[Eaglesfan27]

9 minute mark: Howard stops a long shot from Amoebi.

10 minute mark: Long pass to Smith in the right corner of the pitch.. he crosses it for Cook in the middle of the box.. hard shot.. the keeper saves it.

30 minute mark: Duff takes it down the left sideline.. crosses to the center of the box.. Smith settles.. shoots from 5 yards out.. great save by the keeper.

32 minute mark: Duff with a corner kick.. to Smith.. he heads it.. the keeper blocks it.


Halftime: 0-0 tie. We have over 62,000 fans here today.



48 minute mark: Duff with a corner kick to Ferdinand.. he kicks a hard shot.. Barrett at the end line blocks the shot.. saves a goal.

57 minute mark: O'Shea passes it into the box to Smith.. he fakes out three two defenders.. brilliant move by Smith.. dribbles around the keeper.. shoots.. upper left corner! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

59 minute mark: Cook gets a yellow card for tripping Chaplow.

63 minute mark: King on for Schreurs.

76 minute mark: Duff passes to McFadden in the box.. fakes out two defenders.. shoots.. over the crossbar.

84 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Chaplow.

92 minute mark: King crosses to Stevanovic.. he passes it quickly to Mcfadden in the box.. McFadden shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.


Game over. 2-0 win for us.

We outshot them 17-10 (10-5 on target)

Damien Duff wins MoM, 10 for form, 24 of 30 passes, 0 of 1 tackles, 2 of 6 headers, 1 interception, 12 runs, 1 foul drawn.

McFadden and Smith both had 9's for form.

Cook, Stevanovic, O'Shea, and Howard all had 8's.

The rest of the team had 7's.