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1¹ CALLERI's shot beat the Grêmio 'keeper but rebounded off the Grêmio upright. 4¹ A wonderful save prevented ADRI EMBARBA from scoring an exceptional goal. 12¹ DAVID LÓPEZ beat four Grêmio players and blasted a great chance wide. 17¹ NETO dived to his left to save an accurate drive from Espanyol's ADRI EMBARBA. 20¹ GOAL!! A great solo effort from LUCIANO who beat a number of defenders before rocketing the ball into the top corner. (1-0 Grêmio) 22¹ HENRIQUE made space on the left and pulled the ball to IGOR PAIXÂO who touched the ball wide. 24¹ GOAL!! A cross from ROJO was headed away by JAVI LÓPEZ only for RÓGER to volley the ball back into the box for LUCIANO to force over the line. (2-0 Grêmio) 28¹ RÓGER rushed a simple chance. 36¹ A lovely cross from CALLERI was slammed goalbound by VARGAS only for NETO to palm clear. 39¹ VILLASANTI worked the ball to MESSIAS, HENRIQUE collected his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Espanyol 'keeper. 3² JAVI LÓPEZ brought the ball past FABIANO and rattled a weak shot into the crowd. 4² A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Espanyol 'keeper. 15² A shot from JUNINHO CAPIXABA seemed a certain goal but the Espanyol 'keeper managed to parry the ball away. 17² A late challenge gets RÓGER a yellow card. 21² GOAL!! A long ball from BRUNO ALVES had the Espanyol defence back-pedalling and HENRIQUE made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (3-0 Grêmio) 23² A pin-point pass was collected by IGOR PAIXÂO and his deadly shot floated narrowly wide. 28² HENRIQUE booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area. 29² VARGAS headed over the bar. 30² GOAL!! An outswinging corner was headed clear only for IGOR PAIXÂO to hammer the ball into the net. (4-0 Grêmio) 37² GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to SERGI DARDER who knocked the ball into the net. (4-1 Grêmio) 44² A strike from JUNINHO CAPIXABA held no problem for OIER. 45² KARLSSON cautions JUNINHO CAPIXABA.

Grêmio   League position: - Home league form: WLXL Overall league form: XLWWLXWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)NETO 7  1 6½ OIER Olazábal FABIANO Josué 7½ 2 5½ JAVI LÓPEZ JUNINHO CAPIXABA 7  3 6½ Yuri BERCHICHE Mathías VILLASANTI 7½ 4 7½ MARC ROCA Junqué BRUNO Fabiano ALVES 8  5 7  DAVID LÓPEZ Silva(c) Marcos ROJO 6½ 6 6½ Fernando CALERO RÓGER Krug 7  7 6½ Matías VARGAS IGOR Guilherme PAIXÂO 7½ 8 7  ADRI EMBARBA (p)José HENRIQUE 6½ 9 6½ Jonathan CALLERI(p) (f)Junior MESSIAS 5½ 10 6½ SERGI DARDER Moll(f) LUCIANO da Rocha 7  11 6  JAVI PUADO Manager DUDU    12    ADRIÀ Giner PEDROSA GABRIEL CHAPECÓ    13    MARIANO Díaz REINALDO Manoel    14    Óscar MELENDO GUSTAVO HENRIQUE Vernes    15    WU Lei FERREIRA    16    Pablo PIATTI

Espanyol   League position: - Away league form: LWLL Overall league form: XLXWLLLX Formation: 4-3-3

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Statistics

Grêmio 4 Espanyol 1 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,401, Stadium: Arena do Grêmio, Referee: Bo Karlsson 6) Luciano 20¹, Luciano 24¹, Henrique 21², Igor Paixâo 30² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Sergi Darder 37²         Róger 17², Juninho Capixaba 45²   1 4 21 4 1 2 9 7 6 6 15 13 3 6 45% 55% ¶ Man of the match: Bruno Fabiano Alves ¶