| Competition: Europa League Venue: Richmond Park Attendance: 4,236 Referee: Tamas Bognar (Hungary) | ||
 St. Patrick's Ath John Russell - Yellow Card (90' + 2') |
Thu 02 Aug 20120 - 3(Full Time) |
 Hannover 96 Leon Andreasen - Goal (6') Lars Stindl - Yellow Card (63') Christian Pander - Goal (66') Didier Ya Konan - Goal (80') |
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Game Matchtracker
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96
90' + 5' - The Hannover 96 players are high fiving all their fans at the front of the east stand in Tallaght. Very happy with their 3-0 win. Then they lined up arm in arm to salute their fans. Given a generous round of applause by the home fans as they leave the pitch. 
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96 90' + 3' - Full Time - The game is over and Pats are on the end of a 3-0 defeat at "home" in the First leg of this Third Qualifying Round of the Europa League 
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96 90' + 2' - Yellow Card - John Russell is booked for St. Patrick's Athletic.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96
90' + 1' - Three minutes of injury time now 
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96 83' - Substitution - Anto Flood has come on as Greg Bolger comes off.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96
81' - Christy Fagan turns on the edge of the box but his shot is saved by Zieler who is in a good position.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96
80' - That goal was unlucky for Pat's. Abdellaoue who just came on the pitch set up the another sub Rausch and his shot is saved by Brendan Clarke. However the ball fell kindly to Didier Ya Konan and the striker made no mistake tucking it away. 
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 3 Hannover 96 80' - Goal - Didier Ya Konan scores for Hannover 96.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96 79' - Substitution - Sean O'Connor makes way for Darren Meehen.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96 78' - Substitution - Mohammed Abdellaoue comes on for Jan Schlaudraff.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96
77' - Pat's about to make a change. Looks like Darren Meenan to make an appearance. He came off the bench last week against Siroki Brijeg. Mohammed Abdellaoue will come on for the visitors.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96
75' - Oh that should have been a Pat's goal. Christy Fagan gets free in the box and with the goal at his mercy his shot must have flecked some paint off the Tallaght upright as it went just wide.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96
74' - At this stage of the competition last year, Pat's lost 2-0 to Karpaty Lviv.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96 72' - Substitution - The scorer of Hannover's first goal Leon Andreasen has come off allowing Manuel Schmiedebach onto the pitch.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96
71' - Ian Bermingham and Chris Forrester link up on the left and Forrester has won a corner that Chambers will take.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 2 Hannover 96 66' - Goal - Greg Bolger fouls Leon Andreasen and Sergio Pinto and Christian Pander are standing over the free that is 40 yards out from goal. Pander with his left fires it around the wall. Brendan Clarke should have done better but he let it by him on the bounce. Hannover have doubled their lead.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
65' - Pats defending well as they play towards the Dublin mountains in the second half with the Square to their backs.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96 63' - Yellow Card - We have a yellow card as Lars Stindl's tackle on James Chambers is very late and he goes in Tomás Bognar's book.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
61' - Real let off for Pat's as sub Konstantin Rausch finds himself facing Brendan Clarke but his shots zips by the left hand post. Should have been 2-0.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
59' - 4236 is the official attendance tonight. Pity more football fans didn't make the effort to come to Dublin 24 to see the game tonight.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96 57' - Substitution - First change of the night as Konstantin Rausch comes on for Szabolcs Huszti.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
56' - Huszti last contribution before coming off is a great touch from a cross. With both Fagan and Forrester either side of him in the box he knicks it away for a corner. Sean O'Conner sends the corner deep and James Chambers has time to get a right foot shot away. Good effort but it goes over.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
55' - Spotted three Shamrock Rovers players here cheering on their fellow League of Ireland team - Billy Dennehy, Chris Turner and Conor McCormack. Pat's the last man standing in terms of Irish clubs in Europe this year.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
54' - Pat’s last played German opposition in Europe in 2008. They played Hertha Berlin, losing 2-0 away and drawing 0-0 in the RDS.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
52' - A deep James Chambers free causes havoc in the Hannover box but Eggimann helps his team this time by clearing.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
50' - Manager Watch: Liam Buckley in his St. Pat’s tracksuit while Mirko Slomak is in a navy suit with brown leather shoes - very dapper.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
48' - A poor back pass from Mario Eggimann gifts Pat's a corner. Sean O'Connor swings it in and the ball falls to the feet of Fagan but his effort his tame allowing Zieler to save. Should have been an equaliser for the home side.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96 46' - Second Half - No changes for either team as the second half kicks off. 
