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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 8 (setup 3, season 7)
Bayer Leverkusen
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
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Tim WIESE71Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
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Lukasz PISZCZEK727Marco MOTTA
Michal KADLEC837Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas
Juan Fernando ARANGO Sáenz74José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales
Manuel FRIEDRICH756Brede HANGELAND
Christian SCHULZ766Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA
ELANO Blumer67José María CALLEJÓN Bueno
Gonzalo CASTRO8Joan VERDÚ Fernández
Kevin KURANYI9Raúl TAMUDO Montero
Ivan RAKITIC106Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ
Gaël KAKUTA116Ivica OLIC
Manager
Clemens FRITZ12Ben SAHAR
Fabian GIEFER13DAVID GARCÍA de la Cruz
Hanno BALITSCH14Nicolas Martín PAREJA
Ludovic GIULY815Ferrán COROMINAS Telechea
Patrick HELMES16Morten Gamst PEDERSEN

Bayer Leverkusen 2 Espanyol 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 22,303, Stadium: BayArena, Referee: Roberto ROSETTI 6½)
27 Kakuta, 77 KakutaScorers62og Arango
69 Elano <=> GiulySubstitutions62 Pinto <=> Pareja
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners3
4Fouls11
0Offsides1
5Shots on5
7Shots off5
12Total shots10
2Shots saved4
61%Possession39%
Man of the match: Nicolas Martín PAREJA
1ELANO fluffed a simple chance.
4A accurate pass was collected by KURANYI and his right foot effort flew narrowly over.
6KURANYI rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
15VERDÚ headed inches over.
23A free-kick from KURANYI went inches wide.
27GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was expertly drove in off the post by KAKUTA. (1-0 Bayer Leverkusen)
31A corner found KURANYI who touched the ball inches over.
36KADLEC beat a number of Espanyol players and fired a golden opportunity inches over.
39The Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper saved a refined shot from JAVI MÁRQUEZ.
40RAÚL BAENA played the ball to JAVI MÁRQUEZ who turned it over the bar.
45A strike from KURANYI held little difficulty for the Espanyol 'keeper.
 
48A useful ball from HANGELAND on the right found RAÚL BAENA who mishit his shot inches over.
55RAÚL BAENA beat FRIEDRICH and placed the ball to OLIC who dragged his shot wide.
62GOAL!! A long shot from RAÚL BAENA deflected off the boot of ARANGO and into his own net.
63A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming ÁLVAREZ.
72CASTRO was put clear by GIULY and he turned ÁLVAREZ but thrust his shot inches over.
77GOAL!! CASTRO made space for KAKUTA who, after an interchange of passes just outside the area, rammed the ball past ÁLVAREZ. (2-1 Bayer Leverkusen)
85A lovely effort from VERDÚ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
87PAREJA beat FRIEDRICH but nudged the ball into the arms of the Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper.
88A delightful save prevented CASTRO from scoring a lovely goal.
90An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of WIESE by VERDÚ.
90+2A neatly crafted pass from TAMUDO, was shot goalbound by OLIC only for the Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper to claw away.