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  • Ilunga 83’

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  1. West Ham keep Cup hopes alive

    West Ham keep Cup hopes alive

    West Ham defender Herita Ilunga equalised late on to force an FA Cup replay with Middlesbrough after an entertaining 1-1 draw at Upton Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Ham
    • Middlesbrough
    • - Thanks for joining us today... we've still got Watford-Chelsea to come, so make sure you stay with us!
    • 90'+3 There goes the final whistle! All over at Upton Park and West Ham are still alive in the FA Cup thanks to Herita Ilunga's late strike!
    • 90' Three added minutes to be played...
    • 87' Di Michele catches Wheater a little late and he goes into the book...
    • 83' GOAL! West Ham finally make their pressure count as Ilunga heads home from the free-kick! Terrible defending by Boro - Tuncay even looks like he ducks out of the way - as they allow the ball to bounce all the way through to Ilunga, who has the simple task of directing a header on target! Jones no chance! 1-1 with seven minutes left!
    • 82' O'Neil becomes the first player to be booked today... for kicking the ball away.
    • 79' Di Michele plays in a great ball across the face of goal... but despite having four strikers on the pitch, not one of them is there to get on the end of it!
    • 77' Arca is taken off and Josh Walker comes on to play the final quarter of an hour or so.
    • 76' Oooh! Great chance for Tristan and then Sears! The former deliberates too long... it falls to Sears, but he can't get off a shot either and Jones is able to claim!
    • 74' And that's prompted a change in the West Ham ranks... off goes Noble and on comes another striker, Savio... Boro also make a change, Alves making way for Tuncay.
    • 73' Oh no! What a miss! Di Michele skies over the bar from the penalty spot! Collison pulls back to find the Italian, but he leans back and the ball flies into the stands!
    • 72' Oooh! Downing plays a neat one-two with Alves to create a shooting chance! He fires it low and hard and only a great save by Green denies the England man, and Boro, a second!
    • 69' Tristan nearly finds a way through, jinking inside Wheater before prodding a shot goalwards! But it lacks power and Jones claims easily.
    • 66' Collison does well to get in a cross from the right wing... but Wheater's there to head clear for Boro...
    • 64' Alves finally finds the target with a crisp right-footed strike! But Green gets down well to make the save and further frustrate the Brazilian!
    • 60' ALVES! Off target again from the Boro striker, but at least he's a lot closer with this effort than his last one! This time, he drags a shot just wide of the far post, having found some space out on the right hand edge of the box...
    • 58' Oh dear, that's awful by Alves... the Brazilian clearly suffers from tunnel vision! How did he not see Adam Johnson to his right then?! He elects to shoot instead of passing to his team-mate in acres of space to his right, blazing way over... very, very poor.
    • 55' Here come Boro on the attack, with Digard.... but some poor control from the Frenchman sees possession lost and the move break down.
    • 52' O'Neil and Downing play a well-worked free-kick with the latter getting to the by-line before centring... put behind for a Boro corner!
    • 49' Indeed he does... he limps off and is replaced by Freddie Sears, who enters the fray to a loud cheer from the home crowd.
    • 48' Boa Morte's got a problem with his groin here... he may have to head off...
    • 46' Back underway at Upton Park! No changes in personel to tell you about.
    • 45'+2 And there goes the whistle... Boro go in at the break one up thanks to Downing's header and it's the visitors who are heading into the quarter-finals if things stay like this.
    • 45' A couple of minutes to be added at the end of the opening period...
    • 44' This time it's poor from O'Neil and West Ham can break with Di Michele... the Italian does well to tee up Tristan, who has bust a lung to join him in the attack... but his finish smacks of a player who has not seen much action of late... high, wide and handsome from the Spaniard.
    • 43' Free-kick now to Boro and O'Neil will have another chance to deliver a decent ball into the box.
    • 40' Another O'Neill ball into the box finds the head of Arca! But his header loops tamely into Green's arms.
    • 39' Tristan lays the ball off to Boa Morte who lets fly! Blocked! It falls kindly for Noble! Deflected again... Jones has to scramble over towards his post to claw the ball away, but only as far as Collison! No! He skies it way into the stands from close range! And the chance goes begging!
