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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 17 (setup 3, season 12)
Espanyol
v.
River Plate
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Gérman Darío LUX61Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA27Gabriel Iván MERCADO
Thilo LEUGERS3José María BASANTA
Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ4Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
Ivica OLIC75Gustavo Daniel CABRAL
Marco MOTTA6Lisandro Ezequiel LÓPEZ
Ben McKENNA7Mauro Abel FORMICA
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN687Nordin AMRABAT
Raúl TAMUDO Montero79Maximiliano Gastón LÓPEZ
José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales610Gonzalo Rubén CASTILLEJOS
Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI11VÍCTOR Manuel CASADESÚS Castaño
Manager
Ben SAHAR12Stefan JOHANSEN
Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ13Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
Joan VERDÚ Fernández14Pablo Nicolás MOUCHE
Francisco Javier Chica Torres, JAVI CHICA15Matías ABELAIRAS
Milos NINKOVIC168Lucas Alfonso ORBAN

Espanyol 0 River Plate 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 26,703, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Wojciech RUDY 7½)
Scorers22 Cabral, 60p López
Substitutions57 Mercado <=> Orban, 59 Amrabat <=> Mouche
Sendings off
8 Pedersen, 27 LuxBookings
4Corners1
19Fouls10
1Offsides5
3Shots on4
11Shots off9
14Total shots13
3Shots saved2
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
2A corner fell to FORMICA who headed an effort over the bar.
3A mix up in the River Plate defence enabled JUANMI to volley an effort just wide.
4An exceptional shot from PEDERSEN was dealt with by a fine block from MARCHESÍN.
6A header by MERCADO at the far post was comfortably collected by LUX.
6A useful ball from PEDERSEN on the left fell to TAMUDO who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
8PEDERSEN booked.
17JUANMI snapped at a simple chance.
19A penalty box scramble resulted in LEUGERS driving the ball wide.
22GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with CABRAL striking the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 River Plate)
24JUANMI shot over.
27The referee yellow cards LUX for a high foul.
31LÓPEZ ran onto a great ball from BUONANOTTE but fumbled his effort wide of the goal.
 
58FORMICA worked the ball to BUONANOTTE, VÍCTOR CASADESÚS latched onto his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Espanyol 'keeper.
60GOAL!! LÓPEZ poked a penalty beyond the Espanyol 'keeper after MCKENNA had handled just inside the area.
61BASANTA whacked a right foot shot over from twenty yards out.
63LÓPEZ headed over the bar.
66A cross from BUONANOTTE left LÓPEZ in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
66FORMICA poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
68A free-kick from MOUCHE flew wide.
77RAÚL BAENA made space on the right and pulled the ball to MCKENNA who touched the ball wide.
83The hapless River Plate 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from CABRAL fell just wide.
87An exceptional effort from JUANMI scraped the outside of the righthand post.