Wednesday September 21, 2011 3rd Round Finished Cardiff City Stadium
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Live Commentary
Time:120'- Cardiff City
- Leicester City
- 22:29 Gelson Fernandes misses and Paul Quinn hobbles forward to send Cardiff through to the fourth round 7-6 on penalties.
- 22:27 6-6! Panstil and Gestede keep their nerve. Who will blink first?
- 22:26 5-5 due to Sean St Ledger and Filip Kiss - 100 percent penalties so far.
- 22:24 Six out of six in the shoot-out at Cardiff thanks to Cowie, who netted in the match. 3-3.
- 22:23 Leicester go 3-2 up in the shoot-out when Abe converts..
- 22:13 Howard is still plugging away up front and his header falls to Schlupp but the youngster nods off target and another chance is spurned.
- 22:07 Abe just can't convert with a header from a Danns free-kick and Danns is then off target with an overhead kick as Leicester look to prevent the tie going to penalties.
- 21:56 Marshall makes another fine save to thwart substitute Yuki Abe.
- 21:52 Nip and tuck between the two Championship sides - John Paintsil's had one effort from distance but the tempo's dropped.
- 21:43 Leicester came close to winning the tie in injury time but Schlupp's effort was kept out by Marshall. We're into extra time in Wales.
- 21:28 Marshall palms a Howard effort over the top as Leicester almost regain the lead.
21:27 GOAL! Rudy Gestede could have forced extra-time by turning well to find the bottom corner of the net for the Bluebirds. 2-2.- 21:15 GOAL! Lloyd Dyer belts Leicester into the lead when the ball falls to him after Danns is tackled. Probably just about deserved for Sven Goran Eriksson's side.
- 21:00 David Marshall has made a simple save from Neil Danns as Leicester are playing well and looking to go ahead.
- 20:51 Dyer has a shot deflcted wide as the second half gets underway in lively fashion.
- 20:32 Lloyd Dyer has a free-kick over the top for the Foxes as we approach half-time.
- 20:25 Leicester level at Cardiff as Schupp's cross is converted by hitman Steve Howard, with the aid of a post. 1-1.
- 20:20 GOAL! The Bluebirds break through when a Mark Kennedy cross is only cleared to in-form Don Cowie, who heads home the opener.
- 20:18 Moussa lashes a drive just wide as it's pretty end-to-end between Cardiff and Leicester.
- 20:17 A neat move from the Bluebirds leads to Rudy Gestede forcing a wonderful save out of Chris Weale.
- 20:04 Jeff Schlupp headers over the top following a decent centre from Franck Moussa.
- 19:26 TEAMS: CARDIFF: Marshall, Taylor, Keinan, Quinn, Blake, Kiss, Cowie, Mason, McPhail, Earnshaw, Gestede. Subs: Santiago, Gerrard, Whittingham, Conway, Gunnarsson, Naylor, Evans. /// LEICESTER: Weale, Pantsil, Mills, St, Ledger, Ball, Johnson, Moussa, Danns, Howard, Dyer, Schlupp. Subs: Schmeichel, Peltier, King, Beckford, Abe, Fernandes, Kennedy.
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Summary
- 21:27 GOAL! Rudy Gestede could have forced extra-time by turning well to find the bottom corner of the net for the Bluebirds. 2-2.
- 21:15 GOAL! Lloyd Dyer belts Leicester into the lead when the ball falls to him after Danns is tackled. Probably just about deserved for Sven Goran Eriksson's side.
- 20:25 Leicester level at Cardiff as Schupp's cross is converted by hitman Steve Howard, with the aid of a post. 1-1.
- 20:20 GOAL! The Bluebirds break through when a Mark Kennedy cross is only cleared to in-form Don Cowie, who heads home the opener.
Team Line-up & Ratings
Cardiff CityManager: Malky MacKay
Leicester CityManager: Sven-Göran Eriksson
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Line-up
Live Team Line-Up
Starting line-up
- D. Marshall
- A. Taylor
- D. Keinan
- P. Quinn
- D. Blake
- D. Cowie
- J. Mason
- F. Kiss
- S. McPhail
- R. Earnshaw
- R. Gestede
Subs
Starting line-up
- C. Weale
- J. Pantsil
- M. Mills
- S. St Ledger
- M. Ball
- F. Moussa
- M. Johnson
- N. Danns
- S. Howard
- J. Schlupp
- L. Dyer
Subs
- K. Schmeichel
- L. Peltier
46′ - J. Beckford
- Y. Abe 91′
- A. King
- T. Kennedy
- G. Fernandes 81′
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