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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 30 (setup 4, season 9)
Melbourne Victory
v.
Sassuolo
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
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Ben FOSTER1DIEGO Alves Carreira
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Serge AURIER2Marc BARTRA Aregall
Leighton BAINES836Erik DURM
Jack CORK46Thiago MOTTA
Niklas STARK56Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada
Fabian SCHÄR6Luis Carlos Novo NETO
Charles Mariano ARÁNGUIZ Sandoval67Alen HALILOVIC
Adam LALLANA86José Antonio REYES Calderón
Ciro IMMOBILE897Andrea PETAGNA
Andreas SAMARIS710Francesco MAGNANELLI
Robbie KRUSE11Haris SEFEROVIC
Manager
Ivica OLIC12Luca ANTEI
John RUDDY13Alberto POMINI
Juan Ignacio Gomez Taleb, JUANITO14Joseph 'Alfred' DUNCAN
Joost BROERSE15Guilherme Magdalena SIQUEIRA
Luciano SLAGVEER616Anderson HERNANES de Carvalho Viana Lima

Melbourne Victory 1 Sassuolo 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 29,854, Stadium: AAMI Park, Referee: John BLANKENSTEIN 6½)
71 SamarisScorers30 Reyes
79 Schär <=> SlagveerSubstitutions
Sendings off
40 Kruse, 69 LallanaBookings12 Halilovic, 29 Albiol, 74 Magnanelli
3Corners3
7Fouls17
1Offsides4
9Shots on7
7Shots off5
16Total shots12
6Shots saved6
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Jack CORK
3A delightful strike from SAMARIS was dealt with by a fine block from the Sassuolo 'keeper.
4The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from SCHÄR fell just wide.
8A corner was collected by MOTTA who nodded the ball inches wide.
11MOTTA knocked the ball to ALBIOL who forced it wide.
12BLANKENSTEIN yellow cards HALILOVIC.
16PETAGNA made space on the left and dragged the ball to MAGNANELLI who fired the ball over.
21FOSTER saved a swerving shot from REYES.
25A penalty box meleé resulted in ARÁNGUIZ tapping the ball over.
29ALBIOL booked by the ref.
30GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from PETAGNA struck the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was booted into the net by REYES. (1-0 Sassuolo)
33LALLANA nutmegged DURM but placed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
35A good ball from SCHÄR on the left was collected by LALLANA who sliced his effort wide.
40A clinical challenge gets KRUSE a yellow card.
 
59ARÁNGUIZ headed inches wide.
59MAGNANELLI rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
62The Sassuolo 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from SCHÄR.
66CORK beat two Sassuolo players and thundered an effort over.
67PETAGNA rushed through the Melbourne Victory defence but shot straight at FOSTER.
69The ref yellow cards LALLANA for violent conduct against NETO.
71GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of SAMARIS who placed the ball past the helpless DIEGO. (1-1)
73The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce drive from Sassuolo's PETAGNA.
74A clumsy challenge on IMMOBILE by MAGNANELLI results in a booking.