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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 20 (setup 3, season 9)
Valencia
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
6
Overall form:
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José Manuel REINA Páez1EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
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Álvaro ARBELOA Coca72Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Diego PEROTTI37ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Rafael VAN DER VAART4Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Mikel SAN JOSE Dominguez758RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento, RAFINHA667MAICON Pereira Roque
Paulo Luiz Beraldo Santos, PAULINHO7RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Javier Matías PASTORE687CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Ángelo José HENRÍQUEZ Iturra9Didier DROGBA
Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO10ALAN Patrick Lourenço
Sebastian POLTER117Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar12WELLITON Soares de Morais
Nick MARSMAN13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Juan Manuel VARGAS Risco147Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Aaron LENNON15AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
Anthony KNOCKAERT16Rafael López Gómez, RAFA

Valencia 0 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 51,835, Stadium: Mestalla, Referee: João PINTO CORREIA 6½, TV: live)
Scorers66 Javi García, 69 Ricardo Carvalho
Substitutions54 Cleiton Xavier <=> Alex
Sendings off
12 PastoreBookings
5Corners1
5Fouls6
1Offsides5
4Shots on12
3Shots off13
7Total shots25
4Shots saved8
37%Possession63%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
7An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper by HENRÍQUEZ.
11A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Valencia 'keeper.
12A clumsy challenge gets PASTORE a yellow card.
19A drive from CLEITON XAVIER seemed a certain goal but REINA managed to palm the ball clear.
23REINA was able to claw away a poor shot from JAVI GARCÍA.
26CLEITON XAVIER scuffed a simple chance.
27EDUARDO did well to hold onto a powerful shot from HENRÍQUEZ.
29REINA blocked a refined strike from CLEITON XAVIER.
31CARDOZO ran onto a delightful ball from ALAN but fired his shot wide of the goal.
33CLEITON XAVIER headed over the bar.
35A delightful strike from HENRÍQUEZ was dealt with by a good block from the 'keeper.
41A free-kick from PEREIRA raced just beyond the far post.
 
49A cross from ALAN left ELISEU in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
52A corner bobbled toward ELISEU who nodded the ball inches over.
56A accurate pass fell to SAN JOSE and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide.
58A clever pass from ALAN, was nudged goalbound by CARDOZO only for REINA to claw away.
66GOAL!! A Benfica counter-attack allowed ALAN to setup JAVI GARCÍA with a simple goal. (1-0 Benfica)
69GOAL!! An inswinging corner booted out by PAULINHO was tapped into the net by RICARDO CARVALHO. (2-0 Benfica)
79ELISEU waltzed past ARBELOA and poked a poor shot wide.
80RICARDO CARVALHO stormed through the Valencia defence but shot straight at REINA.
86A useful ball from HENRÍQUEZ on the right was collected by PEROTTI who sliced his shot inches over.
88A deadly shot from PASTORE was clawed past the post by EDUARDO.