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Commentary

0¹ JOSELU stroked an easy chance past the lefthand post. 14¹ A shot from DI SANTO was hoofed off the line by ÁLVARO. 18¹ GOAL!! A patient Espanyol side were rewarded with a fierce strike from JOSELU. (1-0 Espanyol) 23¹ A shot from RAMÍREZ was smothered by the 'keeper. 33¹ A useful ball from AITOR PAREDES on the right bobbled toward ÁLVARO who scuffed his effort over. 37¹ GOAL!! A neat one-two left BECKER clear and he made no mistake by cleverly chipping the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-0 Espanyol) 39¹ GOAL!! A mishit clearance dropped to ADRIÀ PEDROSA who sliced a shot goalward, luckily BECKER was on hand to hit the ball into the top corner. (3-0 Espanyol) 41¹ The motionless RULLI was a mere bystander as a backpass from GÓMEZ fell just over. 44¹ VINICIUS SOUZA snapped at an easy chance. 45¹ A accurate pass found CALLERI and his left foot shot raced narrowly over. 4² JOSELU made space on the right and pulled the ball to BECKER who rasped the ball wide. 11² The ref books RULLI for dangerous play against AITOR PAREDES. 14² GOAL!! After some fine play on the left GIANNETTI came inside and drilled the ball into the net. (3-1 Espanyol) 17² A poor strike from DI SANTO bounced agonisingly wide. 18² A corner bobbled toward BECKER who flicked the ball just beyond the far post. 24² A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Espanyol 'keeper. 29² A header by RAMÍREZ at the far post was comfortably collected by WOODMAN. 30² MELENDO's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Vélez Sársfield post. 35² The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from BECKER. 38² GOAL!! A deep cross by MULET was met by CRISTALDO who rushed in to score. (3-2 Espanyol) 42² WOODMAN managed to claw away a wicked shot. 44² CRISTALDO booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.

Espanyol   League position: 7 Home league form: LXLW Overall league form: LLXLWXWW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Freddie WOODMAN 6  1 6  Gerónimo RULLI(c) Omar EL HILALI 6  2 7½ Renzo SARAVIA ADRIÀ Giner PEDROSA 8  3 6½ Francisco ORTEGA VINICIUS de SOUZA Costa 7½ 4 8  Luca ORELLANO AITOR PAREDES Casamichana 6½ 5 6½ Valentín GÓMEZ ÁLVARO González 6½ 6 6½ Federico FERNÁNDEZ Óscar MELENDO 5½ 7 7½ Franco CRISTALDO Sheraldo BECKER 7  8 7  Juan RAMÍREZ (p)JOSELU 7  9 7  Jonathan CALLERI(p) (f)Felipe CAICEDO 5½ 10 7  Franco DI SANTO(f) (c)IAGO Aspas 6½ 11 7  Walter BOU Manager Luca KOLEOSHO    12    Julián FERNÁNDEZ ÁLVARO Fernández    13    Diego RODRÍGUEZ JAVI PUADO    14 6  Agustín MULET Keidi BARE 6  15    José FLORENTÍN ÓSCAR GIL Regaño    16 7  Lautaro GIANNETTI

Vélez Sársfield   League position: 11 Away league form: LOLW Overall league form: LLOWLLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Espanyol 3 Vélez Sársfield 2 (Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 32,150, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Alan Wiley 7½) Joselu 18¹, Becker 37¹, Becker 39¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Giannetti 14², Cristaldo 38² CaicedoóBare 5² CallerióGiannetti 12², di SantoóMulet 36²       Rulli 11² 4 5 8 5 4 7 5 10 8 3 13 13 1 6 50% 50% ¶ Man of the match: Luca Orellano ¶