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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 2 (setup 3, season 8)
Nantes
v.
Cruz Azul
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Steve MANDANDA61Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Kurt ZOUMA2JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Eliaquim MANGALA37Melvin BROWN Casados
Maxime GONALONS64Marouane FELLAINI
Jérémy TOULALAN57Phil JAGIELKA
Laurent KOSCIELNY6Walter Adrian SAMUEL
Mathieu DEBUCHY7Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla
Dimitri PAYET87Arjen ROBBEN
Bafétimbi GOMIS9Nikica JELAVIC
Mathieu VALBUENA610Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
Yoan GOUFFRAN11Christian GIMÉNEZ
Smith JamesManager
Alexandre LACAZETTE612Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO
Geoffrey JOURDREN13José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez
Moussa SISSOKO14Alejandro CASTRO Flores
Samuel UMTITI15Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
Clément GRENIER616Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade

Nantes 2 Cruz Azul 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 37,432, Stadium: La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau, Referee: Francesco ARENA 8)
49 Valbuena, 71 GomisScorers68 Robben
86 Gonalons <=> Grenier, 88 Debuchy <=> LacazetteSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings36 João Pereira, 48 Samuel
5Corners6
12Fouls17
5Offsides2
3Shots on3
10Shots off5
13Total shots8
1Shots saved1
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Dimitri PAYET
5A pin-point pass found ROBBEN and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
8JELAVIC shot over.
12A cross from PAYET left GONALONS in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
21A drive from GOMIS seemed a certain goal but IRAIZOZ managed to palm the ball clear.
25VALBUENA nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
29A delightful strike from PACO ALCÁCER was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
32A strike from JELAVIC held little difficulty for the Nantes 'keeper.
36JOÃO PEREIRA booked for an off-the-ball incident.
 
48SAMUEL booked for a clumsy challenge on GOMIS.
49GOAL!! A long ball from GOUFFRAN down the middle was collected by the lurking VALBUENA who whacked a looping shot in off the post. (1-0 Nantes)
57PACO ALCÁCER chipped the ball to ROBBEN who headed it inches over.
60A free-kick from ROBBEN floated just beyond the near post.
62GOUFFRAN rushed an easy chance.
63A penalty box scramble resulted in GOUFFRAN knocking the ball wide.
68GOAL!! KOSCIELNY tried to play the ball out of the Nantes penalty area but was tackled by FELLAINI who flicked the ball to ROBBEN for an easy goal. (1-1)
71GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with GOMIS rocketing the ball into the net. (2-1 Nantes)
73The stunned IRAIZOZ stared in disbelief as a backpass from JAGIELKA fell just wide.
75Uncertainty in the Cruz Azul defence enabled PAYET to crack the ball inches over.
78GOMIS beat JOÃO PEREIRA and fired the ball to GOUFFRAN who toe-poked his shot wide.
79JELAVIC headed wide.
81GOMIS was put clear by TOULALAN and he dummied the 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
86VALBUENA stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post.
89A corner was collected by GOMIS who headed an effort wide.