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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 13 (setup 3, season 12)
Benfica
v.
Palermo
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Anthony LOPES61Yann SOMMER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez82Davide ZAPPACOSTA
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos3Alessio ROMAGNOLI
ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA748Thiago MOTTA
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO5Davide ASTORI
Daniel Sánchez AYALA66Daniele RUGANI
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA678Antonio CANDREVA
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX68Lorenzo INSIGNE
Didier DROGBA97Mattia DESTRO
ALAN Patrick Lourenço10Marco PAROLO
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín6116ÉDER Citadin Martins
Manager
Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado12Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, JORGINHO
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Diego BENAGLIO
Yoann GOURCUFF714Stefano STURARO
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER15Emiliano MORETTI
WELLITON Soares de Morais16Edoardo GOLDANIGA

Benfica 2 Palermo 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 37,163, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: JORGE Monteiro CORROADO 6½)
3 Alex, 28 AlexScorers1 Parolo, 11 Insigne, 87 Éder
68 Javi García <=> GourcuffSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners0
9Fouls2
0Offsides3
6Shots on6
11Shots off6
17Total shots12
4Shots saved3
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
1GOAL!! A long clearance by the Palermo 'keeper beat the Benfica defence and PAROLO fired the ball beyond the advancing LOPES. (1-0 Palermo)
2A cross from ANDRÉ ALMEIDA left DROGBA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
3GOAL!! . (1-1)
11GOAL!! An energetic ASTORI ran down the right wing and pulled the ball back for INSIGNE to hammer home. (2-1 Palermo)
11Uncertainty in the Palermo defence enabled DROGBA to hit the ball over the bar.
13A great save prevented DROGBA from scoring a good goal.
19ALAN scuffed a simple chance.
28GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to ANDRÉ ALMEIDA who mishit a shot goalward, luckily ALEX was on hand to crack the ball into the net. (2-2)
31CANDREVA ran onto a great ball from PAROLO but fumbled his effort wide of the goal.
32A accurate pass found CARDOZO and his deadly shot raced narrowly over.
36JAVI GARCÍA headed over the bar.
37The Benfica 'keeper saved a refined shot from PAROLO.
38A shot from DESTRO was smothered by LOPES.
42ALEX made space on the left and touched the ball to ALAN who rasped the ball over.
 
58A poor shot from MOTTA trickled agonisingly wide.
67RUGANI beat two Benfica players and drove an effort inches over.
68ANDRÉ ALMEIDA shot wide.
71DESTRO was put clear by ASTORI and he beat the Benfica 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
79DESTRO flicked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
87GOAL!! A delightful drive from ROMAGNOLI was palmed away by LOPES only as far as ÉDER who drove the ball past the stranded Benfica 'keeper. (3-2 Palermo)
88A free-kick from CARDOZO raced inches wide.
90A corner bobbled toward PEREIRA who turned the ball over.