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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 3 (setup 3, season 10)
Nantes
v.
Cruz Azul
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
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Steve MANDANDA1Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
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Mathieu DEBUCHY72Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
Layvin KURZAWA36Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
Mathieu VALBUENA4Marek HAMSÍK
Laurent KOSCIELNY75Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade
Lucas DIGNE6Walter Adrian SAMUEL
Moussa SISSOKO7JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
Dimitri PAYET86Christian GIMÉNEZ
Bafétimbi GOMIS9Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
Jérémy TOULALAN106Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla
Alexandre LACAZETTE6116Nikica JELAVIC
Manager
Maxime GONALONS12Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO
Stéphane RUFFIER13José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez
Djibril SIDIBÉ146Alejandro CASTRO Flores
Yoan GOUFFRAN15
Benjamin MENDY16Melvin BROWN Casados

Nantes 1 Cruz Azul 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 37,435, Stadium: La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau, Referee: Sotirios VORJAS 6½, TV: live)
60 PayetScorers57 Jelavic
Substitutions74 Pereira <=> Castro
Sendings off
Bookings49 Huiqui
5Corners2
7Fouls18
2Offsides0
9Shots on3
5Shots off5
14Total shots8
8Shots saved2
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Jérémy TOULALAN
3An exceptional effort from SISSOKO scraped the outside of the post.
6A twenty-five yard drive from PAYET caused the Cruz Azul 'keeper little difficulty.
7PAYET pulled away from HUIQUI but drove the ball into the arms of IRAIZOZ.
11JELAVIC chipped the ball to JOÃO PEREIRA who headed it inches wide.
20A shot from LACAZETTE was smothered by IRAIZOZ.
22LACAZETTE brought the ball past DE MARCOS and rattled a poor shot wide.
32HAMSÍK worked the ball to JOÃO PEREIRA, GIMÉNEZ latched onto his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
40A cross from HAMSÍK left PEREIRA in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
41IRAIZOZ saved a neatly crafted shot from PAYET.
44JOÃO PEREIRA rushed through the Nantes defence but shot straight at the Nantes 'keeper.
 
47A shot from GOMIS seemed a certain goal but IRAIZOZ managed to fist the ball clear.
48A free-kick from GIMÉNEZ raced wide.
49The referee books HUIQUI.
50IRAIZOZ did well to hold onto a powerful strike from LACAZETTE.
57GOAL!! A strike from JELAVIC which the Nantes 'keeper was able to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and VORJAS gave the goal. (1-0 Cruz Azul)
60GOAL!! An inswinging corner was nodded clear only for PAYET to thump the ball into the net. (1-1)
64A right foot effort from PAYET was tipped over by the 'keeper.
71JELAVIC made space on the left and knocked the ball to GIMÉNEZ who fired the ball over.
72LACAZETTE snapped at a simple chance.
80A tame shot from SISSOKO rolled agonisingly wide.
81The motionless IRAIZOZ stared in disbelief as a backpass from DE MARCOS fell just over.
83Uncertainty in the Nantes defence enabled PACO ALCÁCER to volley an effort wide.
86PAYET's header was well saved by IRAIZOZ.