diff --git a/src/components/MatchTimeline.tsx b/src/components/MatchTimeline.tsx
index 5dd72f2..e9c578d 100644
--- a/src/components/MatchTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MatchTimeline.tsx
@@ -77,12 +77,9 @@ function ContextPanel({ e, ctx, shots, momentum, commentary, report }: {
 }) {
   const t = useT();
   const shot = goalShot(e, shots);
-  const verdict = momentumVerdict(e, momentum);
+  const verdict = e.kind === 'goal' ? momentumVerdict(e, momentum) : null;
   const vars = varLines(e, commentary);
   const story = reportSentences(e, report);
-  // A booking's ctx falls back to the raw "is shown the red card" line when
-  // the feed gives no reason — pure noise once the report explains it.
-  const showCtx = !(story.length > 0 && (e.kind === 'yellow' || e.kind === 'red') && ctx === e.raw.trim());
   const situations = t.match.situations as Record<string, string>;
   const chance = shot && shot.xg != null
     ? fmt(shot.distM != null ? t.match.insight.chance : t.match.insight.chanceNoDist, {
@@ -92,14 +89,19 @@ function ContextPanel({ e, ctx, shots, momentum, commentary, report }: {
         pct: Math.round(shot.xg * 100),
       }) + (shot.xgot != null ? ` · ${shot.xgot.toFixed(2)} xGOT` : '')
     : null;
+  // The raw feed line is a fallback, not a feature: a goal's prose hides once
+  // the report or shot data tells the story; a booking's no-reason sentence
+  // hides once the report explains it. Real reasons ("For a bad foul.") stay.
+  const showCtx = e.kind === 'goal'
+    ? story.length === 0 && !chance
+    : !(story.length > 0 && ctx === e.raw.trim());
   return (
     <div className="mt-1.5 space-y-1 whitespace-normal text-xs leading-relaxed">
-      {story.map((s, j) => <p key={j} className="text-ink-soft">{s}</p>)}
+      {story.map((s, j) => <p key={j} className="text-ink-soft" title={t.match.reportAttribution}>{s}</p>)}
       {chance && <p className="font-medium text-muted">{chance}</p>}
       {verdict && <p className="text-muted">{verdict === 'against' ? t.match.insight.againstRun : t.match.insight.withRun}</p>}
       {vars.map((v, j) => <p key={j} className="text-gold">{v}</p>)}
       {showCtx && <p className="text-faint">{ctx}</p>}
-      {story.length > 0 && <p className="text-[10px] uppercase tracking-wide text-faint">{t.match.reportAttribution}</p>}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/matchEvents.test.ts b/src/lib/matchEvents.test.ts
index ddba025..50ba168 100644
--- a/src/lib/matchEvents.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/matchEvents.test.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ describe('reportSentences', () => {
     expect(out[0]).toContain('red-carded for bringing down Gutierrez');
   });
 
+  it('prefers the most event-specific sentence over a generic summary', () => {
+    const noisy = "Goals from Quinones and Jimenez gave Mexico the win. " +
+      "They were a goal up when the ball fell to Quinones, who drove a low shot through the legs of Williams to score in the ninth minute.";
+    const out = reportSentences(goal, noisy);
+    expect(out).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(out[0]).toContain('drove a low shot');
+  });
+
   it('finds the goal narrative despite missing diacritics in the report', () => {
     const out = reportSentences(goal, story);
     expect(out[0]).toContain('drove a low shot through the legs of Williams');
diff --git a/src/lib/matchEvents.ts b/src/lib/matchEvents.ts
index ed11873..f50c97d 100644
--- a/src/lib/matchEvents.ts
+++ b/src/lib/matchEvents.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ const KIND_WORDS: Record<string, RegExp> = {
  * box"). Sentences must mention the player; those matching the event kind's
  * vocabulary win, so a player's card sentence beats his goal sentence.
  */
-export function reportSentences(e: ParsedEvent, story: string, max = 2): string[] {
+export function reportSentences(e: ParsedEvent, story: string, max = 1): string[] {
   if (!story || e.kind === 'sub' || e.kind === 'other') return [];
   const last = norm(e.title).split(' ').pop() ?? '';
   if (last.length < 3) return [];
@@ -230,10 +230,16 @@ export function reportSentences(e: ParsedEvent, story: string, max = 2): string[
   const scored = story
     .split(/(?<=[.!?])\s+/)
     .filter((s) => s.length > 20 && s.length < 400 && new RegExp(`\\b${last}\\b`, 'i').test(norm(s)))
-    .map((s) => ({ s: s.trim(), hit: kindRe ? kindRe.test(s) : false }));
+    .map((s) => {
+      let hits = kindRe ? (s.match(new RegExp(kindRe.source, 'gi')) ?? []).length : 0;
+      // The player ACTING ("Quinones, who drove a low shot") outranks the
+      // player merely listed ("goals from Quinones and Jimenez gave…").
+      if (kindRe && new RegExp(`\\b${last}\\b[^.]{0,60}?${kindRe.source}`, 'i').test(norm(s))) hits += 2;
+      return { s: s.trim(), hits };
+    });
   if (!scored.length) return [];
-  const hits = scored.filter((x) => x.hit).map((x) => x.s);
-  return (hits.length ? hits : [scored[0]!.s]).slice(0, max);
+  scored.sort((a, b) => b.hits - a.hits);
+  return scored.slice(0, max).map((x) => x.s);
 }
 
 /** VAR / video-review feed lines belonging to this event (±1 minute) —