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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 17 (setup 3, season 14)
Benfica
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
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Anthony LOPES17Claudio Andrés BRAVO Muńoz
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez62Bacary SAGNA
ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhăes de ALMEIDA37Aleksandar KOLAROV
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA4Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
MAICON Pereira Roque756Holger BADSTUBER
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO66John STONES
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM77BERNARDO Mota Veiga de Carvalho e SILVA
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO8Jesús NAVAS González
Didier DROGBA9Roberto SOLDADO Rillo
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER10Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS
Marcello TROTTA7117GABRIEL Fernando de JESUS
Manager
Yoann GOURCUFF12Mirko VUCINIC
JÚLIO CÉSAR Jacobi13Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta
José BOSINGWA da Silva714Maximiliano RODRÍGUEZ
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín715Kyle WALKER
Daniel Sánchez AYALA16Raheem STERLING

Benfica 2 Manchester City 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 44,241, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Antonio ALMEIDA MARCAL 6)
57 Cleiton Xavier, 69 César PeixotoScorers70 Soldado
53 Pereira <=> Bosingwa, 54 Drogba <=> CardozoSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners4
13Fouls13
4Offsides9
9Shots on6
8Shots off4
17Total shots10
7Shots saved5
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
7The 'keeper was able to block a wicked shot.
8GABRIEL JESUS waltzed round CÉSAR PEIXOTO and rifled a weak shot wide.
15An exceptional shot from CÉSAR PEIXOTO was dealt with by a good parry from the Manchester City 'keeper.
16LOPES was able to palm clear a weak shot from OCAMPOS.
18RUBEN AMORIM stormed through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at BRAVO.
26Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled SOLDADO to hammer the ball just wide.
32A shot from BERNARDO SILVA was booted off the line by ANDRÉ ALMEIDA.
34A twenty yard drive from CÉSAR PEIXOTO caused the 'keeper no problem.
39CÉSAR PEIXOTO headed wide.
42A cross from CÉSAR PEIXOTO left CLEITON XAVIER in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
44RUBEN AMORIM's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
 
48A useful ball from RUBEN AMORIM on the right found ANDRÉ ALMEIDA who sliced his shot over the bar.
53A shot from GABRIEL JESUS held little difficulty for LOPES.
57GOAL!! TOURÉ tried to play the ball out of the Manchester City penalty area but was tackled by RUBEN AMORIM who flicked the ball to CLEITON XAVIER for an easy tap in. (1-0 Benfica)
60A accurate pass bobbled toward OCAMPOS and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
65RICARDO CARVALHO kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
67A poor shot from CÉSAR PEIXOTO trickled agonisingly wide.
69GOAL!! A CLEITON XAVIER run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for CÉSAR PEIXOTO to drill in. (2-0 Benfica)
70GOAL!! A cross from BADSTUBER was flicked away by RICARDO CARVALHO only for TOURÉ to tap the ball back into the box for SOLDADO to force into the net. (2-1 Benfica)
72An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of BRAVO by CARDOZO.
76A delightful save prevented TOURÉ from scoring a lovely goal.
90+1CARDOZO flicked a right foot shot over from just outside the area.