The Cherries have one of those nights as Leeds win 1-0

Match Description

Leeds Utd 1 v 0 AFCB

20 January 2015
Attendance 17,634

Apparently AFCB had not won at Leeds in six attempts, so tonight's result was not such a shock for some who study the stats. But this was a game where AFCB could have certainly got a point and maybe even three, even having seen Leeds go ahead with a well taken goal by Luke Murphy. AFCB had plenty of chances and while Leeds did the double on Bournemouth, it won't be many games when they lose having missed point blank headers, hit the post and missed a penalty. Even when AFCB scored it was disallowed. Still if we are disgruntled over a loss of 1-0 away from home at Elland Road, AFCB have much to look forward to yet.

Eddie Howe only made one change to the team that started against Rotherham. Artur Boruc had recovered well enough from his neck injury to take his place back in goal, while Ryan Allsop was on the bench having come back from his loan spell at Coventry City.

Leeds Utd dropped Antenucci to the bench, but they were otherwise unchanged with only Mowatt coming into their starting 11 as a replacement from their Birmingham match.

Match Description: listening to BBC Radio Solent with Willo and Kris Temple
The Cherry are in red and black tonight with Leeds in white. Brett Pitman charges down the first Leeds bit of possession. Steve Morison wins the first free kick, 40 yards out. Cook clears and Austin put the ball in but Artur clears and the keeper comes out to stop Wilson racing to the ball on the break. 

Cook wins a header and Byron wins it from Daniels and Cook concedes a corner. Pugh wins the header and Wilson goes against Taylor for 60 yards and scuffs his shot! Leeds are set up 4-3-2-1 says Willo. Daniels down the left to Pugh but Cooper wins the ball before Cook clears.

The Cherries have a throw. Wilson is flagged offside. AFCB are playing 4-4-1-1. Francis now makes a low cross and Taylor gives away a throw. Arter back to Surman and Cook. Arter wins back a ball. Pugh on the left runs at Wooton and it is hit into Wilson who strikes his shot against a white shirt and Surman trips a Leeds player.

Surman into Wilson and Supported by Pitman. Wilson square to Arter;. Now Pugh puts in a cross and Pitman's shot left footed goes just wide! Leeds were opened up there.

Morison has space and Mowatt and Austin heads over! Boruc made a finger tip save and Leeds have a corner. Murphy takes it and the Cherries clear. Boruc then regain the ball and Artur takes possession but makes the pass too far and Silvestri has the ball

Francis is then penalised for a challenge on Mowatt. Cook heads the ball out for another Leeds' corner. Elphicjk helps it out, back to Murphy a chance of a break out. Artur goes down and the Cherries have a free kick. Francis now on the ball and Elphick down the left with Surman to Wilson who beats Bellusci and Murphy blocks.

Austin on the break to Morison and Francis diverts it back to Boruc! it could have been an own goal but Francis did well o beat Mowatt to the ball, after 14 minutes.

Byram by the corner flag finds Wootton. Lewis Cook fouls Charlie Daniels and Lewis Cook is given a yellow card.

Wilson is held off by Cooper. Wilson is on the deck. Mowatt now on 16 minutes. Leeds are having the better spell. Leeds come forward with Austin. Byram back to Austin who shoots and Steve Cook clips it but the ref has given a goal kick. Pugh puts in a cross and Wilson makes a faint and Leeds put the ball down field.

Surman loses the ball and Morison to Austin who shoots wide. Surman had a nightmare says Surman. Willo says, "We need to make a change as we have two against their three in midfield". Some 20 minutes gone and "Leeds have been the brighter," says Kris Temple.

Tondall is passing some instructions on.Wilson has the ball but is closed down by three white shirts. Matt Ritchie has not really had a touch yet. Lewis Cook and Wooton, Byram crosses and Elphick clears. Artur now to Pugh. Francis has the ball and Riotchie on the right, but it has to go back to Elphick

Surman goes down but no foul. Murphy comes away but Taylor overruns it. "Leeds have not won for eight games," says Kris Temple. Leeds have a throw and Byram has it on half way. Lewis Cook and Wooten, up to Byram and Austin and a cross from Wooten but Morison heads it wide.

The passing has not been great yet from AFCB. Leeds are picking up the second balls.Morison to Mowatt . Shouts for a hand ball on Ritchie not given,and Murphy's shot is tipped away by his palm from the top corner. Bellusci is knocked out by a Pitman clearance, 29 minutes gone.

