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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 11 (setup 3, season 7)
Benfica
v.
Celtic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho617Jussi JÄÄSKELÄINEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez2Steven CHERUNDOLO
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos737José Ángel Valdés Díaz, COTE
CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS47Steven DEFOUR
MAICON Pereira Roque57Denis KOLODIN
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA66Thomas ROGNE
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA77Tim CAHILL
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER86Aiden McGEADY
Didier DROGBA9Papiss CISSÉ
Christian BENTEKE106Gary HOOPER
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX611Robbie KEANE
Manager
LINCOLN Cássio de Souza Soares12Anders KURE
JÚLIO CÉSAR Jacobi13Artur BORUC
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO14Emilio Arturo IZAGUIRRE Girón
José BOSINGWA da Silva156Paul KONCHESKY
AIRTON Ribeiro Santos16Scott BROWN

Benfica 2 Celtic 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 30,549, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Lutz Michael FRÖHLICH 5½)
5 Alex, 53 Cleiton XavierScorers82 McGeady
46 Rafa <=> Ricardo Carvalho, 79 Benteke <=> AirtonSubstitutions75 Cahill <=> Konchesky
Sendings off
Bookings58 Kolodin
3Corners3
11Fouls15
4Offsides4
4Shots on5
16Shots off10
20Total shots15
2Shots saved4
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Didier DROGBA
5GOAL!! A long ball from MAICON down the middle was collected by the lurking ALEX who blasted a right foot shot in off the post. (1-0 Benfica)
11CLEITON XAVIER fluffed a simple chance.
16The stunned Celtic 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DEFOUR fell just wide.
27COTE fired a right foot shot just beyond the far post from long range.
30KEANE's header was well saved by the Benfica 'keeper.
33A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming EDUARDO.
35A corner was collected by CISSÉ who fired the ball just beyond the near post.
39DROGBA's shot beat JÄÄSKELÄINEN but rebounded off the Celtic crossbar.
44DROGBA rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
45+1Uncertainty in the Celtic defence enabled CLEITON XAVIER to hammer an effort over the bar.
45+3A shot from CISSÉ was smothered by the Benfica 'keeper.
45+3A useful ball from ALEX on the left found CLEITON XAVIER who mishit his shot over.
 
53GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with CLEITON XAVIER striking the ball into the net. (2-0 Benfica)
55HOOPER beat a number of Benfica players and drove an effort over.
57DEFOUR made space on the right and touched the ball to MCGEADY who clipped the ball wide.
58KOLODIN booked.
59CHERUNDOLO booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
69JAVI GARCÍA knocked the ball to CLEITON XAVIER who flicked it over the bar.
75JAVI GARCÍA brought the ball past CAHILL and stabbed a weak shot well wide.
79JAVI GARCÍA ran onto a wonderful ball from CARLOS MARTINS but pulled his shot wide.
82GOAL!! A quick-witted MCGEADY pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (2-1 Benfica)
83A penalty box meleé resulted in AIRTON knocking the ball over.