the first half! Half-time score: FIN 1 - DEN 3 [ 8 - 6 ] Min 46: Pheeeep! Referee Pinto gets the second half on the way! Min 47: FIN decent effort by Too Humid ... ... is punched to safety by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 47: FIN decent long-range shot by Feeling Low ... ... is saved with a confident wink by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 47: Three Blind_Mice (DEN DF) is told to sub out ... ... he walks off the pitch ... ... Aiken Drum enters the field. Min 49: FIN mediocre effort by Too Humid ... ... is punted upfield by FW Simple Simon! Min 55: DEN really difficult attempt by Little Dog ... ... is headed clear by DF Feeling Hyperactive! Min 55: Too Humid (FIN FW) is nudged away by Poor Mary (DEN FW). Min 57: FIN mediocre volley by Wrong Shoes ... ... is deflected inches wide by MF Duck Thumb! Min 59: FIN decent chance by Wrong Bow ... ... is saved acrobatically by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 65: DEN win a corner kick, which is taken by Aiken Drum ... ... the cross is deflected to My Egg, whose really difficult header ... ... swerves well away from the goal! Min 69: FIN decent attempt by Wrong Shoes ... ... is saved acrobatically by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 69: Aiken Drum (DEN DF) just manages to intercept a pass from Ringing Ears (FIN SW). Min 70: FIN begins pressing forward. Min 70: Ringing Ears (FIN SW) switches to play DF. Min 71: FIN promising long-range shot by Feeling Hyperactive ... ... is unstoppable! GOAL!!! ... Ringing Ears is credited with the assist. ... score now: FIN 2 - DEN 3 Min 71: DEN promising chance by Mistress Bessie ... ... is well wide! Min 71: FIN win a corner kick, which is taken by Feeling Hyperactive ... ... the cross finds Ringing Ears, whose good long shot ... ... dips over the bar! Min 71: DEN discards their tactics. Min 71: Mistress Bessie (DEN MF) positions normally. Min 71: Duck Thumb (DEN MF) positions normally. Min 71: Little Dog (DEN FW) positions normally. Min 71: Poor Mary (DEN FW) positions normally. Min 71: My Egg (DEN FW) pushes forward. Min 72: DEN good volley by Little Dog ... ... is hastily hoofed clear by DF Feeling Restless! Min 73: Simple Simon (DEN FW) goes down injured ... ... diagnosed as bruised thigh ... ... 10 cans of cool spray get him back to the field. Min 74: Manager Jussi Haukioja (FIN) orders his team to play rough. Min 75: FIN excellent chance by Wrong Glasses ... ... is fisted away by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 76: DEN win a corner kick, which is taken by Aiken Drum ... ... the cross is deflected to Little Dog, whose promising effort ... ... hits the post! Min 79: FIN win an indirect free kick, which is taken by Feeling Hyperactive ... ... the cross finds TooMany Notes, whose excellent attempt ... ... is saved acrobatically by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 80: DEN good chance by Poor Mary ... ... bursts the net! GOAL!!! ... score now: FIN 2 - DEN 4 Min 80: FIN excellent long-range shot by Ringing Ears ... ... is punted upfield by DF Elephant Rhyme! Min 80: FIN excellent header by TooMany Notes ... ... is saved acrobatically by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 80: Manager Jussi Haukioja (FIN) orders his team to play normally. Min 80: DEN adopts stalling tactic. Min 80: Mistress Bessie (DEN MF) drops back. Min 80: Duck Thumb (DEN MF) drops back. Min 80: Little Dog (DEN FW) drops back. Min 80: Poor Mary (DEN FW) drops back. Min 80: My Egg (DEN FW) drops back. Min 83: DEN win an indirect free kick, which is taken by Simple Simon ... ... the cross is deflected to My Egg, whose decent effort ... ... grazes the woodwork! Min 83: FIN good attempt by Wrong Glasses ... ... is smothered by GK Queen_of Hearts! Min 85: DEN promising volley by My Egg ... ... is easily blocked by MF Wrong Shoes! Min 86: Feeling Low (FIN DF) deliberately handles the ball ... ... referee Pinto shows Low a yellow card! Min 89: Mister Rhyme (DEN DF) is told to sub out ... ... he walks off the pitch ... ... Old Miller enters the field. Min 92: FIN good chance by Too Humid ... ... is blocked in the last second by FW Tom Thumb! Min 92: Pheeeep! Referee Pinto blows the final whistle! Final score: FIN 2 - DEN 4 Game summary (lineups at the end of game): ------------------------------------------ FIN vs DEN: 2 - 4 [ 18 - 11 ] FIN (P) GK Bad Back (-4:0 0 0 2) DF Ringing Ears (0:1 1 0 0) DF Feeling Restless (0:1 0 4 0) DF Feeling Hyperactive (1:1 0 1 0) DF Feeling Blue (0:0 0 0 0) DF Feeling Low (0:3 0 0 0) YC MF Wrong Glasses (1:3 0 0 0) MF Wrong Shoes (0:2 0 1 0) MF Wrong Bow (0:2 0 0 0) FW Too Humid (0:2 0 0 0) FW TooMany Notes (0:3 0 0 0) DEN (S) GK Queen_of Hearts (-2:0 0 0 9) DF Three Blind_Mice (0:1 2 0 0) subbed @47 DF Aiken Drum (0:0 0 0 0) entered @47 DF Mister Rhyme (1:1 0 1 0) subbed @89 DF Elephant Rhyme (0:0 0 3 0) DF Old Miller (0:0 0 0 0) entered @89 MF < Mistress Bessie (0:1 1 0 0) MF < Duck Thumb (0:0 0 1 0) FW < Little Dog (0:2 0 0 0) FW < Simple Simon (0:1 0 1 0) FW < Poor Mary (3:3 0 0 0) FW < Tom Thumb (0:0 0 1 0) FW < My Egg (0:2 0 0 0) Three stars of the match are: *** DEN FW P. Mary ** DEN GK Q. Hearts * DEN DF M. Rhyme Offsides: FIN: 3 DEN: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** WORLD CUP MATCH REPORT *** Playoffs #1: Norway (#4 seed) (#3 in B) vs Sverige (#2 seed) (#4 in A) 81668 fans showed up to WEFS Ground Match seed: 924282 Starting lineups ---------------- NOR Coach Tom Purucker GK 4968 Dale Chihuly BMC DF < 5820 Horace Pippin BMC DF 5461 Pablo Picasso BMC DF 5819 Beauford Delaney BMC DF 5289 Andy Warhol BMC MF 5641 Julian Schnabel BMC MF 5642 Arshile Gorky BMC MF ^ 5133 Billy Roper BMC MF ^ 4969 Eric Legge BMC FW ^ 5290 Richard Serra BMC FW ^ 5558 Chuck Close BMC S1 5855 JeanMichel Basquiat BMC S2 5195 Luster Willis BMC S3 4656 Robert Longo BMC S4 5104 Mose Tolliver BMC S5 4497 Richard Diebenkorn BMC SWE (L) Coach Anders & Robert GK 5610 Joel Pereira NH SW 5602 Daley Blind NH DF 5490 Ira Yarolasten FCB DF 5323 Edward Bonnawich FCB DF 5595 Matteo Darmian NH MF 5491 Oliwier Kriorek FCB MF > 5324 Kennedy Xuamsay FCB MF > 5774 Angel Gomes NH FW 5590 Umberto Inanche FCB FW 5363 James Wilson NH FW 5586 Marcus Rashford NH S1 5389 Paddy McNair NH S2 5754 Marouane Fellaini NH S3 5672 Nick Delaney FCB S4 5189 Steve Bruce NH S5 5072 David DeGea NH Officials from Georgia: referee Otar Guntadze assistant referee #1 Zurab Dolidze assistant referee #2 Ioseb Kakhiani Chronology for the match: Min 1: Pheeeep! Referee Guntadze signals the kick-off! Min 1: NOR win a corner kick, which is taken by Eric Legge ... ... the cross finds Billy Roper, whose mediocre chance ... ... is saved with a deep sigh by GK Joel Pereira! Min 1: NOR mediocre long-range shot by Richard Serra ... ... just beats the keeper's fingertips! GOAL!!! ... Julian Schnabel is credited with the assist. ... score now: NOR 1 - SWE 0 Min 1: NOR difficult header by Billy Roper ... ... is held comfortably by GK Joel Pereira! Min 2: SWE decent long-range shot by Daley Blind ... ... just misses the left hand post! Min 5: NOR decent volley by Richard Serra ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Matteo Darmian! Min 10: SWE promising attempt by James Wilson ... ... bursts the net! GOAL!!! ... Angel Gomes is credited with the assist. ... score now: NOR 1 - SWE 1 Min 14: SWE promising volley by Edward Bonnawich ... ... is hastily hoofed clear by MF Arshile Gorky! Min 17: NOR mediocre chance by Richard Serra ... ... clips the bar! Min 18: SWE decent volley by Oliwier Kriorek ... ... is saved easily by GK Dale Chihuly! Min 19: Matteo Darmian (SWE DF) forces a bad pass from Horace Pippin (NOR DF). Min 19: Pablo Picasso (NOR DF) dives inside SWE's penalty box ... ... referee Guntadze waves play on. Min 20: SWE decent shot by Marcus Rashford ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Pablo Picasso! Min 21: NOR difficult header by Richard Serra ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Matteo Darmian! Min 23: NOR fast break sets up Arshile Gorky, whose mediocre chance ... ... is smothered by GK Joel Pereira! Min 24: Kennedy Xuamsay (SWE MF) goes down injured ... ... diagnosed as pulled muscle ... ... Kennedy Xuamsay is helped out of the pitch ... ... recovery of 3 weeks is expected. Min 24: Marouane Fellaini enters the field as MF for SWE. Min 24: Marouane Fellaini (SWE MF) pushes forward. Min 26: SWE decent long-range shot by Umberto Inanche ... ... bursts the net! GOAL!!! ... score now: NOR 1 - SWE 2 Min 26: SWE starts playing opportunistic. Min 26: Marouane Fellaini (SWE MF) drops back. Min 26: Oliwier Kriorek (SWE MF) drops back. Min 26: Angel Gomes (SWE MF) drops back. Min 26: Umberto Inanche (SWE FW) drops back. Min 26: James Wilson (SWE FW) drops back. Min 26: Marcus Rashford (SWE FW) drops back. Min 34: NOR really difficult chance by Horace Pippin ... ... is knocked to a teammate by SW Daley Blind! Min 35: SWE really difficult shot by Oliwier Kriorek ... ... easily passes the keeper! GOAL!!! ... Edward Bonnawich is credited with the assist. ... score now: NOR 1 - SWE 3 Min 35: NOR begins pressing forward. Min 35: Manager Tom Purucker (NOR) orders his team to play rough. Min 36: NOR fast break sets up Eric Legge, whose difficult attempt ... ... is saved with a confident wink by GK Joel Pereira! Min 39: SWE good long-range shot by Angel Gomes ... ... is punted upfield by DF Andy Warhol! Min 41: NOR mediocre long-range shot by Andy Warhol ... ... is well wide! Min 42: Julian Schnabel (NOR MF) boots the ball out of reach of Ira Yarolasten (SWE DF). Min 45: NOR fast break sets up Julian Schnabel, whose decent volley ... ... is saved with a confident wink by GK Joel Pereira! Min 46: NOR win a corner kick, which is taken by Eric Legge ... ... the cross is deflected to Julian Schnabel, whose mediocre shot ... ... is parried by GK Joel Pereira! Min 46: Pheeeep! Referee Guntadze signals the end of the first half! Half-time score: NOR 1 - SWE 3 [ 9 - 5 ] Manager Anders & Robert shouts orders in SWE's locker room ... SWE adopts stalling tactic. he wants to sub out MF Oliwier Kriorek ... Oliwier Kriorek goes to shower and Paddy McNair takes his place. he wants to sub out FW Umberto Inanche ... Umberto Inanche goes to shower and Nick Delaney takes his place. Min 46: Pheeeep! Referee Guntadze gets the second half on the way! Min 46: Nick Delaney (SWE FW) commits a foul, ruining the attack! Min 46: Paddy McNair (SWE MF) switches to play DF. Min 46: Nick Delaney (SWE FW) drops back. Min 47: NOR difficult volley by Andy Warhol ... ... is punted upfield by MF Marouane Fellaini! Min 49: James Wilson (SWE FW) goes down injured ... ... diagnosed as bruised thigh ... ... 6 cans of cool spray get him back to the field. Min 53: NOR really difficult chance by Horace Pippin ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Edward Bonnawich! Min 53: Julian Schnabel (NOR MF) handles the ball just outside the box ... ... referee Guntadze awards SWE a direct free kick! ... Marcus Rashford takes the kick ... ... the shot is saved acrobatically by GK Dale Chihuly! Min 56: NOR really difficult long-range shot by Andy Warhol ... ... swerves well away from the goal! Min 56: SWE mediocre effort by Nick Delaney ... ... is saved acrobatically by GK Dale Chihuly! Min 58: SWE difficult long-range shot by Marcus Rashford ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Pablo Picasso! Min 60: Chuck Close (NOR FW) handles the ball just outside the box ... ... referee Guntadze awards SWE a direct free kick! ... Marcus Rashford takes the kick ... ... the shot is fisted away by GK Dale Chihuly! Min 62: NOR really difficult volley by Billy Roper ... ... dips over the bar! Min 62: NOR really difficult long-range shot