Match Thread: Europa League - Crusaders vs Wolves

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2019:08:22:17:35:22 by Ivybridge Wolf.

Afraid I have commitments tonight and cannot help with commentary as I won't even be able to watch it, but I hope posters will be able to share news as it arises.

One change to tonight's line up with the return of Raul Jimenez as Nuno fields a full strength team

Line-up: Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Traore, Dendonker, Neves. Moutinho, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota

Subs: Ruddy, Vinagre, Saiss, Kilman, Gibbs-White, Sanderson, Perry

Coady saves us after 90 seconds ..... off the line!

Pretty dull stuff after their solo shot. Packed defence

Evening! Well, they will obviously chuck everything at us - nothing to lose! We just have to concentrate..

Pyunik in the next round for the winner of this glamour match

Thy’ve bloody scored ..... it’s been coming the last 3 minutes

Clearly, they are not concentrating....

Crusaders score 1-2. Oh dear.
Commentators said they saw it coming!!

Jiminez 1-1. Great goal on the turn!

The first was a Bennett OG

Raul bangs one in 1-3. Now to push on .
He took one touch

Ah - they've read my post! 1-1

Crusaders free kick leads to attack that goes nowhere

Jiminez close to a 2nd, a good header from a corner - just over

we are moving the ball around nicely but little penetration. Weak Jota attempt

Another Raul show wide after some good interplay

Nice little bit of Wolves front line interplay results in Jinimez flashing wide.

My stream is now showing Gaelic football!!! Lol Unbelievable

Bennett bullet header from a corner - great goal. He’s got two now!

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A little link to BBC radio Ulster for radio commentary if anyone wants it.

great run from Adama leads to a corner.
Bennet great goal 4-1 aggregate

Bit of pinball in the Wolves box, this following a couple of corners. A better delivery would have given us problems. Good pressure from Crusaders

beautiful twisting turning goal from Raul, just after a promising crusaders attack.

Fabulous goal from Jiminez!

Great play from Jota - but Raul really does well before unleashing!!

Looks like we’re off to Armenia

Jiminez 5-1 HT

Well, we should be all right from now on....

For those wondering. like me, FC Pyunik play in Yerevan, Armenia

All a bit pedestrian so far though all three goals have been good to watch. Raul seems to have the goals in his sights so could expect some more from him unless he is taken off.
Adama is being quite disciplined so is obviously listening to Nuno.
Should be a straight forward progression now.

Jiminez going off, a worrying injury. Well any time any of our key players get a knock it’s worrying. Gibbs White to replace.

Jiminez substituted after lengthy treatment. Morgan Gibbs-white on.

motivation zero, and it shows from both sides

Vinagre for Jota
Saiss for Neves

67 minutes gone. Unless something remarkable happens, this match is petering out.

Well, well, well. A deep cross from Moutinho , a defenders header loops over the keeper. 1-4.

That’s the first thing that’s happened since Adama was in space, ran with the ball and fell over

Forsythe Own Goal!! Wolves walk away despondently like they just let one in rather than scored on.
A few half hearted hand shakes. Just checked the plan fares to Armenia; might give this a miss

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chicagowolf
Forsythe Own Goal!! Wolves walk away despondently like they just let one in rather than scored on.
A few half hearted hand shakes. Just checked the plan fares to Armenia; might give this a miss

You’d probably get there quicker than us Chicago!

Nuno celebrates his 100th Wolves match with a good win, although it could (particularly) in that second half be described as a ‘professional’ job! 1-6 on aggregate is good, though it could and should have been a great deal more over the two legs. We’me in the hat however and that is all that matters at this stage.

Very positively, a couple of great goals from our man Raul .... minus mask of course. Hope his knock is quickly run off and nothing serious.

Lovely to see so many Wolves flags in Belfast tonight too.

UTW!

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Ivybridge Wolf

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chicagowolf
Forsythe Own Goal!! Wolves walk away despondently like they just let one in rather than scored on.
A few half hearted hand shakes. Just checked the plan fares to Armenia; might give this a miss

You’d probably get there quicker than us Chicago!

Possibly Ivy but one of the ‘problems’ with Wolves success is that , with no season ticket etc, my chances of getting a ticket to any game is tough. Went to the Mol just once last season, for the Shrewsbury replay.
On the other hand all Premier games are live on USA tv, and as a foreigner I watched Crusaders for a fiver

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chicagowolf
motivation zero, and it shows from both sides

Does it? I thought both teams took it very seriously

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an angry wolf

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chicagowolf
motivation zero, and it shows from both sides

Does it? I thought both teams took it very seriously

Ouch. You’re very possibly correct looking at the whole 90 minutes Angry. Maybe it was just a dull patch in the game