Pre Game Suspension: Wee Jimmy (PEX) on for the suspended Ramiro Tempesta at MF.
Highland Rangers                          Pehuajo Expos
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Nigel Spinks              28  7  n     GK Juan Musso                24  6  p
DF Ian Martson               23  5  n     DF Exequiel Palacios         26  6  p
DF Billy Jones               21  7  n     DF Acuna Marcos              21  5  p
DF Steve Stone               17 10  n     DF Valentin Barco            20 10  p
DF Paul MacGrath             12 10  n     DF Mateo Carabajal           19  7  p
MF T Morly                   20  8  n     MF Jose Lopez                22  7  p
MF John McGinn               18  6  n     MF Fing Fang Foom            15  7  p
MF Sam Cook                  16  5  n     MF Alexis MacAllister        15  8  p
FW Tony Daily                22  7  n     MF Wee Jimmy                  3 10  p
FW Rondaldo                  17 10  n     FW Nico Paz                  26  8  p
FW Billy Smart               16  9  n     FW Franco Mastantuono        23  5  p

Min 0: Villa opens up with a 4-3-3 N while the Manuelitos will play a 4-4-2 S.
Min 0: Today's referee is Steve Bennett (HOMER/STRICT).
Min 7: Reds build down the left...
        ...Tony Daily sends a cross to the middle...
        ...Billy Smart beats Exequiel Palacios to the ball...
        ...and hooks a left-footer past Juan Musso but wide of the net.
Min 11: Alexis MacAllister finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Nigel Spinks palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Nico Paz who heads the ball...
        ...but Billy Jones (HLR) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 14: Superb sliding block by Mateo Carabajal (PEX) denies Rondaldo a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Billy Smart in the Pehuajo box.
Min 18: Nico Paz (PEX) finds Franco Mastantuono steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but Steve Stone (HLR) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 19: Billy Smart (HLR) puts in a cross...
        ...but Acuna Marcos (PEX) clears with ease.
Min 27: Billy Jones (HLR) hits a thunderbolt strike...
        ...luckily for Pehuajo Juan Musso is in the right spot to make the save.
Min 28: Franco Mastantuono (PEX) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Ian Martson (HLR).
Min 30: Superb sliding block by Ian Martson (HLR) denies Franco Mastantuono a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Nico Paz in the Villa box.
Min 38: Exequiel Palacios's header back towards his own goal is latched on to by Tony Daily (HLR)...
        ...but the flag goes up for offside!...
        ...it was a Manuelitos man who played it on - ludicrous decision. 
Min 40: Mateo Carabajal(PEX) limps off the pitch...
        ...B_Morbid (PEX) on for Mateo Carabajal at DF.
Min 45: Nico Paz opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Ian Martson greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 45: E Konsa on for Ian Martson(DF)...
        ...E Konsa will play DF.


HALFTIME SCORE: Villa 0 - Pehuajo 0

Min 54: The ball is played back towards the box by Billy Smart (HLR)...
        ...Exequiel Palacios heads out...
        ...only for John McGinn to try and audacious first time volley...
        ...which Juan Musso has to push over the top.
Min 55: Superb sliding block by Billy Jones (HLR) denies Nico Paz a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Franco Mastantuono in the Villa box.
Min 63: T Morly (HLR) is booked for dissent after failing to win a free-kick.
Min 65: T Morly's (HLR) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Exequiel Palacios (PEX)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Juan Musso.
Min 68: Billy Jones (HLR) nods the ball down for Billy Smart on the edge of the box...
        ...Billy Smart takes a heavy touch into the box...
        ...and Juan Musso rushes of his line...
        ...Billy Smart gets there first...
        ...but his chip is deflected out of danger by an alert Exequiel Palacios (PEX)!
Min 68: Franco Mastantuono (PEX) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Nico Paz but it evades him...
        ...Steve Stone (HLR) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 78: Franco Mastantuono (PEX) puts in a cross...
        ...but Steve Stone (HLR) clears with ease.
Min 83: Paul MacGrath (HLR) takes the ball into the Manuelitos half...
        ...chips a great ball over three defenders to find John McGinn...
        ...who fires it over the goal.
Min 84: Rondaldo finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Juan Musso palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to John McGinn who heads the ball...
        ...and it sails skyward over the bar.
Min 86: Tony Daily (HLR) weaves on the edge of the box...
        ...little pass to Paul MacGrath...
        ...and his teammate drives from the edge of the box...
        ...Juan Musso comes out of the goal and hoofs the ball clear. 
Min 90: Nico Paz almost penetrates Reds's sheilds with a dazzling volley...
        ... a little more power and E Konsa would have lost his well placed foot.?


FINAL SCORE: Villa 0 - Pehuajo 0


Man Of The Match: Juan Musso (PEX)

Highland Rangers
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Nigel Spinks              28 28 28 12  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Steve Stone               17 17 17 13  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  7
DF Paul MacGrath             12 12 12  9  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Billy Jones               21 21 21 16  1  n  0  0  0  1 90  7
DF Ian Martson               23 23 23 18  2  n  0  0  0  0 45  7
DF E Konsa                   19 19 19 15  2  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF T Morly                   20 20 20 18  2  n  4  0  0  0 90  6
MF Sam Cook                  16 16 16 14 -1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF John McGinn               18 18 18 16  0  n  0  0  0  3 90  7
FW Rondaldo                  17 17 17 17  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Tony Daily                22 22 22 22  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Billy Smart               16 16 16 16  3  n  0  0  0  1 90  6

Pehuajo Expos
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Juan Musso                24 24 24 10  1  p  0  3  0  0 90  8
DF Mateo Carabajal           19 14 14 15 -4  p  0  0  0  0 40  6
DF Valentin Barco            20 15 15 18  5  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Acuna Marcos              21 15 15 16  0  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Exequiel Palacios         26 19 19 23  1  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF B_Morbid                  15 11 11 12  7  p  0  0  0  0 50  6
MF Alexis MacAllister        15 11 11 13  3  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Wee Jimmy                  3  1  1  3  5  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Jose Lopez                22 12 12 19  2  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
MF Fing Fang Foom            15 11 11 15  2  p  0  0  0  0 90  5
FW Franco Mastantuono        23 17 17 23  0  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Nico Paz                  26 19 19 26  3  p  0  0  0  0 90  6

Statistics       HLR PEX
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Halftime           0   0
Fulltime           0   0
Shots On Target    3   0
Shots              6   0
Saves              0   3
Offsides           1   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   0
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      57  57
Revenue           51  51

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  HLR  N  43.80 125.17 135.27 
  1  PEX  S  31.80 103.72  43.32 
  2  HLR  N  43.32 125.17 135.75 
 40  PEX  S  30.00 100.72  43.47 
 41  HLR  N  43.47 125.17 135.60 
 46  HLR  N  41.40 121.17 134.47 

 Trainer's Report
HLR paid 20k for a Home Bonus of 22.
Mateo Carabajal (PEX) just has a twisted ankle.
Billy Jones (HLR) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Nigel Spinks (HLR) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
Ian Martson (HLR) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.