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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 4 (setup 4, season 27)
Southampton
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
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VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas817Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
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Jérôme BOATENG26JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Patrice EVRÀ3Patrick VAN AANHOLT
Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE47Felipe TEIXEIRA
THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA85Vegard FORREN
Javier Alejandro MASCHERANO66Rhys WILLIAMS
Steve DAVIS76Nicolas MARIN
Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro8Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Robin VAN PERSIE9Sjoerd ARS
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, NANI106Danny GRAHAM
Shane LONG11Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona
Manager
James WARD-PROWSE12Stefan MOORE
Virgil VAN DIJK613David RAYA Martin
Olufela OLOMOLA14Peter WHITTINGHAM
Pierre-Emile HØJBJERG7156Keith TREACY
Jake HESKETH16MIKEL ALONSO Olano

Southampton 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 32,508, Stadium: St.Mary's, Referee: Goran MARKOV 7½, TV: live)
3 Ronaldo, 64 Ronaldo, 90 HøjbjergScorers
61 Van Persie <=> Højbjerg, 77 Nani <=> Van DijkSubstitutions73 Forren <=> Treacy
Sendings off
Bookings7 Saizar, 86 Marin
5Corners3
6Fouls17
4Offsides0
6Shots on4
12Shots off3
18Total shots7
3Shots saved4
64%Possession36%
Man of the match: Jérôme BOATENG
3GOAL!! An imaginative MASCHERANO played a delightful ball down the middle to RONALDO who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Southampton)
7SAIZAR booked for gamesmanship.
9SAMASSA stopped a refined strike from LONG.
14VAN PERSIE floated the ball to RONALDO who flicked it wide.
22PEPE shot over.
23RONALDO was put clear by THIAGO SILVA and he stepped inside the 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over.
25DAVIS headed wide.
27EVRÀ rushed an easy chance.
28PEPE beat three Blackburn Rovers players and blasted a great chance over the bar.
32The motionless Blackburn Rovers 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from WILLIAMS fell just over.
33VAN PERSIE rasped the ball through a ruck of players but SAMASSA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
 
50A fine ball from BOATENG on the right was collected by RONALDO who mishit his effort wide.
52ARS rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
57A cross from MARIN left OVIEDO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
60VÍCTOR VALDÉS did well to hold onto a fierce shot from FORREN.
61A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
64GOAL!! RONALDO waltzed forward, glanced up and drove a shot into the Blackburn Rovers net. (2-0 Southampton)
69A wonderful save prevented ARS from scoring an exceptional goal.
71The Southampton 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame shot from FORREN.
77Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled VAN DIJK to blast the ball over.
86The ref yellow cards MARIN for dangerous play against LONG.
90GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from RONALDO rebounded off the woodwork and in the ensuing meleé the ball was booted into the net by HØJBJERG. (3-0 Southampton)