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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 31 (setup 3, season 13)
Manchester United
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
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Tomasz KUSZCZAK16Anthony LOPES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
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RAFAEL Pereira da Silva27Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Matteo DARMIAN3Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado
Paul POGBA748ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA
Phil JONES57MAICON Pereira Roque
Patrick McNAIR6RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez7RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Jesse LINGARD78Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Dimitar BERBATOV797Didier DROGBA
Michael CARRICK10WELLITON Soares de Morais
Wayne ROONEY711Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
John O'SHEA12Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Ben AMOS13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Nemanja MATIC814Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Ben DAVIES15Marcello TROTTA
Gabriel OBERTAN16ELISEU Pereira dos Santos

Manchester United 1 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 35,936, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Sergei KHUSSAINOV 7)
2 RooneyScorers22og Jones, 89 Drogba
69 Darmian <=> Matic, 75 Berbatov <=> DaviesSubstitutions55 Layún <=> Rafa
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners6
12Fouls22
1Offsides1
3Shots on5
8Shots off1
11Total shots6
1Shots saved3
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Nemanja MATIC
2GOAL!! A strike from ROONEY which the Benfica 'keeper managed to block was deemed over the line and KHUSSAINOV gave the goal. (1-0 Manchester United)
6A great effort from ROONEY scraped the top of the crossbar.
7An exceptional shot from DROGBA was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper.
13LAYÚN rifled an easy chance past the near post.
16POGBA beat MAICON and drove the ball to LINGARD who pulled his effort wide.
22GOAL!! A long shot from RUBEN AMORIM deflected off the shins of JONES and into his own net.
33ROONEY snapped at a simple chance.
42A weak shot from LINGARD bounced agonisingly wide.
43GIOVANI waltzed away from ALEX and rifled a poor shot wide.
 
48A shot from DROGBA seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
52Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled LINGARD to crack the ball over.
53A wonderful save prevented CARDOZO from scoring a great goal.
54A useful ball from BERBATOV on the right found GIOVANI who sliced his shot wide.
55A penalty box meleé resulted in POGBA driving the ball wide.
74LOPES did well to hold onto a fierce shot from ROONEY.
79A refined cross from GIOVANI, was shot goalbound by LINGARD only for the Benfica 'keeper to block.
89GOAL!! A long ball from RICARDO CARVALHO had the Manchester United defence back-pedalling and DROGBA made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (2-1 Benfica)