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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 18 (setup 4, season 9)
Catania
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
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Emiliano VIVIANO61David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
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RAFAEL Pereira da Silva626Víctor RUÍZ Torre
Cristian MOLINARO73FERNANDO NAVARRO Corbacho
Miralem PJANIC84David Jiménez SILVA
DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho5Laurent KOSCIELNY
Wesley HOEDT666Andreas CHRISTENSEN
Mariano Julio IZCO7Sami KHEDIRA
Lucas Nahuel CASTRO8PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
Alessandro MATRI79Robert LEWANDOWSKI
BURAK Yilmaz610DIEGO da Silva COSTA
David VILLA Sánchez711Sergio Leonel AGÜERO
Manager
Ezequiel Matías MUÑOZ12Héctor Alfredo MORENO Herrera
Mariano Gonzalo ANDÚJAR13Francisco Casilla Cortés, KIKO CASILLA
Ciro CAPUANO14RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero
Sem ADDAMO15Franck RIBÉRY
Edgar ÇANI6166Wifred NDIDI

Catania 2 Espanyol 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 23,361, Stadium: Angelo Massimino, Referee: Eric BRAAMHAAR 6½)
20 Matri, 44 CastroScorers18 Pedro, 23 Lewandowski, 72 Agüero
72 Burak <=> ÇaniSubstitutions71 Lewandowski <=> Ndidi
Sendings off
4 Castro, 29 IzcoBookings
4Corners1
11Fouls0
0Offsides2
4Shots on4
9Shots off9
13Total shots13
2Shots saved1
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Miralem PJANIC
2VILLA knocked the ball to MATRI who nodded it inches wide.
4The referee books CASTRO.
7A cross from CASTRO left MATRI in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
10A penalty box scramble resulted in PEDRO tapping the ball over.
12VILLA made space on the left and touched the ball to BURAK who touched the ball wide.
16A shot from KHEDIRA was smothered by the Catania 'keeper.
17VILLA headed over the bar.
18GOAL!! A long ball from FERNANDO NAVARRO had the Catania defence back-pedalling and PEDRO made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (1-0 Espanyol)
20GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled MATRI to run through the Espanyol defence and score. (1-1)
23GOAL!! DIEGO COSTA drove a wicked shot against the upright with LEWANDOWSKI cracking in the rebound. (2-1 Espanyol)
29A high challenge gets IZCO a yellow card.
33PEDRO shot over.
36MOLINARO beat three Espanyol players and stroked a shot over.
41A weak shot from LEWANDOWSKI bounced agonisingly wide.
44GOAL!! KHEDIRA tried to play the ball out of the Espanyol penalty area but was tackled by IZCO who touched the ball to CASTRO for a simple tap in. (2-2)
45+1An exceptional effort from LEWANDOWSKI scraped the outside of the post.
 
46A free-kick from MATRI floated just beyond the near post.
53AGÜERO dribbled round HOEDT and rifled a tame shot wide.
67VILLA worked the ball to CASTRO, MATRI collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of DE GEA.
72GOAL!! A shot from AGÜERO bobbled through a crowd of players and bounced past the unsighted VIVIANO. (3-2 Espanyol)
73MATRI's shot was well saved by DE GEA.
89NDIDI ran onto a wonderful ball from KHEDIRA but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.