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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 31 (setup 3, season 8)
Celtic
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Artur BORUC717EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Connor OLIVER27Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón737ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Steven DEFOUR74Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Denis KOLODIN65MAICON Pereira Roque
José Ángel Valdés Díaz, COTE66Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Tim CAHILL77Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI
Juan Manuel ITURBE Arévalos78CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Robbie KEANE9Didier DROGBA
KI Sung-yueng610Yoann GOURCUFF
Papiss CISSÉ6117Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
Thomas ROGNE12Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Jussi JÄÄSKELÄINEN13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Peniel MLAPA14AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
David TEMPLETON715RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Paul KONCHESKY16CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS

Celtic 1 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 25,933, Stadium: Celtic Park, Referee: Wojciech RUDY 7½)
39 CisséScorers
76 Keane <=> TempletonSubstitutions
Sendings off
29 Kolodin, 37 Izaguirre, 46 Cahill, 83 CoteBookings
4Corners3
8Fouls5
1Offsides6
7Shots on5
6Shots off9
13Total shots14
5Shots saved5
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
2EDUARDO saved a lovely strike from COTE.
4KEANE beat CLEITON XAVIER and drilled the ball to KI who pulled his shot wide.
13The Celtic 'keeper was able to claw away a weak shot from DROGBA.
16DROGBA waltzed past OLIVER and rifled a poor shot over the bar.
20A good ball from GOURCUFF on the left was collected by CLEITON XAVIER who sliced his effort inches over.
28A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
29KOLODIN booked for gamesmanship.
33KI's shot was well held by EDUARDO.
35A free-kick from TADDEI flew inches over.
37A clumsy tackle gets IZAGUIRRE a yellow card.
39GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from ITURBE allowed KEANE to lay a perfect ball off to CISSÉ who rammed the ball home. (1-0 Celtic)
44GOURCUFF's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
 
46The ref books CAHILL for violent conduct against RAFA.
58RAFA was put clear by JAVI GARCÍA and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot just wide.
62An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the 'keeper by CLEITON XAVIER.
63A great strike from IZAGUIRRE was dealt with by a useful block from the Benfica 'keeper.
67TADDEI beat four Celtic players and fired a great chance wide.
82CAHILL ran onto a wonderful ball from DEFOUR but hit his shot wide.
83RUDY yellow cards COTE.
84A good effort from DROGBA scraped the outside of the post.
89A pin-point pass was collected by DROGBA and his right foot shot went narrowly wide.
90+1A shot from DROGBA was smothered by BORUC.