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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 1 (setup 1, season 29)
Rotherham United
v.
Sheffield United
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Óscar PÉREZ Rojas1Jonathan BOND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Chris GUNTER528Atiba HUTCHINSON
Alberto DE LA BELLA Madueno737Akwasi ASARE
Karim EL AHMADI847Sacha KLJESTAN
Juan Daniel FORLIN65Marek SUCHÝ
Kirk BROADFOOT6Wes BROWN
Ognjen VUKOJEVIC78Will BUCKLEY
Joe NEWELL68Gary MACKAY-STEVEN
Emmanuel Chinenye EMENIKE79Kostas MITROGLOU
Stephen IRELAND6106Izunna UZOCHUKWU
Segundo 'Víctor' IBARBO Guerrero6117Imoh EZEKIEL
Manager
Cole SKUSE12Tony WATT
Logan BAILLY13Ted BISHOP
Oleksandr ALIEV14Sean MURRAY
Tom THORPE615Jason LOWE
Jack STEPHENS166Tom LAWRENCE

Rotherham United 3 Sheffield United 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 17,640, Stadium: New York, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 6, TV: highlights)
15 Emenike, 23 Gunter, 35 EmenikeScorers20 Ezekiel, 90+1 Hutchinson
81 Vukojevic <=> ThorpeSubstitutions85 Brown <=> Lawrence
Sendings off
24 Newell, 50 Pérez, 89 IrelandBookings
4Corners7
24Fouls9
4Offsides5
3Shots on7
7Shots off6
10Total shots13
0Shots saved5
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Karim EL AHMADI
3EMENIKE flicked a simple chance past the far post.
7IRELAND knocked the ball to NEWELL who touched it over.
10A delightful save prevented MITROGLOU from scoring a lovely goal.
15GOAL!! A shot from EMENIKE rolled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted Sheffield United 'keeper. (1-0 Rotherham United)
20GOAL!! A beautiful inswinging corner was headed in at the near post by EZEKIEL. (1-1)
23GOAL!! A cross from BROADFOOT was flicked away by SUCHÝ only for EMENIKE to drill the ball back into the box for GUNTER to force over the line. (2-1 Rotherham United)
24The referee cautions NEWELL.
29A useful ball from BUCKLEY on the left fell to MACKAY-STEVEN who sliced his effort just beyond the far post.
32EMENIKE drilled a looping shot over from twenty-five yards out.
35GOAL!! A poor shot from EMENIKE seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (3-1 Rotherham United)
40BUCKLEY steamed through the Rotherham United defence but shot straight at PÉREZ.
 
50WOOLMER cautions PÉREZ for a bad tackle.
52EZEKIEL shot wide.
53A corner found IRELAND who turned an effort inches over.
56A shot from BUCKLEY seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
59IRELAND headed over the bar.
62MACKAY-STEVEN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Rotherham United post.
64A good effort from SUCHÝ scraped the outside of the post.
72MACKAY-STEVEN ran onto a wonderful ball from UZOCHUKWU but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
76The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Sheffield United's MACKAY-STEVEN.
80MACKAY-STEVEN headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
84A cross from BUCKLEY left EZEKIEL in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
85A penalty box scramble resulted in EMENIKE knocking a low shot wide.
86EL AHMADI beat a number of Sheffield United players and slammed a great chance wide.
89A high challenge on LAWRENCE by IRELAND results in a booking.
90+1GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was cleverly slammed into the top corner by HUTCHINSON. (3-2 Rotherham United)