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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 5 (setup 3, season 8)
Cruz Azul
v.
Marseille
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
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Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno61Rudy RIOU
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
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JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA27Antoine REVEILLÈRE
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan3Gabriel Omar HEINZE
Xherdan SHAQIRI64Miralem PJANIC
Phil JAGIELKA57Eric ABIDAL
Walter Adrian SAMUEL666ALEX Sandro da SILVA
Marouane FELLAINI7Erik Manuel LAMELA
Arjen ROBBEN8Hatem BEN ARFA
Nikica JELAVIC97Evaeverson Lemos da Silva, BRANDÃO
Óscar DE MARCOS Arana106RICHARLYSON Barbosa Felisbino
Christian GIMÉNEZ7116Karim BENZEMA
Manager
Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER12Charles KABORÉ
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez13Fabrice ABRIEL
Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade14Franck TABANOU
Alejandro CASTRO Flores15Laurent BONNART
Melvin BROWN Casados16Timothée KOLODZIEJCZAK

Cruz Azul 2 Marseille 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,873, Stadium: Azul, Referee: Mario VAN DER ENDE 5½)
26 Jelavic, 57 JelavicScorers87 Richarlyson
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings43 Ben Arfa, 48 Richarlyson, 79 Benzema, 82 Lamela
2Corners7
9Fouls27
0Offsides2
6Shots on7
3Shots off5
9Total shots12
3Shots saved5
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Gabriel Omar HEINZE
4A cross from SHAQIRI left FELLAINI in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
13FELLAINI turned ABIDAL but tapped the ball into the arms of the Marseille 'keeper.
16BRANDÃO's shot beat IRAIZOZ but rebounded off the Cruz Azul crossbar.
16A refined cross from SHAQIRI, was drove goalbound by FELLAINI only for the 'keeper to block.
17PJANIC knocked the ball to BEN ARFA who fired it wide.
20BENZEMA beat FELLAINI and whacked the ball to BEN ARFA who fired his shot wide.
22A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Cruz Azul 'keeper.
23The bemused Marseille 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BEN ARFA fell just wide.
26GOAL!! A brilliant ball from SHAQIRI left DE MARCOS in the clear, he made the Marseille 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to JELAVIC to score. (1-0 Cruz Azul)
28BRANDÃO stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.
32ROBBEN clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Marseille 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
38LAMELA was put clear by ABIDAL and he nutmegged IRAIZOZ but rammed his shot wide.
38The 'keeper saved a glorious shot from JAGIELKA.
40BEN ARFA rushed through the Cruz Azul defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
43BEN ARFA booked.
 
47A penalty box scramble resulted in BRANDÃO knocking the ball over.
48RICHARLYSON booked for an off-the-ball incident.
51A great save prevented BENZEMA from scoring a good goal.
55ROBBEN kicked the ball wide from just inside the area.
57GOAL!! A cross from the right was touched down by PEREIRA for JELAVIC to score. (2-0 Cruz Azul)
62A shot from BRANDÃO was smothered by the 'keeper.
79BENZEMA given a yellow card by the referee for a poor tackle.
82The referee books LAMELA.
85A twenty-five yard drive from RICHARLYSON caused the Cruz Azul 'keeper little difficulty.
87GOAL!! A nice run by BEN ARFA on the left was capped by a delightful cross which RICHARLYSON forced in from inside the penalty box. (2-1 Cruz Azul)