Match Report


TorinoTorino     VeneziaVenezia
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Francesco BravoF. Bravo72
G
1captain
G
64Sergio BuffonS. Buffon
Luigi ImbrianiL. Imbriani64
D
2
D
76Morgan GalliM. Galli
Marc-Vivien AntunesM. Antunes64
D
3
D
61Marvin HermansM. Hermans
Stefan FoglioS. Foglio55
D
4
D
57Mark RijkaardM. Rijkaard
Gialuca LambertiniG. Lambertini51
D
5
M
69Stephane CavalliS. Cavalli
Nunzio BonomiN. Bonomi52
M
captain6
M
68Vito Di CanioV. Di Canio
Gianmatteo TestiniG. Testini52
M
7
M
64Giulio MacellariG. Macellari
Bakary SpenglerB. Spengler51
M
8
M
61Niccolo FletcherN. Fletcher
Manuele GilardinoM. Gilardino50
M
9
A
66Elvis GhirardelloE. Ghirardello
Alessio ApolloniA. Apolloni58
A
10
A
61Gianpaolo PavanG. Pavan
Giovanni TaranaG. Tarana57
A
11
A
58Gareth PearceG. Pearce
 
Sergio BrivioS. Brivio63
G
12
M
59Gennaro DoardoG. Doardo
Giorgio CucciariG. Cucciari55
A
13
M
57Andres IglesiasA. Iglesias
Carlo SacchettiC. Sacchetti53
A
14
D
56Elvis FrezzoliniE. Frezzolini

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Match Report
Rain falls steadily from above here at Stadio Olimpico di Torino where Torino play host to Venezia. A crowd of 9,023 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in good condition.
Torino are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Venezia appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Enrico Tamburini.


0.00
Venezia get the match underway!
6.06
Giulio Macellari makes a probing pass to Gareth Pearce. Gareth Pearce plays a scrappy one-two with Elvis Ghirardello and stumbles forward towards the goal... Gareth Pearce tries a spectacular strike. Gareth Pearce scores for Venezia!!
22.32
Gialuca Lambertini flicks a high pass forward. Bakary Spengler controls it well on his chest. Bakary Spengler threads a neat ball through to Alessio Apolloni. Alessio Apolloni knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Sergio Buffon who gathers it comfortably.
26.49
Vito Di Canio flicks a high pass forward. Gianpaolo Pavan collects the pass. Gianpaolo Pavan knocks the ball forward to Gareth Pearce but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
27.05
Vito Di Canio threads the ball through to Gareth Pearce. Gareth Pearce plays a scrappy one-two with Gianpaolo Pavan and stumbles forward towards the goal... Gareth Pearce tries a spectacular strike. What a cracker!! Francesco Bravo had no chance!! Goal for Venezia!
30.53
Gianpaolo Pavan catches Stefan Foglio on the ankles. The referee brings Gianpaolo Pavan to one side and gives him a warning! Stefan Foglio runs off the knock.
39.39
Vito Di Canio makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Elvis Ghirardello. Elvis Ghirardello shoots from 25 yards but it flies just wide!
42.36
Gianmatteo Testini makes a simple pass to Alessio Apolloni. Alessio Apolloni skips past Morgan Galli! Alessio Apolloni side-steps and rifles a shot at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Torino appear unchanged since the first half. Venezia also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
Torino kick off the second half!
48.08
With imagination, Morgan Galli plays the ball forward to Vito Di Canio. Vito Di Canio hits a low pass to Gareth Pearce. Gareth Pearce shoots from 25 yards. The ball flies a good few feet wide of the post.
51.34
Morgan Galli takes it forward alone. Morgan Galli makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gareth Pearce. Gareth Pearce knocks in a cross ball towards Gianpaolo Pavan. Gianpaolo Pavan outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but he gets too far under it and it goes high into the crowd!
53.12
Bakary Spengler clumsily knocks into Giulio Macellari. The referee calls over Bakary Spengler and warns him to calm down! Giulio Macellari runs off the knock.
57.54
Alessio Apolloni catches Marvin Hermans on the ankles. Alessio Apolloni is warned by the referee! Marvin Hermans stretches but gets up unharmed.
59.36
Giulio Macellari hits a low pass to Gianpaolo Pavan. Gianpaolo Pavan tries a spectacular long range effort but he gets too far under it and it goes high into the crowd!
63.58
Giulio Macellari knocks the ball forward to Gianpaolo Pavan. Gianpaolo Pavan whips in a cross ball towards Gareth Pearce. Gareth Pearce finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head. The ball is well placed but the keeper is a match for it. Nice keeping!
67.23
Mark Rijkaard takes it forward alone. Mark Rijkaard takes it forward alone. Mark Rijkaard knocks the ball forward to Gianpaolo Pavan but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
78.01
Niccolo Fletcher makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gianpaolo Pavan. Gianpaolo Pavan knocks in a cross ball towards Gareth Pearce. Gareth Pearce makes a looping header on goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Gareth Pearce! The crowd cheers as the Englishman celebrates his hattrick!
81.41
Giulio Macellari deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Elvis Ghirardello. Elvis Ghirardello plays a scrappy one-two with Gareth Pearce and stumbles forward towards the goal... Marc-Vivien Antunes comes in with a late challenge on Elvis Ghirardello. Elvis Ghirardello appeals for a penalty! The referee just ignores him!!
85.29
Manuele Gilardino sees Alessio Apolloni in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Alessio Apolloni sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but is denied by Sergio Buffon. Excellent save.
89.02
With great vision, Bakary Spengler plays the ball forward to Alessio Apolloni. Alessio Apolloni chips the ball to his team mate, Giovanni Tarana. Giovanni Tarana side-steps and rifles a shot at goal. The ball clips the underside of the bar and bounces just over the line. The fans cheer wildly!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time

Match Statistics
 

Torino

Venezia
Goals
2
3
Shots on Target
3
4
Shots off Target
0
4
Offsides
0
3
Fouls
2
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
38.5%
61.5%
Play Area
30.8%
46.2%
23.1%

Scorers
Alessio Apolloni 42
Giovanni Tarana 89
Gareth Pearce 6, 27, 78

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Gareth Pearce of Venezia

Match Ratings