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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 9 (setup 3, season 11)
Benfica
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
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Anthony LOPES17Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez2Jérôme BOATENG
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos38David ALABA
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA74Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
MAICON Pereira Roque5THIAGO Emiliano da SILVA
Daniel Sánchez AYALA767Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM67Mario GÖTZE
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO8Gareth BALE
Didier DROGBA697Aleksandar MITROVIC
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER710Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín11Thomas MÜLLER
Manager
WELLITON Soares de Morais12Georginio WIJNALDUM
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Pablo Javier ZABALETA
Yoann GOURCUFF14Mats HUMMELS
José BOSINGWA da Silva157Joël MATIP
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA167Jean-Paul BOËTIUS

Benfica 0 Newcastle United 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 43,124, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Morgan NORMAN 6½)
Scorers30p Mitrovic
Substitutions55 Vidal <=> Matip, 56 Godín <=> Boëtius
Sendings off
13 Ruben Amorim, 49 Cardozo, 63 Maicon, 85 DrogbaBookings2 Müller
2Corners0
31Fouls10
0Offsides0
1Shots on5
7Shots off7
8Total shots12
1Shots saved3
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: David ALABA
2A poor tackle gets MÜLLER a yellow card.
3CARDOZO nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
7ALABA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
11ALABA was put clear by CAVANI and he raced past the Benfica 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
12A cross from JAVI GARCÍA left DROGBA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
13RUBEN AMORIM cautioned by NORMAN.
15An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the 'keeper by MÜLLER.
24VIDAL beat two Benfica players and fired a shot just beyond the far post.
26The bemused LOPES was all agog as a backpass from RUBEN AMORIM fell just wide.
27A neatly crafted pass from MITROVIC, was fired goalbound by VIDAL only for the Benfica 'keeper to claw away.
28RUBEN AMORIM made space on the right and dragged the ball to CLEITON XAVIER who rasped the ball wide.
30GOAL!! A foul on GÖTZE inside the area gave Newcastle United a penalty which MITROVIC tucked away.
 
46BALE shot over.
49The referee yellow cards CARDOZO.
51BALE headed just wide.
59A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled GÖTZE to blast the ball inches wide.
60A shot from MITROVIC was smothered by the Benfica 'keeper.
63MAICON booked.
66GÖTZE rattled an easy chance past the near post.
67A free-kick from DROGBA raced inches wide.
79A corner bobbled toward CÉSAR PEIXOTO who fired an effort over.
80DROGBA's shot was well saved by COURTOIS.
83CARDOZO drove a deadly shot just wide from close range.
85A good effort from DROGBA scraped the top of the crossbar.
85A poor challenge on BOATENG by DROGBA results in a booking.