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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 19 (setup 3, season 8)
Manchester United
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomasz KUSZCZAK516Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
RAFAEL Pereira da Silva72Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO737ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Michael CARRICK4Yoann GOURCUFF
John O'SHEA56MAICON Pereira Roque
Kelvin WILSON6RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez7Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Gabriel OBERTAN78CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Dimitar BERBATOV9Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Mame Biram DIOUF107CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS
Joshua KING611WELLITON Soares de Morais
Manager
Jonjo SHELVEY12AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
Joe LEWIS13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Federico MACHEDA614Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Sergio Gontán Gallardo, KEKO15LINCOLN Cássio de Souza Soares
ANDERSON Luís de Abreu Oliveira16Marcello TROTTA

Manchester United 0 Benfica 4
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 28,452, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Eric BRAAMHAAR 5½)
Scorers5 Pereira, 18 Cardozo, 69 Eliseu, 78 Pereira
77 Obertan <=> MachedaSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners4
16Fouls3
4Offsides7
6Shots on6
7Shots off6
13Total shots12
6Shots saved2
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
2A mix up in the Manchester United defence enabled JAVI GARCÍA to blast an effort wide.
5GOAL!! A deep cross from CLEITON XAVIER on the left was nodded home by PEREIRA at the far post. (1-0 Benfica)
6A wonderful save prevented BERBATOV from scoring a great goal.
10WILSON stepped inside RICARDO CARVALHO but slammed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
12DIOUF ran onto a delightful ball from GIOVANI but hit his effort wide of the goal.
13A clever cross from GIOVANI, was lashed goalbound by CARRICK only for the Benfica 'keeper to block.
15GIOVANI poked a simple chance past the near post.
18GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to CARDOZO who placed the ball into the roof of the net. (2-0 Benfica)
27The Manchester United 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing shot.
28A cross from CARLOS MARTINS left CARDOZO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
34An exceptional effort from BERBATOV scraped the upright.
38BERBATOV was put clear by OBERTAN and he dummied FELIPE but drilled his shot just wide.
41A accurate pass was collected by CARRICK and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
42JAVI GARCÍA beat DIOUF and blasted the ball to WELLITON who toe-poked his shot wide.
 
54WELLITON floated the ball to MAICON who fired it just beyond the near post.
57BERBATOV shot over.
64The Manchester United 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce shot from Benfica's CARDOZO.
66CARRICK rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
69GOAL!! A cross from PEREIRA was headed away by DIOUF only for CARLOS MARTINS to tap the ball back into the box for ELISEU to force into the net. (3-0 Benfica)
73CLEITON XAVIER headed over.
78GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with PEREIRA rocketing the ball into the roof of the net. (4-0 Benfica)
81A strike from DIOUF held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
85MAICON beat two Manchester United players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
88BERBATOV made space on the right and pulled the ball to RAFAEL who rasped the ball over.
90KING's shot was well held by the 'keeper.