Surman battles with Morison and Murphy has it but Steve Cook makes Murphy put his cross in too deep. AFCB can't get going at the moment. Morison has the ball and his cross comes off Steve Cook for another corner. In to the near post and Pitman shanks it across goal! Pugh has the ball but Ritchie slips and Byram has the ball. Boruc comes out for the ball.

Daniels to Wilson and his cross finds Ritchie and plays it to Francis. Ritchie now back to Francis but Leeds break with Lewis Cook. Francis again and Ritchie wins a throw. Artur loses the ball but Daniels comes across to cover well.

Francis up to Wilson and Ritchie. Daniels on the left takes on Leeds and Pitman to Surman and Arter, then Pugh. Daniels' cross comes off Wooten for a corner to AFCB their first. Ritchie and Artur puts it back in. Wilson battling but Taylor clears. Pugh and Pitman can't catch up with the ball. 

Byram on the ball to Austin in space and Murphy shoots with his left foot into the AFCB goal on 35 minutes! One nil to Leeds. It flew into the top corner and gave Artur little chance bending away from Boruc. "Leeds probably deserve it," says Willo.

The Cherries have to try and come from behind. Pugh to Surman and AFCB build from the back. Arter to Wilson and his low shot and Pitman is offside on the rebound and is denied by the flag! The goal is chalked off after 39 minutes.

Leeds down the right. Byram and Murphy loses it. Wilson and Pugh plays it in behind but put out by Bellusci. Francis attacks and Ritchie to Wilson and Pitman Francis to Pitman and Pugh knocked in by Wilson no - Silvestri has a world class save! Wilson knocked down the header and took the sting out of it. A golden opportunity missed.

Wilson is still shaking his head. He just headed it too close to himself. Three minutes left this half. Surman into Arter and Pugh against Bellusci. Arter and Bellusci clears. Wilson is beaten to the ball by Silvestri with a punch. Leeds win the ball off of Pugh. Steve Cook wins a throw. Two minutes of extra time.

Harry Arter and Daniels 30 yards out runs into trouble. Byram to Morison and the ball is cleared by Francis. Ritchie fails to capitalise and over hits the ball. Wilson and Wooten come together and off Steve Cook for a Leeds' throw. At half time it is 1-0 to Leeds Utd. AFCB have only had six shots and two on target, while Leeds have had eight shots and three on target. There is a bit of dispute whether Pitman was offside when he netted and the twitter pictures certainly suggested Pitman was onside, so perhaps the Cherries are unlucky to be one goal down.

Second Half
Francis loses possession straight away. Leeds clear from their box. Morison is tripped by Francis who receives a yellow card. Arter tries to dispute the decision. Willo thinks the ref was duped their. Arter hooks the ball away and then it's an AFCB goal kick.

Morison and Cooper plays the ball back to Silvestri. Leeds are offside. Boruc now has the ball. Austin gets support from Taylor and crosses to Wooton. Morison back to Byram but Pitman wins it. "Leeds still finding it fairly easy to get down the side of us," says Willo. Ritchie over elaborates. Pitman and Ritchie it goes under hist foot.

Morison to Lewis Cook and a poor ball in. Mowatt back to Wooton. Austin bashes it into the stands! A let off. Eddie Howe gets ready to make a change. Kermorgant is getting ready to come on. Austin's cross hits Francis and Leeds win a corner.It's short to Murphy but it is volleyed away.. Pitman heads the ball out again for another corner to Leeds. Straight into Boruc's arms.

Arter to Pugh and Leeds gets organised quickly. Arter looks for Pugh again. Arter to Ritchie and Francis puts in a cross. Wilson can't get there and it's a corner off Bellusci. Pitman and Surman is caught by Mowatt. Free kick to AFCB. Ritchie with the free kick. Byram clears. Surman goes over.

Pitamn jumps with Cooper and Silvestri out to Ritchie and Ritchie shoots but it's 10 yards wide! The Cherries now have a throw. Pitman will soon come off for Kermorgant. Wooton and Austin's cross goes out.

Golsing also looking to come on. A double substitution coming up. Elphick makes a good challenge and Wilson is fouled by Cooper. Pitman goes off for Kermorgant and  Gosling comes on for Arter, on 60 minutes. 

Wilson is in a race here down the right. He pulls it back for Gosling who leaves it to Kermorgant and it breaks down! " We'll do well to get a draw here," says Willo  Wilson direct root to goal and no one gets a touch and it goes through for a goal kick!