    • 37' Alves finds some space for himself on the edge of the box... but the Brazilian's shot is weak and wide of the mark.
    • 35' Tristan gets his first touch, but he's crowded off the ball by Pogatetz and Wheater before too long.
    • 34' Off goes Cole, limping all the way as the crowd applaud him off the pitch. Tristan it is who replaces him.
    • 32' Cole's back on the pitch, but he's moving too freely... he won't be able to carry on... Tristan is the obvious replacement.
    • 30' The home crowd are beginning to get a little shirty with their team now... they're getting increasingly more frustrated.
    • 29' Oooh! Huth heads goalwards from O'Neil's delivery into the box! Green is well postioned though and he's able to claim without too many problems.
    • 28' Alves tries his luck from distance... and he's rewarded with a corner after his effort takes a deflection off a claret and blue shirt.
    • 27' Cole's got a problem here... the England man is forced off to the sidelines to receive some treatment... that's the last thing West Ham want at the moment.
    • 26' Oooh! Di Michele launches a superb volley from 30 yards out which bounces a yard wide of the post with Jones scrambling to get across!
    • 23' That is Downing's first goal of the season... and it could prove to be an important one...
    • 22' GOAL! Boro take the lead against the run of play! And it's Stewart Downing who heads home from O'Neil's teasing cross to the far post! Great build-up play leading up to the goal, which the England midfielder takes with aplomb! 1-0!
    • 21' What a turnaround after Boro's promising start... it's been all West Ham for five minutes!
    • 19' Jones brought into action again by a long range effort by Collins! Another corner to West Ham! Great stuff!
    • 18' All of a sudden, West Ham are on top! Oooh! Di Michele attempts a spectacular scissor kick from a corner... only he misses it! Would have been brilliant!
    • 17' Ooooh! Brilliant from West Ham, and in particular Collison! He tees it up perfectly for Noble, who brings a good save out of Jones with a crisp strike! Corner to the hosts!
    • 17' The ball falls to Noble who tries a curler from the edge of the box.... straight at Jones! But the Hammers are beginning to assert some authority now.
    • 16' Parker and Collison combine well in midfield for West Ham and the Welshman bursts forward... but he can't quite pull the trigger in time and the ball gets bundles away...
    • 15' Di Michele hares onto a long punt forward... Jones comes out to meet the ball, but the flag is up for offside anyway and play is called back.
    • 14' Jones claims easily from the corner, and Boro take possession once again.
    • 13' Good effort from Cole now as he lets fly with a well-struck shot! It looks like it's heading in, but Huth gets in the way to make the block! Corner to West Ham!
    • 11' Here come Boro again, Digard the instigator this time... the Frenchman finds Downing, who lets fly! Oooh! Inches wide of the right hand post with a low drive!
    • 8' Johnson thinks he's won a corner off Neill... but the ref thinks otherwise and points to the six yard box for a goal kick.
    • 7' Oh dear, Wheater makes a bit of a hash of a back pass... and keeper Brad Jones is forced into slicing the ball out of play.
    • 6' Ilunga hares off on a run forward for West Ham now... he's tripped up by O'Neil and the hosts have a free-kick... nothing comes of it though and Boro regain possession soon enough.
    • 4' Boro are stroking the ball around nicely so far... they look confident in possession and for the moment, West Ham are struggling to get hold of the ball.
    • 3' That's just the kind of start Gareth Southgate will have been looking for... straight on the front foot and taking the game to the hosts...
    • 2' Here comes Downing, making a quick break down the left... his ball into the centre looking for Alves is poor though and the Hammers defence clears... but only as far as Johnson! Oooh! Decent strike from the youngster, low and hard, but wide of the mark!
    • 1' Underway in bright sunshine in east London!
    • - For Boro, Marlon King is cup-tied and Chris Riggott and Matthew Bates are dropped to the bench. Justin Hoyte, Gary O'Neil and Julio Arca come into the side.
    • - Bad news for Hammers fans though... the man they call Chicken is out with a hamstring injury. That's Valon Behrami, for those not in the know... as in chicken biryani. Luis Boa Morte gets the nod in his place.
    • - It's the only all-Premier League clash of the day... well in the FA Cup at least - Portsmouth are playing Manchester City in the league - so hopefully there'll be plenty of top flight quality to enjoy.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this afternoon's FA Cup action!

