Gazza S Ruffier A Kolarov G Chiellini V Kompany Sergio Ramo J Menez M Flamini Felipe Melo G Pandev T Kroos M Balotelli Speirz C Abbiati G Zambrotta C Zapata Cris B Sagna J Mathijsen M van Bommel M Hamsik F Malouda M Chamakh C Tevez
And of course FM crashes as soon as I try to load the report. Anyway, 12th place vs 15th place here. Winner takes all, loser doomed to probably staying at the bottom.
2 min: Both teams have had a bit of possession already, but Gazza is looking to do something with the ball now. Speirz backline now offering any opportunities, so Gazza can only pass it around the left side of the pitch. Flamini near the corner of the penalty box, finds himself with enough space for a shot and he's curled it very well!
19 min: Ball is free in the centre and Kroos is running onto it, but van Bommel slides in from the slide and catches him. The ref wants a word with him...
Red card! Speirz in a lot of trouble now. Gazza was already looking the better team but playing with 10 men will make it even harder.
FML was wondering why the game was taking forever and then I realised I had just played it instead of going into highlights.
78 min: Kroos with a corner. Abbiati is positioned to take it in the far post but Balotelli rushes in to intercept it!
Abbiati has had to withstand a lot of pressure from the Gazza attack today and so far he's done a great job, but Balotelli was able to break through him this time. Gazza 1 - 0 Speirz
Gazza 1 - 0 Speirz HG: Mario Balotelli (78) HY: Vincent Kompany (85) HR: HI: AG: AY: Bakary Sagna (67) AR: Mark van Bommel (19) AI: PotS: Menez, Pandev, Sergio Ramos CotS: Cris, Malouda, Chamakh
Gazza took 31 shots, with 20 from distance and 14 on target. Speirz took 1 shot that was off target...
