Thursday September 17, 2009 Finished Vasil Levski Stadion
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Fulham earn point in Sofia
Diomansy Kamara pounced to secure Fulham a creditable 1-1 draw in their Europa League Group A clash with CSKA Sofia. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- CSKA Sofia
- Fulham
- It's all over and that's a great point for Fulham!- 90+2' Marquinos goes into the book for kicking the ball away and Fulham look good for the draw now.
- 90' Nevland gets his head to it, but he flicks it wide as we enter three minutes of injury time.
- 90' Davies earns a free kick late on here..
- 90' From the free kick the ball came into the box and it goes just wide off I'm not sure who, but Fulham clear it.
89' Kamara goes into the book for a foul on Stoyanov.- 86' Kamara goes down with cramp, so there's a bit of a delay.
- 85' Into the last five minutes and Fulham hanging on a bit as you would expect, but CSKA haven't created much of late.
- 83' Kamara has a go from just outside the area with his left foot. Good position to take the shot, but he fires it high and wide.
- 82' Baird makes the clearance there to stop the through ball. He needed to be alert. Kostadin Stoyanov with the follow-up and Stockdale takes it comfortably.
- 80' Karadzhov had to be careful there as the ball looped over him and would have crept in at the far post. The keeper recovers though to make the clearance.
78' CHANCE! Great save from Stockdale! Marquinos hits one left footed from inside the area and the keeper has to make a reflex stop to tip over!- 76' Fulham put the ball out as Baird is injured, but CSKA take the corner, which annoys Fulham.
- 74' Nevland has another crack at goal, but this goes well wide and he starts to limp. He did take that knock earlier of course.
72' SHOT! Nevland has a go from the edge of the area, but it goes wide of Karadzhov's right hand post.- 71' Todorov gets in behind Smalling, but his shot on goal is wild and flies high and wide.
- 70' Nevland chases another long ball and again the communication between the CSKA keeper and defenders isn't great, but they get away with it this time.
- 68' Kamara tries his luck again, this time from distance, but that's weak and Nevland looks very annoyed not to have received the pass.
65' GOAL!!! Out of nowhere!!! Fulham are level! It's a long ball forward and what is the keeper doing coming out that far?? He was nowhere near it and Kamara just nicks it round him and slots it home!- 64' Fulham have a free kick and Nevland goes down in the area claiming a penalty, but nothing doing.
- 62' GOAL!! And it's from the sub Michel Platini! he holds off Smalling and fires it into the corner past Stockdale! Nice finish from the Brazilian.
- - Looks like a twisted ankle for Nevland, but I think he's OK to carry on. Doesn't look too bad.
- 60' Nevland goes down and the trainer is on the pitch along with the obligatory stretcher.
- 59' Nice move from Fulham there involving Kamara, Davies and Riise, but they overplay and the shot doesn't come in.
- 57' CSKA certainly playing with more determination and pace so far in this second half. Fulham under the cosh at the moment.
- 55' CSKA have the ball in the box again and once more the crowd go up for anything they can get, but nothing given.
54' Bizzarely Michel Platini is coming on for CSKA for Igor Stoyanov. It's the Brazilian Ferreira Michel Platini of course.- 53' APPEALS FOR HANDBALL! The ball hits Kelly on the arm and the entire crowd go up for it, but the ref gives nothing. No apparent conversation with the fourth/fifth/sixth official it appears.
- 51' Delev catches one in an unfortunate place from Pantsil and that looks like it could smart a bit!
- 49' Slip there from Kelly! Todorov is in, but he's at a poor angle yet still goes for goal and it slices wide!
- 48' Gera and Kamara link up there, but Gera can't find Kelly with the pass and the move breaks down.
- 46' CSKA have brought Marquinhos on for Morozs.
- 46' Smalling looks to be going into the book here for a clash of heads with Ivan Stoyanov.
46' Back underway in Sofia and no changes that I can see at half time for Fulham.- - Smalling concedes a needless corner right on half time luckily for him it's cleared. And that's it for the first half here. Goalless after 45 mins here in Sofia. Back soon!
