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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 35 (setup 3, season 9)
Benfica
v.
Liverpool
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho17Andriy PYATOV
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez26Sime VRSALJKO
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos3Emiliano Adrián INSÚA
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA4Kevin NOLAN
MAICON Pereira Roque56Steven TAYLOR
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA766Milan BADELJ
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM67Danijel ALEKSIC
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER8Víctor Machín Pérez, VITOLO
Didier DROGBA796Andy CARROLL
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín6106Thomas SØRUM
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX11Krisztián NÉMETH
Manager
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO12Will KEANE
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Michel VORM
José BOSINGWA da Silva14Nathan ECCLESTON
Yoann GOURCUFF15David BALL
AIRTON Ribeiro Santos16Nikola SARIC

Benfica 0 Liverpool 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 32,238, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Roberto BOGGI 5½)
Scorers33 Vitolo
Substitutions
Sendings off
32 Cardozo, 72 Cleiton XavierBookings
6Corners5
16Fouls13
0Offsides1
4Shots on3
11Shots off2
15Total shots5
3Shots saved2
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Emiliano Adrián INSÚA
8INSÚA beat two Benfica players and thundered a shot just beyond the near post.
10A right foot shot from VITOLO was pushed round the post by the 'keeper.
15A shot from VITOLO was hoofed off the line by RAFA.
19A lovely effort from DROGBA scraped the outside of the post.
21A mix up in the Liverpool defence enabled RUBEN AMORIM to fire an effort just beyond the far post.
23RUBEN AMORIM headed over.
27A twenty-five yard drive from ELISEU caused the Liverpool 'keeper little difficulty.
32CARDOZO receives a yellow card for a clinical tackle on VRSALJKO.
33GOAL!! A short corner was played out to VITOLO who nudged the ball in off the post. (1-0 Liverpool)
35JAVI GARCÍA beat VITOLO and drove the ball to DROGBA who fired his shot wide.
45+1CARROLL made space on the left and dragged the ball to VITOLO who fired the ball wide.
 
50RAFA shot over.
51A corner found CLEITON XAVIER who forced the ball just wide.
52A shot from CLEITON XAVIER seemed a certain goal but PYATOV managed to palm the ball away.
54A penalty box scramble resulted in CLEITON XAVIER driving the ball wide.
55ELISEU dribbled round VRSALJKO and poked a tame shot over the bar.
56PEREIRA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Liverpool crossbar.
62DROGBA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Liverpool 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
65DROGBA hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
68A accurate pass found ELISEU and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
72CLEITON XAVIER booked for a late challenge.
82ELISEU rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post.