BASSO DID HIS BESTO; In association with COMMERCIAL VEHICLES Robins boss: Keeper is always saving us.Byline: BY DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. DULIN BRIS CITY 1 CARDIFF 1 GARY JOHNSON Gary Johnson may refer to:
Ross McCormack ensured the Bluebirds climbed back into the top six two minutes from time when Basso failed to hold on to Eddie Johnson's shot. Nicky Maynard had given the home side the lead with 19 minutes remaining with a stunning 10th goal of the season, and first in nine games. "It's really sickening to concede late on like that because I felt at 1-0 we had done enough to win the game," said City boss Johnson. "I don't see that as a mistake, I thought it was good opportunism Opportunism Arabella, Lady squire’s wife matchmakes with money in mind. [Br. Lit.: Doctor Thorne] Ashkenazi, Simcha shrewdly and unscrupulously becomes merchant prince. [Yiddish Lit. by their forward. "Whether he could've pushed it around the post and give them a corner I don't know. But Basso has saved us more than he makes mistakes." It was Cardiff who looked the more dangerous in the opening stages and on 10 minutes, defender Gabor Gyepes headed Paul Parry's corner just over. The Bluebirds were then almost gifted a chance when on-loan striker Michael Chopra raced in to pounce on Bristol City captain Louis Carey's weak back-pass. He was denied by Basso and then referee Lee Mason's whistle for a foul on the Brazilian. Bristol City were looking vulnerable and had to be rescued by striker Stern John on 15 minutes, when he nodded Roger Johnson's header off the line from another Parry corner. The Robins finally got themselves into the game and on 27 minutes, debutant De`bu`tant´ n. 1. A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public. Bluebirds keeper Stuart Taylor, on a month's loan from Aston Villa, had to make his first save keeping out Carey's 30-yard drive. Liam Fontaine then wasted a glorious chance soon after, sending a free header from Lee Johnson's corner over the bar, before Michael McIndoe stabbed a shot wide. The home side came out of the blocks at the restart and McIndoe had a shot blocked by Johnson. The clearance found Gavin Williams, who looped the ball over Taylor but on to the roof of the net. Soon after, Jamie McAllister drilled a shot over the bar from long-range and then Taylor had to be at his best just after the hour, first denying McIndoe then Lee Johnson after a goalmouth goal·mouth n. The area directly in front of the goal, as in soccer or hockey. Noun 1. goalmouth - (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal scramble. But he could do nothing to stop Maynard from scoring when the pounds 2.25million signing cut across the edge of the box and fired right-footed into the bottom left-hand corner. Cardiff almost replied instantly but Basso brilliantly turned Gyepes' header over the bar from Peter Whittingham's free-kick. They could have levelled 13 minutes from time when Bradley Orr missed a header on the edge of the box and the ball fell into the path of Joe Ledley, only for the Wales international to fire over. The equaliser did come two minutes from time though. Substitute Johnson's 20-yard shot was spilled by Basso, who groped for the ball as McCormack cleverly nipped in at the near post to hit his 17th goal of the season. There was still time for Taylor to pull off another great save in stoppage time to deny McIndoe's free-kick. "Stuart came in and acquitted himself very well," said Cardiff boss Dave Jones. "A point for either side was a fair result. It was important to get something from the game. We tried to get three points." BRISTOL CITY: Basso 6, Carey 8, McCombe 6, Fontaine 6, Orr 6d, McIndoe 7, L Johnson 6, Williams 7 (Skuse 50, 6d), McAllister 6, John 6 (Adebola 57, 7) Maynard 6d. Goal: Maynard 71. CARDIFF: Taylor 7, McNaughton, R Johnson 7d, Gyepes 6, Capaldi 6, Whittingham 6 (Burke 76, 6), McPhail 6, Ledley 7d, Parry 6 (McCormack 60, 7), Bothroyd 6 (E Johnson 69, 6), Chopra 6. Goal: McCormack 88. REFEREE: Lee Mason ATTENDANCE: 17,487 COMPUTER BRISTOL CITY CARDIFF CARDIFF CREEP INTO TOP SIX BALL POSSESSION 51% 49% FACE TO FACE 6 Corners 4 6 Offside off·side also off·sides adv. & adj. 1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone. 2. 4 15 Fouls 10 3 Cards 2 SHOTS 9 off target 4 6 on target 5 MAN OF THE MATCH Louis Carey (BRIS CITY) 8 Strong at the back and a wolves solid leader VILLAIN OF THE MATCH Adriano Basso (BRIS CITY) 6 Could have done more to prevent the equaliser ANORAK Cardiff's Ross McCormack ended a dry spell of eight games to net his 17th goal of the season NEXT THREE GAMES BRISTOL CITY Saturday: QPR QPR Queens Park Rangers (football club) QPR Quarterly Progress Report QPR Quadrature Partial Response QPR Quarterly Performance Review QPR Question, Persuade, Refer (suicide prevention program) (a) Champ Sat April 4: Preston (h) Champ Sat April 11: N Forest (a) Champ CARDIFF Wednesday: Watford (h) Champ Sunday: Sheff Utd (h) Champ Sun April 5: Swansea (h) Champ CAPTION(S): FLYING ROBINS Maynard after firing Bristol City ahead; FALL GUY Basso spills the ball and McCormack bursts in to clip home Cardiff's 88th-minute equaliser yesterday |
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