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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 8 (setup 3, season 10)
Benfica
v.
Athletic Bilbao
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho16Mirko PIGLIACELLI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez628Andoni IRAOLA Sagarna
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos738Jon AURTENETXE Borde
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA4MARIO SUÁREZ Mata
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO657Alberto Tomas BOTÍA Rabasco
MAICON Pereira Roque667Miguel TORRES Gómez
Yoann GOURCUFF77Markel SUSAETA Laskurain
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER8Carlos Alberto VELA Garrido
Didier DROGBA697EDUARDO Alves da Silva
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín10Daniel PAREJO Muñoz
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX117OSVALDO Lourenço Filho
Manager
WELLITON Soares de Morais12Gaizka TOQUERO Pinedo
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Sven DHOEST
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA714Alain TRAORÉ
AIRTON Ribeiro Santos15Daniel Pacheco Lobato, DANI PACHECO
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO166Roberto CANELLA Suárez

Benfica 2 Athletic Bilbao 3
(Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 41,685, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Mark HALSEY 7½)
21 Gourcuff, 70 RafaScorers5 Susaeta, 26 Susaeta, 42 Vela
47 Drogba <=> RafaSubstitutions79 Torres <=> Canella
Sendings off
Bookings67 Parejo
4Corners4
21Fouls5
4Offsides3
8Shots on8
3Shots off5
11Total shots13
5Shots saved4
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: Jon AURTENETXE Borde
4A header by ALEX at the near post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
5GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled SUSAETA to dribble through the Benfica defence and score. (1-0 Athletic Bilbao)
11TORRES's header was well saved by EDUARDO.
12PIGLIACELLI did well to hold onto an amazing shot from GOURCUFF.
16GOURCUFF steamed through the Athletic Bilbao defence but shot straight at PIGLIACELLI.
19A strike from MARIO SUÁREZ held no problem for EDUARDO.
21GOAL!! A long ball from CLEITON XAVIER had the Athletic Bilbao defence back-pedalling and GOURCUFF made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-1)
22BOTÍA beat two Benfica players and drove a shot over the bar.
23EDUARDO flicked a simple chance past the near post.
25A drive from SUSAETA seemed a certain goal but EDUARDO managed to punch the ball away.
26GOAL!! An imaginative TORRES played a great ball down the right to SUSAETA who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-1 Athletic Bilbao)
42GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to TORRES who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily VELA was on hand to blast the ball into the net. (3-1 Athletic Bilbao)
44DROGBA waltzed past MARIO SUÁREZ and flicked a tame shot past the post.
45PAREJO's shot beat the Benfica 'keeper but rebounded off the Benfica woodwork.
 
48PAREJO beat CARDOZO but flicked the ball into the arms of EDUARDO.
56A corner fell to MAICON who headed an effort just beyond the near post.
58The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked shot.
64A right foot shot from PEREIRA was tipped over by PIGLIACELLI.
65EDUARDO blasted a left foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
67PAREJO booked.
70GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled RAFA to nudge the ball into the net. (3-2 Athletic Bilbao)
75MARIO SUÁREZ was put clear by AURTENETXE and he beat the Benfica 'keeper but glanced his shot inches over.
78A free-kick from SUSAETA raced over.
80RAFA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
83CLEITON XAVIER ran onto a great ball from CARDOZO but pulled his effort wide of the goal.