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Match report
Football Elite
International Shield: Round 2 (setup 3, season 8)
Newcastle United
v.
Cruz Azul
Formation:
4-5-1
League position:
5
Overall form:
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Petr CECH81Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
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Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES82JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
JORDI ALBA Ramos37Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo47Marouane FELLAINI
Mats HUMMELS57Walter Adrian SAMUEL
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal76Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade
Mario GÖTZE87Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
Marek HAMSÍK787Arjen ROBBEN
Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC79Nikica JELAVIC
Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez106Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla
Gareth BALE711Christian GIMÉNEZ
Rikki FaulknerManager
Marco VERRATTI12Alejandro CASTRO Flores
Samir HANDANOVIC13José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez
ADEMILSON Braga Bispo Junior14
Joël MATIP15Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
JOÃO Filipe Iria Santos MOUTINHO16Melvin BROWN Casados

Newcastle United 2 Cruz Azul 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 52,372, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Vladimar PYANIKH 7½, TV: highlights)
55 Bale, 59 Jordi AlbaScorers
Substitutions56 Robben <=> Brown
Sendings off
Bookings75 Iraizoz, 85 Brown
6Corners5
7Fouls11
9Offsides4
6Shots on4
11Shots off3
17Total shots7
4Shots saved4
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES
8An exceptional shot from CAVANI was dealt with by a fine parry from IRAIZOZ.
16TORRADO made space on the left and touched the ball to ROBBEN who fired the ball wide.
31HAMSÍK kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
37ROBBEN whacked a looping shot over from long range.
39A twenty yard shot from ROBBEN caused CECH no problem.
40ROBBEN fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
41A free-kick from CAVANI floated just beyond the far post.
43The Cruz Azul 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from GODÍN.
43A corner was collected by HAMSÍK who flicked the ball just wide.
 
46JELAVIC ran onto a great ball from DE MARCOS but blasted his effort wide of the lefthand post.
50IRAIZOZ dived to his left to block a fierce shot from Newcastle United's CAVANI.
51A strike from CAVANI held little difficulty for IRAIZOZ.
55GOAL!! A strike from BALE which the 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line and the referee gave the goal. (1-0 Newcastle United)
57IBRAHIMOVIC brought the ball past TORRADO and stabbed a weak shot over.
59GOAL!! A Newcastle United counter-attack allowed VIDAL to setup JORDI ALBA with a simple goal. (2-0 Newcastle United)
61A header by JELAVIC at the near post was easily collected by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
61IBRAHIMOVIC beat JOÃO PEREIRA and blasted the ball to DANI ALVES who fired his shot wide.
63BALE beat four Cruz Azul players and drove a great chance over the bar.
64CAVANI headed wide.
65Uncertainty in the Cruz Azul defence enabled BALE to hit the ball just beyond the far post.
67A good effort from CAVANI scraped the upright.
73CAVANI shot wide.
73A right foot shot from GIMÉNEZ was saved by the 'keeper.
75A poor foul on IBRAHIMOVIC by IRAIZOZ results in a booking.
80A accurate pass bobbled toward CAVANI and his deadly effort raced narrowly over.
85The referee yellow cards BROWN for violent conduct against HUMMELS.