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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 41 (setup 4, season 9)
Melbourne Victory
v.
Corinthians
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
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Ben FOSTER617Petr CECH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Serge AURIER727Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Leighton BAINES73MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior
Jack CORK74Andrés INIESTA Luján
Niklas STARK75Sergei IGNASHEVICH
Robin KNOCHE67MAXWELL Scherrer Cabelino Andrade
Charles Mariano ARÁNGUIZ Sandoval77Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Adam LALLANA78Mesut ÖZIL
Ciro IMMOBILE69Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
Andreas SAMARIS610Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Robbie KRUSE116Munir EL HADDADI Mohamed
Manager
Emiliano MORETTI12Ezequiel PONCE
John RUDDY13Iker CASILLAS Fernández
Luciano SLAGVEER14Diego Santos Gama Camilo, BIRO BIRO
Rickie LAMBERT15Kingsley BOATENG
Luke WILKSHIRE16Mats DÆHLI

Melbourne Victory 1 Corinthians 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 29,882, Stadium: AAMI Park, Referee: Fortunato ALVES AZEVEDO 7)
33 KruseScorers21 Iniesta, 43 Özil
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
8Corners6
13Fouls3
6Offsides4
11Shots on4
8Shots off6
19Total shots10
9Shots saved2
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Andrés INIESTA Luján
2The Corinthians 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted shot from SAMARIS.
6A mix up in the Melbourne Victory defence enabled VIDAL to volley an effort inches over.
11SAMARIS's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Corinthians post.
13A right foot shot from IMMOBILE was pushed round the post by the Corinthians 'keeper.
21GOAL!! A great drive from IGNASHEVICH was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as INIESTA who hit the ball past the stranded FOSTER. (1-0 Corinthians)
27A great strike from LALLANA was dealt with by a good block from CECH.
33GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from CORK rebounded off the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was booted into the net by KRUSE. (1-1)
36IGNASHEVICH hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
43GOAL!! Some fine work by EL HADDADI on the right, left ÖZIL yards clear, and he raced past FOSTER and blasted the ball into the net. (2-1 Corinthians)
43A penalty box meleé resulted in IMMOBILE knocking the ball over.
 
47IMMOBILE shot over.
48A pin-point pass was collected by HIGUAÍN and his looping shot raced narrowly wide.
53A shot from SAMARIS held little difficulty for CECH.
53LALLANA was put clear by AURIER and he beat the Corinthians 'keeper but struck his shot inches wide.
58ÖZIL made space on the right and knocked the ball to MARCELO who rasped the ball over.
64A corner found LALLANA who turned an effort over.
71An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Melbourne Victory 'keeper by DI MARÍA.
73ÖZIL hit a looping shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
74IMMOBILE headed wide.
75IMMOBILE beat DI MARÍA and drilled the ball to LALLANA who dragged his effort wide.
79A cross from CORK left LALLANA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
80BAINES beat two Corinthians players and drove an effort just beyond the near post.