Wilson's pace is a real problem for Leeds." Ritchie keeps falling over tonight," says Kris Temple. Daniels and Pugh and Surman goes back to Elphick and Francis. Pugh with step overs and Kermorgant and Wilson has missed!!  A dink over the corner and it must have been a foot wide from Wilson.

"Wilson has missed two golden opportunities tonight," says Kris Temple. Kermorgant to Pugh back to Daniels is their a hand? No. Twenty five minutes to go. Leeds have not won for eight matches but they are in control here.

Billy Sharp comes on for Steve Morison. Murphy and Daniels puts the ball out. Kermorgant to Ritchie an Francis and Pugh. Golsing in the box back to Pugh and Daniels runs into Cook. Gosling to Kemrorgant but Byram breaks out and he's caught by Kermorgant.

Mowatt infield to Austin. Brouc gets the ball. Stanislas is warming up. Ritchie over to Pugh and Gosling shoots wide and high. Elphick has to tidy up. Ritchie back to Francis. Murphy wins the ball.Murphy again and Sharp shoots a long way off target. Ritchie is subbed for Stanislas.

Pugh falls over. Surman in the box runs into Bellusci. Only 17.5 minutes to go. Leeds have made this a difficult night. Elphick wins a free kick. Stanislas to Wilson and Taylor slides in and AFCB win a corner. Stanislas takes it. Elphick chases in and Mowatt clears. Daniels under pressure from Sharp plays back to Boruc and Boruc's clearance damages the AFCB dugout!

Quarter of an hour to go. Gosling in the centre and Pugh and he shoots and it bounces off Wilson's knee to the keeper. Gosling gives away a free kick. Murphy and Cooper and Mowatt. Pugh and Sharp and Cook. Cook down the wing, Austin's header and AFCB Cook clears off the line!

Gosling on a surging run to Kermorgant and the shot hits his teammate again and goes through to Silvestri.Austin pulls Francis back and gives away a free kick. Just 10 minutes left. Surman on half way and Elphick. Austin and Cook clears.

Pugh and Kermorgant. Pugh off the post! Gosling and Stanislas and eventually cleared. Sharp runs into Steve Cook. Wilson and Stanislas. Francis to Wilson. Pugh centre field and Kermorgant can't get hold of it. Sharp on his own and finds Mowatt. Byram back to Mowatt. Taylor on the left and it's a goal kick..

Byram gets a yellow for a foul on Pugh. Stanislas gets a corner as the snow falls. Surman smashes it into a crowd but it's a Leeds goal kick. Wilson is through and goes down - penalty and Bellusci is sent off. Kermorgant to take the kick and he hits the bar and over!

It's really not going for the Cherries tonight.  Sub for Leeds. Jason Pearce replaces Mowatt. Two minutes of normal time to go. Elphick down the right. Surman to Kermorgant and Wilson. and it's a goal kick. Elphick's ball forward goes out. There are four minutes of extra time. 

Sharp runs to the corner. Goal kick to the Cherries. Stanislas is closed down by Murphy and Sharp. Taylor and Francis back to Boruc. Wilson jumps with Pearce. Cook and Francis. Surman and Francis. Stanislas cross and Sharp is away again with Daniels in pursuit.

AFCB with Surman and Gosling. Stanislas to Kermorganmt and Wilson missed it! Pugh to Gosling and Elphick hits it overt the bar. That was a chance. Austin is subbed for Berardi. Silvestri clears long. Elphick forward. Stanisals and Francis to the near post straight to Silvestri.

Summary
On another night things could easily have been a lot different. Leeds though played well and worked very hard for their win. There were many opportunities for the Cherries to get something from this match but it just wasn't going to go in tonight. A missed penalty and a good goal ruled offside did not help AFCB's cause but Bournemouth never find it easy going at Elland Road. We'll put this one behind us. There's an FA Cup match coming up and the disappointment has to be dispelled quickly. AFCB are still in a great position.

Leeds Utd
Silvestri, Wootton, Bellusci, Cooper, Taylor, Murphy, Cook, Byram, Austin (Berardi 95), Mowatt (Pearce 88), Morison (Sharp 67)

Leeds Subs
Pearce, Sharp, Berardi, Taylor, Bianchi, Doukara, Antenucci

AFCB
Boruc, Francis, Cook, Elphick, Daniels, Ritchie (Stanislas 72), Arter (Gosling 60), Surman, Pugh, Pitman (Kermorgannt 60), Wilson.

AFCB subs
Allsop, Smith, O'Kane, Gosling, Fraser, Stanislas, Kermorgant.

