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Commentary
KURANYI ran onto a wonderful ball from ARANGO but pulled his shot wide of the goal.
GOAL!! After a steady build-up ROSICKÝ drove the ball past WIESE. (1-0 River Plate)
10¹A free-kick from KURANYI went wide.
15¹A corner found FRITZ who headed an effort just wide.
16¹A useful ball from MOUCHE on the left was collected by CASTILLEJOS who scuffed his shot inches over.
21¹A cross from CASTRO left FRITZ in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
22¹KURANYI knocked the ball to CASTRO who headed it inches wide.
26¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper.
28¹KURANYI beat ROJO and drilled the ball to CASTRO who blasted his effort wide.
36¹KURANYI's shot was well saved by the River Plate 'keeper.
42¹A header by KADLEC at the far post was comfortably collected by OSPINA.
42¹MOUCHE dummied SCHULZ but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
44¹KURANYI shot wide.
45¹The 'keeper managed to claw away a fierce shot.
CASTILLEJOS given a yellow card for a late tackle on ZÁRATE.
GOAL!! A mishit goal-kick was intercepted by CASTILLEJOS who setup ROSICKÝ with a simple chance. (2-0 River Plate)
12²A neatly crafted pass from CASTRO was hit goalbound by FRITZ only for the 'keeper to block.
19²GOAL!! A definite penalty was awarded to River Plate, after CASTRO had fouled CASTILLEJOS which LÓPEZ easily converted. (3-0 River Plate)
26²A brilliant shot from RAKITIC was dealt with by a useful parry from the River Plate 'keeper.
32²GOAL!! FRITZ hit a glorious twenty-five yard shot past the bemused 'keeper. (3-1 River Plate)
35²CASTRO waltzed away from ROSICKÝ and poked a weak shot past the post.
45²RAKITIC rattled an easy chance past the far post.

 
Bayer Leverkusen
 
League position: 6
Home league form: WWXX
Overall league form: LWLWXWWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Tim WIESE1David OSPINA
Lukasz PISZCZEK2Pablo FERRARI
Michal KADLEC3Marcos ROJO
(c)Juan ARANGO4Diego BUONANOTTE
Daniel DÍAZ5Gustavo CABRAL
Christian SCHULZ6Lucas ORBAN
Clemens FRITZ7Mauro FORMICA
Gonzalo CASTRO8Tomás ROSICKÝ(c)
(p)Kevin KURANYI9Maximiliano LÓPEZ(p)
(f)Ivan RAKITIC10Gonzalo CASTILLEJOS(f)
Mauro ZÁRATE11Pablo MOUCHE
Manager
Manuel FRIEDRICH  12  Alexis FERRERO
Fabian GIEFER  13  Agustin MARCHESÍN
Ludovic GIULY  14  CICINHO
ELANO Blumer  15  Sebastián PREDIGUER
SERVET Çetin  16  Facundo AFFRANCHINO
 
River Plate
 
League position: 13
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: WWLXLWLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Bayer Leverkusen 1 River Plate 3
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 22,485, Stadium: BayArena, Referee: Valeri Onufer 5½)

Fritz 32²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Rosický 8¹, Rosický 5², López 19² (pen)
  
  
 Castillejos 0²
32
315
40
65
91
156
42
54%46%
Man of the match: Marcos Rojo