by Pablo Picasso ... ... is scrambled around the post by GK Joel Pereira! Min 66: NOR really difficult effort by Eric Legge ... ... is held comfortably by GK Joel Pereira! Min 66: NOR difficult long-range shot by Arshile Gorky ... ... is knocked to a teammate by MF Angel Gomes! Min 67: Julian Schnabel (NOR MF) is told to sub out ... ... he walks off the pitch ... ... JeanMichel Basquiat enters the field. Min 68: NOR win a corner kick, which is taken by Arshile Gorky ... ... the cross finds Richard Serra, whose mediocre effort ... ... blazes wide of goal! Min 72: NOR difficult long-range shot by Andy Warhol ... ... grazes the woodwork! Min 73: SWE mediocre attempt by Nick Delaney ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Pablo Picasso! Min 76: NOR really difficult volley by Arshile Gorky ... ... is saved easily by GK Joel Pereira! Min 77: NOR really difficult header by Andy Warhol ... ... is headed clear by MF Angel Gomes! Min 79: Daley Blind (SWE SW) is nudged away by JeanMichel Basquiat (NOR MF). Min 80: Arshile Gorky (NOR MF) commits a foul, ruining the attack! Min 81: SWE mediocre volley by Marcus Rashford ... ... bulges the roof of the net! GOAL!!! ... score now: NOR 1 - SWE 4 Min 83: Horace Pippin (NOR DF) heads the ball away from Daley Blind (SWE SW). Min 84: SWE decent long-range shot by Ira Yarolasten ... ... swerves well away from the goal! Min 86: NOR mediocre attempt by Horace Pippin ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Edward Bonnawich! Min 88: NOR really difficult effort by Billy Roper ... ... is punched to safety by GK Joel Pereira! Min 89: Dale Chihuly (NOR GK) trips Ira Yarolasten inside the penalty box ... ... referee Guntadze surprises the crowd by ignoring the foul. Min 91: Pheeeep! Referee Guntadze blows the final whistle! Final score: NOR 1 - SWE 4 Game summary (lineups at the end of game): ------------------------------------------ NOR vs SWE: 1 - 4 [ 17 - 8 (2 fk) ] NOR (P) GK Dale Chihuly (-4:0 0 0 4) DF < Horace Pippin (0:0 0 0 0) DF Pablo Picasso (0:1 0 3 0) DF Beauford Delaney (0:0 0 0 0) DF Andy Warhol (0:3 0 1 0) MF JeanMichel Basquiat (0:0 0 0 0) entered @67 MF Julian Schnabel (0:2 1 0 0) subbed @67 MF Arshile Gorky (0:2 0 1 0) MF ^ Billy Roper (0:4 0 0 0) MF ^ Eric Legge (0:2 0 0 0) FW ^ Richard Serra (1:3 0 0 0) FW ^ Chuck Close (0:0 0 0 0) SWE (S) GK Joel Pereira (-1:0 0 0 10) SW Daley Blind (0:1 0 1 0) DF Ira Yarolasten (0:1 0 0 0) DF Edward Bonnawich (0:0 1 2 0) DF Matteo Darmian (0:0 0 2 0) DF Paddy McNair (0:0 0 0 0) entered @45 MF < Marouane Fellaini (0:0 0 1 0) entered @24 MF < Oliwier Kriorek (1:2 0 0 0) subbed @45 MF > Kennedy Xuamsay (0:0 0 0 0) inj @24 pulled muscle MF < Angel Gomes (0:0 1 2 0) FW < Nick Delaney (0:1 0 0 0) entered @45 FW < Umberto Inanche (1:1 0 0 0) subbed @45 FW < James Wilson (1:1 0 0 0) FW < Marcus Rashford (1:3 0 0 0) Three stars of the match are: *** SWE GK J. Pereira ** SWE MF A. Gomes * SWE DF E. Bonnawich Offsides: NOR: 0 SWE: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** WORLD CUP MATCH REPORT *** Playoffs #1: Team Canada (#1 seed) (#3 in C) vs France (#3 seed) (#4 in D) 84272 fans showed up to WEFS Ground Match seed: 17 Starting lineups ---------------- CAN (B) Coach JaViZe GK 4953 Vladmir Stojkovic VA DF 5479 Matteo Darmian WMW DF 5307 Marcos Rojo WMW MF 5600 Ivan Perisic VA MF > 5462 Greg Hawgood CAN MF 5308 Daley Blind WMW MF 5304 Tomas Rosicky VA MF 5136 Pit Martin CAN MF 4957 Tom Cleverley WMW FW 5663 Marcus Rashford WMW FW 5480 Anthony Martial WMW S1 5632 Troy Gamble CAN S2 5959 Ivan Strinic VA S3 5135 Tracey Pratt CAN S4 5669 Brad Gassoff CAN FRA Coach Iskander Ayari GK 4486 Emilie Bohn IM DF 5862 Pat Benatar IM DF 5492 Taylor Swift IM DF 4971 Regina Spektor IM DF 4784 Sarah Robinson IM MF 5649 Amy Lee IM MF 5650 Debbie Harry IM FW < 5325 Joss Stone IM FW 5326 Ellie Goulding IM FW 5115 Alison Mosshart IM FW 4972 Fiona Apple IM S1 4783 Lisa Osbourne IM S2 4644 Lili Ignatova IM S5 4283 Maria Petrova IM Officials from Luxemburg: referee Roger Philippi assistant referee #1 Norbert Gross assistant referee #2 Henri Reuter Chronology for the match: Min 1: Pheeeep! Referee Philippi signals the kick-off! Min 2: FRA excellent shot by Fiona Apple ... ... is saved acrobatically by GK Vladmir Stojkovic! Min 6: Pat Benatar (FRA DF) just manages to intercept a pass from Greg Hawgood (CAN MF). Min 7: CAN good volley by Ivan Perisic ... ... is blasted home! