The New Saints                            Cannons
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Connor Roberts            27 10  n     GK Andy Goram                28  8  p
SW Harrison McGahey          17  8  n     DF Andy Goram                27  6  p
DF Maxine Esteve             29  4  n     DF Per Mertersacker          22  8  p
DF Mark Bosnich              27  4  n     DF Jabu                      18  8  p
DF Sion Bradley              26  6  n     DF Saliba                    18  6  p
DF Davide Calabria           12  8  n     MF Myles Lewis-Skelly        20  6  p
MF Rory Holden               19  7  n     MF Sam Cook                  17  6  p
MF Ben Clark                 19  3  n     MF Jorginono                 17  8  p
WG Elye Wahi                 17  6  a     MF Jack Wilshere             14  8  p
FW Aramide Oteh              24  4  n     FW Nwaneri                   30  8  p
FW Marcos Llorente           21  1  n     FW Silvinho                  26  8  p

Min 0: Cardiff opens up with a 5-2-3 N while the Cannons will play a 4-4-2 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is Charlie Richmond (STRONG/FAIR).
Min 8: Marcos Llorente opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Per Mertersacker greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 9: Marcos Llorente (TNS) looks up and spots Ben Clark arriving in the box...
        ...the Spaniard tees up Ben Clark for the shot...
        ...the ball falls into into the arms Andy Goram...
        ...Marcos Llorente should have done better with that.
Min 14: With Johannesburg so far forward a rare Cardiff break sees Marcos Llorente play a long diagonal pass for Aramide Oteh...
        ...he has acres of space but has wandered off-side. 
Min 26: Jorginono (CN) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Maxine Esteve  (TNS).
Min 29: Cardiff break quickly with Elye Wahi...
        ...he only has Andy Goram to beat...
        ...great save by Andy Goram but the ball falls to Aramide Oteh...
        ...who kicks it right back at Andy Goram...
        ...Johannesburg were incredibly lucky there.
Min 37: Cardiff deep in Johannesburg territory...
        ...Aramide Oteh gets round the back after thirty or so passes...
        ...and Rory Holden heads the ball down and into the net GOAL!...
        ...a superb play and the early lead for the Saints...
        ...score now: TNS 1 - CN 0
Min 42: Jack Wilshere (CN) puts in a cross...
        ...but Maxine Esteve  (TNS) clears with ease.
Min 43: Aramide Oteh's (TNS) cross from the right...
        ...finds the feet of Marcos Llorente...
        ...he jinks and turns and fires well wide from 12 yards.
Min 44: Now the ball comes to Jack Wilshere (CN)...
        ...Nwaneri has space on the left and Jack Wilshere tries to play him in...
        ...only for Mark Bosnich (TNS) to stick out a boot and just intercept.
Min 45: Matthew Olosunde on for Mark Bosnich(DF)...
        ...Matthew Olosunde will play DF.
Min 45: Danny Davies on for Maxine Esteve (DF)...
        ...Danny Davies will play DF.
Min 45: Ferrán Torres on for Marcos Llorente(FW)...
        ...Ferrán Torres will play FW.


HALFTIME SCORE: Cardiff 1 - Johannesburg 0

Min 46: Ben Clark (TNS) nods the ball down for Aramide Oteh on the edge of the box...
        ...Aramide Oteh takes a heavy touch into the box...
        ...and Andy Goram rushes of his line...
        ...Aramide Oteh gets there first...
        ...and he chips the ball over Andy Goram...
        ...but Andy Goram just gets a fingertip to it to knock it out of danger.
Min 47: Period of head tennis in the middle of the pitch...
        ...finally a ball is played along the ground towards Davide Calabria  (TNS)...
        ...but the impressive Saliba (CN) is able to get the ball back to Andy Goram.
Min 56: Rory Holden (TNS) and Danny Davies break for Cardiff...
        ...Danny Davies looks to have found space into which to recieve Rory Holden's through ball...
        ...but some fantastic defending from Andy Goram (CN) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 61: Sion Bradley (TNS) with an elbow to the jaw of Jorginono...
        ...the grounds crew will have to collect the teeth after the match!...
        ...That's a yellow card.?
Min 62: The ball is hooked on towards Ferrán Torres (TNS)...
        ...who takes on Saliba on the edge of the area...
        ...he's blocked but the rebound falls to Elye Wahi...
        ...who from the edge of the box drills a fine low shot that is knocked away by Andy Goram.
Min 66: Great tackle by Matthew Olosunde (TNS)...
        ...to prevent Andy Goram (CN) from latching onto Jorginono's pass. 
Min 71: Johannesburg give the ball away in midfield...
        ...Rory Holden (TNS) takes over for Cardiff...
        ...he drives inside and slips the ball through the defense for Ferrán Torres...
        ...the Spaniard evades a challenge...
        ...and hammers the ball right at Andy Goram who makes the save!
Min 86: Saliba (CN) swings a ball in to the Cardiff box...
        ...but the presence of Matthew Olosunde (TNS) means it is easily cleared.
Min 89: Per Mertersacker(CN) limps off the pitch...
        ...Matoho (CN) on for Per Mertersacker at DF.
Min 90: Nwaneri (CN) collects the ball from Sam Cook on the corner of the penalty area...
        ...shrugs off a challenge...
        ...and fires in a bending shot that is barely collected by Connor Roberts for a big save!


FINAL SCORE: Cardiff 1 - Johannesburg 0


Man Of The Match: Andy Goram (CN)

The New Saints
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Connor Roberts            27 27 27 12  4  n  0  1  0  0 90  6
SW Harrison McGahey          17 17 17 13  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Mark Bosnich              27 27 27 21  1  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Maxine Esteve             29 29 29 23  1  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Sion Bradley              26 26 26 26  0  n  4  0  0  0 90  6
DF Davide Calabria           12 12 12  9  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Matthew Olosunde          18 18 18 14 -1  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Danny Davies              25 25 25 20  0  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF Ben Clark                 19 19 19 17 -3  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Rory Holden               19 19 19 17  1  n  0  0  1  1 90  6
WG Elye Wahi                 17 21 21 15 -2  a  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Marcos Llorente           21 21 21 21 -2  n  0  0  0  1 45  6
FW Aramide Oteh              24 24 24 24 -2  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
FW Ferrán Torres            10 12 12 10  6  a  0  0  0  1 45  6

Cannons
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Andy Goram                28 28 28 12  3  p  0  5  0  0 90  6
DF Per Mertersacker          22 16 16 19 -1  p  0  0  0  0 89  6
DF Jabu                      18 13 13 14  3  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Andy Goram                27 20 20 21  1  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Saliba                    18 13 13 14  1  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Matoho                     7  5  5  5  7  p  0  0  0  0  1  6
MF Sam Cook                  17 12 12 15  1  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Jack Wilshere             14 10 10 12  3  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Myles Lewis-Skelly        20 15 15 20  1  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Jorginono                 17 12 12 15  3  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Silvinho                  26 19 19 26  3  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Nwaneri                   30 22 22 30  3  p  0  0  0  1 90  6

Statistics       TNS  CN
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Halftime           1   0
Fulltime           1   0
Shots On Target    6   1
Shots              7   1
Saves              1   5
Offsides           1   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   0
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      53  70
Revenue           81  81

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  TNS  N  64.00 144.64 141.04 
  1   CN  N  30.20  98.03 101.68 
 46  TNS  N  57.50 131.64 128.79 
 89   CN  N  23.60  87.03  99.48 

 Trainer's Report
Per Mertersacker (CN) suffered a thigh bruise.