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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 3 (setup 3, season 9)
Newcastle United
v.
Benfica
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Petr CECH71EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal728Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
David ALABA37ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Thomas MÜLLER74Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Mats HUMMELS85MAICON Pereira Roque
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo6Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Gareth BALE77Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI
Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé787CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC796Didier DROGBA
Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez107Yoann GOURCUFF
Arjen ROBBEN116Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Rikki FaulknerManager
Marco VERRATTI12Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Samir HANDANOVIC13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Mario GÖTZE14AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
Pablo Javier ZABALETA15RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
JORDI ALBA Ramos16CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS

Newcastle United 2 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 52,364, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Mario VAN DER ENDE 5½)
3 Cavani, 36 SánchezScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners5
11Fouls4
2Offsides6
5Shots on5
15Shots off3
20Total shots8
2Shots saved5
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Mats HUMMELS
3GOAL!! Newcastle United's CAVANI beat two defenders before firing just inside the Benfica 'keeper's near post. (1-0 Newcastle United)
4The Newcastle United 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted shot from DROGBA.
7IBRAHIMOVIC shot over.
8A left foot shot from CAVANI was pushed over by EDUARDO.
11A strike from RAFA held no problem for the 'keeper.
14The hapless Benfica 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from PEREIRA fell just over.
33ROBBEN's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
36GOAL!! A scuffed ALABA shot bobbled toward SÁNCHEZ who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (2-0 Newcastle United)
37A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming Newcastle United 'keeper.
38MÜLLER brought the ball away from MAICON and flicked a tame shot well wide.
40An exceptional effort from GODÍN scraped the woodwork.
43A header by MÜLLER at the far post was easily collected by EDUARDO.
45VIDAL ran onto a great ball from ROBBEN but blasted his shot wide.
 
46A corner was collected by IBRAHIMOVIC who flicked the ball wide.
48BALE made space on the right and pulled the ball to ROBBEN who rasped the ball wide.
49Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled GODÍN to blast an effort inches over.
54A free-kick from CAVANI went wide.
57A fine ball from BALE on the left fell to ROBBEN who scuffed his effort over the bar.
60A weak strike from ROBBEN trickled agonisingly wide.
74CAVANI snapped at a simple chance.
75IBRAHIMOVIC rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
77A penalty box meleé resulted in CARDOZO cracking the ball wide.