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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 39 (setup 3, season 12)
Cruz Azul
v.
Barcelona
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez61Claudio Andrés BRAVO Muñoz
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Óscar DE MARCOS Arana62Ignazio ABATE
Jairo RIEDEWALD37MAXWELL Scherrer Cabelino Andrade
Marek HAMSÍK847Ivan RAKITIC
Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade75Marc BARTRA Aregall
Alejandro CASTRO Flores66Philippe MEXÈS
Marouane FELLAINI77Jonathan DOS SANTOS Ramírez
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO688Andrés INIESTA Luján
Nikica JELAVIC97Luis Alberto SUÁREZ Díaz
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla6107NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
Christian GIMÉNEZ11Lionel Andrés MESSI
Manager
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan12SERGI ROBERTO Carnicer
Philipp OCHS13Marc-André TER STEGEN
Hideki ISHIGE614Mario GOMEZ
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA156TIAGO Cardoso Mendes
16Federico FERNÁNDEZ

Cruz Azul 1 Barcelona 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 35,795, Stadium: Estadio Azul, Referee: Michel PIRAUX 6½)
9 De MarcosScorers34og Riedewald, 81 Iniesta
81 Jelavic <=> IshigeSubstitutions81 Rakitic <=> Tiago
Sendings off
12 Hamsík, 25 Torrado, 33 Jelavic, 89 GiménezBookings
8Corners4
14Fouls5
3Offsides3
4Shots on6
8Shots off6
12Total shots12
3Shots saved4
40%Possession60%
Man of the match: Marek HAMSÍK
4BRAVO blocked a clever shot from JELAVIC.
6A header by ABATE at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
9GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of DE MARCOS who drove the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (1-0 Cruz Azul)
12A clinical challenge on MAXWELL by HAMSÍK results in a booking.
18CORONA did well to hold onto a powerful strike from SUÁREZ.
23A header from MAXWELL was hoofed off the line by HUIQUI.
25TORRADO given a yellow card by the referee.
28JELAVIC's shot was well held by the Barcelona 'keeper.
30INIESTA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Cruz Azul 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
33PIRAUX cautions JELAVIC for a clumsy foul.
34GOAL!! A long shot from BARTRA deflected off the legs of RIEDEWALD and into his own net.
45A poor strike from SUÁREZ rolled agonisingly wide.
 
46A cross from INIESTA left SUÁREZ in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
49GIMÉNEZ drove a right foot shot over the bar from just outside the area.
55NEYMAR beat three Cruz Azul players and slammed a golden opportunity over.
58GIMÉNEZ waltzed round DOS SANTOS and rifled a tame shot over.
64SUÁREZ nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
65TORRADO rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
65Uncertainty in the Barcelona defence enabled RIEDEWALD to blast an effort over the bar.
77SUÁREZ ran onto a delightful ball from DOS SANTOS but toe-poked his effort wide.
81GOAL!! After SUÁREZ was fouled the referee waved play-on and INIESTA went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Barcelona)
89GIMÉNEZ booked.