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 1 - FRA 0 Min 7: FRA excellent shot by Ellie Goulding ... ... is hastily hoofed clear by DF Matteo Darmian! Min 10: CAN good chance by Pit Martin ... ... is blocked in the last second by DF Pat Benatar! Min 11: CAN promising shot by Anthony Martial ... ... clips the post! Min 11: Greg Hawgood (CAN MF) tackles violently Debbie Harry ... ... referee Philippi shows Hawgood a yellow card! Min 13: CAN good long-range shot by Tomas Rosicky ... ... dips over the bar! Min 15: FRA excellent long-range shot by Sarah Robinson ... ... is smothered by GK Vladmir Stojkovic! Min 19: FRA excellent shot by Debbie Harry ... ... is smothered by GK Vladmir Stojkovic! Min 22: CAN good shot by Marcus Rashford ... ... bursts the net! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 2 - FRA 0 Min 22: FRA excellent long-range shot by Ellie Goulding ... ... easily passes the keeper! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 2 - FRA 1 Min 24: CAN promising long-range shot by Pit Martin ... ... is punted upfield by MF Debbie Harry! Min 24: FRA excellent long-range shot by Joss Stone ... ... is headed clear by MF Greg Hawgood! Min 25: FRA excellent header by Alison Mosshart ... ... assistant referee Gross judges the play to be marginally offside! Min 25: Ivan Perisic (CAN MF) forces a bad pass from Regina Spektor (FRA DF). Min 26: CAN promising volley by Ivan Perisic ... ... is blocked in the last second by DF Sarah Robinson! Min 27: CAN good header by Tomas Rosicky ... ... forces the keeper to shout for her mommy! GOAL!!! ... Pit Martin is credited with the assist. ... score now: CAN 3 - FRA 1 Min 27: FRA begins pressing forward. Min 27: Manager Iskander Ayari (FRA) orders his team to play rough. Min 29: CAN excellent shot by Ivan Perisic ... ... is unstoppable! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 4 - FRA 1 Min 30: FRA excellent effort by Debbie Harry ... ... is tipped over the bar by GK Vladmir Stojkovic! Min 30: CAN win a corner kick, which is taken by Greg Hawgood ... ... the cross finds Anthony Martial, whose excellent volley ... ... is fisted away by GK Emilie Bohn! Min 32: Anthony Martial (CAN FW) commits a foul, ruining the attack! Min 33: Alison Mosshart (FRA FW) commits a foul, ruining the attack! Min 35: CAN excellent header by Pit Martin ... ... flies a couple of yards wide! Min 38: Joss Stone (FRA FW) boots the ball out of reach of Pit Martin (CAN MF). Min 38: Taylor Swift (FRA DF) handles the ball just outside the box ... ... referee Philippi awards CAN a direct free kick! ... Greg Hawgood takes the kick ... ... the shot is scrambled around the post by GK Emilie Bohn! Min 39: CAN win an indirect free kick, which is taken by Greg Hawgood ... ... the cross finds Ivan Perisic, whose excellent effort ... ... grazes the woodwork! Min 39: FRA excellent attempt by Ellie Goulding ... ... bursts the net! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 4 - FRA 2 Min 39: FRA excellent long-range shot by Ellie Goulding ... ... swerves well away from the goal! Min 40: CAN excellent shot by Anthony Martial ... ... bulges the roof of the net! