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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 6 (setup 3, season 11)
River Plate
v.
Celtic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN1Artur BORUC
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Gabriel Iván MERCADO626José Ángel Valdés Díaz, COTE
José María BASANTA3Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón
Diego Mario BUONANOTTE84Steven DEFOUR
Lisandro Ezequiel LÓPEZ5Thomas ROGNE
Lucas Alfonso ORBAN6Scott BROWN
Facundo AFFRANCHINO676Jay FULTON
Nordin AMRABAT78KI Sung-yueng
Maximiliano Gastón LÓPEZ79Djibril CISSÉ
Stefan JOHANSEN7106Papiss CISSÉ
VÍCTOR Manuel CASADESÚS Castaño7116Robbie KEANE
Manager
Neuciano de Jesus Gusmão, CICINHO12Peniel MLAPA
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO13David TEMPLETON
Juan Manuel DÍAZ Martinez614Connor OLIVER
Sebastián PREDIGER15Adam BARTON
Mauro Abel FORMICA166Paul KONCHESKY

River Plate 2 Celtic 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 30,405, Stadium: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Referee: Howard WEBB 6½)
20 López, 89og DefourScorers
83 Affranchino <=> DíazSubstitutions83 Rogne <=> Konchesky
Sendings off
Bookings5 Keane, 90+3 Cote
6Corners9
2Fouls14
3Offsides5
13Shots on3
14Shots off7
27Total shots10
9Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Artur BORUC
2A shot from LÓPEZ was smothered by BORUC.
5KEANE cautioned by the referee.
6A penalty box meleé resulted in BUONANOTTE tapping the ball wide.
9KI beat BASANTA but tapped the ball into the arms of the River Plate 'keeper.
20GOAL!! AMRABAT made space for LÓPEZ who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, glanced the ball past BORUC. (1-0 River Plate)
22A clever cross from DEFOUR, was slammed goalbound by CISSÉ only for MARCHESÍN to block.
25A good ball from LÓPEZ on the left fell to AMRABAT who scuffed his effort over.
32JOHANSEN flicked an easy chance past the near post.
40DEFOUR chipped the ball to CISSÉ who fired it wide.
42The bemused Celtic 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BROWN fell just over.
45FULTON kicked the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
 
51A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
52VÍCTOR CASADESÚS made space on the left and knocked the ball to JOHANSEN who clipped the ball wide.
54LÓPEZ was put clear by AFFRANCHINO and he dummied BORUC but glanced his shot inches wide.
66The Celtic 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate shot from River Plate's AFFRANCHINO.
67A free-kick from BASANTA raced over.
68LÓPEZ ran onto a delightful ball from BUONANOTTE but toe-poked his effort wide.
70A delightful save prevented AMRABAT from scoring a great goal.
72FULTON beat BUONANOTTE and flicked the ball to CISSÉ who dragged his shot wide.
80The Celtic 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from LÓPEZ.
89GOAL!! A corner flew across the goalmouth and DEFOUR fumbled the ball into his own net.
90+3COTE given a yellow card for a clumsy foul.