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Commentary
The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from BECKER.
A brilliant strike from JAVI PUADO was dealt with by a fine parry from JANDREI.
10¹BECKER ran onto a delightful ball from CALLERI but hit his shot wide of the goal.
18¹A penalty box scramble resulted in TÁRREGA driving the ball over.
24¹The São Paulo 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Espanyol's VÍCTOR GÓMEZ.
33¹PABLO MAIA made space on the right and touched the ball to GABRIEL TEIXEIRA who touched the ball over.
38¹ANGELIÑO shot wide.
43¹The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from PABLO MAIA.
JAVI PUADO stabbed an easy chance past the near post.
ADRI EMBARBA touched the ball through a crowd of players but JANDREI was a match for it as he dived to his left.
A corner was collected by LÁZARO who turned the ball inches over.
10²A weak shot from PABLO MAIA rolled agonisingly wide.
13²A free-kick from GABRIEL TEIXEIRA went just beyond the near post.
14²PABLO MAIA's shot was well held by the Espanyol 'keeper.
16²The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from CALLERI fell just wide.
23²McTOMINAY worked the ball to ARBOLEDA, LÁZARO collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Espanyol 'keeper.
24²GOAL!! An imaginative ADRI EMBARBA played a great ball down the right to VARGAS who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Espanyol)
25²A right foot shot from DE JONG was pushed over by O'LEARY.
29²VARGAS beat four São Paulo players and fired a great chance over.
35²An exceptional effort from DIEGO CARLOS scraped the woodwork.
37²O'LEARY was able to block a poor shot from PABLO MAIA.
38²A mix up in the São Paulo defence enabled MIGUEL to volley the ball wide.
39²O'LEARY parried a refined shot from PABLO MAIA.
45²CALLERI floated the ball to VARGAS who forced it just beyond the far post.

 
Espanyol
 
League position: 11
Home league form: XXWX
Overall league form: XOXXWXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Max O'LEARY1JANDREI Chitolina
VÍCTOR GÓMEZ Perea2Tyler ADAMS
MIGUEL Gutiérrez3ANGELIÑO
MARC ROCA Junqué4Scott McTOMINAY
(c)DAVID LÓPEZ Silva5DIEGO CARLOS Santos
César TÁRREGA6Robert ARBOLEDA
ADRI EMBARBA7James WARD-PROWSE
JAVI PUADO8GABRIEL TEIXEIRA Aragão
(p)Sheraldo BECKER9Luuk DE JONG(c,p)
(f)Jonathan CALLERI10PABLO MAIA(f)
WU Lei11LÁZARO Vinicius
Manager
MARIANO Díaz  12  Takehiro TOMIYASU
OIER Olazábal  13  ADRIEL Vasconcelos
Leandro CABRERA  14  VALDÍVIA
Matías VARGAS15  DIEGO COSTA
Óscar MELENDO  16  WELINGTON Damascena
 
São Paulo
 
League position: 10
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: LWWWLXLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Espanyol 1 São Paulo 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 41,769, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Claude Detruche 8)

Vargas 24²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
BeckeróVargas 4² 
  
  
58
113
58
56
67
1113
45
51%49%
Man of the match: Scott McTominay