  • Summary

    • 83' GOAL! West Ham finally make their pressure count as Ilunga heads home from the free-kick! Terrible defending by Boro - Tuncay even looks like he ducks out of the way - as they allow the ball to bounce all the way through to Ilunga, who has the simple task of directing a header on target! Jones no chance! 1-1 with seven minutes left!
    • 76' Oooh! Great chance for Tristan and then Sears! The former deliberates too long... it falls to Sears, but he can't get off a shot either and Jones is able to claim!
    • 73' Oh no! What a miss! Di Michele skies over the bar from the penalty spot! Collison pulls back to find the Italian, but he leans back and the ball flies into the stands!
    • 72' Oooh! Downing plays a neat one-two with Alves to create a shooting chance! He fires it low and hard and only a great save by Green denies the England man, and Boro, a second!
    • 69' Tristan nearly finds a way through, jinking inside Wheater before prodding a shot goalwards! But it lacks power and Jones claims easily.
    • 64' Alves finally finds the target with a crisp right-footed strike! But Green gets down well to make the save and further frustrate the Brazilian!
    • 60' ALVES! Off target again from the Boro striker, but at least he's a lot closer with this effort than his last one! This time, he drags a shot just wide of the far post, having found some space out on the right hand edge of the box...
    • 44' This time it's poor from O'Neil and West Ham can break with Di Michele... the Italian does well to tee up Tristan, who has bust a lung to join him in the attack... but his finish smacks of a player who has not seen much action of late... high, wide and handsome from the Spaniard.
    • 39' Tristan lays the ball off to Boa Morte who lets fly! Blocked! It falls kindly for Noble! Deflected again... Jones has to scramble over towards his post to claw the ball away, but only as far as Collison! No! He skies it way into the stands from close range! And the chance goes begging!
    • 29' Oooh! Huth heads goalwards from O'Neil's delivery into the box! Green is well postioned though and he's able to claim without too many problems.
    • 26' Oooh! Di Michele launches a superb volley from 30 yards out which bounces a yard wide of the post with Jones scrambling to get across!
    • 22' GOAL! Boro take the lead against the run of play! And it's Stewart Downing who heads home from O'Neil's teasing cross to the far post! Great build-up play leading up to the goal, which the England midfielder takes with aplomb! 1-0!
    • 19' Jones brought into action again by a long range effort by Collins! Another corner to West Ham! Great stuff!
    • 17' Ooooh! Brilliant from West Ham, and in particular Collison! He tees it up perfectly for Noble, who brings a good save out of Jones with a crisp strike! Corner to the hosts!
    • 11' Here come Boro again, Digard the instigator this time... the Frenchman finds Downing, who lets fly! Oooh! Inches wide of the right hand post with a low drive!
    • 2' Here comes Downing, making a quick break down the left... his ball into the centre looking for Alves is poor though and the Hammers defence clears... but only as far as Johnson! Oooh! Decent strike from the youngster, low and hard, but wide of the mark!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • West Ham

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • L. Neill
    • J. Collins
    • M. Upson
    • H. Ilunga Goal
    • J. Collison
    • M. Noble Substitution Out (74′)
    • S. Parker
    • L. Boa Morte Substitution Out (49′)
    • C. Cole Substitution Out (34′)
    • D. Di Michele Yellow Card

    Subs

    • J. Spector
    • J. Lastuvka
    • R. Kovac
    • S. Nsereko Substitution In74′
    • D. Tristan Substitution In34′
    • F. Sears Substitution In49′
    • W. Lopez

