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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 25 (setup 3, season 13)
Cruz Azul
v.
River Plate
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
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Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno18Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
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Óscar DE MARCOS Arana2Gabriel Iván MERCADO
Jairo RIEDEWALD3José María BASANTA
Marek HAMSÍK846Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
Alejandro CASTRO Flores75Gustavo Daniel CABRAL
Martin JIRÁNEK6Lisandro Ezequiel LÓPEZ
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO77Mauro Abel FORMICA
Christian GIMÉNEZ87Nordin AMRABAT
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla97Maximiliano Gastón LÓPEZ
Marouane FELLAINI106Stefan JOHANSEN
Philipp OCHS11Daniel Alberto VILLALVA Barrios
Manager
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA12Facundo AFFRANCHINO
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez13Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan14Lucas Alfonso ORBAN
Nikica JELAVIC15Paulo Andrés FERRARI
Hideki ISHIGE16Gonzalo Rubén CASTILLEJOS

Cruz Azul 0 River Plate 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 35,904, Stadium: Estadio Azul, Referee: Keith HILL 6½)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
42 RiedewaldBookings13 Buonanotte
4Corners6
5Fouls7
1Offsides1
7Shots on1
7Shots off5
14Total shots6
6Shots saved1
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Marouane FELLAINI
1A mix up in the River Plate defence enabled TORRADO to blast an effort just beyond the far post.
3The River Plate 'keeper saved a refined shot from GIMÉNEZ.
5A twenty-five yard drive from GIMÉNEZ caused CABALLERO no problem.
6FORMICA fired a deadly shot over from twenty yards out.
7A useful ball from HAMSÍK on the right found TORRADO who sliced his effort wide.
13BUONANOTTE cautioned for a clumsy tackle.
18The River Plate 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from FELLAINI.
27FELLAINI's header was well saved by the River Plate 'keeper.
29A accurate pass bobbled toward GIMÉNEZ and his right foot effort went narrowly over.
35AMRABAT chipped the ball to FORMICA who forced it wide.
42RIEDEWALD cautioned for a bad foul on JOHANSEN.
44A weak shot from BUONANOTTE bounced agonisingly wide.
45A neatly crafted cross from JOHANSEN, was blasted goalbound by BASANTA only for the 'keeper to block.
 
48HAMSÍK beat FORMICA and drove the ball to SUSO who pulled his shot wide.
50TORRADO rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the River Plate 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
61A free-kick from AMRABAT flew over.
71GIMÉNEZ steamed through the River Plate defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
71CABRAL ran onto a great ball from FORMICA but fumbled his effort wide of the lefthand post.
79RIEDEWALD snapped at a simple chance.
81SUSO was put clear by TORRADO and he beat the River Plate 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
88GIMÉNEZ headed inches wide.
90+2A shot from GIMÉNEZ was nodded off the line by CABRAL.