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GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Valencia, after VALBUENA had fouled FABREGAS which FERNANDO TORRES easily converted. (1-0 Valencia)
CASILLAS saved a curling shot from KEITA.
ROOL booked for a late challenge on MESSI.
15¹FABREGAS beat two Lens players and stroked a golden opportunity inches wide.
15¹RONALDO booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
16¹A fine ball from INIESTA on the right found RONALDO who mishit his effort just beyond the far post.
18¹A free-kick from NAVAS raced over.
28¹COLIC yellow cards MALBRANQUE.
31¹RONALDO flicked an easy chance past the far post.
34¹MESSI headed inches wide.
39¹INIESTA beat ROOL and drilled the ball to RONALDO who hit his shot wide.
40¹CIARAMITARO booked.
A pin-point pass found MESSI and his left foot effort flew narrowly wide.
The Lens 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing effort.
11²A cross from VALBUENA left KEITA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
17²A poor tackle on NAVAS by WILLIAM results in a booking.
25²A penalty box meleé resulted in ALBIOL tapping the ball over.
26²SONG's shot was well saved by CASILLAS.
28²KEITA shot wide.
30²ALBIOL dribbled away from ROOL and poked a tame shot over the bar.
30²A right foot effort from VALBUENA was pushed over by the Valencia 'keeper.
31²The ref gave CIARAMITARO a second yellow card for a poor foul on RICARDO CARVALHO.
33²A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming MYHRE.
40²GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and RONALDO tapped the ball into the net. (2-0 Valencia)

 
Valencia
 
League position: -
Home league form: W---
Overall league form: WWW-----
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Iker CASILLAS1Thomas MYHRE(c)
(c)Javier ZANETTI2Rigobert SONG
ANTONIO LÓPEZ Guerrero3Cyril ROOL
Andrés INIESTA4Mathieu VALBUENA
RICARDO Alberto CARVALHO5Adama COULIBALY
PEPE6Abdoulaye DIAGNE-FAYE
Jesús NAVAS7Steed MALBRANQUE
Cristiano RONALDO8Seydou KEITA
(p)FERNANDO José TORRES9Roque SANTA CRUZ(p)
(f)Francesc FABREGAS10WILLIAM Fernando(f)
Lionel MESSI11Maurizio CIARAMITARO
Manager
Gerard PIQUÉ  12  Teddy LUCIC
Sergio ROMERO  13  Daniel ANDERSSON
David SILVA14  Sébastien GRAX
Raúl ALBIOL15  Nelson RIVAS
RAÚL González  16  Jukka SANTALA
 
Lens
 
League position: -
Away league form: XW--
Overall league form: WXWW----
Formation: 4-3-3
Valencia go through to the next round
Statistics
Valencia 2 Lens 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 54,916, Stadium: Mestalla, Referee: Dusan Colic 7½)

Fernando Torres 2¹ (pen), Ronaldo 40²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
FabregasóAlbiol 16², MessióSilva 28² 
 Ciaramitaro 31²
 Rool 5¹, Malbranque 28¹, Ciaramitaro 40¹, William 17²
32
723
00
43
102
145
13
63%37%
Man of the match: Andrés Iniesta