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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 4, season 34)
Forest Green
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Andreas VAIKLA1Ørjan Håskjold NYLAND
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Carl WINCHESTER26Barry DOUGLAS
Harry PICKERING3Amari'i BELL
Romaine SAWYERS47Richard SMALLWOOD
Liam KITCHING57Vegard FORREN
Niall MASON66JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Romal PALMER77Kasey PALMER
Ryan GILES787Bradley JOHNSON
Jamille MATT9Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Daryl HORGAN6106Sam GALLAGHER
Andreas WEIMANN116Dan BUTTERWORTH
Manager
Harry TOFFOLO12Joost VAN AKEN
James SHEA13Dominic SAMUEL
Clarke ODUOR14Harry CHAPMAN
Tommy SMITH615Rhys WILLIAMS
George DOBSON16Sam HART

Forest Green 1 Blackburn Rovers 1
after extra time, 4-3 on penalties
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 5,087, Stadium: The New Lawn, Referee: Steve BRATT 5½)
12og Jorge TeixeiraScorers14 Brereton Díaz
68 Matt <=> SmithSubstitutions
Sendings off
39 MattBookings
6Corners8
12Fouls3
0Offsides2
9Shots on2
8Shots off8
17Total shots10
7Shots saved1
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Amari'i BELL
6The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from MATT.
7SMALLWOOD nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
8A shot from GILES was hoofed off the line by BELL.
10A twenty yard drive from MATT caused the 'keeper no problem.
12GOAL!! A corner shot into the goalmouth and JORGE TEIXEIRA fumbled the ball into his own net.
14GOAL!! A mishit SMALLWOOD shot bobbled toward BRERETON DÍAZ who made no mistake from just outside the area. (1-1)
16PALMER worked the ball to WEIMANN, MATT latched onto his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
26The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper dived to his left to save a lovely shot from Forest Green's MATT.
30A brilliant shot from GILES was dealt with by a good parry from NYLAND.
39BRATT books MATT.
42GILES waltzed round JORGE TEIXEIRA and poked a poor shot over.
 
51PALMER chipped the ball to WEIMANN who headed it over.
56A right foot effort from GILES was forced wide by the 'keeper.
63The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from JOHNSON dropped just over.
65A free-kick from GILES went over.
74Uncertainty in the Forest Green defence enabled JOHNSON to hammer the ball over.
79A corner bobbled toward JOHNSON who forced an effort wide.
84PALMER headed inches wide.
85WINCHESTER beat a number of Blackburn Rovers players and blasted an effort inches wide.
90A penalty box scramble resulted in WEIMANN driving the ball wide.
 
92An exceptional effort from BRERETON DÍAZ scraped the upright.
 
116A good ball from DOUGLAS on the left found BRERETON DÍAZ who mishit his effort inches wide.