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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 4 (setup 3, season 7)
River Plate
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
David OSPINA Ramírez16Petr CECH
Formation:
4-5-1
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Paulo Andrés FERRARI28Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES
Marcos Alberto ROJO737JORDI ALBA Ramos
Sebastián PREDIGER647Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Lisandro Ezequiel LÓPEZ5Mats HUMMELS
Gustavo Daniel CABRAL667Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal
Mauro Abel FORMICA777Thomas MÜLLER
Nordin AMRABAT87Marek HAMSÍK
Gonzalo Rubén CASTILLEJOS97Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
Diego Mario BUONANOTTE106JOĂO Filipe Iria Santos MOUTINHO
Pablo Nicolás MOUCHE611Gareth BALE
ManagerRikki Faulkner
Facundo AFFRANCHINO12Mario GOMEZ
Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN13Samir HANDANOVIC
Lucas Alfonso ORBAN14Mario GÖTZE
Maximiliano Gastón LÓPEZ15Jérôme BOATENG
Matías ABELAIRAS16Marco VERRATTI

River Plate 2 Newcastle United 3
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 59,219, Stadium: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Referee: Steve BENNETT 6)
75 Rojo, 79 CastillejosScorers20 Bale, 41og Formica, 62 Cavani
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings39 Bale
3Corners2
9Fouls10
2Offsides5
6Shots on7
5Shots off7
11Total shots14
4Shots saved4
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES
2MÜLLER floated the ball to CAVANI who flicked it just wide.
4A wonderful save prevented BALE from scoring a lovely goal.
6A refined pass from PREDIGER, was tapped goalbound by CASTILLEJOS only for the Newcastle United 'keeper to palm clear.
11A header by CAVANI at the near post was comfortably collected by OSPINA.
16BUONANOTTE charged through the Newcastle United defence but shot straight at the Newcastle United 'keeper.
20GOAL!! After JOĂO MOUTINHO was bundled over the referee waved play-on and BALE went on to comfortably score. (1-0 Newcastle United)
21An exceptional strike from BALE was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
23HAMSÍK's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the River Plate post.
26A cross from MÜLLER left BALE in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
33AMRABAT dummied GODÍN but flicked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
36CASTILLEJOS was put clear by ROJO and he pulled away from the 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar.
39BALE booked.
41GOAL!! A shot from VIDAL deflected off the legs of FORMICA and bobbled past the helpless River Plate 'keeper and over the line.
 
46CAVANI beat three River Plate players and thundered a shot inches over.
51The Newcastle United 'keeper dived to his right to save an accurate shot from River Plate's LÓPEZ.
57BALE ran onto a wonderful ball from MÜLLER but fired his effort wide.
62GOAL!! As AMRABAT was attempting to hold back JOĂO MOUTINHO the ball fell to CAVANI who blasted the ball into the net. (3-0 Newcastle United)
63A corner bobbled toward BUONANOTTE who forced an effort inches over.
64A penalty box scramble resulted in FERRARI knocking a low shot over.
66A accurate pass found HAMSÍK and his right foot effort flew narrowly over.
72CAVANI booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
75GOAL!! After being forced wide ROJO was able to drive the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (3-1 Newcastle United)
77BALE waltzed round ROJO and flicked a tame shot wide.
79GOAL!! Some useful work by FERRARI on the left, left CASTILLEJOS yards clear, and he dummied CECH and fired the ball into the net. (3-2 Newcastle United)
84The bemused CECH was all agog as a backpass from VIDAL fell just over.
89A weak shot from AMRABAT rolled agonisingly wide.