UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, September 15, 2016
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Match Report

Baba Rahman's goal give Schalke a Europa League win at Nice

On-loan defender Baba Rahman scored the only goal as Schalke got their Europa League Group I campaign off to a winning start in Nice.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
7
56.8
Possession
43.2
21
SHOTS
9
8
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
423
Accurate Passes
308
509
Passes
407
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
0
36
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.0
58
Long Balls
61
35
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
17
21
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
26
15
Clearances
36

Lineups

NICE · 3-5-2

  1. 30Yoan CardinaleG
  2. 31DanteCD
  3. 34Malang SarrCD-L
  4. 4Paul BaysseCD-R
  5. 6Jean Michaël SeriCM-L
  6. 26Vincent KozielloCM-R
  7. 25Wylan CyprienAM
  8. 29DalbertLM
  9. 21Ricardo PereiraRM
  10. 14Alassane PléaCF-L
  11. 9Mario BalotelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Arnaud LusambaSUB
  2. 5Younès BelhandaSUB
  3. 2Arnaud SouquetSUB
  4. 24Mathieu BodmerSUB
  5. 18Rémi WalterSUB
  6. 28Olivier BoscagliSUB
  7. 1Mouez HassenSUB

S04 · 4-3-3

  1. 1Ralf FährmannG
  2. 31Matija NastasicCD-L
  3. 29NaldoCD-R
  4. 14Baba RahmanLB
  5. 4Benedikt HöwedesRB
  6. 17Benjamin StambouliCM
  7. 10Nabil BentalebLM
  8. 8Leon GoretzkaRM
  9. 36Breel EmboloF
  10. 13Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingLF
  11. 21Alessandro SchöpfRF

Substitutes

  1. 27Sascha RietherSUB
  2. 35Alexander NübelSUB
  3. 7Max MeyerSUB
  4. 5Johannes GeisSUB
  5. 11Yevhen KonoplyankaSUB
  6. 6Sead KolasinacSUB
  7. 25Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Abdul Rahman Baba (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Benjamin Stambouli (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 53' Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Yevhen Konoplyanka replaces Alessandro Schöpf.
  4. 58' Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Max Meyer replaces Benjamin Stambouli.
  5. 67' Substitution, Nice. Mathieu Bodmer replaces Vincent Koziello.
  6. 71' Jean Michael Seri (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 75' Goal! Nice 0, FC Schalke 04 1. Abdul Rahman Baba (FC Schalke 04) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Max Meyer.
  8. 81' Substitution, Nice. Younès Belhanda replaces Dalbert.
  9. 90' Mario Balotelli (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90' Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Sead Kolasinac replaces Leon Goretzka.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.