Wilson will do fine this season

I know that some have had their concerns about Callum Wilson and his sudden inability to find the net. It is only a few games though where he has drawn a blank and for me it is more important that he is still getting chances, even if he is not able to pull the trigger successfully as often as we would all like. I am sure there are many teams that would like to have a striker who already had five goals this season. Callum is still getting to grips with his new team mates and I have no doubts that the best is still to come from him.

Count on Callum to hit the target again soon.

Watching him just during the warm up you can see that he is very business like with his desire to score goals. I like the fact that he is a little greedy and backs himself to score. AFCB need such a player and it is an element of his game that I hope he never loses. Against Leeds he had one of those opportunities when the ball seemed to get stuck under his foot again, and he looked odds on to beat the keeper up until the final moment when the keeper managed to swamp the ball. While it was a missed opportunity know one needs to heap more pressure on the lad, who is looking the sharpest of all the strikers at the club at the moment. I back him to score soon and when he does it will release any tensions he may have from previous disappointments in front of goal.

The best strikers simply let instinct take its course and don't think about the finish too much. Bang in a goal,  and all of a sudden the world of football appears a much easier game. I also believe Callum is the kind of player who will score braces and hat-tricks. Once he gets a head of steam up he worries defenders. The battle he had against Jason Pearce and Giuseppe Bellusci the other night will be about the hardest test he has in this division, because both of them were tenacious and dogged in their tackling - and fouling - I should mention! Wilson will get more protection than he did from referees on other days and that he did not react to the kind of intimidation he was facing was a good sign for me. 

Every game with Yann Kermorgant is also another 90 minutes with the two learning each others game, and Eddie Howe will find ways to make them more effective. Watch this space!  

Callum Wilson at play.

Hopefully some of you have already tuned into All Departments' podcast for some AFCB v Leeds Utd reaction, which featured Cherry Chimes. If you have not done so yet then have a listen at All Departments' website or scroll down our right side panel and click on the sound bar to listen.

Bellusci's wonder goal kills off Cherries: AFCB 1 v 3 Leeds (fan videos)

Match report

AFCB 1 v 3 Leeds Utd

16 September 2014

Attendance: 9307

Leeds  made a real dent in AFCB's home record with a 1-3 win.

Many of the fans were saying 'deja vu' after this match as if it reminded them of the first home defeat of the season against Nottingham Forest. In many respects that was right in that the Cherries dominated play in the first 25 minutes and were ahead at half time, but they could not get the second goal to finish Leed Utd off. Instead it was the white who tussled and bossed the second half until AFCB faded. A wonder free kick from Giuseppe Bellusci had Lee Camp grasping at air for Leed's second goal, while a flag that never came saw Leeds grab a favourable score line for the Yorkshire club when it could have been very different.

The teams on their way out.

(Match Day Gallery will be up now and I'll also be on All Departments' podcast tonight to review the match - please tune in).

While Surman and Fraser had run the show in the first 45 minutes it was Leeds' Lewis Cook who was picking his passes and finding space in AFCB's back line. A draw seemed like a defeat in the last game but this was a better performance by the Cherries and yet Leeds simply came on stronger as the match went on and in the end the Yorkshire side were comfortable winners.

Eddie Howe made three changes as Ryan Fraser, Ian Harte and Andrew Surman came into the side and Marc Pugh, Charlie Daniels and Eunan O'Kane formed three of the subs. While AFCB set up 4-4-2, Leeds appeared to play with three up front at times as Billy Sharp, Souleymane Doukara and Mirco Antenucci looked to find a way through the Cherries' defence.

It was all Bournemouth though in the first 20 minutes with Steve Cook just failing to get on the end of a cross as early as the second minute. The high tempo was set by the Barmy Army chanting and Ryan Fraser was as busy as a bee on the left while Andrew Surman was carefully controlling play. The first goal came after six minuted when a cross from Fraser that was fired across the box came out on the right side and was fed back into Leed's box with Wilson knocking it back into Andrew Surman's path. Surman struck the ball beautifully from the edge of the box with his left boot and it curled accurately into the left hand corner of the net - 1-0 to the Cherries! 

The next moment to have the home crowd buzzing was when Matt Ritchie decided to go for a delicious high curling snap shot that saw Silvestri at his best to tip the shot over. The big chance though came for Callum Wilson after a pass through by Kermorgant. He managed to get in a position to round the keeper but saw the ball snatched away from him by Silvestri when it so easily could have been 2-0. You knew that the miss could be costly and it turned out to be that way.

