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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 1, season 25)
Everton
v.
Tranmere Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Scott CARSON617Stijn STIJNEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan VALERA Espín27Marek SUCHÝ
Federico BALZARETTI3Yuri ZHIRKOV
Felipe de Carvalho, FELIPE MELO74RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol
Stefano LUCCHINI5Paolo CANNAVARO
Matthew UPSON6FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo
ELANO Blumer77Aleksandr SAMEDOV
PARK Ji-sung8Andrei ARSHAVIN
Miroslav KLOSE9Tomás NECID
Artem MILEVSKYI7106Vágner Silva de Souza, VÁGNER LOVE
Andy JOHNSON6116EDUARDO Alves da Silva
Manager
Eric LICHAJ12Aleksandar IGNJOVSKI
Paul ROBINSON13Mihai GHERASIM
Roman EREMENKO614Mladen PETRIC
Kim KÄLLSTRÖM15Jan KIRCHHOFF
Ibrahim AFELLAY16Niko KRANJCAR

Everton 1 Tranmere Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 41,690, Stadium: Goodison Park, Referee: Pavel NOVOTNÝ 6½)
50 KloseScorers7 Arshavin, 22 Arshavin
76 Lucchini <=> EremenkoSubstitutions65 Zhirkov <=> Petric
Sendings off
55 Felipe MeloBookings
3Corners11
4Fouls15
6Offsides7
7Shots on4
6Shots off7
13Total shots11
6Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol
1KLOSE flicked an easy chance past the near post.
5The Tranmere Rovers 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from MILEVSKYI.
7GOAL!! A great piece of skill from SAMEDOV gave NECID space on the right and ARSHAVIN poked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Tranmere Rovers)
13A fine ball from VÁGNER LOVE on the right bobbled toward RUBÉN PÉREZ who scuffed his shot just wide.
14A cross from VÁGNER LOVE left SAMEDOV in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
16VÁGNER LOVE rushed a simple chance.
19A penalty box meleé resulted in PARK tapping the ball wide.
22GOAL!! A long ball from VÁGNER LOVE had the Everton defence back-pedalling and ARSHAVIN made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (2-0 Tranmere Rovers)
24BALZARETTI beat two Tranmere Rovers players and thundered a golden opportunity just wide.
26FELIPE MELO worked the ball to KLOSE, PARK gathered his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
27EDUARDO headed just beyond the near post.
33A free-kick from BALZARETTI flew wide.
 
47CARSON parried a neatly crafted strike from NECID.
47An exceptional shot from PARK was dealt with by a good parry from the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper.
48A great effort from ARSHAVIN scraped the woodwork.
49EDUARDO made space on the left and knocked the ball to ZHIRKOV who touched the ball over.
50GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper enabled KLOSE to volley the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Tranmere Rovers)
52A strike from NECID held little difficulty for CARSON.
54A shot from MILEVSKYI was booted off the line by SUCHÝ.
55The referee yellow cards FELIPE MELO for an off-the-ball incident against VÁGNER LOVE.
56Uncertainty in the Tranmere Rovers defence enabled JOHNSON to crack an effort wide.
76KLOSE nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
83An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of STIJNEN by PARK.
85The hapless 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from ELANO dropped just wide.
88A great save prevented KLOSE from scoring a lovely goal.