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 5 - FRA 2 Min 42: CAN excellent chance by Marcus Rashford ... ... hits the bar! Min 43: CAN excellent attempt by Tomas Rosicky ... ... is deflected onto the bar by DF Sarah Robinson! Min 45: Pheeeep! Referee Philippi signals the end of the first half! Half-time score: CAN 5 - FRA 2 [ 11 (1 fk) - 8 ] Min 46: Pheeeep! Referee Philippi gets the second half on the way! Min 49: FRA excellent effort by Debbie Harry ... ... assistant referee Reuter judges the play to be just offside! Min 49: CAN make a quick pass to Greg Hawgood, whose excellent effort ... ... is blasted home! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 6 - FRA 2 Min 49: FRA adopts stalling tactic. Min 49: Manager Iskander Ayari (FRA) orders his team to take it easy. Min 49: Sarah Robinson (FRA DF) is told to sub out ... ... she walks off the pitch ... ... Lisa Osbourne enters the field. Min 49: Amy Lee (FRA MF) drops back. Min 49: Debbie Harry (FRA MF) drops back. Min 49: Joss Stone (FRA FW) switches to play MF. Min 49: Ellie Goulding (FRA FW) switches to play MF and drops back. Min 49: Alison Mosshart (FRA FW) drops back. Min 49: Fiona Apple (FRA FW) can't switch from FW to MF. Too few FW! Min 49: Fiona Apple (FRA FW) drops back. Min 51: Pit Martin (CAN MF) deliberately handles the ball ... ... referee Philippi shows Martin a yellow card! Min 54: FRA mediocre shot by Fiona Apple ... ... is punted upfield by DF Marcos Rojo! Min 54: CAN desperate chance by Tom Cleverley ... ... is easily blocked by MF Ellie Goulding! Min 55: CAN difficult long-range shot by Tom Cleverley ... ... is punched to safety by GK Emilie Bohn! Min 60: Vladmir Stojkovic (CAN GK) elbows Alison Mosshart ... ... referee Philippi shows Stojkovic a yellow card! Min 67: CAN difficult volley by Ivan Perisic ... ... is headed clear by DF Taylor Swift! Min 71: CAN really difficult header by Tomas Rosicky ... ... is blasted home! GOAL!!! ... Pit Martin is credited with the assist. ... score now: CAN 7 - FRA 2 Min 80: CAN difficult shot by Tom Cleverley ... ... is smothered by GK Emilie Bohn! Min 82: Tom Cleverley (CAN MF) heads the ball away from Taylor Swift (FRA DF). Min 84: CAN really difficult long-range shot by Ivan Perisic ... ... is saved acrobatically by GK Emilie Bohn! Min 85: FRA difficult chance by Ellie Goulding ... ... is hastily hoofed clear by DF Matteo Darmian! Min 89: CAN desperate attempt by Tom Cleverley ... ... is knocked to a teammate by MF Joss Stone! Min 90: Lisa Osbourne (FRA DF) is firmly stopped by Greg Hawgood (CAN MF). Min 91: CAN really difficult long-range shot by Tomas Rosicky ... ... is drilled low into the goal! GOAL!!! ... score now: CAN 8 - FRA 2 Min 91: Pheeeep! Referee Philippi blows the final whistle! Final score: CAN 8 - FRA 2 Game summary (lineups at the end of game): ------------------------------------------ CAN vs FRA: 8 - 2 [ 17 (1 fk) - 9 ] CAN (B) GK Vladmir Stojkovic (-2:0 0 0 4) YC DF Matteo Darmian (0:0 0 2 0) DF Marcos Rojo (0:0 0 1 0) MF Ivan Perisic (2:4 0 0 0) MF > Greg Hawgood (1:2 0 1 0) YC MF Daley Blind (0:0 0 0 0) MF Tomas Rosicky (3:4 0 0 0) MF Pit Martin (0:1 2 0 0) YC MF Tom Cleverley (0:2 0 0 0) FW Marcus Rashford (1:2 0 0 0) FW Anthony Martial (1:3 0 0 0) FRA (S) GK Emilie Bohn (-8:0 0 0 5) DF Pat Benatar (0:0 0 1 0) DF Taylor Swift (0:0 0 1 0) DF Regina Spektor (0:0 0 0 0) DF Lisa Osbourne (0:0 0 0 0) entered @49 DF Sarah Robinson (0:1 0 2 0) subbed @49 MF < Amy Lee (0:0 0 0 0) MF < Debbie Harry (0:3 0 1 0) MF < Joss Stone (0:0 0 1 0) MF < Ellie Goulding (2:3 0 1 0) FW < Alison Mosshart (0:1 0 0 0) FW < Fiona Apple (0:1 0 0 0) Three stars of the match are: *** CAN MF T. Rosicky ** CAN MF I. Perisic * FRA FW E. Goulding Offsides: CAN: 0 FRA: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** WORLD CUP MATCH REPORT *** Playoffs #1: Croatia (#4 seed) (#3 in D) vs The Philippines (#4 seed) (#4 in C) 81533 fans showed up to WEFS Ground Match seed: 152414 Starting lineups ---------------- CRO (O) Coach Volker Dyken GK 5780 Kevin Magnussen FOL SW 5961 Sergio Perez FOL DF 5645 Max Verstappen FOL DF 5291 Valtteri Bottas FOL DF 5142 Romain Grosjean FOL MF 5292 Daniel Ricciardo FOL MF < 5543 