By the half hour though Leeds were already having more of the play. Steve Cook was having to stretch for important headers while Arter started to hit a few wild passes. Tommaso Bianchi hit a shot well over, but Leeds were improving. Lewis Cook was already starting to make runs down the middle of the field and Tommy Elphick reacted quickly to halt him. 

Ground staff at half time.

Graham and Martin Hardwich are asked who 

Leeds should have as their next manager 

(apologies for some bad language).

 

Cherry Chimes Fan Cam talks to George to get his first
half verdict. He was not too impressed with Leeds.

 

We also talk to AFCB fan Dave.

The second half saw Leeds play even more positively with Rodolph Austin shooting from range. Andrew Surman and Harry Arter were no longer having so much influence. Jason Pearce seemed to be able to hold Callum Wilson in a grapple half of the time without the assistant referee seeming to care. 

It was Leeds pressing forward though with Lewis Cook making some impressive passes that only Cook was there to stop getting through to Billy Sharp on 53  minutes. Leeds were well in control by my reckoning by the hour even though they were 1-0 down. Ryan Fraser gave home fans a moment to sit on the edge of their seat when he fired in a shot that the keeper saved for a corner.

From there on in though it was as if AFCB had lost the battle in midfield. Leeds were able to hold up the ball and turn and an incisive pass from Tomasso Bianchi between Cook and Harte gave Doukara the opportunity to squeeze in his shot on the angle across Lee Camp to make it 1-1. Camp may have been disappointed that he didn't get something on the shot but the pass made the goal.

No changes from the bench from Eddie and most of us were starting to fear the worst. A misplaced pass by Fraser that landed cook in trouble almost saw Billy Sharp make the Cherries pay, but he shot wide. Fraser was subbed though on 69 minutes for junior Stanislas. Leeds did not make any changes until the 76th minute when Warnock and Sharp were replaced by Liam Cooper and Sam Byram. 

Bellusci picked up a yellow card with 10 minutes to go and it was good to see a decision go AFCB's way, but moments later when Leeds were breaking Francis adjudged to foul Rodolph Austin I believe and Leeds had a free kick. Even though it must have been all of 25 yards out, Bellusci hit a venomous kick that flew over the four-man wall and straight into the top left hand corner! 1-2 to Leeds and 82 minutes gone.

Arter again disappointed by chasing after the ball wildly only to pick up a yellow card for his desperation. Time was running out and Adam Smith and Brett Pitman were brought on with four minutes of normal time to go, while Ian Harte and Harry Arter made way. With the Cherries now playing three at the back, Leeds found their way out of defence and Doukara fed Mirco Antenucci just over the half way line with no Cherries player in sight and a distinct offside feel to the move, but there was no recall and Antenucci had no problem in beating camp to make it 1-3. Six minutes on extra time came and went and all AFCB fans could do is vent their anger at Andy D'urso who was escorted off the pitch.

Summary
The Cherries showed a lot of fight and passion and the type of intelligent play that they are renowned for in the first 20-25 minutes. The high tempo and speed of Fraser just were too much for Leeds to deal with, but they hung on in and bided their time. Surman was great for the early period but is short of matches while Arter was simply not accurate enough with his passing. This gave a full throttle Leeds Utd in the initiative in the second half and we could see it happening before the end of the first 45 minutes to be fair. Where Eddie goes from here I am not sure, because the team needs to get further ahead in games as they appear to stumble towards the end of games. Home form is also now an issue and the Cherries have to start looking to see how they can be more effective in front of goal before they take on second placed Watford in a few days time.   

All over. AFCB come up short again.

The officials are hurried off.

Leeds supporters.

AFCB
Camp, Francis, Elphick, Cook, Harte, Ritchie, Arter, Surman, Fraser, Kermorgant, Wilson.

AFCB Subs
Flahavan, Smith, Pitman, Stanislas, Pugh, Daniels, O'Kane  

AFCB Ratings
Camp 5, Francis 7, Elphick 6, Cook 7, Harte 6, Ritchie 6, Arter 5, Surman 7, Fraser 7, Kermorgant 6, Wilson 6.

Leeds Utd
Silvestri, Warnock (Copper 76), Pearce, Beradi, Belluci, Doukara, Cook, Bianchi, Austin, Sharp (Byram 76), Antenucci.

Leeds Subs
Byram, Olivares Tavares, Taylor, Wotton, Tonge, Cooper, Sloth 

Ref watch: Andy D'urso 4/10