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Steel City derby part two ends in stalemate
90 mins - Full time. 0-0. The second half opened up and
the game seemed to promise a goal. Efan Ekoku's last gasp effort
could so easily have been a match winner. The second Steel City
derby of the season ends like it did in October, goalless.
90 mins - Two minutes of injury time to be played.
89 mins - Simon Tracey denies Efan Ekoku from point blank
range!
88 mins - Bobby Ford brings down Alan Qunn, yellow card.
87 mins - Broomes charges down Asaba, Blades fans scream
for a handball. United are awarded the free-kick.
85 mins - Ullathorne clears the ball off the line! Westwood
came close to opening the scoring.
85 mins - Wednesday win a corner, as Curle heads Ekoku's
cross behind..
82 mins - Tony Crane warming up on the sideline for Wednesday.
Yorath perhaps opting for some height upfront.
81 mins - Michael Brown's shot is saved low down from Heald.
United win the corner with 9 minutes plus injury time left.
78 mins - Wednesday counter-attack - Sibon nearly finishes
the move with a fine shot from the edge of the box.
77 mins - United pile on the pressure again, Wednesday hold
out.
74 mins - Heald saves from Asaba, the referee makes a bad
call in giving a goal-kick.
70 mins - Ekoku caught narrowly offside, the big Nigerian
would've been clean through on goal.
68 mins - Heald denies Asaba once again - United win a corner.
66 mins - Westwood's late tackle on Ndlovu earns him a yellow
card.
65 mins - United's goal disallowed for an earlier foul on
Haslam. Bramall Lane officials play Mission Impossible theme thinking
the goal had counted.
63 mins - Bromby's long throw finds Westwood - his flick
on picks out Bonvin, but the South Americans header is blocked.
62 mins - Heald saves from Asaba again, Asaba puts the ball
in the back of the net from the rebound. The goal doesn't stand!
60 mins - Keith Curle and Efan Ekoku exchange words - the
referee settles things down. No further bookings.
59 mins - Heald bravely saves as Asaba threatens once again.
57 mins - D'Jaffo failed to meet Brown's cross. The game
has come alive in this second half. The official attendance for
tonight is 28,364.
55 mins - Wednesday enjoying their best spell of the game.
Ekoku's cross wins Wednesday a corner.
53 mins - Tracey rushes off his line as Efan Ekoku chased
a through ball.
51 mins - United threat at the other end - Asaba can't put
away a half chance.
47 mins - Wednesday start the second half brightly, Ekoku
goes close. Broomes drills the ball across the goal, Wednesday win
a corner.
45 mins - Half-time whistle blows, 0-0 at the break. United
having looked the brighter of the two sides, but haven't created
much infront of goal. Wednesday have defended well but Terry Yorath
will be wanting his men to start creating more upfront. Very much
a carbon copy of the first derby game of the season at Hillsborough.
42 mins - Carl Asaba fires the ball goalbound but Paul Heald
tips it wide with a great save.
39 mins - Michael Brown continues to taunt Steven Haslam
on the wing.
37 mins - McLaren breaks away and puts a great ball in. Sibon's
first touch lets him down. The Owls win a corner.
35 mins - Chances few and far between for both Sheffield
sides, a little over ten minutes until half-time.
34 mins - McLaren fires a left foot shot from the edge of
the box, just wide.
25 mins - Pablo Bonvin on for Matthew Hamshaw. Bonvin and
Ekoku upfront, Sibon drops into midfield.
24 mins - Matthew Hamshaw goes off to recieve treatment,
suspected hamstring strain. Pablo Bonvin warms up on the bench.
23 mins - The Blades feel they should have been awarded a
free-kick for a backpass.
22 mins - Nearly midway through the first half - no goals
but the Blades have been the more dominant side.
16 mins - Laurent D'Jaffo hits the sidenetting, fools a few
people. Marlon Broomes hobbling with a suspected injury.
12 mins - Positive start to the game - the Blades having
enjoyed the better first ten minutes of the game.
11 mins - Michael Tonge's shot is charged down for a corner.
7 mins - Paul McLaren brings down Bobby Ford and McLaren
will be the first to go into the book.
5 mins - Now it's Wednesday's turn to attack, with two successive
corners at the other end.
5 mins - Asaba's effort is cleared off the line by Haslam!
Blades piling on the pressure early on.
4 mins - Both sets of players still settling down. Blades
win a corner after a quiet call for a penalty.
1 mins - The game kicks off. The Blades win an early free-kick.
0 mins - Trond-Egil Soltvedt leads his side out. Kick off
now only moments away. A reduced capacity crowd of 28,000 sounds
more like 38,000.
0 mins - The atmosphere is electric at Bramall Lane as both
sets of fans wait for the two teams to run out. The 101st Sheffield
derby league encounter is sure to be a cracker.
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