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Commentary
A strike from BUONANOTTE held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
A penalty box scramble resulted in ALEX knocking a low shot over.
14¹A cross from WENDEL left KUYT in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
20¹An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by FÁBIO AURÉLIO.
25¹CAFFA receives a yellow card for a bad challenge.
27¹GOAL!! A nice run by KUYT on the right was capped by a great cross which ALEX nodded in at the far post. (1-0 Cruzeiro)
32¹A clever cross from OKAN was flicked goalbound by PIQUIONNE only for the Cruzeiro 'keeper to claw away.
36¹WENDEL beat BOUMSONG and drove the ball to ALEX who hit his shot wide.
37¹A deadly shot from ALEX was clawed past the post by the 'keeper.
43¹BUONANOTTE drilled a left foot shot over the bar from long range.
46¹ALEX rushed through the Lyon defence but shot straight at KIRKLAND.
BUONANOTTE worked the ball to WENDEL, ALEX controlled his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of KIRKLAND.
DEFLANDRE given a yellow card by WADDEL.
GOAL!! A mishit WENDEL shot bobbled toward CANEIRA who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (2-0 Cruzeiro)
15²GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed OKAN to nudge the ball to PIQUIONNE who hit a looping shot home. (2-1 Cruzeiro)
21²A weak strike from CARRIÈRE bounced agonisingly wide.
23²PIQUIONNE poked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
26²CANEIRA nodded the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
30²A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing KIRKLAND.
33²A corner bobbled toward CARRIÈRE who touched an effort just wide.
36²CANEIRA was put clear by BUONANOTTE and he nutmegged KIRKLAND but thrust his shot over.
43²ALEX brought the ball round TRAORÉ and rattled a weak shot well wide.

 
Cruzeiro
 
League position: 12
Home league form: X---
Overall league form: XXX-----
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Hans-Jörg BUTT1Chris KIRKLAND
Marco CANEIRA2Eric DEFLANDRE
FÁBIO AURÉLIO Rodrigues3Djimi TRAORÉ
RICARDINHO4Bruno CHEYROU
(c)Marcelo BORDON5Jean-Alain BOUMSONG
Diego GODÍN6Hannu TIHINEN
Dirk KUYT7OKAN Buruk(c)
ALEX8Eric CARRIÈRE
(p)Diego BUONANOTTE9Frédéric PIQUIONNE(p)
(f)WENDEL Raul10Juan CAFFA(f)
Gonzalo HIGUAÍN11Peter LØVENKRANDS
Manager
Diego LUGANO  12  Jérémie BRÉCHET
Justo VILLAR  13  Rémi VERCOUTRE
Edgar BARRETO  14Yohann GOMEZ
Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI  15  Léandre GRIFFIT
Romeo CASTELEN16  John ROONEY
 
Lyon
 
League position: 15
Away league form: L---
Overall league form: LLW-----
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Cruzeiro 2 Lyon 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,489, Stadium: Mineirão, Referee: Andrew Waddel 6)

Alex 27¹, Caneira 9²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Piquionne 15²
BordonóCastelen 16²DeflandreóGomez 27²
  
 Caffa 25¹, Deflandre 8²
32
512
26
112
103
215
91
60%40%
Man of the match: Dirk Kuyt