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Wednesday November 28, 2007 Finished Mestalla

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Valencia

Schalke

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Valencia
    • Schalke
    • 90+3' And that's it! 0-0 the final score, after a disappointing, ill-tempered game that Valencia spurned two glorious chances to win.
    • 90+2' Oh, what a chance for Valencia! David Silva slips into the box on the right hand-side and with only the 'keeper to beat he slides the ball across goal and wide!
    • 86' Joaquin with a shot from the edge of the box, but it goes well over.
    • 85' Schalke have a corner that's cleared to the edge of the box. The ball is put back in and Asamoah gets a header on target, but there's not enough on it to trouble Canizares.
    • 80' Substitution for Schalke. Halil Alintop is replaced by the muscular Gerald Asamoah.
    • 78' Mesut Ozil theatrically throws himself over Miguel's outstretched leg inside the Valencia box... and is rightly booked. Cue predictable indignant finger-wagging from the home side.
    • 76' Chance for Valencia! A corner for the home side is cleared to the edge of the Schalke box, but David Silva's left-footed half-volley flies into the side netting!
    • 71' Substitutions for both teams. Jermaine Jones makes way for Zlatan Bajramovic, and Vicente departs the pitch to be replaced by David Silva.
    • 65' Substitution for the away side. Carlos Grossmuller comes on for Ivan Rakitic.
    • 63' Chance for Schalke! The ball is worked out to Kuranyi on the left, but his right-footed shot curls straight into the clutches of Canizares!
    • 61' A shot on goal! Vicente finds space on the left, but his poor shot is easily saved by Neuer.
    • 59' It's much of the same here in the second half: niggly, and not very attractive.
    • 52' Great chance for Schalke! Halil Alintop bursts clear and has only Canizares to beat, but he tries to take it round him with a heavy touch and Valencia manage to clear!
    • 49' Chance for Schalke! They work the ball to the left-hand edge of the box and Ivan Rakitic fires in a shot that goes narrowly over!
    • 46' The second half is underway!
    • 45+4' What a chance for Valencia! A free-kick into the box finds its way to the feet of Carlos Marchena, but despite being only six yards out he can't direct his shot past Neuer who spreads himself to make a vital save! It's a let-off for the linesman, because Edu was a good four yards offside. And that's the last action of a tempestuous first half.
    • 45+3' Joaquin goes to ground rather easily once again, and Jermaine Jones goes into the book.
    • 42' Valencia make a change, and Marco Caneira comes off after injuring himself with a cowardly kick at an opponent. Raul Albiol comes on in his place. Valencia will win themselves few friends if they keep behaving like this.
    • 36' There are some spicy tackles flying around now! Valencia have clearly taken a dislike to their German opponents, and are letting them know about it at every available opportunity.
    • 35' Ronaldo Koeman decides to shuffle his pack in the light of that sending off. Morientes makes way for defender Manuel Fernandes.
    • 32' David Albelda is off! Rafinha hares down the Schalke right and the Valencia skipper throws himself into a challenge, sending the Brazilian sprawling to the turf. The challenge was mis-timed but contact appeared minimal, and Albelda is entitled to feel aggrieved.
    • 31' Yellow cards apiece for Rafinha and David Villa. They square up after Rafinha's clumsy tackle, and the ref puts them both into the book.
    • 30' Fernando Morientes receives a yellow card for a crude challenge on Mesut Ozil.
    • 26' Joaquin wins a free-kick wide on the right. It's swung into the box at pace, but Neuer punches it clear!
    • 24' Corner to Schalke. Bordone twists his body to attack the ball at the near post, but his firm header flies over the bar!
    • 20' Kevin Kuranyi collides with a defender in the Valencia box and looks for a penalty, but the ref is rightly unmoved.
    • 13' Corner to Schalke. Captain Marcelo Bordon climbs well but can't get a touch!
    • 9' Joaquin cuts in from the Valencia right and shoots, but he's leaning back too much and the ball sails over.
    • 1' And we're off! Valencia in white shirts, black shorts and white socks, Schalke in navy blue with light blue trim.
    • - Former Arsenal 'Invincible' Edu starts in midfield for Valencia after missing almost an entire year through injury. Schalke's only injury concern surrounded midfielder Jermaine Jones, but he has been declared fit to play.
    • - Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
    • - Schalke 04: Neuer; Rafinha, Krstajic, Bordon, Westermann; Rakitic, Jones, Ernst, Ozil; Kuranyi, Altintop
    • - Valencia: Canizares; Miguel, Helguera, Marchena, Caneira; Joaquin, Albelda, Edu, Vicente; Villa, Morientes
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Group B game from the Mestalla in Valencia. Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT.

