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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 3 (setup 3, season 13)
Cruz Azul
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
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José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez1Anthony LOPES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
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JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA727Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Jairo RIEDEWALD37ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Marek HAMSÍK48Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Martin JIRÁNEK5RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Alejandro CASTRO Flores666Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla7Yoann GOURCUFF
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO87Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Nikica JELAVIC79Didier DROGBA
Philipp OCHS106ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA
Christian GIMÉNEZ116Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan12José BOSINGWA da Silva
Óscar DE MARCOS Arana13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Hideki ISHIGE14Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO
Marouane FELLAINI15Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno16CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER

Cruz Azul 1 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 35,725, Stadium: Estadio Azul, Referee: Mauro ANTONIOLI 8)
90+2 SusoScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
80 GiménezBookings27 Gourcuff
3Corners3
10Fouls10
3Offsides7
2Shots on8
3Shots off6
5Total shots14
1Shots saved6
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Anthony LOPES
12A right foot effort from DROGBA was forced wide by CORONA.
24A weak strike from SUSO bounced agonisingly wide.
27GOURCUFF receives a yellow card for a late challenge.
32ALEX drove a left foot shot just beyond the near post from long range.
34JELAVIC touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
44The Cruz Azul 'keeper parried a refined strike from DROGBA.
 
51CARDOZO's shot was well saved by CORONA.
55A neatly crafted pass from ALEX, was shot goalbound by ANDRÉ ALMEIDA only for the Cruz Azul 'keeper to claw away.
58TORRADO beat two Benfica players and thundered a shot inches wide.
60A delightful save prevented ALEX from scoring a lovely goal.
64A shot from CARDOZO was nodded off the line by JIRÁNEK.
66DROGBA floated the ball to CARDOZO who headed it over.
68The Cruz Azul 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from CARDOZO.
70The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from HAMSÍK fell just wide.
73DROGBA's shot beat CORONA but rebounded off the Cruz Azul woodwork.
75A corner fell to TORRADO who fired an effort wide.
80GIMÉNEZ receives a yellow card for a high tackle on ELISEU.
82A lovely effort from RICARDO CARVALHO scraped the upright.
85A free-kick from PEREIRA flew inches over.
88ALEX made space on the right and pulled the ball to PEREIRA who clipped the ball over.
90+2GOAL!! A deep cross from TORRADO on the right was nodded home by SUSO on the edge of the box. (1-0 Cruz Azul)