    Injured

    • K. Dyer
    • D. Gabbidon
    • D. Ashton
    • V. Behrami

    Suspended

    None

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz

    Starting line-up

    • B. Jones
    • J. Hoyte
    • D. Wheater
    • R. Huth
    • E. Pogatetz
    • G. O'Neil Yellow Card
    • D. Digard
    • A. Johnson
    • S. Downing Goal
    • J. Arca Substitution Out (77′)
    • A. Alves Substitution Out (74′)

    Subs

    • S. Tuncay Substitution In74′
    • M. Bates
    • R. Turnbull
    • A. McMahon
    • J. Walker Substitution In77′
    • M. Emnes
    • J. Bennett

    Injured

    • C. Riggott
    • J. Aliadière

    Suspended

    None

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  1. guna hammer us in the replay HAHAHAHAHAHAH luk at the­ fukin score spunknuts

    From thomasc01, on Wed 25 Feb 9:42PM

  2. POO FACE

    From sec_4269, on Sun 22 Feb 5:50PM

  3. guna thrash them in replay and down here in the league­ cumon u hammers

    From aj, on Tue 17 Feb 9:34PM

  4. boro 2 lose 3-0 on replay cmon u irons!!!

    From jackgayler, on Mon 16 Feb 12:19PM

  5. come on boro!! boro till i die!!! boro! boro! boro!

    From forcathmart, on Mon 16 Feb 8:37AM

  6. come on boro

    From chris, on Sun 15 Feb 8:56AM

  7. well done stewy

    From Howard, on Sat 14 Feb 7:10PM

  8. cockney arseholes full of @#$%

    From saphrine, on Sat 14 Feb 5:32PM

  9. steve.p1960 - ha ha most certainly in bed with her­ family mate - there's no
    chance of her getting­ anything else other than a good kicking - her family­ can
    help her out there after a few beers!!!!!

    From Terry D, on Sat 14 Feb 5:25PM

  10. TerryD..would'nt be able to get near Saraludfords­ mum mate..Probley be in bed with her own­ mother,father,brothers,sisters­ ,uncles,nieces,dog..Northern inbreeds all the same!!!

    From steve.p1960, on Sat 14 Feb 5:17PM

  11. sarahludford - you have gone quiet!!! I'll be at­ the Riverside for the replay -
    will­ you???????????
    Give my love to your mum......as long as­ she's nothing like you.
    Maybe she's quite nice­ - wouldn't mind doing her a favour when i get there­ - NOT!!!!!!

    From Terry D, on Sat 14 Feb 5:09PM

  12. zola has done such a wonderful job at west ham in such­ a short time while the big money guys like chelsea and­ man city are not living up to expectation considering­ their huge investment. up hammers... uche, abuja

    From uchenna, on Sat 14 Feb 5:09PM

  13. stay on line there is a good game starting

    From chelsearule365, on Sat 14 Feb 5:01PM

  14. west ham rule

    From lgk_122, on Sat 14 Feb 5:01PM

  15. It's the same old story. Boro play well fir ten­ minutes or so, score a goal then go to sleep. When are­ the boardroom going to wake up and get rid of­ Southgate.

    From DONALD, on Sat 14 Feb 5:00PM

  16. Always the same...........When we are Expected to win.

    From Karen M, on Sat 14 Feb 5:00PM

  17. west ham poo tang!

    From dylancharlton, on Sat 14 Feb 4:58PM

  18. irons kill lions,co'on you hammers,it's our cup­ year!!!!!!!

    From ROGER, on Sat 14 Feb 4:57PM

  19. sarahludford - where i come from - GIRLFRIEND means­ that she is female!!!!!!!
    Unlike in your strange world­ where it could mean anything from your dad to your­ sister,
    hope you and your rabbit have a good night­ together - if it's not worn out yet (take some­ spare batteries)

    From Terry D, on Sat 14 Feb 4:55PM

  20. come on we need a cup, top it of wiv spurs goin down­ lol WEST HAM TILL I DIE

    From hotlegs, on Sat 14 Feb 4:52PM
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