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There will be water breaks 25 minutes into each half this afternoon
AS Dragon: 1. Mikael ROCHE [GK] (c), 4. Pierre KUGOGNE, 5. Henri CAROINE, 10. Teaonui TEHAU, 12. Alvin TEHAU, 13. Steevy CHONG HUE, 16. Edson LEMAIRE, 17. Sylvain GRAGLIA, 19. Teata SIMON, 21. Jonathan TEHAU, 22. Nicolas VALLAR
Substitutes: 2. Victor SNOW, 6. Jacques TETAUIRA, 7. Efrain ARANEDA, 8. Yannick VERO, 9. Samuel HNANYINE, 11. Andre TEIKIHAKAUPOKO, 18. Teheipuarii HAUATA [GK], 20. Torea MARUOI, 23. Rainui RUA
Coach: Ludovic GRAUGNARD (FRA)
Auckland City FC: 1. Tamati WILLIAMS [GK], 3. Taku IWATA, 4. Mario BILEN, 6. John IRVING, 7. James PRITCHETT, 15. Ivan VICELICH (c), 16. Dae Wook KIM, 17. Joao MOREIRA, 19. David BROWNE, 20. Emiliano TADE, 23. Sam BURFOOT
Substitutes: 9. Darren WHITE, 10. Ryan de VRIES, 18. Louie CAUNTER [GK], 21. Mario ILICH, 22. Andrew MILNE, 25. Sean LOVEMORE, 26. Sean MORRIS
Coach: Ramon TRIBULIETX (ESP)
Match officials:
Referee: Nawen HOPKEN (VAN)
Assistant Referee 1: Tevita MAKASINI (TGA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rakesh CHANDRA (FIJ)
Fourth Official: Ravitesh BEHARI (FIJ)
The final whistle sounds
90′ + 4′ Auckland through the middle but some hussle from Lemaire near touch
90′ + 3′ Auckland in possession, passing through the defence before Williams fires long
90′ + 2′ Dragon on the advance as Auckland wait for the clock to count down
90′ + 1′ Lemaire’s on target but the soft shot is picked up by Williams
Three minutes of additional time
90′ Some tussling between Chong Hue and White, free kick for Dragon
90′ Burfoot with some quick feet to retain possession in the centre
89′ Pritchett throws long for White, who cuts in towards goal
87′ Irving over the back of A. Tehau and free kick called for Dragon
87′ Morris with a chip but Pritchett with a too far signal for his teammate
86′ Rapid counter from Auckland through Tade who sends in at Roche
86′ Irving’s feet are in the way of a Simon effort
85′ Dragon building something interesting here, but really hard to get past the defence, eventually an offisde call on Chong Hue
83′ Williams spills the dead ball effort from Teikihakaupoko but under no pressure White arrives to clean up
82′ SUBSTITUTION Graglia makes room for Torea Maruoi
82′ A. Tehau goes down off the top of the box and it’s a free kick for the Tahitian side
81′ Starting to notice Auckland’s man advantage here as they play triangles around Dragon’s attackers
80′ Iwata is offside
79′ White smashes his effort on goal but it rattles the posts as it comes back into play off the top corner
78′ Vallar misses his tackle as Tade advances up the right, the cross comes in but Lovemore doesn’t get the right touch
77′ Graglia makes a charge up the right
76′ Lovemore comes in from the left and Vallar touches out
75′ Williams boots upfield
74′ SUBSTITUTIONBrowne is replaced by Sean Lovemore
74′ Bit of a melee is starting around Browne as the two sides shout at each other
73′ Looks like David Brownes is down just outside the Dragon box and the stretcher is being called for
72′ Tade across the top of the box to Morris who skies the shot over the target
72′ Back underway with an Auckland City throw
Play stops for a water break
71′ Vallar sends long for Chong Hue but he’s crowded off the ball by a duo of City defenders
70′ Browne tries to find Tade but A. Tehau gets a touch in
70′ Simon brings down Iwata and Auckland have a free kick in their half
69′ SUBSTITUTION Goalscorer Moreiro makes room for Darren White
68′ Browne short to Tade who touches to Morris but his effort is out
67′ Iwata slams his effort straight into Roche and it’s an Auckland City corner
66′ SUBSTITUTION Teaonui Tehau (Filou) makes room for Andre Teikihakaupoko
66′ Auckland penalised for holding Chong Hue back
65′ Dragon not giving up as they continue to try and find a goal but the defending champions are holding strong
63′ Williams sends in the direction of Iwata but it’s over the Japanese player’s head
63′ Vallar wins the aerial challenge with Moriera but it’s into touch
61′ Foul by Browne, a bit of hoopla in regards to the resulting free kick, Filou with a chance but the low drive goes outside the post
60′ Simon with a great cross, headed clear by Irving
59′ GOAL!!! AS Dragon 0 Auckland City 3 Moreira chips over Roche who comes off to shut the Portuguese down
58′ Vallar wins in defence Filou is in on goal but can’t finish
56′ SUBSTITUTION Auckland City with the first change of the day as Sean Morris reaplaces Dae Wook Kim
56′ Graglia with the delivery and an overhead effort is missed
55′ Edson Lemaire can’t hold possession against the double team of Browne and Kim
54′ RED CARD Henri Caroine leaves the field after receiving a second caution following a challenge from behind on Pritchett
53′ Graglia breaks throught the centre, James Pritchett just cuts off the through ball
52′ Pressure from Tade as Kugogne plays back for Roche to clear
51′ YELLOW CARD Caroine is cautioned following a challenge on Iwata who requires treatment
