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Commentary
4¹A cynical tackle gets CASTRO a yellow card.
7¹BÜRKI was able to palm clear a wicked effort.
11¹GIMÉNEZ headed just beyond the near post.
15¹FÜLLKRUG waltzed away from RIEDEWALD and stroked a tame shot wide.
17¹GOAL!! A poor shot from ALDERWEIRELD seemed to hold no problem for the Cruz Azul 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (1-0 Grasshoppers)
21¹GOAL!! The Cruz Azul 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from DE MARCOS and FÜLLKRUG managed to stab the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Grasshoppers)
25¹An outswinging corner was touched into the arms of BÜRKI by JELAVIC.
27¹MORENO's shot was well saved by the Grasshoppers 'keeper.
28¹A shot from ZUBER was smothered by CORONA.
30¹The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely drive from Cruz Azul's PEREIRA.
31¹GOAL!! Cruz Azul's GIMÉNEZ beat a number of defenders before firing just inside the Grasshoppers 'keeper's far post. (2-1 Grasshoppers)
42¹The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from JELAVIC.
6²A weak strike from BELLUSCI rolled agonisingly wide.
6²ZUBER fluffed an easy chance.
11²ZÁBAVNÍK whacked a right foot shot wide from twenty yards out.
14²GIMÉNEZ stabbed a simple chance past the far post.
23²VOSSEN beat three Cruz Azul players and stroked a great chance wide.
24²GOAL!! A cross from ZÁBAVNÍK was flicked away by SUSO only for ZUBER to volley the ball back into the box for ALDERWEIRELD to force over the line. (3-1 Grasshoppers)
25²A cross from CASTRO left JELAVIC in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
26²A wonderful save prevented FÜLLKRUG from scoring a great goal.
28²ALDERWEIRELD headed the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
38²FÜLLKRUG's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cruz Azul woodwork.
39²A free-kick from GIMÉNEZ raced wide.
42²GIMÉNEZ made space on the left and touched the ball to CASTRO who rasped the ball wide.
42²A accurate pass was collected by CASTRO and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.

 
Cruz Azul
 
League position: 15
Home league form: LXLL
Overall league form: OWLWWXLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)José CORONA5½16 Roman BÜRKI
Óscar DE MARCOS8 27½Toby ALDERWEIRELD(c)
Álvaro PEREIRA6½37 Radoslav ZÁBAVNÍK
Marouane FELLAINI7½47 Jonas SVENSSON
Héctor MORENO7½56 Giuseppe BELLUSCI
Jairo RIEDEWALD6½66 Hiroshi KIYOTAKE
SUSO8 76½Mitchell WEISER
Christian GIMÉNEZ6 87½Steven ZUBER
(p)Nikica JELAVIC7½96 Niclas FÜLLKRUG(p)
(f)Alejandro CASTRO6 106 Jefferson MONTERO(f)
Philipp OCHS6 117 Jelle VOSSEN
Manager
Hideki ISHIGE  12  Marc JANKO
Sondre ROSSBACH  13  Christian ABBIATI
Martin JIRÁNEK  14  Felix KLAUS
JOÃO Pedro PEREIRA  15  Isaac COFIE
Alexander ESSWEIN  16  Abdul WARIS
 
Grasshoppers
 
League position: 13
Away league form: WXWL
Overall league form: LWWWLXWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Cruz Azul 1 Grasshoppers 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 35,882, Stadium: Estadio Azul, Referee: Rob Styles 6)

Giménez 31¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Alderweireld 17¹, Füllkrug 21¹, Alderweireld 24²
  
  
Castro 4¹ 
96
918
15
66
66
1212
53
50%50%
Man of the match: Suso