User:
Password:
Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 22 (setup 3, season 9)
Benfica
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho1Jeroen ZOET
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez27Bacary SAGNA
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos737Jan VERTONGHEN
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA748Kim KÄLLSTRÖM
MAICON Pereira Roque57Alexandre SONG Billong
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO6Nemanja VIDIC
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM7Maximiliano RODRÍGUEZ
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER87Patrick HERRMANN
Didier DROGBA797Roberto SOLDADO Rillo
AIRTON Ribeiro Santos610Lucas Ariel OCAMPOS
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín117Mirko VUCINIC
Manager
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO12Holger BADSTUBER
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Kepa ARRIZABALAGA Revuelta
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA8146Efe AMBROSE
ALAN Patrick Lourenço156Craig McALLISTER
José BOSINGWA da Silva16Benjamin VOMÁCKA

Benfica 2 Manchester City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 41,818, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Artur SUNDETOV 7, TV: highlights)
27 Cardozo, 82 RafaScorers81 Herrmann
60 Airton <=> Alan, 73 Drogba <=> RafaSubstitutions81 Vucinic <=> McAllister, 82 Sagna <=> Ambrose
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners3
13Fouls11
3Offsides1
10Shots on8
7Shots off5
17Total shots13
8Shots saved6
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Kim KÄLLSTRÖM
3A strike from CARDOZO held little difficulty for ZOET.
13CARDOZO made space on the left and pulled the ball to CLEITON XAVIER who touched the ball over.
14RUBEN AMORIM touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
20A header by CARDOZO at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
20RODRÍGUEZ chipped the ball to HERRMANN who turned it inches wide.
24A left foot shot from HERRMANN was clawed past the post by EDUARDO.
27GOAL!! KÄLLSTRÖM tried to play the ball out of the Manchester City penalty area but was tackled by DROGBA who fired the ball to CARDOZO for a simple tap in. (1-0 Benfica)
28A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming EDUARDO.
30A good effort from VUCINIC scraped the outside of the post.
31RUBEN AMORIM ran onto a great ball from CLEITON XAVIER but dragged his shot wide.
35OCAMPOS beat a number of Benfica players and fired a great chance over.
45+1A great save prevented HERRMANN from scoring an exceptional goal.
 
47ZOET managed to palm clear an amazing shot.
49A clever cross from RODRÍGUEZ, was blasted goalbound by KÄLLSTRÖM only for the Benfica 'keeper to palm clear.
57A shot from DROGBA was smothered by the Manchester City 'keeper.
58The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from SOLDADO.
67The 'keeper stopped a refined shot from HERRMANN.
72A pin-point pass fell to CLEITON XAVIER and his right foot effort raced narrowly over.
78ELISEU stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
81GOAL!! A shot from HERRMANN which the Benfica 'keeper managed to palm clear was deemed over the line by the linesman and the ref awarded the goal. (1-1)
82GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was expertly stroked into the back of the net by RAFA. (2-1 Benfica)
90+1A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled SOLDADO to blast an effort over the bar.