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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 34 (setup 3, season 7)
Benfica
v.
Manchester United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
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Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos17Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez828Wes BROWN
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos3Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA846Michael CARRICK
MAICON Pereira Roque657Jonny EVANS
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO66John O'SHEA
Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI7GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER58Danny WELBECK
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín97Dimitar BERBATOV
Yoann GOURCUFF106Ryan GIGGS
WELLITON Soares de Morais7116Sergio Gontán Gallardo, KEKO
Manager
Christian BENTEKE12Jonjo SHELVEY
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Joe LEWIS
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO146Kelvin WILSON
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM715Gabriel OBERTAN
CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS16ANDERSON Luís de Abreu Oliveira

Benfica 4 Manchester United 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 42,598, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Uche IKPEAZU 7½)
6 Welliton, 26og Brown, 66 Cardozo, 72 Javi GarcíaScorers33 Welbeck, 74 Berbatov
69 Cleiton Xavier <=> Ruben AmorimSubstitutions57 Giovani <=> Wilson
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners0
4Fouls13
7Offsides5
5Shots on7
11Shots off1
16Total shots8
1Shots saved5
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
6GOAL!! The creative PEREIRA neatly flicked on a cross for WELLITON to crack the ball in. (1-0 Benfica)
8The hapless Manchester United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from CARRICK dropped just wide.
13BERBATOV nutmegged RICARDO CARVALHO but shot the ball into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper.
22RICARDO CARVALHO beat two Manchester United players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
24A corner was collected by WELLITON who nodded the ball over the bar.
26GOAL!! A shot from CLEITON XAVIER deflected off the head of BROWN and flew past the helpless 'keeper and into the net.
29WELBECK's header was well saved by the Benfica 'keeper.
29The Benfica 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from EVANS.
33GOAL!! After being forced wide WELBECK managed to ram the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-1 Benfica)
36CARDOZO snapped at a simple chance.
39GIOVANI beat ELISEU and hit the ball to GIGGS who blasted his effort wide.
41JAVI GARCÍA made space on the right and pulled the ball to CARDOZO who fired the ball wide.
 
47A accurate pass fell to CARDOZO and his left foot shot flew narrowly over.
47FELIPE saved a curling effort from BERBATOV.
52A drive from BROWN seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
53PEREIRA brought the ball past EVANS and flicked a weak shot wide.
65CLEITON XAVIER ran onto a delightful ball from GOURCUFF but hit his shot wide.
66GOAL!! A poor backpass by BROWN enabled CARDOZO to nip in and hammer the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 Benfica)
70A cross from JAVI GARCÍA left RUBEN AMORIM in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
72GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of JAVI GARCÍA who drove the ball past the helpless KUSZCZAK. (4-1 Benfica)
74GOAL!! A shot from BERBATOV which FELIPE was able to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and the referee gave the goal. (4-2 Benfica)
77A shot from CARDOZO was smothered by KUSZCZAK.
80A fine ball from ELISEU on the right bobbled toward CARDOZO who scuffed his shot inches over.
85A weak strike from RICARDO CARVALHO rolled agonisingly wide.