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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 35 (setup 3, season 12)
Benfica
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
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Anthony LOPES61Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
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José BOSINGWA da Silva72Jérôme BOATENG
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos637David ALABA
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA74Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO57Mats HUMMELS
MAICON Pereira Roque67Jonathan TAH
ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA778Kevin DE BRUYNE
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX8Mesut ÖZIL
Didier DROGBA97Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín6107David Jiménez SILVA
Marcello TROTTA6117Thomas MÜLLER
Manager
Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado12Joël MATIP
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Samir HANDANOVIC
WELLITON Soares de Morais14Mario GÖTZE
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO15Chancel Mangulu MBEMBA
Daniel Sánchez AYALA16Georginio WIJNALDUM

Benfica 1 Newcastle United 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 45,587, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: João PINTO CORREIA 6½)
6 AlexScorers3 De Bruyne, 43 Higuaín
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
8Corners0
11Fouls2
2Offsides2
5Shots on5
1Shots off9
6Total shots14
4Shots saved3
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Kevin DE BRUYNE
3GOAL!! Some neat work by VIDAL on the right, left DE BRUYNE yards clear, and he beat the 'keeper and fired the ball into the net. (1-0 Newcastle United)
6GOAL!! A shot from ALEX dribbled through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted COURTOIS. (1-1)
11An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of COURTOIS by ALEX.
14Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled HIGUAÍN to hammer the ball over.
18VIDAL rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
39MÜLLER nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
41COURTOIS saved a curling shot from DROGBA.
42A weak shot from ANDRÉ ALMEIDA trickled agonisingly wide.
43GOAL!! A Newcastle United counter-attack allowed ÖZIL to setup HIGUAÍN with a simple goal. (2-1 Newcastle United)
 
51A delightful strike from HIGUAÍN was dealt with by a good stop from the 'keeper.
53A great save prevented ÖZIL from scoring a great goal.
55SILVA made space on the right and knocked the ball to ÖZIL who rasped the ball over.
57HIGUAÍN blasted a deadly shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
58A shot from CARDOZO seemed a certain goal but the Newcastle United 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
59A accurate pass fell to ÖZIL and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
66A great effort from VIDAL scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
74The 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak shot from DE BRUYNE.
82DE BRUYNE shot wide.
84A left foot shot from MAICON was clawed past the post by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
90HIGUAÍN waltzed round CARDOZO and poked a poor shot well wide.