Match Report
| Sporting Gijón | Sporting Gijón |  |  | RCD Espanyol | RCD Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Alejandro Marcos | A. Marcos |  | 76 | G |  | 1 | | G | 60 | | Arturo Ramos | A. Ramos | |||||||||
| Lamberto Ciullo | L. Ciullo |  | 76 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 77 | | Elena Castro | E. Castro | |||||||||
| Moritz Neuhaus | M. Neuhaus |  | 71 | D | | 3 | | D | 74 |  | Jorge Ferreira | J. Ferreira | |||||||||
| Garry McNeill | G. McNeill |  | 68 | D | | 4 | | D | 68 | | Alberto Barkero | A. Barkero | |||||||||
| Julian Mendez | J. Mendez | | 66 | D | | 5 | | D | 66 | | Gianpaolo Scarlato | G. Scarlato | |||||||||
| Ernesto Peiro | E. Peiro | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 77 | | Sandro Scoponi | S. Scoponi | |||||||||
| Pablo Cabrera | P. Cabrera | | 71 | M | | 7 | | M | 77 | | Ernesto Moya | E. Moya | |||||||||
| Dario Sottil | D. Sottil | | 64 | M | | 8 | | M | 71 | | Guillermo Santos | G. Santos | |||||||||
| Jose Soler | J. Soler | | 74 | A | | 9 | | A | 79 | | Francisco Verges | F. Verges | |||||||||
| Marcos Iglesias | M. Iglesias | | 68 | A | | 10 | | A | 74 |  | Romarin Zidane | R. Zidane | |||||||||
| Alberto Castro | A. Castro | | 66 | A | | 11 | | A | 73 | | Alex Burley | A. Burley | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by Armellini |
Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at El Molinon where Sporting Gijón play host to RCD Espanyol. A crowd of 19,602 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Sporting Gijón and RCD Espanyol are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both Sporting Gijón and RCD Espanyol are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0Sporting Gijón kick off the first half!
2.46
0-0Pablo Cabrera deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jose Soler. Jose Soler kicks a strong pass forward to Marcos Iglesias but the referee indicates it's offside!
3.10
0-0Guillermo Santos deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
4.58
1-0Pablo Cabrera threads the ball through to Jose Soler. Jose Soler sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's there!! Arturo Ramos has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
12.40
1-0Guillermo Santos makes a simple pass to Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Romarin Zidane. Romarin Zidane cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
16.07
Ernesto Moya passes the ball forward to Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Romarin Zidane but the linesman indicates offside!
20.13
1-0Guillermo Santos makes a simple pass to Romarin Zidane. Romarin Zidane plays a perfect one-two with Alex Burley and rushes in on goal... Romarin Zidane makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. It curls slightly but Alejandro Marcos manages to gather it comfortably.
21.35
Garry McNeill passes the ball forward to Dario Sottil. Dario Sottil makes a simple pass to Jose Soler. Jose Soler knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
26.09
1-0Sandro Scoponi comes in with a late challenge on Dario Sottil. Sandro Scoponi is given a warning by the referee! Dario Sottil hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
28.13
Guillermo Santos kicks a strong pass forward to Romarin Zidane. Romarin Zidane whips in a cross ball towards Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges powers a header at goal. Alejandro Marcos manages to gather it comfortably.
30.08
Jorge Ferreira passes the ball forward to Guillermo Santos. Guillermo Santos threads the ball through to Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges whips in a cross ball towards Alex Burley. Alex Burley directs the ball goalwards with his head. Alex Burley scores for RCD Espanyol!!
34.11
Ernesto Peiro makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marcos Iglesias. Marcos Iglesias controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
40.32
Sandro Scoponi kicks a strong pass forward to Alex Burley. Alex Burley goes all the way! Alex Burley shows great control and tries a shot on goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
RCD Espanyol kick off!
47.51
Jorge Ferreira surges forward with the ball. Jorge Ferreira threads the ball through to Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
49.00
Elena Castro flicks the ball to his team mate, Guillermo Santos. Guillermo Santos knocks the ball to his team mate, Romarin Zidane. Romarin Zidane lofts in a cross ball towards Alex Burley. Alex Burley directs the ball goalwards with his head. Magnificent save by Alejandro Marcos!
51.21
Sandro Scoponi knocks the ball forward to Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges shoots from outside the area but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
55.23
Ernesto Peiro passes the ball forward to Jose Soler. Jose Soler shoots from long range. Arturo Ramos easily smothers it.
61.34
Julian Mendez makes a probing pass to Pablo Cabrera. Pablo Cabrera knocks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Castro. Alberto Castro knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Alberto Barkero.
63.54
1-1Gianpaolo Scarlato barges into Marcos Iglesias. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Marcos Iglesias gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
66.14
Sandro Scoponi flicks the ball to his team mate, Romarin Zidane. Romarin Zidane sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
67.49
1-1Ernesto Moya comes in with a very late challenge on Pablo Cabrera. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a red card!! Pablo Cabrera hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
71.35
Sandro Scoponi flicks the ball to his team mate, Romarin Zidane. Romarin Zidane chips the ball to his team mate, Francisco Verges. Francisco Verges takes a shot at goal. Alejandro Marcos easily smothers it.
73.04
Moritz Neuhaus deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Pablo Cabrera. Pablo Cabrera knocks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Castro. Alberto Castro shoots from distance. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
77.14
2-1Garry McNeill comes in with a late challenge on Francisco Verges. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Francisco Verges runs off the knock.
84.28
Julian Mendez chips the ball to his team mate, Ernesto Peiro. Ernesto Peiro knocks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Castro. Alberto Castro finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
87.12
Garry McNeill threads the ball through to Dario Sottil. Dario Sottil makes a simple pass to Alberto Castro. Alberto Castro controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. Arturo Ramos easily smothers it.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
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