FMFA Manager, Club America vs. Cruzeiro (Wed Jul 01) Club America | Cruzeiro 4-2-2-1-1 L | 5-2-3 C Darren Lear | Thomas Edvardsen | G_Ochoa GK | GK Fabio A_Escoboza DF | DF E_Mendes P_Aguilar DF | DF Dede F_Gonzalez DM | DF M_Hermes L_Reyes DF | DF Leo B_Valdez DF | DF J_Lucas R_Ibarra MF | FW M_Moreno G_Rodriguez DM | MF A_Cabral H_Martin FW | FW Fred G_dos_Santos AM | MF M_Antonio F_Cordova MF | FW V_Popo | O_Jimenez SUB | SUB Rafael E_Alvarez SUB | SUB R_Santos R_Sanchez SUB | SUB Robinho L_Suarez SUB | SUB Machado N_Castillo SUB | SUB Roberson Min. 1 :(ame) Club America switch to playing E Min. 2 :(ame) F_Gonzalez runs with the ball to the corner flag ... He plays the ball across to G_dos_Santos ... G_dos_Santos fires the shot in! ... GOAL !! ... It looks like he enjoyed that one!! ... He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing! ... That’s put Club America in front! ... Club America 1-0 Cruzeiro ... Min. 2 :(ame) It seems Club America are making a tactical change to D Min. 2 :(cru) M_Antonio knocks it forward ... F_Gonzalez slips ... Leo gets to it! ... Leo has a go! ... G_Ochoa tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! Min. 7 :(ame) G_dos_Santos knocks the ball past J_Lucas ... G_dos_Santos curls the ball in on goal ! ... He miskicks the ball ... He's managed to put that out of the stadium Min. 7 :(cru) Fred finds his way through ... Fred aiming for the bottom corner ! ... G_Ochoa parries it Min. 8 :(cru) A_Cabral cut's in on the inside of the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to M_Moreno ... Excellent sliding challenge from A_Escoboza Min. 11 :(ame) H_Martin runs at the defence ... He nutmegs M_Hermes ... He showed his class there ... But Dede reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 16 :(cru) M_Hermes gets to the bye line ... He puts it into the box ... He finds Fred ... Fred carves a shot towards goal ! ... G_Ochoa watches it sail safely wide! Min. 21 :(cru) M_Moreno gets a bottle of Lucozade and sprays it at R_Ibarra ... He gets away with that one ... It’s just a warning Min. 27 :(ame) B_Valdez chests it down ... M_Antonio pulls the player to the ground!! ... That’s a poor tackle! ... He's warned for that one ... Anymore like that and he will find himself in the book Min. 28 :(ame) G_dos_Santos is unmarked! ... But E_Mendes will cut out the threat Min. 30 :(cru) J_Lucas cut's in on the inside of the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to M_Moreno ... But A_Escoboza wins the ball with a sliding challenge Min. 31 :(ame) G_Rodriguez takes advantage of a mistake by J_Lucas ... Can he make them pay? ... But Dede sees the pass and cuts it out Min. 34 :(cru) J_Lucas cut's in on the inside of the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to V_Popo ... A_Escoboza hits it out for a corner ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by Leo! ... G_Ochoa jumps well to claim it! Min. 39 :(cru) E_Mendes has the ball on the wing ... He knocks the ball past F_Gonzalez ... He puts in Fred! ... L_Reyes steals the ball of off him Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 45 :(cru) M_Moreno beats B_Valdez ... He muscled him off the ball ... But A_Escoboza slides in two footed. ... The Referee has a look but waves "Play On!" Min. 46 :(cru) V_Popo knocks the ball past the lunge of A_Escoboza ... But B_Valdez wins the tackle cleanly Min. 47 :(cru) V_Popo retreats under pressure ... He hits the ball up field ... A_Cabral latches onto the end of it ... A_Cabral hits it ... This one could go anywhere ! ... G_Ochoa gets his body behind the ball and saves ... Text book goalkeeping! ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Club America 1-0 Cruzeiro Min. 50 :(cru) Cruzeiro's manager orders his side to play P Min. 53 :(cru) M_Moreno sprints down the flank ... He plays the ball in to V_Popo ... But L_Reyes reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 54 :(ame) A_Escoboza slides the ball across to F_Cordova ... F_Cordova flings a shot at goal ! ... Fabio gets his body behind the ball and saves ... Text book goalkeeping! Min. 55 :(ame) F_Cordova with the dribble ... He's through on goal ... F_Cordova rifles it to the far post ! ... It hits off a defender! ... But goes clear to safety! Min. 58 :(cru) M_Hermes with a glorious long pass to Fred ... Cleaned up by P_Aguilar Min. 65 :(cru) R_Santos is coming on and Dede is being brought off ... Looks likely he will go and play DF Min. 65 :(cru) a big roar from the crowd as