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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 16 (setup 3, season 9)
Cruz Azul
v.
Valencia
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
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Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno717José Manuel REINA Páez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
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Óscar DE MARCOS Arana2Álvaro ARBELOA Coca
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan83Juan Manuel VARGAS Risco
Marek HAMSÍK4Rafael VAN DER VAART
Phil JAGIELKA57Mikel SAN JOSE Dominguez
Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade6Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA77Aaron LENNON
Christian GIMÉNEZ787Javier Matías PASTORE
Nikica JELAVIC79Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla7106Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento, RAFINHA
Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER11Diego PEROTTI
Manager
Melvin BROWN Casados12Paulo Luiz Beraldo Santos, PAULINHO
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez13Nick MARSMAN
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO14Sebastian POLTER
Alejandro CASTRO Flores15Ángelo José HENRÍQUEZ Iturra
Walter Adrian SAMUEL16Erwin ZELAZNY

Cruz Azul 0 Valencia 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 35,780, Stadium: Azul, Referee: Bernd HEYNEMANN 7½)
Scorers90 Rafinha
59 Jelavic <=> CastroSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners5
10Fouls3
0Offsides0
10Shots on5
5Shots off4
15Total shots9
7Shots saved3
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
1RAFINHA headed the ball wide from the edge of the box.
6PASTORE headed over the bar.
10GIMÉNEZ beat VAN DER VAART and fired the ball to PACO ALCÁCER who dragged his shot wide.
12GIMÉNEZ snapped at a simple chance.
13JOÃO PEREIRA touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Valencia 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
14A delightful shot from HERNÁNDEZ was dealt with by a fine block from IRAIZOZ.
34A wonderful save prevented GIMÉNEZ from scoring an exceptional goal.
40A shot from PASTORE was smothered by the 'keeper.
45+2A twenty yard shot from PACO ALCÁCER caused the Valencia 'keeper little difficulty.
 
49The Valencia 'keeper managed to palm clear a fierce shot.
50A refined cross from PACO ALCÁCER, was fired goalbound by GIMÉNEZ only for the Valencia 'keeper to claw away.
51VAN DER VAART's shot beat the Cruz Azul 'keeper but rebounded off the Cruz Azul post.
54IRAIZOZ parried a neatly crafted strike from ARBELOA.
54GIMÉNEZ brought the ball away from RAFINHA and rattled a weak shot past the post.
59JOÃO PEREIRA made space on the left and dragged the ball to GIMÉNEZ who touched the ball over.
64A shot from CASTRO held no problem for the Valencia 'keeper.
68A shot from GIMÉNEZ seemed a certain goal but REINA managed to palm the ball away.
72GIMÉNEZ poked an easy chance past the near post.
73The 'keeper dived to his left to stop an accurate shot from Cruz Azul's CASTRO.
75VAN DER VAART beat two Cruz Azul players and blasted an effort over.
84A free-kick from VARGAS floated over.
86A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming REINA.
88REINA did well to hold onto an amazing strike from GIMÉNEZ.
90GOAL!! A scuffed HERNÁNDEZ shot was collected by RAFINHA who made no mistake from just inside the area. (1-0 Valencia)