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Match report
English Footie
Champions League: Round 4 (setup 4, season 27)
Darlington
v.
Exeter City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Hugo LLORIS1David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle WALKER26Daniel CARVAJAL Ramos
MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior3Lucas Francois Bernard HERNÁNDEZ Pi
Luka MODRIC4Toni KROOS
Daniele DE ROSSI757Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Chris SMALLING667SERGIO RAMOS García
Samir NASRI7Harry KANE
Danny WELBECK788Antoine GRIEZMANN
Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI79Lionel Andrés MESSI
John BOSTOCK6107Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, ISCO
Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER611Gareth BALE
ManagerSteve Gibson
Dean PARRETT12Kylian MBAPPÉ Lottin
Jon FLATT13Gianluigi DONNARUMMA
Gregory VAN DER WIEL147Joshua KIMMICH
Thomas VERMAELEN615NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
Aleksei BEREZUTSKY166Kevin DE BRUYNE

Darlington 0 Exeter City 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 24,942, Stadium: Blackwell Meadows, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 6½, TV: highlights)
Scorers
71 Balotelli <=> VermaelenSubstitutions66 Isco <=> Kimmich, 71 Piqué <=> De Bruyne
Sendings off
77 Paco AlcácerBookings29 Piqué, 35 Messi, 37 Carvajal, 67 Kroos
4Corners8
8Fouls10
1Offsides5
3Shots on7
3Shots off8
6Total shots15
3Shots saved4
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Antoine GRIEZMANN
2KROOS made space on the left and pulled the ball to MESSI who fired the ball over.
6The bemused LLORIS could only watch as a backpass from WELBECK fell just over.
6LLORIS dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Exeter City's GRIEZMANN.
9BALOTELLI waltzed round CARVAJAL and rattled a weak shot into the crowd.
10An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by SMALLING.
12A shot from KANE was smothered by the Darlington 'keeper.
19MESSI hit a looping shot over from twenty yards out.
23ISCO worked the ball to GRIEZMANN, MESSI gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Darlington 'keeper.
29A high challenge on NASRI by PIQUÉ results in a booking.
35MESSI booked for gamesmanship.
37CARVAJAL receives a yellow card by the ref for a bad tackle.
43A free-kick from HERNÁNDEZ flew inches wide.
45+1KANE ran onto a great ball from KROOS but dragged his shot wide of the goal.
 
48BALOTELLI beat four Exeter City players and drove a shot over.
49A corner fell to ISCO who nodded the ball inches over.
59The Exeter City 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from WELBECK.
67GRIEZMANN touched the ball through a crowd of players but LLORIS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
67WHITESTONE books KROOS for violent conduct against WALKER.
69A good ball from MARCELO on the left bobbled toward WELBECK who mishit his effort over the bar.
70A left foot effort from MESSI was blocked by the Darlington 'keeper.
74A cross from KROOS left MESSI in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
75A header by BOSTOCK at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
77A clinical foul gets PACO ALCÁCER a yellow card.
81LLORIS saved a glorious shot from GRIEZMANN.
84The Darlington 'keeper blocked a lovely strike from GRIEZMANN.
90GRIEZMANN headed just beyond the far post.