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96 45' - Half Time - Half time in Tallaght Stadium. 1-0 to the visitors.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
42' - Sergio Pinto fancies himself to score from long distance but his very ambitious shot from about 35 yards well wide and nearly hits the burger van behind Brendan Clarke's goal.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
41' - Lars Stindl picks up a loose pass in the middle and Ivorian striker Didier Ya Konan had a very weak effort at goal. Pinto then flashes a shot wide following a nice layoff by Jan Schlaudraff.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
39' - Brendan Clarke out nicely to pick up a pass from Hungarian Szabolcs Huszti as Sergio Pinto played it over the top of the Pat's back four.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
37' - Greg Bolger gets a shot way that forces Ron-Robert Zieler into a save after a nice one-two with lone striker Christy Fagan.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
35' - Pat's turn to shout for a penalty as Chris Forrester lays it off nicely for the overlapping Ian Bermingham. His cross hits the sliding Karim Haggui but it isn't a penalty.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
34' - Hannover finished 7th in last year's Bundesliga. They got to the quarter final of this competition where they were eliminated by eventual winners Athletico Madrid.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
32' - Large number of away fans in loud voice. Probably about 750 or so. Probably as big amount as PAOK brought here when they played Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght in the group stages of this competition last year.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
30' - It is a packed press box in Tallaght tonight. Sitting beside me on my right is the official twitter account of @Hannover96 . He has 14,000+ followers! We aren’t doing so bad @extratimenews we have 5,000+
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
29' - Ger O'Brien is going to throw this in the box. Comes out to Chambers, Browne and back to O'Brien. Russell playes O'Connor and his left foot effort drifts just by the post. A real chance for Pat's.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
27' - Kenny Browne in the right position to clear a Cherundolo cross. Shout for a penalty as Huszti goes down in the box. Referee is having none of it. Play on.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
26' - John Russell picks it up in midfield and takes it up the middle but he is very isolated. James Chambers comes into support and Pat's hang onto possession but now its deep in their own half.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
25' - Even Cherundolo can make mistakes. Great 30 yard pass by Jan Schlaudraff but the captain lets it straight by him for a throw in. The Pat's fans behind him let him know they enjoyed that mistake.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
24' - Chance for Pat's to swing a free in which Sean O'Connor does but Hannover clear. The Saints settling into the game now after letting in that early goal.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
21' - Ian Bermingham and Christy Fagan exchange a couple of one-twos down the left. Great play by Pat's. Bermingham looks for a corner but it is shepherded out nicely by Steven Cherundolo - he is the captain of Hannover and plays with the USA team. He played in South Africa in the last World Cup.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
19' - Forrester wins a free in Hannover's half on the right but his quickly taken effort can't find Christy Fagan in the box.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
18' - Great run by Chris Forrester and John Russell's pass nearly put him clear but a timely interception by Mario Egimann for Hannover.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
17' - Pat's fans are getting behind their team. Great atmosphere here in Tallaght.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
15' - Pats have had some possession in the Hannover half of the pitch but the German side are pressing hard.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96
6' - It was a great strike by Danish player Leon Andreasen for the goal. Time and space outside the area and his right foot shot flew by Brendan Clarke in the Pat's goal. 1-0 to Die Roten.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 1 Hannover 96 6' - Goal - Leon Andreasen scores for Hannover 96.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
5' - We have a team of Hungarian officials in charge today with Tomás Bognar the man in charge on the pitch.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
3' - Looks like Hannover will match Pat's 4-3-3 with the same system. Both teams feeling each other out in the early stages.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96 1' - Kick-off - And we are underway in Tallaght...
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - Missing from the German side's line up is one of Hannover’s new signings Hiroki Sakai. The defender is currently at the Olympics with Japan. He played in last week’s 1-0 win over Spain in Hampden Park.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - Both sets of fans still coming into the ground. Hannover are belting out a few songs over the far side of the stadium.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - Pat's have finished their warm up and are heading into the dressing room below us for some final words from their management team of Liam Buckley and Trevor Croly. Hannover just leaving pitch now too as we are 15 minutes away from kick off.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - This is Hannover's first competitive game of the season. In their pre-season friendlies to date they have used their squad to their fullest. They've notched up a 9-0 and 12-0 win along the way! They were winning against FK Rad Belgard 1-0 after 57 minutes when that game was abandoned due to torrential rain. Last Saturday they drew 1-1 with Wisla Krakow.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - Feel free to drop us a tweet to extratime.ie HQ tonight @extratimenews. We will be doing some tweeting on this game and we will probably be dropping in some Olympic tweets as well. You can drop me a tweet on @macdarabueller.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - It is the exact same 18 man squad and starting line up for Liam Buckley tonight. I'm hearing Vinny Faherty's clearance came through today but he is not fit enough following his spell playing in the Victorian Premier League to be included tonight.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - There is your Hannover team. Steven Cherundolo will captain the visitors and included is Szabolcs Huszti who has returned for his second spell with Hannover. He has spent the last three season's with Zenit St. Petersburg. In goal is Ron-Robert Zieler who was Germany's third choice 'keeper at the recent Euros.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - There is your Pat's team. Will be 4-3-3 / 4-5-1.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - Fancy electronic advertising in place around the pitch here in Tallaght. Not any Irish sponsors that I can see. Turnstyles have just opened and our German visitors are beginning to come into the East Stand opposite me from the Press box.
St. Patrick's Ath 0 - 0 Hannover 96
0' - Good evening from a sunny Tallaght Stadium where St. Patrick's Athletic will play Hannover 96. We have a five man extratime.ie team here tonight. Three photographers, Simon O'Gorman is on match report duty and I'm on match updates (Macdara Ferris - @macdarabueller). I do hope you hang around and follow our updates on tonight's big game. |
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90' + 5' - I had gone for a 3-1 prediction but St. Pat's couldn't get the goal I thought they would get and a goal I thought they deserved on the night. Hannover well worth their win. A gulf in class between teams but we are talking a Bundesliga team here. Hope you enjoyed the updates despite the result for the League of Ireland side.