UEFA Cup

FT Thursday, September 18, 2008
Manchester City LWWWL 2
–
Omonia Nicosia LWWWD 1
1st Leg · G S Pancypria Stadium · 15,907 att.

Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
1
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
6
50
Possession
50
19
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
10
Accurate Passes
8
10
Passes
8
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
4
Accurate Crosses
1
7
Crosses
4
0.6
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
1
2
Clearances
1

Lineups

OMON

  1. 30Antonis GiorgallidesG
  2. 3Hamad NdikumanaD
  3. 4Timo WenzelD
  4. 9Francisco AguirreD
  5. 6Marcello PletschD
  6. 6Makis PapaioannouM
  7. 46Stathis AloneftisM
  8. 33Elias CharalambousM
  9. 21Klodian DuroM
  10. 16Noel KasekaM
  11. 77Dimitris ChristofiF
  12. 25Yiannis OkkasF

Substitutes

  1. 1Nikolas AsprogenisG
  2. 5Dimitris MarisD
  3. 2Oladimeji Rasheed AlabiM
  4. 20Mustapha BanguraF
  5. 22Ferreira ClaytonF
  6. 99Arlindo CafuF
  7. 7Claudiu NiculescuF

MNC

  1. 1Joe HartG
  2. 5Pablo ZabaletaD
  3. 2Micah RichardsD
  4. 22Richard DunneD
  5. 15Javier GarridoD
  6. 33Vincent KompanyD
  7. 8Shaun Wright-PhillipsM
  8. 7Stephen IrelandM
  9. 11ElanoM
  10. 10RobinhoF
  11. 14JôF

Substitutes

  1. 16Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 3Michael BallD
  3. 26Tal Ben HaimD
  4. 21Dietmar HamannM
  5. 19Gelson FernandesM
  6. 24Ched EvansF
  7. 28Daniel SturridgeF

Timeline

  1. 23' Noel Kaseka is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 24' Javier Garrido is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 43' Klodian Duro is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  4. 45' Omonia Nicosia makes a sub: Mustapha Bangura enters for Francisco Aguirre. Reason: Tactical
  5. 49' Goal!! Klodian Duro hits a very good right footed shot to the upper right corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! Omonia Nicosia now leads 1 - 0
  6. 59' Goal!! Joao Alves Jo hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  7. 67' Robinho is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  8. 72' Goal!! Joao Alves Jo hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Man City now leads 2 - 1
  9. 74' Omonia Nicosia makes a sub: Claudiu Niculescu enters for Efstathios Aloneftis. Reason: Tactical
  10. 76' Man City makes a sub: Daniel Sturridge enters for Joao Alves Jo. Reason: Tactical
  11. 81' Omonia Nicosia makes a sub: Ferreira Clayton enters for Yiannis Okkas. Reason: Tactical
  12. 84' Man City makes a sub: Fernandes Gelson enters for Vincent Kompany. Reason: Tactical
  13. 85' Man City makes a sub: Dietmar Hamann enters for Blumer Elano. Reason: Tactical
  14. 90' End of the game

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