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Bolton Wanderers

  • Diouf 65’

Braga

  • Jailson 86’
  1. Group F: Megson starts with draw

    Group F: Megson starts with draw

    A late equaliser from Braga substitute Jailson meant Bolton had to settle for a drab 1-1 draw in their UEFA Cup Group F clash at the Reebok in front of watching new manager Gary Megson. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Braga
    • 93 FULL-TIME: The boos ring round the Reebok as the final whistle goes. Substitute Jailson gets the late equaliser to Diouf's goal, and a draw is probably a fair result.
    • 90 Bolton are having plenty of the ball, but they can't forge a chance to get the second that would surely win this game.
    • 86 GOAL! Braga earn a late equaliser - probably deserved - as Jailson arches his back to loop a fine header over Jaaskelainen and in to the corner.
    • 84 OFF THE WOODWORK! Davies takes an almighty swing of his right boot at a loose ball in the area; he strikes it sweetly, but the ball cannons back off the woodwork and away to safety.
    • 80 WHAT A SAVE! Jaaskelainen brilliantly keeps out César Peixoto's fierce drive from the edge of the area, a save made even more impressive as he seemed to initially be going the wrong way.
    • 75 Braga have certainly come in to the match more since they went a goal behind, although Bolton should have enough to hang on for the final 15 minutes.
    • 70 SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY! O'Brien slides in injudiciously on Jorginho in the penalty area; he doesn't get the ball and the Braga man goes down...but the referee turns down the penalty claims!
    • 67 GOAL! Davies clips in a superb cross to the back post, and Diouf is left with a simple header at the back post! The substitute comes on to grab his first goal of 2007 and give Bolton a big lift.
    • 64 FORCED A SAVE! Jorginho plays a nice little one-two to carve through the Bolton defence, although his shot from a tight angle is saved at the near post by Jaaskelainen.
    • 62 Bolton caretaker boss brings Diouf on for Guthrie; the Senegal star is immediately in the game, but his low cross is too close to the keeper.
    • 60 The watching Gary Megson must be sweating a little at the size of the task in front of him now; Bolton have lacked any sort of direction or ideas.
    • 55 The sight of Diouf warming up on the sidelines brings a few cheers from the Bolton fans; their side could do with something to spark them, for sure.
    • 52 HIGH AND WIDE! A defensive header drops to Anelka 25 yards out; he smashes a shot in, although it never looks like troubling the goalkeeper.
    • 49 Bolton are at least looking to commit a few more players forward at the start of the second half, although they still look clueless as to what to do with the ball.
    • 45 The second half is underway at the Reebok Stadium...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Anelka has had the best chances of the match, but the home side are booed off at the break - and rightly so. That stank.
    • 44 Bolton's creative repertoire appears to consist solely of hoofing the ball up to Davies in the hope that he will win a flick on for Anelka to chase. It is truly woeful stuff here. Frightful.
    • 43 DECENT CROSS! A fine cross from the right is almost met by Linz on the edge of the six yard box; fortunately for the home side, he couldn't quite get anything on it.
    • 39 This has been a really poor match so far; neither side has been able to string any sort of decent passage of play together to put some pressure on the opposition.
    • 36 CHANCE! Anelka does well as he cuts in from the right flank; he chips a little cross in to the middle...but Speed heads wide from 12 yards.
    • 33 POOR EFFORT! Andrés Madrid slashes a shot high and wide from a tight angle after a cross-field pass had found him in a bit of space at the back post.
    • 32 There is a really poor crowd in the Reebok tonight; it is barely a quarter-full; subsequently, the atmosphere is dire.
    • 28 ALMOST! Linz just can't get on the end of Wender's through-ball as Braga enjoy a little possession in the Bolton half.
    • 23 REALLY POOR! Anelka picks up on a mistake from a defender 40 yards from his own goal; he advances 10 yards before attempting to chip the goalkeeper, but his effort flies tamely in to his arms. The Frenchman should have done a lot better there.
    • 20 OOH! Davies nods a yard or so over the crossbar after a decent cross from the right had found him unmarked in the centre.
    • 17 Anelka is back from a minor injury tonight, but he hasn't had much chance of getting in to the game as yet.
    • 12 GOOD EFFORT! Cesar Peixoto drives in an ambitious effort from a 35-yard free-kick...but it is good enough to force Jaaskelainen to tip over the crossbar.
    • 9 PENALTY CLAIM! The Reebok faithful, of which there are not very many this evening, shout for a handball as Davies fires in a shot against Rodriguez, but the referee shakes his head.
    • 6 TAME! Anelka fires in the first effort on goal of the evening, but his free-kick from 20 yards is straight at the goalkeeper.
    • 3 Braga are in the middle of a bit of a break in the Portuguese league; they haven't played a match for 15 days - so they should be nice and fresh.
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • 0 Gary Megson takes his place on the Bolton bench for the first time this evening; he was officially named manager at the Reebok today. He hasn't picked the team, however; that was done by temporary boss Archie Knox.
    • 0 Hi there, welcome to our live coverage of tonight's UEFA Cup clash at the Reebok Stadium.

  • Summary

    • 86 GOAL! Braga earn a late equaliser - probably deserved - as Jailson arches his back to loop a fine header over Jaaskelainen and in to the corner.
    • 84 OFF THE WOODWORK! Davies takes an almighty swing of his right boot at a loose ball in the area; he strikes it sweetly, but the ball cannons back off the woodwork and away to safety.
    • 70 SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY! O'Brien slides in injudiciously on Jorginho in the penalty area; he doesn't get the ball and the Braga man goes down...but the referee turns down the penalty claims!
    • 67 GOAL! Davies clips in a superb cross to the back post, and Diouf is left with a simple header at the back post! The substitute comes on to grab his first goal of 2007 and give Bolton a big lift.
    • 64 FORCED A SAVE! Jorginho plays a nice little one-two to carve through the Bolton defence, although his shot from a tight angle is saved at the near post by Jaaskelainen.
    • 36 CHANCE! Anelka does well as he cuts in from the right flank; he chips a little cross in to the middle...but Speed heads wide from 12 yards.
    • 33 POOR EFFORT! Andrés Madrid slashes a shot high and wide from a tight angle after a cross-field pass had found him in a bit of space at the back post.
    • 23 REALLY POOR! Anelka picks up on a mistake from a defender 40 yards from his own goal; he advances 10 yards before attempting to chip the goalkeeper, but his effort flies tamely in to his arms. The Frenchman should have done a lot better there.
    • 20 OOH! Davies nods a yard or so over the crossbar after a decent cross from the right had found him unmarked in the centre.
    • 12 GOOD EFFORT! Cesar Peixoto drives in an ambitious effort from a 35-yard free-kick...but it is good enough to force Jaaskelainen to tip over the crossbar.
    • 6 TAME! Anelka fires in the first effort on goal of the evening, but his free-kick from 20 yards is straight at the goalkeeper.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Archie Knox

    On the Field

    • Jaaskelainen
    • Hunt
    • O'Brien
    • Meite
    • Cid
    • Guthrie
    • Speed
    • McCann
    • Gardner
    • Anelka
    • Davies

    Subs

    • Diouf
    • Nolan
    • Alonso
    • Braaten
    • O'Brien
    • Al Habsi
    • Taymourian

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Braga

    On the Field

    • Paulo Santos
    • Jorge
    • Pereira
    • Rodriguez
    • Peixoto
    • Vandinho
    • Castanheira
    • Madrid
    • Tomas
    • Jorginho
    • Wender
    • Linz

    Subs

    • Carlos Fernandes
    • Dani

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None