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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 36 (setup 3, season 11)
Newcastle United
v.
Cruz Azul
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
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Samir HANDANOVIC17Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
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Jérôme BOATENG82Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
David ALABA63Jairo RIEDEWALD
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo4Marouane FELLAINI
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal5Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade
Mats HUMMELS6Martin JIRÁNEK
Mario GÖTZE77JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Mesut ÖZIL8Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO
Aleksandar MITROVIC9Nikica JELAVIC
David Jiménez SILVA710Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla
AYOZE Pérez Gutiérrez7116Christian GIMÉNEZ
Manager
Pablo Javier ZABALETA12Alejandro CASTRO Flores
Thibaut COURTOIS13José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez
Joël MATIP714Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
Kevin DE BRUYNE15Philipp OCHS
Georginio WIJNALDUM16Hideki ISHIGE

Newcastle United 2 Cruz Azul 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 52,360, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Fernand MEESE 6)
14 Özil, 90 AyozeScorers20 Giménez
56 Alaba <=> De Bruyne, 78 Silva <=> MatipSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
7Fouls10
2Offsides5
10Shots on2
8Shots off3
18Total shots5
7Shots saved1
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: Jérôme BOATENG
1A cross from ÖZIL left MITROVIC in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
7SUSO poked a simple chance past the near post.
14GOAL!! With his back to goal ÖZIL wrong-footed the defence and rattled the ball past IRAIZOZ. (1-0 Newcastle United)
16A looping shot from JELAVIC was tipped over by the 'keeper.
18IRAIZOZ managed to claw away a wicked shot.
20GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly stroked into the top corner by GIMÉNEZ. (1-1)
25A penalty box meleé resulted in SILVA knocking a low shot over.
27SILVA ran onto a delightful ball from VIDAL but dragged his effort wide of the lefthand post.
28SUSO waltzed away from SILVA and rifled a weak shot past the post.
30A free-kick from GIMÉNEZ floated over.
32A delightful save prevented SILVA from scoring a lovely goal.
34A useful ball from ALABA on the right bobbled toward BOATENG who sliced his effort inches wide.
 
52AYOZE's shot was well saved by the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
53A header by ALABA at the near post was easily collected by IRAIZOZ.
58GÖTZE beat three Cruz Azul players and drove a great chance wide.
60A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming IRAIZOZ.
64A neatly crafted pass from MITROVIC, was shot goalbound by DE BRUYNE only for the Cruz Azul 'keeper to palm clear.
69DE BRUYNE headed inches wide.
79A brilliant shot from MATIP was dealt with by a useful parry from the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
83BOATENG snapped at an easy chance.
86A corner bobbled toward MITROVIC who turned the ball inches over.
88A shot from BOATENG was smothered by IRAIZOZ.
90GOAL!! Unlucky VIDAL hit the post before AYOZE stabbed the ball into the back of the net as TORRADO failed to clear. (2-1 Newcastle United)