Daniil Kvyat FOL MF < 5143 Nico Rosberg FOL MF < 4970 Pastor Maldonado FOL FW 5839 Esteban Ocon FOL FW < 5646 Carlos Sainz_Jr FOL S1 4485 Sebastian Vettel FOL S2 < 4643 Mark Webber FOL S3 4484 Jenson Button FOL S4 4806 Heikki Kovalainen FOL may enter to mark M. James S5 4805 Timo Glock FOL PHI (B) Coach Jeremy Billones GK 5849 _ Sting WCW SW 5478 Sasha Banks WCW DF 5832 Sami Zayn WCW DF 5149 Seth Rollins WCW MF > 5306 Roman Reigns WCW MF 5816 Becky Lynch WCW MF 5626 Saraya Bevis WCW MF 4797 CM Punk WCW FW 5681 Charlotte Flair WCW FW < 5990 Mickie James WCW FW < 4955 AJ Lee WCW S1 4634 The Miz WCW S2 5570 A.J. Styles WCW S3 5178 John Cena WCW S4 4796 Dolph Ziggler WCW Officials from Switzerland: referee Werner Mueller assistant referee #1 Mauro Bianchi assistant referee #2 Laurent Rausis Chronology for the match: Min 1: Pheeeep! Referee Mueller signals the kick-off! Min 1: >>> Volker cheers to the fans Min 1: Max Verstappen (CRO DF) gets orders to mark. Min 1: Romain Grosjean (CRO DF) gets orders to mark. Min 1: Daniel Ricciardo (CRO MF) pushes forward. Min 1: AJ Lee (PHI FW) is getting marked by Max Verstappen. Min 1: Charlotte Flair (PHI FW) is getting marked by Romain Grosjean. Min 1: PHI difficult chance by Sami Zayn ... ... is easily blocked by DF Valtteri Bottas! Min 2: Saraya Bevis (PHI MF) just manages to intercept a pass from Sergio Perez (CRO SW). Min 8: Daniil Kvyat (CRO MF) robs the ball from Saraya Bevis (PHI MF). Min 9: CRO decent volley by Esteban Ocon ... ... flies a couple of yards wide! Min 13: CRO promising volley by Daniel Ricciardo ... ... is hastily hoofed clear by DF Seth Rollins! Min 15: CRO decent long-range shot by Valtteri Bottas ... ... is saved easily by GK _ Sting! Min 19: CRO decent chance by Valtteri Bottas ... ... is headed clear by SW Sasha Banks! Min 22: CRO promising effort by Carlos Sainz_Jr ... ... beats the helpless keeper! GOAL!!! ... score now: CRO 1 - PHI 0 Min 22: PHI win an indirect free kick, which is taken by Saraya Bevis ... ... the cross finds Mickie James, whose really difficult effort ... ... assistant referee Bianchi judges the play to be clearly offside! Min 24: PHI difficult chance by Saraya Bevis ... ... is well wide! Min 24: Daniel Ricciardo (CRO MF) trips Charlotte Flair just outside the box ... ... referee Mueller awards PHI a direct free kick! ... Saraya Bevis takes the kick ... ... the shot grazes the woodwork! Min 31: CRO decent volley by Esteban Ocon ... ... is tipped over the bar by GK _ Sting! Min 32: PHI difficult shot by Roman Reigns ... ... is headed clear by MF Daniel Ricciardo! Min 33: PHI difficult long-range shot by CM Punk ... ... is knocked to a teammate by DF Romain Grosjean! Min 34: CRO mediocre long-range shot by Nico Rosberg ... ... is punted upfield by DF Seth Rollins! Min 34: Sami Zayn (PHI DF) stretches out to intercept a pass from Daniel Ricciardo (CRO MF). Min 35: PHI really difficult long-range shot by Roman Reigns ... ... is held comfortably by GK Kevin Magnussen! Min 35: CRO win a corner kick, which is taken by Pastor Maldonado ... ... the cross is deflected to Daniel Ricciardo, whose decent chance ... ... clips the post! Min 37: CRO promising long-range shot by Sergio Perez ... ... bulges the roof of the net! GOAL!!! ... Nico Rosberg is credited with the assist. ... score now: CRO 2 - PHI 0 Min 37: Sami Zayn (PHI DF) handles the ball just outside the box ... ... referee Mueller awards CRO a direct free kick! ... Daniel Ricciardo takes the kick ... ... the shot is saved acrobatically by GK _ Sting! Min 41: Kevin Magnussen (CRO GK) goes down injured ... ... diagnosed as bruised thigh ... ... 