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1¹ The Espanyol 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from DI MARÍA. 1¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed DIEGO COSTA to knock the ball to AGÜERO who drilled a looping shot into the net. (1-0 Espanyol) 3¹ A corner found MARCELO who touched an effort just wide. 8¹ A free-kick from AGÜERO went just wide. 11¹ HIGUAÍN clipped the ball through a ruck of players but DE GEA was a match for it as he dived to his left. 15¹ A pin-point pass fell to SILVA and his left foot effort flew narrowly wide. 17¹ A twenty-five yard drive from SILVA caused the Corinthians 'keeper little difficulty. 18¹ ÖZIL scuffed an easy chance. 21¹ GOAL!! A mishit PEREIRA shot was collected by ÖZIL who made no mistake from just outside the area. (1-1) 25¹ PEDRO ran onto a delightful ball from SILVA but fired his shot wide. 35¹ DI MARÍA beat a number of Espanyol players and blasted a great chance wide. 37¹ PEDRO brought the ball round VIDAL and stabbed a weak shot well wide. 41¹ GOAL!! A deep cross by VIDAL was met by HIGUAÍN who stormed in to score. (2-1 Corinthians) 43¹ An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Corinthians 'keeper by FERNANDO NAVARRO. 45¹ A mix up in the Corinthians defence enabled LEWANDOWSKI to volley an effort over. 3² LEWANDOWSKI knocked the ball to PEDRO who turned it wide. 7² GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from DIEGO COSTA rebounded off the the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was booted into the net by LEWANDOWSKI. (2-2) 11² HIGUAÍN headed just beyond the far post. 16² ÖZIL was put clear by IGNASHEVICH and he nutmegged DE GEA but struck his shot wide. 22² A poor strike from HIGUAÍN trickled agonisingly wide. 24² KHEDIRA nutmegged BIRO BIRO but flicked the ball into the arms of CECH. 28² A penalty box meleé resulted in HIGUAÍN knocking a low shot over. 31² A cross from DI MARÍA left ÖZIL in lots of space but he fluffed his shot. 37² The 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from BIRO BIRO. 39² DIEGO COSTA stabbed a simple chance past the near post.

Corinthians   League position: 1 Home league form: WWWW Overall league form: XLXLWLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Petr CECH 6½ 1 7  David DE GEA Maximiliano PEREIRA 7½ 2 7  Lukasz PISZCZEK MARCELO Vieira 7½ 3 5½ FERNANDO NAVARRO Corbacho Andrés INIESTA 7  4 7  David SILVA Sergei IGNASHEVICH 7  5 7  Laurent KOSCIELNY MAXWELL Scherrer 7  6 6  Andreas CHRISTENSEN Arturo VIDAL 6  7 6  Sami KHEDIRA Mesut ÖZIL 7  8 7½ PEDRO Eliezer (p)Gonzalo HIGUAÍN 7½ 9 7½ Robert LEWANDOWSKI(c,p) (f)Ángel DI MARÍA 6  10 5½ DIEGO da Silva COSTA(f) Munir EL HADDADI 6  11 6  Sergio AGÜERO Manager Ezequiel PONCE    12    VÍCTOR ÁLVAREZ Delgado Iker CASILLAS    13    KIKO CASILLA BIRO BIRO 6  14    Franck RIBÉRY Kingsley BOATENG    15    RUBÉN Duarte Mats DÆHLI    16    Víctor RUÍZ

Espanyol   League position: 4 Away league form: LWOW Overall league form: LLWWOWWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Corinthians 2 Espanyol 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 40,156, Stadium: Arena Corinthians, Referee: Chris Foy 7½) Özil 21¹, Higuaín 41¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Agüero 1¹, Lewandowski 7² El HaddadióBiro Biro 21²           4 1 2 7 2 4 5 5 8 7 13 12 2 3 52% 48% ¶ Man of the match: Marcelo Vieira ¶