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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 1, season 25)
Cheltenham Town
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
3-4-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Francisco Casilla Cortés, KIKO CASILLA61Roman WEIDENFELLER
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Mathieu DEBUCHY727ADRIANO Correia Claro
Ignacio Monreal Eraso, NACHO MONREAL737Álvaro ARBELOA Coca
Samuel UMTITI748DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
Niklas MOISANDER757Benedikt HÖWEDES
Bruno MARTINS-INDI76Holger BADSTUBER
Alan DZAGOEV77Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA
Mauricio Anibal ISLA8Toni KROOS
Javier Matías PASTORE797Samuel ETO'O Fils
Asier ILLARRAMENDI Andonegi107Antonio DI NATALE
David VILLA Sánchez6117Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI
George BestManagerRikki Faulkner
Aleksandar DRAGOVIC12Luciano SLAGVEER
Jan OBLAK13Lars BENDER
Luis Carlos Pereira Carneiro, LICÁ14Moritz LEITNER
Bernard MALANDA ADJE15Valon BEHRAMI
Álvaro Borja MORATA Martín16Darijo SRNA

Cheltenham Town 2 Rochdale 3
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 56,600, Stadium: Whaddon Road, Referee: Neil SWARBRICK 6)
54 Dzagoev, 78 VillaScorers16 Arbeloa, 55 Eto'o, 65 Di Natale
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings43 Santi Cazorla, 80 Di Natale
0Corners4
9Fouls12
6Offsides6
8Shots on8
7Shots off3
15Total shots11
5Shots saved5
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
1DI NATALE's header was well saved by KIKO CASILLA.
2VILLA flicked a deadly shot over from just outside the area.
6KIKO CASILLA did well to hold onto a powerful shot from DI NATALE.
14DAVID LUIZ made space on the right and pulled the ball to ETO'O who touched the ball wide.
16GOAL!! A quick-witted ARBELOA pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (1-0 Rochdale)
18A header by DI NATALE at the near post was easily collected by KIKO CASILLA.
21An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of WEIDENFELLER by PASTORE.
40VILLA ran onto a great ball from NACHO MONREAL but fumbled his shot wide.
43A clinical foul gets SANTI CAZORLA a yellow card.
 
50KIKO CASILLA was able to palm clear a poor header from ETO'O.
51A neatly crafted pass from DEBUCHY, was lashed goalbound by NACHO MONREAL only for WEIDENFELLER to palm clear.
54GOAL!! After being forced wide DZAGOEV was able to drive the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-1)
55GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed DI NATALE to touch the ball to ETO'O who placed a looping shot into the net. (2-1 Rochdale)
60A accurate pass found ILLARRAMENDI and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
65GOAL!! A cross from the right was flicked down by ETO'O for DI NATALE to score. (3-1 Rochdale)
66DI NATALE rushed an easy chance.
69The stunned Cheltenham Town 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from ISLA fell just over.
75A drive from DZAGOEV seemed a certain goal but WEIDENFELLER managed to palm the ball clear.
78GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from UMTITI caught the Rochdale defence napping and VILLA ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (3-2 Rochdale)
80DI NATALE booked.
84DEBUCHY was put clear by PASTORE and he dummied the 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
87A useful ball from ILLARRAMENDI on the left fell to VILLA who sliced his shot over the bar.