  • Team Stats

    Valencia Stats Schalke
    58% Possession 41%
    9 Shots 10
    2 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 6
    18 Fouls 9
    2 Offsides 5
    2 Yellow cards 3
    1 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 33
    379 Accurate passes 269
    67 Bad passes 35

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Valencia
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Santiago Cañizares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      5 Carlos Marchena 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 45 5 6
      12 Marco Caneira 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 10 2
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 0 0
      15 Ivan Helguera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 3 0
      6 David Albelda 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 1 4
      22 Edu Daud Gaspar 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 69 12 5
      17 Joaquín Joaquín 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 35 2 2
      14 Vicente Vicente 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 18 8 2
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 3 1
      7 David Villa 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 16 3 0
      4 Raul Albiol Raul Albiol 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 27 11 1
      21 David Silva 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      3 Manuel Fernandes 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 33 6 0
      19 Javier Arizmendi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Stephen Sunday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Nikola Zigic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Timo Hildebrand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Schalke
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Manuel Neuer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      20 Mladen Krstajic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 5 4
      2 Heiko Westermann 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 4 7
      18 Marcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 0 10
      5 Marcelo Jose Bordon 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 24 1 2
      10 Ivan Rakitic 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15 5 1
      8 Fabian Ernst 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 31 2 6
      13 Jermaine Jones 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 13 7 1
      17 Mesut Özil 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 25 4 1
      22 Kevin Kuranyi 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 16 4 0
      19 Halil Altintop 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 12 1 0
      16 Dario Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Mathias Schober 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Gerald Asamoah 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0
      25 Zlatan Bajramovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1
      11 Peter Lövenkrands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Benedikt Höwedes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Carlos Grossmüller 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 1 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' Oh, what a chance for Valencia! David Silva slips into the box on the right hand-side and with only the 'keeper to beat he slides the ball across goal and wide!
    • 76' Chance for Valencia! A corner for the home side is cleared to the edge of the Schalke box, but David Silva's left-footed half-volley flies into the side netting!
    • 63' Chance for Schalke! The ball is worked out to Kuranyi on the left, but his right-footed shot curls straight into the clutches of Canizares!
    • 52' Great chance for Schalke! Halil Alintop bursts clear and has only Canizares to beat, but he tries to take it round him with a heavy touch and Valencia manage to clear!
    • 49' Chance for Schalke! They work the ball to the left-hand edge of the box and Ivan Rakitic fires in a shot that goes narrowly over!
    • 32' David Albelda is off! Rafinha hares down the Schalke right and the Valencia skipper throws himself into a challenge, sending the Brazilian sprawling to the turf. The challenge was mis-timed but contact appeared minimal, and Albelda is entitled to feel aggrieved.
    • 24' Corner to Schalke. Bordone twists his body to attack the ball at the near post, but his firm header flies over the bar!
    • 20' Kevin Kuranyi collides with a defender in the Valencia box and looks for a penalty, but the ref is rightly unmoved.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Group B game from the Mestalla in Valencia. Kick-off is at 19:45 GMT.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Franck de Bleeckere

  • Valencia

    Manager: Ronald Koeman

    Captain: David Albelda

    Starting line-up

    • S. Cañizares
    • L. Miguel
    • C. Marchena
    • I. Helguera
    • M. Caneira Substitution Out (42′)
    • E. Gaspar "Edu"
    • D. Albelda Red Card
    • S. Joaquín
    • V. Rodríguez Substitution Out (71′)
    • F. Morientes Yellow Card Substitution Out (34′)
    • D. Villa Yellow Card

    Subs

    • T. Hildebrand
    • N. Zigic
    • M. Fernandes Substitution In34′
    • A. Arizmendi
    • R. Albiol Substitution In42′
    • D. Silva Substitution In71′
    • S. Sunday

    Injured

    • M. Angulo
    • E. Moretti
    • R. Alexis

    Suspended

    None

  • Schalke

    Manager: Mirko Slomka

    Captain: 5. Marcelo Bordon

    Starting line-up

    • M. Neuer
    • M. Rafinha Yellow Card
    • M. Bordon
    • M. Krstajic Substitution Out (65′)
    • H. Westermann
    • J. Jones Substitution Out (70′)
    • F. Ernst
    • I. Rakitic
    • H. Altintop Substitution Out (80′)
    • M. Özil Yellow Card
    • K. Kuranyi

    Subs

    • 14. G. Asamoah Substitution In80′
    • 33. M. Schober
    • 25. Z. Bajramovic Substitution In70′
    • 16. D. Rodriguez
    • 11. P. Lövenkrands
    • 23. B. Höwedes
    • 21. C. Grossmüller Substitution In45′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None