- 45' CHANCE FOR FULHAM! Greening and Kamara involved and it's Greening with the shot in the end and Karadzhov is forced into making the save!
- 43' A couple of minutes to go until half time and the home side will need to do better than this if they want to record the win.
- 40' CSKA putting on the pressure now, but Fulham holding firm and Stockdale not really tested as yet.
- 38' Kostadin Stoyanov gets forward now from full back and puts a good ball into the box, but Fulham get it clear. Corner to CSKA though..
- 37' Great ball out wide from CSKA sets up a half chance for Ivan Stoyanov, but his effort isn't the strongest and Stockdale makes the save comfortably.
- 35' Smalling gets his head to the corner about eight yards out, but his effort goes over the bar.
- 33' Fulham launch a rare attack with Pantsil, who wriggles his way into the box, but he's crowded out. Fulham have a corner though..
- 31' Minev is booked for a clash with Gera and when the free kick comes in CSKA clear it.
- 29' Todorov fires in a corner and that's cleared by Fulham's new-look defence.
- 27' Through ball from Riise is too hard for Kamara who can only flick on into the arams of the keeper. Fulham struggling to make any impression so far, but comfortable in defence at the moment.
25' Fulham keeping a solid defensive line and catching Ivan Stoyanov offside a couple of times.- 23' Ivan Stoyanov with it and that goes out for a corner off Gera, which comes to nothing bar a terrible shot from CSKA.
- 22' Greening booked for a foul on Yanev. Good position for a free kick for CSKA..
- 21' Fulham still to record an actual attack on goal, while CSKA have had lots of possession, but created little.
- 19' The corner is cleared and Kamara shows good skill to beat a man and set Fulham going.
- 18' Crowd still making a lot of noise, but there's little to report from the pitch. CSKA have a corner now..
- 16' Now the other Stoyanov goes down - this time it's Pantsil that's to blame, but that was a fair tackle and Fulham get the ball back from the drop ball.
- 14' Ivan Stoyanov goes down there under a challenge from Kelly and initially looks hurt, but he's up and about OK.
- 13' Todorov almost gets in there from a long ball, but his touch also lets him down. With a better touch he'd have been right in on goal.
- 11' Gera and Kelly combine there to set up an attack down the left for Fulham, but Kelly's touch isn't the best and it goes out for a goal kick.
- 9' Both Stoyanov's combining there for the free kick, but it goes out for a goal kick.
- 9' Greening penalised there for a foul and CSKA have a free kick in a decent position.
- 7' There are two Stoyanov's in the CSKA side I've just noticed, so for the sake of clarity the shots from Stoyanov so far have been Ivan Stoyanov, not Kostadin Stoyanov who is a defender. But then I'm sure you knew that!
- 5' Another effort from Stoyanov and this one is easily saved by Stockdale. They're not afraid to have a go from distance CSKA so far!
- 4' Baird puts the ball into the box for Fulham but it's too high and goes for a goal kick.
- 3' Another shot, this time it's miles wide from Morozs.
- 2' First shot of the game comes from Stoyanov of CSKA, who jinks his way down the right and has a curling effort that goes wide.
1' We're underway in Sofia and immediately an early touch for the keeper Karadzhov.- - The crowd are well up for this one and they're making a lot of noise at the moment. Could be a tough night for Fulham's new-look side.
- - The teams are out on the pitch and we're just a few moments away from kick off in Sofia.
- - Tonight's referee, or at least one of them anyway, is Darko Ceferin (Slovenia). The other four officials in UEFA's experiment tonight are unnamed.
- - The CSKA Sofia side tonight is as follows: - Karadzhov, Kostadin Stoyanov, Minev, Kotev, Ivanov, Todorov, Yanev, Morozs, Yanchev, Ivan Stoyanov, Delev. Subs: Ivaylo Petrov, Vidanov, Vladimir Manchev, Timonov, Branekov, Michel, Marquinhos.
