User:
Password:
Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 38 (setup 3, season 12)
River Plate
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN17Gérman Darío LUX
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Gabriel Iván MERCADO2Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA
Lucas Alfonso ORBAN737Thilo LEUGERS
Diego Mario BUONANOTTE84Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ
Gustavo Daniel CABRAL5Nicolas Martín PAREJA
José María BASANTA66Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI
Facundo AFFRANCHINO777Ben McKENNA
Nordin AMRABAT78Daniel TORIBIO Gutiérrez
Gonzalo Rubén CASTILLEJOS96Raúl TAMUDO Montero
Sebastián PREDIGER6106Ben SAHAR
Daniel Alberto VILLALVA Barrios6116GERARD Moreno Balagueró
Manager
Mauro Abel FORMICA12Marco MOTTA
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO13Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ
VÍCTOR Manuel CASADESÚS Castaño14Milos NINKOVIC
Pablo Nicolás MOUCHE15Morten Gamst PEDERSEN
Matías ABELAIRAS16Ivica OLIC

River Plate 4 Espanyol 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 41,181, Stadium: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Referee: Morgan NORMAN 6½)
24 Castillejos, 45 Amrabat, 57 Buonanotte, 81 AmrabatScorers40 Pareja
Substitutions
Sendings off
3 Affranchino, 8 CabralBookings1 Roncaglia, 66 Toribio
2Corners5
15Fouls11
4Offsides3
12Shots on1
6Shots off3
18Total shots4
8Shots saved0
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
1RONCAGLIA booked.
3AFFRANCHINO booked by the ref.
5AMRABAT's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
6LUX was able to palm clear a wicked effort.
8CABRAL booked for a high foul.
10A shot from CASTILLEJOS seemed a certain goal but LUX managed to force the ball away.
22PREDIGER's shot beat the Espanyol 'keeper but rebounded off the Espanyol upright.
24GOAL!! A PREDIGER run down the middle resulted in an exceptional cross for CASTILLEJOS to fire in. (1-0 River Plate)
26PREDIGER poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
27A shot from AMRABAT held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
29A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming LUX.
32CASTILLEJOS nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
34A shot from AFFRANCHINO was nodded off the line by PAREJA.
40GOAL!! A long ball from JUANMI down the middle fell to the lurking PAREJA who drove a right foot shot into the net. (1-1)
42A free-kick from AMRABAT raced just wide.
45GOAL!! After being forced wide AMRABAT managed to force the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 River Plate)
45+2The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from MCKENNA dropped just over.
45+3The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce drive from River Plate's AMRABAT.
 
52A corner was collected by SAHAR who forced an effort over the bar.
55A useful ball from AFFRANCHINO on the left fell to CABRAL who sliced his shot inches wide.
57GOAL!! A cross from the left was flicked down by AMRABAT for BUONANOTTE to score. (3-1 River Plate)
66The ref books TORIBIO for an off-the-ball incident against VILLALVA.
78A mix up in the River Plate defence enabled TORIBIO to volley an effort over.
81GOAL!! A mix up between LEUGERS and the 'keeper allowed AMRABAT to crack the ball into the empty net. (4-1 River Plate)
87TORIBIO made space on the right and dragged the ball to TAMUDO who rasped the ball wide.
88PREDIGER beat a number of Espanyol players and blasted a golden opportunity just wide.