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Match report
Football Elite
Division 3: Round 6 (setup 3, season 14)
Cruz Azul
v.
River Plate
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez818Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Óscar DE MARCOS Arana728Gabriel Iván MERCADO
Jairo RIEDEWALD73Lucas Alfonso ORBAN
Marek HAMSÍK74Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
Alejandro CASTRO Flores57Gustavo Daniel CABRAL
Martin JIRÁNEK66Lisandro Ezequiel LÓPEZ
Marouane FELLAINI7Mauro Abel FORMICA
Christian GIMÉNEZ8Nordin AMRABAT
Nikica JELAVIC69Maximiliano Gastón LÓPEZ
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla106Gonzalo Rubén CASTILLEJOS
Philipp OCHS116Daniel Alberto VILLALVA Barrios
Manager
Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno12Pablo Nicolás MOUCHE
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA713Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan14Facundo AFFRANCHINO
Hideki ISHIGE15Juan Manuel DÍAZ Martinez
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO16Neuciano de Jesus Gusmão, CICINHO

Cruz Azul 1 River Plate 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,885, Stadium: Estadio Azul, Referee: Tarik GHOUL 6½)
45 GiménezScorers
49 Giménez <=> João PereiraSubstitutions
Sendings off
80 OchsBookings19 López, 41 Formica
2Corners1
5Fouls17
2Offsides2
4Shots on5
8Shots off10
12Total shots15
3Shots saved4
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Gabriel Iván MERCADO
1The Cruz Azul 'keeper was able to block a fierce shot.
6ORBAN beat four Cruz Azul players and blasted a shot over the bar.
9LÓPEZ made space on the left and knocked the ball to FORMICA who rasped the ball over.
19The referee books LÓPEZ for an off-the-ball incident against GIMÉNEZ.
20A shot from FELLAINI was kicked off the line by CABRAL.
22A tame strike from ORBAN trickled agonisingly wide.
25A thirty yard drive from AMRABAT caused the Cruz Azul 'keeper no problem.
28A free-kick from AMRABAT went over the bar.
31GIMÉNEZ hit a right foot shot wide from just outside the area.
36A penalty box scramble resulted in AMRABAT knocking the ball over.
39GIMÉNEZ scuffed an easy chance.
40The motionless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BUONANOTTE dropped just over.
41FORMICA booked for a poor foul.
45GOAL!! Some good work by FELLAINI on the left, left GIMÉNEZ yards clear, and he beat MARCHESÍN and thundered the ball into the net. (1-0 Cruz Azul)
 
53A pin-point pass found JELAVIC and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
53A cross from AMRABAT left LÓPEZ in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
56LÓPEZ ran onto a delightful ball from BUONANOTTE but pulled his shot wide.
79An exceptional effort from HAMSÍK scraped the upright.
80RIEDEWALD's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
80OCHS given a yellow card for a clumsy tackle on BUONANOTTE.
88The Cruz Azul 'keeper blocked a lovely strike from MERCADO.
90+2JELAVIC headed just beyond the far post.