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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 26 (setup 3, season 9)
Benfica
v.
Baník Ostrava
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho17Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez827Tomás HUBOCAN
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO63FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA4Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
MAICON Pereira Roque757Andrea BARZAGLI
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA76Raphaël VARANE
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM7Max MEYER
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER787ARDA Turan
Didier DROGBA797Olivier GIROUD
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín6107Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX611Francesco TOTTI
Manager
Yoann GOURCUFF12Jackson Arley MARTÍNEZ Valencia
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Mattia PERIN
WELLITON Soares de Morais147Gary Alexis MEDEL Soto
José BOSINGWA da Silva15Mattia DE SCIGLIO
Marcello TROTTA16Kwadwo ASAMOAH

Benfica 2 Baník Ostrava 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 37,728, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Vaclav KRONDL 6½)
14 Cleiton Xavier, 83 DrogbaScorers39 Meyer
Substitutions46 Meyer <=> Medel
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners0
5Fouls7
1Offsides0
6Shots on4
5Shots off7
11Total shots11
4Shots saved3
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
2A cross from BUSQUETS left ARDA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
6A shot from DROGBA was smothered by the 'keeper.
14GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by COURTOIS, DROGBA was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to CLEITON XAVIER to hammer home. (1-0 Benfica)
23GIROUD touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
24A poor strike from DROGBA bounced agonisingly wide.
32HUBOCAN beat two Benfica players and stroked a great chance just wide.
32Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled GIROUD to crack the ball inches over.
39GOAL!! A mishit backpass by RAFA enabled MEYER to run in and nudge the ball past the 'keeper. (1-1)
43DROGBA headed wide.
 
47A good effort from RUBEN AMORIM scraped the top of the crossbar.
49An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of EDUARDO by ARDA.
58CARDOZO fluffed an easy chance.
59A shot from MAICON seemed a certain goal but the Baník Ostrava 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
61RUBEN AMORIM played the ball to DROGBA who fired it wide.
61A lovely pass from CARDOZO, was lashed goalbound by JAVI GARCÍA only for the 'keeper to block.
65ARDA beat CÉSAR PEIXOTO and fired the ball to MEDEL who fired his shot wide.
67BUSQUETS headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
73A shot from GIROUD held no problem for the 'keeper.
75The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Benfica's CLEITON XAVIER.
76BARZAGLI dribbled past CARDOZO and rifled a poor shot wide.
79BUSQUETS ran onto a wonderful ball from ARDA but toe-poked his shot wide.
83GOAL!! A deep cross from MAICON on the left was nodded home by DROGBA on the edge of the box. (2-1 Benfica)