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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 38 (setup 3, season 14)
Manchester City
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
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Claudio Andrés BRAVO Muńoz81Anthony LOPES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
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Bacary SAGNA727Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Aleksandar KOLAROV36Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado
Fernando Luiz Roza, FERNANDINHO4SÉRGIO Miguel Rivas de OLIVEIRA
Eliaquim MANGALA57MAICON Pereira Roque
Holger BADSTUBER66RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
BERNARDO Mota Veiga de Carvalho e SILVA7RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Leroy SANÉ86Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Roberto SOLDADO Rillo79WELLITON Soares de Morais
Raheem STERLING6106Yoann GOURCUFF
Mirko VUCINIC711Marcello TROTTA
Manager
Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ12Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta13JÚLIO CÉSAR Jacobi
Jesús NAVAS González14Didier DROGBA
Yaw YEBOAH15Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS16ELISEU Pereira dos Santos

Manchester City 1 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 47,344, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Antonio Jesús LÓPEZ NIETO 5½)
21p SoldadoScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings34 Trotta, 74 Gourcuff
1Corners1
15Fouls28
3Offsides1
10Shots on1
8Shots off5
18Total shots6
9Shots saved1
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Fernando Luiz Roza, FERNANDINHO
1BERNARDO SILVA floated the ball to SOLDADO who fired it over.
2A left foot shot from FERNANDINHO was stopped by the Benfica 'keeper.
3STERLING shot wide.
5The 'keeper managed to block an amazing effort.
17ALEX headed over the bar.
21GOAL!! SOLDADO stroked a penalty beyond LOPES after MAICON had handled just inside the area.
25LOPES blocked a refined strike from SOLDADO.
26An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by SANÉ.
33A header by SANÉ at the near post was comfortably collected by the Benfica 'keeper.
34LÓPEZ NIETO books TROTTA for a clinical foul.
37BERNARDO SILVA worked the ball to FERNANDINHO, SANÉ latched onto his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Benfica 'keeper.
37VUCINIC brought the ball round RUBEN AMORIM and stroked a tame shot well wide.
42GOURCUFF made space on the left and touched the ball to ALEX who clipped the ball over.
 
48A corner bobbled toward VUCINIC who fired an effort wide.
51A fine ball from PEREIRA on the left found LAYÚN who scuffed his shot wide.
54VUCINIC hit a right foot shot wide from close range.
63A pin-point pass bobbled toward SOLDADO and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
66SOLDADO poked a simple chance past the far post.
67A shot from KOLAROV was kicked off the line by RICARDO CARVALHO.
69VUCINIC fluffed a simple chance.
73A poor strike from TROTTA bounced agonisingly wide.
74GOURCUFF cautioned for a late foul.
82The Manchester City 'keeper saved a beautiful effort from WELLITON.
83A shot from SOLDADO was smothered by the 'keeper.
87A shot from VUCINIC seemed a certain goal but the Benfica 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
89RUBEN AMORIM beat three Manchester City players and fired a shot over the bar.