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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 4 (setup 1, season 25)
Rochdale
v.
Gillingham
Formation:
4-4-2
Overall form:
Home form:
Roman WEIDENFELLER71Joe HART
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA628Glen JOHNSON
Adil RAMI63Ashley COLE
DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho74Leighton BAINES
ADRIANO Correia Claro57Gary CAHILL
Benedikt HÖWEDES6Jonny EVANS
Samuel ETO'O Fils7Aaron LENNON
Toni KROOS78Steven GERRARD
Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR697Wayne ROONEY
Antonio DI NATALE10Frank LAMPARD
Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI116Gareth BALE
Rikki FaulknerManagerCunny Funt
Luciano SLAGVEER12Rickie LAMBERT
Karim REKIK13Ben FOSTER
Moritz LEITNER14Ross BARKLEY
Darijo SRNA15Andros TOWNSEND
DANILO Luiz da Silva16Jack WILSHERE

Rochdale 1 Gillingham 1
after extra time, 5-3 on penalties
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 59,001, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Paul MUSSELWHITE 6)
15 Di NataleScorers25 Bale
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners7
18Fouls15
17Offsides12
5Shots on8
9Shots off11
14Total shots19
4Shots saved7
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Ashley COLE
1JOHNSON floated the ball to BALE who flicked it wide.
4ROONEY rasped the ball through a ruck of players but WEIDENFELLER was a match for it as he dived to his right.
15GOAL!! A great piece of skill from ADRIANO gave HUNTELAAR space on the left and DI NATALE flicked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Rochdale)
18COLE made space on the right and knocked the ball to BALE who clipped the ball over.
22LAVEZZI flicked an easy chance past the near post.
25GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GERRARD to nudge the ball to BALE who blasted a deadly shot into the net. (1-1)
37A free-kick from DI NATALE flew inches wide.
44BALE shot over.
 
49DI NATALE headed over the bar.
55DAVID LUIZ worked the ball to HUNTELAAR, KROOS collected his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Gillingham 'keeper.
56A tame strike from CAHILL trickled agonisingly wide.
58ROONEY ran onto a great ball from JOHNSON but pulled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
64A cross from COLE left BALE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
66An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of WEIDENFELLER by COLE.
66COLE's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
72RAMI flicked a deadly shot wide from twenty yards out.
77A great save prevented BALE from scoring an exceptional goal.
89A great effort from ROONEY scraped the upright.
89LAVEZZI booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
 
91JOHNSON beat ADRIANO and fired the ball to BALE who fired his effort wide.
93A penalty box meleé resulted in LAVEZZI tapping a low shot over.
 
106The motionless Gillingham 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from JOHNSON dropped just wide.