50′ Auckland go right back to Williams, it comes in to Kim who’s brought down by J. Tehau
48′ GOAL!!! AS Dragon 0 Auckland City FC 2 Moriera to Tade who goes around Roche to shoot, the first effort is blocked but he doesn’t miss with the rebound
47′ Auckland with a chance at the other end, smothered by Roche
46′ Simon sends but Irving dives to head clear
46′ Dragon with a free kick 10m off the 18-yard after Chong Hue’s brought down
The second half gets underway
The first half comes to an end
45′ + 1′ Iwata goes back to Irving, in turn to Williams for the rebuild
Three minutes of additional time
45′ Browne on the counter, plays to Moreira who can’t control
45′ Vallar steps behind the ball between the top of the box and the circle, but smashes it into the wall
44′ Roche with the ball, J. Tehau knocked down by Kim
44′ Free kick for Auckland played by Bilen infield to Burfoot
43′ YELLOW CARD Vallar receives a caution
43′ Iwata and Kim combine over the head of Filou, heavy tackle from Vallar on Kim
42′ Mario Bilen wins the ball and tries to split the defence, Vallar clears
41′ Tade drops to help Kim with a steal as Caroine advances
40′ Great deliver in the box for Dragon but their strikers are too slow off the mark
39′ Browne speeds up the right, crosses but it’s headed out by Simon
38′ KIm is down near the line, no foul but an offside call against Burfoot
38′ Foul on Tade and free kick for Auckland in the centre
37′ Good build up from Dragon but the ever-solid Vicelich gets his head in the way
36′ YELLOW CARD Jonathon Tehau is the first name in referee Nawen Hopken’s book this afternoon after a challenge on Iwata
35′ Simon with the deliver, through the wall but Williams catches
35′ Chong Hue heading towards goal beats his man but is charged down by an arriving Takuya Iwata
34′ Simon to Caroine who sends wide of the far post off with a left foot delivery
33′ Simon sends and it is cleared for a Dragon corner
33′ Irving concedes 20m outside the 18-yard with a challenge on A. Tehau
32′ Henri Caroine with a great ball into the box, over the head of Vicelich but Dragon can’t get a shot off
31′ Long lob from Irving with both Vallar and Moreira getting underneath
30′ Filou chests down Tade’s corner on the edge of the box, the chase comes from Graglia but he can’t make it
30′ Roche spills and is fortunate to have a defender behind him to clear
29′ Tade sends, cleared by Simon for an Auckland corner
28′ Another long bal
l from Vicelich looking for Moreira and Kugogne again with the tidy
27′ Back underway with a Williams goal kick
Play pauses for the first water break
26′ Free kick sent over by Vicelich but Kugogne intercepts and Dragon counters through Graglia
25’Roche punches clear the corner but it’s not a great touch, he captures the follow up effort
25′ Simon with a great touch but Filou steps over it and it rolls for Auckland to clear
24′ Short to Irving who then sends long for Tade who brings it down, but Vallar’s there to hit it out
23′ Graglia sends his effort into the clouds
23′ Vicelich sends but Tade is offside
22′ Teata Simon delivers from the right but it’s cleared by John Irving
21′ Moriera with a fancy touch as he tries to beat Vallar but no luck as the Tahiti international collects
21′ Goal kick played short to Vicelich
20′ Great ball brought down by Teaonui Tehau (Filou) but he’s crowded off the ball as Williams arrives to clear
19′ Vallar comes straight through in a sliding tackle on Tade, wins the ball but concedes a free kick
18′ Auckland content to build from the back with Dragon’s passes struggling to make it to their front line
16′ Back to Roche who launches upfield, it falls to J. Tehau who delivers too heavy
15′ It bounces around in the middle before it slowly finds its way to Williams counterpart Mikael Roche
15′ Auckland are all the way back with goalkeeper Tamati Williams
14′ GOAL!!! AS Dragon 0 Auckland City FC 1 Dae Wook Kim gets his head to Tade’s delivery for his second goal of the competition
13′ Tade comes down and Auckland have a free kick just to the left of the box
12′ Nicolas Vallar forced to come wide to tidy up
12′ Edson Lemaire’s tackle brings Browne down in the centre of the park
10′ Drops at the far post onto the head of Jonathan Tehau who’s headed effort drops on top of the net
10′ Injury in the corner to Graglia who gets to his feet limping, corner Dragon
9′ Moreira is caught offside
8′ Joao Moreira gets a head to it but sends it over the cross bar
7′ Free kick for Auckland City 15m off the corner of the box Tade to send
6′ Timely steal as Emiliano dribbles into the Dragon box
6′ Sam Burfoot’s pass is blocked by Kugogne but Auckland are still on the attack
5′ Offside called on Sylvain Graglia of Dragon
4′ Long ball from Viccelich out to David Browne high on the right but he can’t get past Pierre Kugogne
3′ Tehau chests down, turns and shoots but sends high
2′ Captain Ivan Vicelich with the clearance
2′ Alvin Tehau clashes with Dae Wook Kim in the centre
1′ Steevy Chong Hue is back from injury and putting early pressure on the Auckland back line
The match kicks off