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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 34 (setup 3, season 11)
Benfica
v.
Lazio
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
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Anthony LOPES1Maarten STEKELENBURG
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez27Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos83Luca ANTONELLI
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA47Ogenyi Eddy ONAZI
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO85Stefan RADU
MAICON Pereira Roque66Lorenzo ARIAUDO
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER77Dries MERTENS
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX78Josip ILICIC
Didier DROGBA69Jermain DEFOE
ALAN Patrick Lourenço10Alessandro MATRI
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín7116Filip DJORDJEVIC
Manager
SÉRGIO Miguel Rivas de OLIVEIRA12Joel Chukwuma OBI
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Stanislav BOHUSH
Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado14Simone VERDI
WELLITON Soares de Morais15Khouma El Hadji BABACAR
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO16Manuel PASQUAL

Benfica 3 Lazio 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 37,610, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Armand ANCION 6)
29 Cleiton Xavier, 46 Cardozo, 54 PereiraScorers30 Defoe, 83 Defoe
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings35 Radu, 77 Matri
5Corners4
8Fouls12
3Offsides4
10Shots on5
8Shots off6
18Total shots11
7Shots saved3
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
1An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper by MATRI.
5A free-kick from DROGBA raced wide.
8ILICIC ran onto a delightful ball from ONAZI but fired his shot wide.
27A shot from DEFOE was smothered by the 'keeper.
29GOAL!! A deep corner left the Lazio 'keeper struggling and CLEITON XAVIER banged the ball into the net. (1-0 Benfica)
30GOAL!! A great solo effort from DEFOE who beat a number of defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (1-1)
34DEFOE was put clear by RADU and he pulled away from the Benfica 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
35RADU receives a yellow card by the ref for a poor challenge.
38MERTENS beat RICARDO CARVALHO and drove the ball to DJORDJEVIC who pulled his shot wide.
42PEREIRA flicked an easy chance past the near post.
44ALEX headed inches wide.
 
46GOAL!! A wonderful shot from CLEITON XAVIER was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as CARDOZO who fired the ball past the stranded Lazio 'keeper. (2-1 Benfica)
54GOAL!! After some fine play on the left PEREIRA came inside and placed the ball into the net. (3-1 Benfica)
66RICARDO CARVALHO's header was well saved by STEKELENBURG.
67ILICIC touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
77The ref books MATRI.
82A good ball from ALEX on the left bobbled toward CARDOZO who sliced his shot over.
83GOAL!! DEFOE hit a glorious twenty-five yard shot past the hapless Benfica 'keeper. (3-2 Benfica)
86A right foot shot from JAVI GARCÍA was clawed past the post by STEKELENBURG.
87ALAN kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
90+1A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled DJORDJEVIC to volley the ball wide.
90+3A corner found CLEITON XAVIER who turned the ball over.