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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 32 (setup 3, season 7)
Celtic
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
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Artur BORUC17Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Steven CHERUNDOLO2Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón36Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO
Steven DEFOUR747Yoann GOURCUFF
Kostas KATSOURANIS57MAICON Pereira Roque
Denis KOLODIN66RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
KI Sung-yueng67Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI
Aiden McGEADY686CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Papiss CISSÉ9Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Djibril CISSÉ10Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Peniel MLAPA7116Didier DROGBA
Manager
Scott BROWN12RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Jussi JÄÄSKELÄINEN13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
David TEMPLETON14Christian BENTEKE
Tim CAHILL15AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
Juan Manuel ITURBE Arévalos16WELLITON Soares de Morais

Celtic 0 Benfica 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 39,419, Stadium: Celtic Park, Referee: Keith HILL 7)
Scorers24 Gourcuff
Substitutions
Sendings off
29 KolodinBookings
2Corners4
11Fouls15
2Offsides7
5Shots on7
7Shots off14
12Total shots21
5Shots saved6
47%Possession53%
Man of the match: Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón
2JAVI GARCÍA rasped the ball through a ruck of players but BORUC was a match for it as he dived to his right.
12A strike from MLAPA held no problem for the Benfica 'keeper.
17A pin-point pass was collected by CLEITON XAVIER and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
21TADDEI headed just beyond the far post.
24GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the 'keeper, CARDOZO was first to the loose ball and played the ball to GOURCUFF to hammer in. (1-0 Benfica)
29KOLODIN booked.
31A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Celtic 'keeper.
32An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the 'keeper by DROGBA.
33CISSÉ knocked the ball to CISSÉ who forced it inches wide.
36A thirty yard shot from MLAPA caused FELIPE little difficulty.
37An exceptional effort from CISSÉ scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
45+1DEFOUR rattled a simple chance past the righthand post.
 
50A penalty box scramble resulted in IZAGUIRRE driving the ball wide.
54MLAPA's shot was well held by the Benfica 'keeper.
57CARDOZO booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
59CARDOZO drove a looping shot inches over from close range.
65A poor strike from CLEITON XAVIER trickled agonisingly wide.
68A free-kick from CÉSAR PEIXOTO floated wide.
70The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Benfica's PEREIRA.
74A cross from CLEITON XAVIER left DROGBA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
83A corner fell to CÉSAR PEIXOTO who flicked the ball inches wide.
85DEFOUR shot over.