5 cans of cool spray get him back to the field. Min 44: CRO decent long shot by Sergio Perez ... ... misses by a whisker! Min 46: Pheeeep! Referee Mueller signals the end of the first half! Half-time score: CRO 2 - PHI 0 [ 7 (1 fk) - 3 (1 fk) ] Min 46: Pheeeep! Referee Mueller gets the second half on the way! Min 51: PHI really difficult header by Roman Reigns ... ... is scrambled over the bar by GK Kevin Magnussen! Min 55: Nico Rosberg (CRO MF) easily intercepts a pass from Saraya Bevis (PHI MF). Min 59: CRO mediocre header by Esteban Ocon ... ... grazes the woodwork! Min 60: PHI mediocre volley by Saraya Bevis ... ... is easily controlled by MF Nico Rosberg! Min 61: CRO mediocre attempt by Sergio Perez ... ... is calmly cleared by SW Sasha Banks! Min 67: Seth Rollins (PHI DF) deliberately handles the ball ... ... referee Mueller exchanges few words with Rollins. Min 69: PHI difficult long-range shot by CM Punk ... ... is smothered by GK Kevin Magnussen! Min 73: Nico Rosberg (CRO MF) steals the ball from Charlotte Flair (PHI FW). Min 75: CRO decent effort by Esteban Ocon ... ... is calmly cleared by SW Sasha Banks! Min 75: CRO adopts stalling tactic. Min 75: Daniel Ricciardo (CRO MF) drops back and starts playing passively. Min 75: Pastor Maldonado (CRO MF) starts playing passively. Min 75: Esteban Ocon (CRO FW) drops back and starts playing passively. Min 78: PHI desperate header by Charlotte Flair ... ... is hastily hoofed clear by SW Sergio Perez! Min 79: CRO difficult long-range shot by Nico Rosberg ... ... is held comfortably by GK _ Sting! Min 80: PHI desperate volley by Mickie James ... ... is parried by GK Kevin Magnussen! Min 83: Max Verstappen (CRO DF) handles the ball just outside the box ... ... referee Mueller awards PHI a direct free kick! ... Saraya Bevis takes the kick ... ... the shot swerves well away from the goal! Min 83: Pastor Maldonado (CRO MF) goes down injured ... ... diagnosed as pulled muscle ... ... Pastor Maldonado is helped out of the pitch ... ... recovery of 2 weeks is expected. Min 83: Sebastian Vettel enters the field as MF for CRO. Min 85: PHI difficult attempt by Roman Reigns ... ... is headed clear by MF Nico Rosberg! Min 87: Mickie James (PHI FW) commits a foul, ruining the attack! Min 87: Sebastian Vettel (CRO MF) goes down injured ... ... diagnosed as bruised thigh ... ... 6 cans of cool spray get him back to the field. Min 90: Carlos Sainz_Jr (CRO FW) is told to sub out ... ... he walks off the pitch ... ... Mark Webber enters the field. Min 91: PHI difficult attempt by Mickie James ... ... swerves well away from the goal! Min 91: _ Sting (PHI GK) is told to sub out ... ... he walks off the pitch ... ... Dolph Ziggler enters the field. Min 91: Saraya Bevis (PHI MF) is told to sub out ... ... he walks off the pitch ... ... The Miz enters the field. Min 91: CM Punk (PHI MF) is told to sub out ... ... he walks off the pitch ... ... A.J. Styles enters the field. Min 94: Pheeeep! Referee Mueller blows the final whistle! Final score: CRO 2 - PHI 0 Game summary (lineups at the end of game): ------------------------------------------ CRO vs PHI: 2 - 0 [ 9 (1 fk) - 7 (2 fk) ] CRO (S) GK Kevin Magnussen (0:0 0 0 4) SW Sergio Perez (1:2 0 1 0) DF Max Verstappen (0:0 0 0 0) marked A. Lee DF Valtteri Bottas (0:1 0 1 0) DF Romain Grosjean (0:0 0 1 0) marked C. Flair MF < Daniel Ricciardo (0:2 0 1 0) MF < Daniil Kvyat (0:0 0 0 0) MF < Nico Rosberg (0:1 1 2 0) MF < Pastor Maldonado (0:0 0 0 0) inj @83 pulled muscle MF Sebastian Vettel (0:0 0 0 0) entered @83 FW < Esteban Ocon (0:3 0 0 0) FW < Carlos Sainz_Jr (1:1 0 0 0) subbed @90 FW < Mark Webber (0:0 0 0 0) entered @90 PHI (B) GK _ Sting (-2:0 0 0 4) subbed @90 GK Dolph Ziggler (0:0 0 0 0) entered @90 SW Sasha Banks (0:0 0 3 0) DF Sami Zayn (0:0 0 0 0) DF Seth Rollins (0:0 0 2 0) MF A.J. Styles (0:0 0 0 0) entered @90 MF > Roman Reigns (0:2 0 0 0) MF Becky Lynch (0:0 0 0 0) MF Saraya Bevis (0:3 0 0 0) subbed @90 MF CM Punk (0:1 0 0 0) subbed @90 MF The Miz (0:0 0 0 0) entered @90 FW Charlotte Flair (0:0 0 0 0) FW < Mickie James (0:3 0 0 0) FW < AJ Lee (0:0 0 0 0) Three stars of the match are: *** CRO MF N. Rosberg ** CRO SW S. Perez * CRO GK K. Magnussen Offsides: CRO: 0 PHI: 1