- - Team news is now in and as expected Fulham have made major changes from their victory over Everton last weekend. The side tonight is: - Stockdale, Kelly, Pantsil, Baird, Smalling, Gera, Riise, Greening, Davies, Kamara,and Nevland. Subs: Zuberbuhler, Watts, Saunders, Anderson, Uwezu, Marsh-Brown, Smith.
- - The newly-branded Europa League has a different format to the UEFA Cup: there are a mammoth 12 (that's TWELVE) groups, lettered A to L, from which the top two of four qualify for the last 32, leaving eight slots for third-placed Champions League group stage teams. Confusing? Well try pronouncing some of the teams' names!
- - Fulham leave nine first-teamers out tonight as Roy Hodgson flexes what is now a very strong squad. "There is no point signing players like Jonathan Greening, Bjorn Helge Riise, Erik Nevland and Zoltan Gera if you're not going to use them," the owl-like genius said. More from Woy here!
- CSKA Sofia host an under-strength Fulham side in their Europa League Group E opener with LIVE comments and scoring from 18:00!
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Summary
- 72' SHOT! Nevland has a go from the edge of the area, but it goes wide of Karadzhov's right hand post.
- 65' GOAL!!! Out of nowhere!!! Fulham are level! It's a long ball forward and what is the keeper doing coming out that far?? He was nowhere near it and Kamara just nicks it round him and slots it home!
- 62' GOAL!! And it's from the sub Michel Platini! he holds off Smalling and fires it into the corner past Stockdale! Nice finish from the Brazilian.
- 53' APPEALS FOR HANDBALL! The ball hits Kelly on the arm and the entire crowd go up for it, but the ref gives nothing. No apparent conversation with the fourth/fifth/sixth official it appears.
- 49' Slip there from Kelly! Todorov is in, but he's at a poor angle yet still goes for goal and it slices wide!
- 45' CHANCE FOR FULHAM! Greening and Kamara involved and it's Greening with the shot in the end and Karadzhov is forced into making the save!
- - CSKA Sofia host an under-strength Fulham side in their Europa League Group E opener with LIVE comments and scoring from 18:00!
Team lineup & ratings
CSKA SofiaManager: Luboslav Penev
Captain: Todor Yanchev
FulhamManager: Roy Hodgson
Captain: John Pantsil
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Lineup
Live Team Line-Up
- CSKA Sofia
Manager: Luboslav Penev
Captain: Todor Yanchev
Starting line-up
- I. Karadzhov
- Y. Minev
- K. Kotev
- I. Ivanov
- K. Stoyanov
- V. Morozs
- T. Yanchev
- Y. Todorov
- K. Yanev
- I. Stojanov
- S. Delev
Subs
- I. Petrov
- V. Mantchev
78′ - A. Branekov
- T. Timonov
- P. Vidanov
- Marquinhos 45′
- Michel 54′
- Fulham
Manager: Roy Hodgson
Captain: John Pantsil
Starting line-up
- D. Stockdale
- J. Pantsil
- C. Smalling
- C. Baird
- S. Kelly
- J. Greening
- B. Riise
- S. Davies
- Z. Gera
- D. Kamará
- E. Nevland
Subs
- P. Zuberbühler
- A. Watts
- M. Saunders
- J. Anderson
- M. Uwezu
- A. Smith
- K. Marsh-Brown
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well done cska
gooner4reel,
Why you post comments about something that you are totally incompetent? Oh, but you are "gooner" so I see. Cheers, slaves team fan and happy Adebayor to you.
if roma cant beat basel you italian guys dont come to london...
i wish duff played and it would be different...
MJ why are you here? you should be watching your team losing now to basel who??? go ahead, cry like a baby.
FORZA ROMA WE WILL KILL U FULHAM! IL CAPITANO TOTTI: NO TOTTI NO PARTY!
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from a man utd fan good luck fulham
yes come on kamara you legend.
What did the goal keeper do all the way out there with two defenders close by? What a wasteful chance to win thrown away...
1:1
Fulham have totally under-rated CSKA
Jamer that smell isn't Fulham I think you chit the bed while you were asleep
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Oops fell asleep.
Fulham Stink!!!i think the fulham players ar meaty get it? meaty ful-ham BEST JOKE EVAR
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