Monday, October 20, 2008

FC Midtjylland - AGF Aarhus

In the battle of Danny Califf v. Jeremiah White, Califf came out the winner. Both played the entire match, but neither was particularly impressive. White had a couple of chances - a long distance shot caught easily by the keeper, and a very good chance just at the edge of the box which Jerry skied. He also made a couple of decent passes to set up his teammates. Califf's performance is harder to assess, but he completely whiffed on a tackle on Nando Rafael inside in the box, fouled the same player hard early, and faked a foul when otherwise Rafael would have been through on goal. I thought Aarhus was the victim of some other dubious officiating: most notably, when Rafael was clearly tripped up inside the box, but also when the same player was whistled for a foul after cleanly robbing the defender (he would have been in alone) and on a couple of incorrect offside calls. AGF had a bit more of the possession and a bit more the chances, but Midtjylland buried theirs.

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