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Match report
Football Elite
International Shield: Round 2 (setup 4, season 9)
Metz
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Jesper HANSEN61David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Youssouf SABALY72Lukasz PISZCZEK
Arthur MASUAKU737Víctor RUÍZ Torre
François BELLUGOU4Sami KHEDIRA
Guido Leonardo MILÁN5Laurent KOSCIELNY
Wessel DAMMERS667Héctor Alfredo MORENO Herrera
Konrad LAIMER777RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Bouna SARR87David Jiménez SILVA
Thibaut BOURGEOIS69Robert LEWANDOWSKI
Diafra SAKHO610Franck RIBÉRY
Gnaly 'Maxwel' CORNET11Sergio Leonel AGÜERO
ManagerDavid Blair
Romain MÉTANIRE126DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Johann CARRASSO13Francisco Casilla Cortés, KIKO CASILLA
Ali Vanomo BAMBA14ABRAHAM González Casanova
Nicolas BENEZET15PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Kevin LEJEUNE16Wifred NDIDI

Metz 0 Espanyol 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 26,512, Stadium: Saint-Symphorien, Referee: Gerd GRABHER 6½)
Scorers9og Milán, 11 Piszczek
Substitutions61 Agüero <=> Diego Costa
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners2
14Fouls10
1Offsides3
7Shots on4
5Shots off9
12Total shots13
7Shots saved2
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: François BELLUGOU
3BOURGEOIS beat RIBÉRY but placed the ball into the arms of DE GEA.
4A lovely effort from AGÜERO scraped the woodwork.
5BOURGEOIS fluffed an easy chance.
6A accurate pass bobbled toward SARR and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
8HANSEN saved a beautiful shot from LEWANDOWSKI.
9GOAL!! A corner was fired through the penalty area and MILÁN fumbled the ball into his own net.
11GOAL!! The creative RUÍZ neatly nodded on a cross for PISZCZEK to hit the ball in. (2-0 Espanyol)
12A header from BOURGEOIS was nodded off the line by KOSCIELNY.
23A tame strike from MILÁN rolled agonisingly wide.
28LEWANDOWSKI headed over.
40The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Metz's BOURGEOIS.
42The hapless Metz 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from MASUAKU dropped just wide.
45+1BOURGEOIS's shot was well held by DE GEA.
 
48A free-kick from AGÜERO flew just beyond the near post.
52A corner found LAIMER who flicked an effort just wide.
57RAÚL GARCÍA beat DAMMERS and drove the ball to LEWANDOWSKI who fired his shot wide.
58A shot from SILVA seemed a certain goal but HANSEN managed to fist the ball clear.
66RIBÉRY played the ball to KOSCIELNY who nodded it wide.
74A header by LAIMER at the far post was easily collected by the Espanyol 'keeper.
79A fine ball from KHEDIRA on the right fell to SILVA who scuffed his effort wide.
80A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Espanyol 'keeper.
84RIBÉRY ran onto a great ball from KHEDIRA but fumbled his effort wide.
85A penalty box scramble resulted in LEWANDOWSKI cracking a low shot wide.
90+1SARR whacked a right foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty yards out.
90+3A thirty yard drive from MASUAKU caused the Espanyol 'keeper no problem.