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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 30 (setup 3, season 10)
Benfica
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
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EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho1Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez728Pablo Javier ZABALETA
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos838David ALABA
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA747Toni KROOS
MAICON Pereira Roque5THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO66Jérôme BOATENG
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER78Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO88Gareth BALE
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín79Aleksandar MITROVIC
Yoann GOURCUFF10Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
WELLITON Soares de Morais117Thomas MÜLLER
Manager
Daniel Sánchez AYALA12Mario GÖTZE
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Petr CECH
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA146Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal
ALAN Patrick Lourenço15Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
José BOSINGWA da Silva16Joël MATIP

Benfica 1 Newcastle United 4
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 44,673, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: James McCLUSKEY 6)
10 CardozoScorers9 Bale, 29 Sánchez, 78 Boateng, 88 Boateng
Substitutions81 Kroos <=> Godín
62 GourcuffSendings off
43 Ricardo Carvalho, 51 Gourcuff, 82 PereiraBookings
5Corners9
12Fouls0
7Offsides10
4Shots on7
3Shots off11
7Total shots18
3Shots saved2
37%Possession63%
Man of the match: David ALABA
9GOAL!! A ALABA run down the right resulted in an exceptional cross for BALE to fire in. (1-0 Newcastle United)
10GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was cleverly stroked into the top corner by CARDOZO. (1-1)
13MÜLLER beat two Benfica players and drove a shot wide.
20An exceptional effort from BALE scraped the upright.
29GOAL!! A terrible backpass by PEREIRA enabled SÁNCHEZ to run in and slip the ball past the Benfica 'keeper. (2-1 Newcastle United)
37A brilliant strike from BOATENG was dealt with by a fine stop from EDUARDO.
43RICARDO CARVALHO cautioned for a poor challenge.
 
46CARDOZO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
50MÜLLER shot over.
51The referee books GOURCUFF for a late foul.
56MITROVIC rattled a simple chance past the far post.
58A free-kick from WELLITON flew over.
62GOURCUFF red carded for a poor foul he had already been booked earlier in the match.
63MITROVIC ran onto a great ball from KROOS but fumbled his effort wide.
67A left foot shot from BOATENG was forced wide by the 'keeper.
71A good ball from BOATENG on the right found VIDAL who scuffed his shot wide.
78GOAL!! With his back to goal BOATENG wrong-footed the defence and rattled the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 Newcastle United)
82PEREIRA given a yellow card for a high challenge on MITROVIC.
83A corner was collected by ZABALETA who turned an effort just beyond the far post.
87Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled VIDAL to blast the ball wide.
88GOAL!! . (4-1 Newcastle United)
90An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by CARDOZO.