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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 15 (setup 3, season 10)
Arsenal
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianluigi BUFFON81EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Philipp LAHM827Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
ADRIANO Correia Claro838ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Francesc FABREGAS Soler747Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Laurent KOSCIELNY757MAICON Pereira Roque
Bruno MARTINS-INDI6Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Nikola STORM7Yoann GOURCUFF
Jorge Resurrección Merodio, KOKE88Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO
Lucas BOYÉ9Didier DROGBA
Luis Alberto SUÁREZ Díaz610Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior115Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Manager
PEDRO Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma12José BOSINGWA da Silva
Marek STECH13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Wayne ROONEY14CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Marco REUS15WELLITON Soares de Morais
Claudio MARCHISIO716Daniel Sánchez AYALA

Arsenal 1 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 37,350, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Vaclav KRONDL 7½)
30 LahmScorers
66 Storm <=> MarchisioSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings12 Javi García, 34 Drogba
6Corners1
21Fouls4
4Offsides4
6Shots on6
5Shots off6
11Total shots12
5Shots saved5
61%Possession39%
Man of the match: Gianluigi BUFFON
4KOKE rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
6RAFA's header was well saved by the Arsenal 'keeper.
9The Benfica 'keeper saved a curling effort from FABREGAS.
12JAVI GARCÍA booked by the referee for a high foul.
16ADRIANO beat three Benfica players and slammed a golden opportunity over the bar.
17ADRIANO whacked a looping shot wide from long range.
30GOAL!! A long ball from MARTINS-INDI down the middle fell to the lurking LAHM who drove a right foot shot into the roof of the net. (1-0 Arsenal)
31DROGBA headed the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
34DROGBA given a yellow card for a bad foul on BOYÉ.
35BUFFON did well to hold onto a fierce strike from ELISEU.
41KOKE dribbled away from ELISEU and stabbed a weak shot over the bar.
43A clever cross from ALEX, was blasted goalbound by DROGBA only for the Arsenal 'keeper to claw away.
 
48KOKE chipped the ball to NEYMAR who headed it over the bar.
49A shot from ADRIANO was smothered by the Benfica 'keeper.
51A delightful strike from ADRIANO was dealt with by a good stop from the 'keeper.
54BUFFON managed to block a powerful shot.
54CÉSAR PEIXOTO beat ADRIANO and drove the ball to DROGBA who pulled his effort wide.
55DROGBA nutmegged STORM but hit the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
61A pin-point pass was collected by ALEX and his left foot shot raced narrowly over.
69ALEX made space on the left and touched the ball to CÉSAR PEIXOTO who fired the ball wide.
76DROGBA shot over.
79MARTINS-INDI's shot was well held by EDUARDO.
81A mix up in the Arsenal defence enabled DROGBA to crack an effort inches over.
88ALEX worked the ball to CÉSAR PEIXOTO, JAVI GARCÍA controlled his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Arsenal 'keeper.
89A penalty box meleé resulted in KOKE tapping a low shot over.