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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 39 (setup 3, season 13)
Manchester City
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Claudio Andrés BRAVO Muñoz617Anthony LOPES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle WALKER28Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Aleksandar KOLAROV73Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado
Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ4Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Holger BADSTUBER57MAICON Pereira Roque
John STONES6RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Jesús NAVAS González87RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Leroy SANÉ78Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Roberto SOLDADO Rillo97Didier DROGBA
Patrick HERRMANN6106ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA
GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS116Marcello TROTTA
Tony HarrisManager
Mirko VUCINIC12WELLITON Soares de Morais
Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Maximiliano RODRÍGUEZ14Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Bacary SAGNA15José BOSINGWA da Silva
Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS16Yoann GOURCUFF

Manchester City 1 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 47,340, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Mark HALSEY 7½)
21 NavasScorers54 Maicon, 59 Alex
Substitutions
Sendings off
88 KolarovBookings17 Trotta
5Corners2
17Fouls9
5Offsides7
10Shots on2
9Shots off6
19Total shots8
9Shots saved0
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
1SOLDADO's shot was well held by LOPES.
4GABRIEL JESUS hit a right foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out.
5A header from SOLDADO was nodded off the line by MAICON.
9The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing effort.
15SOLDADO snapped at an easy chance.
17TROTTA booked for a high challenge on NAVAS.
20An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of LOPES by SANÉ.
21GOAL!! A tackle from RUBEN AMORIM gave Manchester City a free-kick twenty-five yards out which NAVAS drove past LOPES. (1-0 Manchester City)
25A shot from HERRMANN was smothered by the Benfica 'keeper.
33SANÉ ran onto a wonderful ball from NAVAS but dragged his shot wide of the righthand post.
38TOURÉ made space on the left and touched the ball to SANÉ who rasped the ball over.
39SANÉ shot wide.
 
48SANÉ's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
50A pin-point pass was collected by ALEX and his deadly effort went narrowly over.
53A corner fell to TROTTA who forced the ball inches over.
54GOAL!! Some useful work by RUBEN AMORIM on the right, left MAICON yards clear, and he raced past the 'keeper and blasted the ball home. (1-1)
59GOAL!! A deep corner left BRAVO struggling and ALEX side-footed the ball over the line. (2-1 Benfica)
62A mix up in the Manchester City defence enabled DROGBA to hit the ball over.
74A free-kick from ALEX flew wide.
78A tame strike from SANÉ rolled agonisingly wide.
88HALSEY cautions KOLAROV for a high foul.
89ANDRÉ ALMEIDA headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.