User:
Password:
Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 8 (setup 3, season 9)
Espanyol
v.
Bayer Leverkusen
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ16Fabian GIEFER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Jorge Andújar Moreno, COKE82Clemens FRITZ
Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas3Christian SCHULZ
Carlos GURPEGUI Nausia4RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol
Nicolas Martín PAREJA5Daniel Alberto DÍAZ
Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA66SERVET Çetin
Ben McKENNA67ELANO Blumer
Joan VERDÚ Fernández88Gonzalo CASTRO
Raúl TAMUDO Montero9Kevin KURANYI
José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales106Gaël KAKUTA
Ivica OLIC611Mauro Matías ZÁRATE
Manager
Brede HANGELAND12Manuel FRIEDRICH
Idriss 'Carlos' KAMENI13Juan Fernando ARANGO Sáenz
Marco MOTTA14Mario GAVRANOVIC
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN15Hanno BALITSCH
Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI816Patrick HELMES

Espanyol 1 Bayer Leverkusen 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 34,412, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Jaap UILENBERG 7½)
45 GurpeguiScorers47p Kuranyi, 58 Castro
70 Gurpegui <=> JuanmiSubstitutions73 Kuranyi <=> Gavranovic
Sendings off
Bookings44 Kakuta
4Corners3
11Fouls10
6Offsides4
6Shots on9
8Shots off6
14Total shots15
5Shots saved7
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Joan VERDÚ Fernández
9COKE snapped at a simple chance.
15ÁLVAREZ saved a beautiful effort from SCHULZ.
22A corner bobbled toward GURPEGUI who turned the ball over the bar.
23Uncertainty in the Espanyol defence enabled CASTRO to blast an effort wide.
29CASTRO's shot was well held by the Espanyol 'keeper.
32A header from VERDÚ was booted off the line by FRITZ.
36MCKENNA made space on the left and touched the ball to OLIC who fired the ball over.
39KURANYI ran onto a delightful ball from ELANO but pulled his shot wide.
44KAKUTA booked for dangerous play.
45GOAL!! A quick-witted GURPEGUI pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (1-0 Espanyol)
 
47GOAL!! Bayer Leverkusen were awarded a penalty after a foul on ELANO, and KURANYI put it past ÁLVAREZ.
51SCHULZ shot wide.
55A clever pass from RUBÉN PÉREZ, was placed goalbound by KURANYI only for ÁLVAREZ to palm clear.
58GOAL!! A tackle from GURPEGUI gave Bayer Leverkusen a free-kick twenty-five yards out which CASTRO blasted past the Espanyol 'keeper. (2-1 Bayer Leverkusen)
61A accurate pass bobbled toward KURANYI and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
62A right foot shot from VERDÚ was stopped by the Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper.
71A shot from CASTRO was smothered by the 'keeper.
78A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
83DÍAZ poked a simple chance past the near post.
84A useful ball from CASTRO on the left found DÍAZ who scuffed his shot over.
85RONCAGLIA beat two Bayer Leverkusen players and slammed a shot inches over.
87CASTRO charged through the Espanyol defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.