FOOTBALL Live

Sunday November 30, 2008 Finished

2 - 2

Swansea City

  • Pratley 19’
  • Gorka Pintado 61’

Cardiff City

  • Ledley 45’
  • McCormack 48’ (pen.)

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Swansea City
    • Cardiff City
    • 90+3' The match ends 2-2 as Cardiff fend off their rivals in the latter stages. A volatile encounter - it is perhaps a fair result.
    • 90+1' Britton flies in on Kevin McNaughton - and the Swansea man is shown a second yellow to become the second player to see red this afternoon.
    • 84' Visiting goalie Peter Enckelman with a pair of stunning saves to keep Cardiff level!! Pintado the man testing him.
    • 78' Leon Britton (Swansea) and Wayne Routledge (Cardiff) become the latest players to go into the book.
    • 61' SWANSEA HAVE THE EQUALISER!! Gorka Pintado, just on as a sub for Thomas Butler, arrives to meet a corner taken by Shaun MacDonald - himself just on for Bessone - volleying brilliantly into the top of the net. The ground goes wild.
    • 60' A flurry of changes by both teams, with Cardiff sacrificing Chopra and Bothroyd as they look to dig in and defend their lead.
    • 51' McPhail sent off!! The captain kicked the ball away petulantly - and received a second yellow. He was also sent off against the Swans in the Carling Cup defeat earlier this season!!
    • 48' ROSS MCCORMACK PUTS IT AWAY!! Not the best penalty, low to the keeper's left, but it hits the back of the net.
    • 47' PENALTY TO CARDIFF!! Chopra rode a challenge from Monk before Bessone came in with a clumsy tackle just inside the corner of the box... the striker went to ground, but it was a debatable decision.
    • 46' The second half underway, Swansea now kicking to our right.
    • 45+2' The half-time whistle sounds - 1-1 at the break in this hotly-contested derby.
    • 45' CRACKING EQUALISER FROM JOE LEDLEY!! The ball dropped for him on the edge of the box after Jay Bothroyd had missed the ball with an attempted flick from a corner; he smashed it on the half-volley from 18 yards - and Dorus De Vries could only palm the ball inside the far post.
    • 30' Swansea's Darren Pratley the latest player to go into the book. Two players from each side have been cautioned.
    • 28' The tackles are flying in! Stephen McPhail of the away side also shown a yellow card for a tackle on Garry Monk - like McPhail a former Barnsley player.
    • 26' Federico Bessone booked for a foul on speedy winger Wayne Routledge.
    • 19' SWANSEA HAVE THE LEAD!! Jason Scotland was a yard offside when he was played in on the right, and he cut back for Darren Pratley to smash home from inside the box. Poor officiating from linesman Mike Mullarkey.
    • 15' Roger Johnson of Cardiff is booked after a foul on Mark Gower.
    • 12' Michael Chopra, back at Cardiff on loan recently after he was sold to Sunderland over a year ago, blazes over the bar. Early on he almost intercepted an Angel Rangel backpass...
    • 1' The first half kicks off, the Swans kicking from right to left in all white. Cardiff wear all blue.
    • - The teams: Swansea: De Vries, Rangel, Williams, Monk, Bessone, Britton, Pratley, Gower, Tudur-Jones, Butler, Scotland Subs: Konstantopoulos, Tate, Pintado, MacDonald, Bauza Cardiff: Enckelman, McNaughton, Roger Johnson, Gyepes, Kennedy, McPhail, Routledge, McCormack, Ledley, Bothroyd, Chopra Subs: Heaton, Rae, Parry, Comminges, Scimeca Referee: Martin Atkinson
    • - Cardiff boss Dave Jones includes midfielder Joe Ledley after his dislocated finger healed quicker than expected. Ross McCormack and Jay Bothroyd keep their places after returning from injury against Reading. Goalkeeper Tom Heaton is back on the bench after missing the Reading game through cramp.
    • - Swansea midfielder Ferrie Bodde will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in the defeat to Birmingham. The Swans are also without the suspended Jordi Gomez, but Leon Britton has recovered from the back problem which kept him out of Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Coventry.
    • - Kick-off is at 11:15 UK time - a police-enforced decision after the trouble that marred the Carling Cup fixture between the two clubs. They don't like each other very much.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Welsh derby between Swansea and Cardiff from the Liberty Stadium.

  • Summary

    • 90+1' Britton flies in on Kevin McNaughton - and the Swansea man is shown a second yellow to become the second player to see red this afternoon.
    • 84' Visiting goalie Peter Enckelman with a pair of stunning saves to keep Cardiff level!! Pintado the man testing him.
    • 61' SWANSEA HAVE THE EQUALISER!! Gorka Pintado, just on as a sub for Thomas Butler, arrives to meet a corner taken by Shaun MacDonald - himself just on for Bessone - volleying brilliantly into the top of the net. The ground goes wild.
    • 51' McPhail sent off!! The captain kicked the ball away petulantly - and received a second yellow. He was also sent off against the Swans in the Carling Cup defeat earlier this season!!
    • 48' ROSS MCCORMACK PUTS IT AWAY!! Not the best penalty, low to the keeper's left, but it hits the back of the net.
    • 47' PENALTY TO CARDIFF!! Chopra rode a challenge from Monk before Bessone came in with a clumsy tackle just inside the corner of the box... the striker went to ground, but it was a debatable decision.
    • 45' CRACKING EQUALISER FROM JOE LEDLEY!! The ball dropped for him on the edge of the box after Jay Bothroyd had missed the ball with an attempted flick from a corner; he smashed it on the half-volley from 18 yards - and Dorus De Vries could only palm the ball inside the far post.
    • 19' SWANSEA HAVE THE LEAD!! Jason Scotland was a yard offside when he was played in on the right, and he cut back for Darren Pratley to smash home from inside the box. Poor officiating from linesman Mike Mullarkey.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Welsh derby between Swansea and Cardiff from the Liberty Stadium.

Live Team Line-Up

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