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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 7 (setup 3, season 7)
Bayer Leverkusen
v.
Lorient
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Tim WIESE1Fabien AUDARD
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Lukasz PISZCZEK2Daniel CONGRÉ
Michal KADLEC73Jérémy MOREL
Juan Fernando ARANGO Sáenz847Pierre DUCASSE
Manuel FRIEDRICH65Sylvain MARCHAL
Christian SCHULZ767Cédric KANTÉ
ELANO Blumer77Florent BALMONT
Gonzalo CASTRO78Valter BIRSA
Kevin KURANYI96Guillaume HOARAU
Ivan RAKITIC710Jérémy PIED
Gaël KAKUTA116Yannick SAGBO
Manager
Clemens FRITZ12Maxime BACA
Fabian GIEFER13Olivier SORIN
Hanno BALITSCH14James FANCHONE
Ludovic GIULY157Sigamary DIARRA
Patrick HELMES16Jean-Pascal MIGNOT

Bayer Leverkusen 0 Lorient 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 22,397, Stadium: BayArena, Referee: Laurent GOMEZ 7½)
Scorers39 Birsa
Substitutions47 Ducasse <=> Diarra
86 SchulzSendings off
11 Rakitic, 28 SchulzBookings26 Hoarau
4Corners7
15Fouls9
1Offsides1
9Shots on2
6Shots off3
15Total shots5
9Shots saved1
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Juan Fernando ARANGO Sáenz
5KURANYI ran onto a delightful ball from RAKITIC but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
7A wonderful save prevented CASTRO from scoring a great goal.
7A header by KURANYI at the near post was easily collected by AUDARD.
11RAKITIC booked.
16A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
26HOARAU receives a yellow card by GOMEZ.
27CASTRO steamed through the Lorient defence but shot straight at AUDARD.
28SCHULZ receives a yellow card for a late challenge.
39GOAL!! Some steady work by MOREL on the right, left BIRSA yards clear, and he raced past the Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper and stroked the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Lorient)
43Uncertainty in the Bayer Leverkusen defence enabled HOARAU to crack the ball wide.
 
48AUDARD dived to his left to stop a lovely shot from Bayer Leverkusen's KURANYI.
52A free-kick from BALMONT floated over the bar.
53BIRSA floated the ball to HOARAU who headed it over.
56KURANYI was put clear by ELANO and he nutmegged AUDARD but struck his shot just wide.
57ARANGO stepped inside MOREL but lashed the ball into the arms of AUDARD.
60RAKITIC beat a number of Lorient players and fired a great chance over the bar.
62ELANO's shot was well held by AUDARD.
65A twenty yard drive from ELANO caused the 'keeper no problem.
71RAKITIC touched the ball through a crowd of players but AUDARD was a match for it as he dived to his left.
75CASTRO brought the ball away from BIRSA and rattled a poor shot over.
78BALMONT worked the ball to HOARAU, MOREL latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
81CASTRO hit a looping shot just beyond the far post from long range.
82A corner found CASTRO who touched the ball inches wide.
86SCHULZ given his marching orders for a high challenge he had already been booked earlier in the match.