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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 18 (setup 3, season 10)
Espanyol
v.
Napoli
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
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Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ17Luigi SEPE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
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Jorge Andújar Moreno, COKE27Hugo Armando CAMPAGNARO
Thilo LEUGERS737Abdelhamid EL KAOUTARI
Carlos GURPEGUI Nausia74Seydou KEITA
Nicolas Martín PAREJA75Paolo CANNAVARO
Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA6Daniele GASTALDELLO
Ferrán COROMINAS Telechea77Walter Alejandro GARGANO Guevara
Joan VERDÚ Fernández86Luca CIGARINI
Raúl TAMUDO Montero97André-Pierre GIGNAC
José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales10Cristian Daniel LEDESMA
Ivica OLIC6117Fabio QUAGLIARELLA
Manager
Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI12NECIP Uysal
YOEL Rodríguez Oterino13Gastón GURUCEAGA Fagúndez
Milos NINKOVIC14Cristian ZACCARDO
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN15Michele PAZIENZA
Brede HANGELAND16Raffaele MAIELLO

Espanyol 2 Napoli 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 33,276, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Oguz SARVAN 7½)
24 Leugers, 68 VerdúScorers76 Cannavaro
Substitutions
Sendings off85 Cigarini
Bookings79 Cigarini
3Corners7
16Fouls8
5Offsides3
9Shots on6
9Shots off5
18Total shots11
7Shots saved5
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Paolo CANNAVARO
8KEITA worked the ball to GIGNAC, QUAGLIARELLA controlled his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Espanyol 'keeper.
10A cross from VERDÚ left TAMUDO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
12A shot from OLIC was smothered by SEPE.
14A tame strike from GARGANO trickled agonisingly wide.
18A header by CANNAVARO at the far post was comfortably collected by the Espanyol 'keeper.
23OLIC headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
24GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was cleverly thundered into the net by LEUGERS. (1-0 Espanyol)
25SEPE dived to his left to block a fierce shot from Espanyol's RAÚL BAENA.
27A fine ball from RONCAGLIA on the left fell to RAÚL BAENA who scuffed his shot just wide.
43RAÚL BAENA headed over.
44GIGNAC's shot beat the Espanyol 'keeper but rebounded off the Espanyol upright.
45GIGNAC snapped at an easy chance.
 
52SEPE saved a swerving shot from VERDÚ.
55OLIC made space on the right and touched the ball to VERDÚ who rasped the ball over.
61A free-kick from EL KAOUTARI raced over.
68GOAL!! On the left wing RAÚL BAENA collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the goalmouth for VERDÚ to slip it over the line. (2-0 Espanyol)
71A drive from LEUGERS seemed a certain goal but the Napoli 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
76GOAL!! A Napoli counter-attack allowed CIGARINI to setup CANNAVARO with a simple goal. (2-1 Espanyol)
79A late tackle gets CIGARINI a yellow card.
83OLIC ran onto a delightful ball from GURPEGUI but blasted his shot wide.
85The ref gave CIGARINI a second yellow card for a bad challenge on TAMUDO.
86VERDÚ beat GASTALDELLO and hit the ball to COROMINAS who blasted his shot wide.