Robinho comes on for A_Cabral to play MF Min. 70 :(cru) Roberson comes on for M_Moreno and will play FW to the delight of the fans Min. 81 :(cru) M_Antonio moves to AM Min. 81 :(cru) R_Santos looks for options ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to V_Popo ... A skillful effort from V_Popo ! ... G_Ochoa has it covered ... It takes a bobble! ... G_Ochoa reacts well to save!!! Min. 86 :(cru) Robinho with a precise pass to V_Popo ... P_Aguilar slides in to knock the ball out for a throw-in Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 89 :(ame) R_Ibarra skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to F_Cordova ... A skillful effort from F_Cordova ! ... Fabio watches it sail wide! Min. 93 :(cru) Robinho is hobbling. He's unable to continue ... They have used all of their substitutions ... They will have to play on a man less! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Estadio Azteca Attendance : 81,070 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Club America Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : A_Escoboza (Man of the Match) Scorers : G_dos_Santos (2) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cruzeiro Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Dede Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : Robinho (93) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Club America | Cruzeiro Attempts on Goal : 5 | 5 Off target : 3 | 1 On target : 2 | 4 Possession : 58 | 42 Corners : 0 | 1 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 0 | 3 Fouls : 5 | 6 Key Tackles : 9 | 3 Key Passes : 3 | 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Club America 1 - 0 Cruzeiro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Club America Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G_Ochoa GK 29 2 2 1 25 | 95 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 A_Escoboza DF 1 24 13 4 25 | 95 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 10 0 P_Aguilar DF 1 24 10 4 24 | 95 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 F_Gonzalez DM 1 10 23 3 25 | 95 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 L_Reyes DF 1 24 10 4 25 | 95 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 B_Valdez DF 1 24 6 5 26 | 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 R_Ibarra MF 1 2 24 10 25 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 G_Rodriguez DM 1 10 23 5 25 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 H_Martin FW 1 2 6 24 23 | 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 G_dos_Santos AM 1 3 25 13 25 | 95 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 F_Cordova MF 1 5 23 10 23 | 95 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 O_Jimenez GK 25 2 1 1 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Alvarez DF 1 23 10 2 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Sanchez MF 1 4 23 4 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Suarez MF 1 3 23 9 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N_Castillo FW 1 3 7 24 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Cruzeiro Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fabio GK 28 3 1 1 25 | 95 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8 0 0 0 E_Mendes DF 1 24 9 3 24 | 95 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 0 Dede DF 1 25 6 4 25 | 67 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 M_Hermes DF 1 23 10 2 24 | 95 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 Leo DF 1 24 5 3 27 | 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 J_Lucas DF 1 24 11 4 23 | 95 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 M_Moreno FW 1 3 4 25 24 | 72 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 A_Cabral MF 1 3 25 11 22 | 67 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 Fred FW 1 2 7 24 25 | 95 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 M_Antonio AM 1 3 23 12 22 | 95 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 V_Popo FW 1 3 4 23 23 | 95 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 Rafael GK 27 2 2 1 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Santos DF 1 23 11 3 23 | 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Robinho MF 1 3 24 7 24 | 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Machado MF 1 11 23 3 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roberson FW 1 3 6 23 26 | 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1593618117 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35