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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 22 (setup 3, season 8)
Manchester City
v.
Cruz Azul
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
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Stefanos KAPINO16José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
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Bacary SAGNA27JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Jan VERTONGHEN3Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
Wesley SNEIJDER48Marek HAMSÍK
Nemanja VIDIC57Phil JAGIELKA
Alexandre SONG Billong766Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade
Patrick HERRMANN676Marouane FELLAINI
Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS8Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
Roberto SOLDADO Rillo79Nikica JELAVIC
Geoffrey KONDOGBIA7106Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO
Mirko VUCINIC116Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
Manager
Gaël CLICHY12Christian GIMÉNEZ
Craig McALLISTER13Alejandro CASTRO Flores
Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO14Walter Adrian SAMUEL
Holger BADSTUBER15Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla
Sebastian MLADEN16Melvin BROWN Casados

Manchester City 3 Cruz Azul 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 35,843, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Carlo DINELLI 5½, TV: highlights)
33 Vucinic, 52 Vucinic, 89 VertonghenScorers33 Jelavic, 90 Jelavic
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners6
4Fouls4
5Offsides8
8Shots on6
11Shots off4
19Total shots10
4Shots saved4
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Marek HAMSÍK
5A header by OCAMPOS at the far post was easily collected by the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
9A cross from HERRMANN left SNEIJDER in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
15A mix up in the Manchester City defence enabled FELLAINI to hit an effort wide.
18A poor shot from VUCINIC trickled agonisingly wide.
19HERRMANN made space on the right and dragged the ball to VIDIC who fired the ball over.
24KONDOGBIA flicked a looping shot just beyond the near post from twenty-five yards out.
26The Cruz Azul 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from OCAMPOS.
27KAPINO did well to hold onto an amazing strike from JELAVIC.
29The hapless Cruz Azul 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SUSO fell just over.
33GOAL!! HUIQUI tried to play the ball out of the Cruz Azul penalty area but was tackled by SOLDADO who turned the ball to VUCINIC for an easy tap in. (1-0 Manchester City)
33GOAL!! An imaginative SUSO played a delightful ball down the right to JELAVIC who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-1)
40KONDOGBIA beat HUIQUI and drilled the ball to SOLDADO who dragged his shot wide.
42A useful ball from VUCINIC on the left bobbled toward SOLDADO who sliced his shot over.
 
52GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to HERRMANN who mishit a shot goalward, luckily VUCINIC was on hand to thump the ball into the net. (2-1 Manchester City)
55An exceptional effort from JOÃO PEREIRA scraped the top of the crossbar.
59PACO ALCÁCER rushed through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at the Manchester City 'keeper.
67A wonderful save prevented FELLAINI from scoring a lovely goal.
70OCAMPOS clipped the ball through a ruck of players but CORONA was a match for it as he dived to his left.
78A neatly crafted pass from HAMSÍK, was blasted goalbound by JELAVIC only for KAPINO to block.
85A shot from KONDOGBIA was smothered by CORONA.
89GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled VERTONGHEN to waltz through the Cruz Azul defence and score. (3-1 Manchester City)
90GOAL!! Uncertainty between SAGNA and KAPINO allowed JELAVIC to volley the ball into the empty net. (3-2 Manchester City)