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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 18 (setup 3, season 11)
Benfica
v.
Ajax
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
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EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho17Jasper CILLESSEN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez27Joël VELTMAN
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos37Jetro WILLEMS
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA74Nigel DE JONG
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO58Stefan DE VRIJ
Daniel Sánchez AYALA67Jeffrey Van Homoet BRUMA
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM7Anwar EL GHAZI
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX78Jeremain LENS
Didier DROGBA9Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR
ALAN Patrick Lourenço610Arkadiusz MILIK
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín116Pelle VAN AMERSFOORT
Manager
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA12Rai VLOET
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Jeroen ZOET
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO14Nick VIERGEVER
WELLITON Soares de Morais158Daley SINKGRAVEN
SÉRGIO Miguel Rivas de OLIVEIRA16Wesley SNEIJDER

Benfica 1 Ajax 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 35,151, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Phil DOWD 7½)
26 PereiraScorers8 Huntelaar, 48 Huntelaar
Substitutions46 Willems <=> Sinkgraven
Sendings off
37 DrogbaBookings
5Corners3
12Fouls6
3Offsides1
3Shots on6
10Shots off6
13Total shots12
2Shots saved2
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: Daley SINKGRAVEN
5A delightful save prevented LENS from scoring a good goal.
8GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from EL GHAZI hit the upright and in the ensuing scramble the ball was hoofed into the net by HUNTELAAR. (1-0 Ajax)
15VELTMAN headed inches over.
21ALAN raced past VELTMAN but shot the ball into the arms of CILLESSEN.
25A header by DROGBA at the far post was comfortably collected by CILLESSEN.
26GOAL!! A quick-witted PEREIRA pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (1-1)
28HUNTELAAR's shot was well saved by EDUARDO.
29JAVI GARCÍA snapped at an easy chance.
32ELISEU shot over.
37The ref cautions DROGBA for a bad challenge.
38LENS waltzed round AYALA and stroked a weak shot over.
42A weak shot from LENS trickled agonisingly wide.
43A cross from JAVI GARCÍA left ELISEU in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
45A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
 
48GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was cleverly slammed into the net by HUNTELAAR. (2-1 Ajax)
50A mix up in the Ajax defence enabled DROGBA to fire the ball wide.
53An exceptional effort from JAVI GARCÍA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
54CARDOZO ran onto a delightful ball from RUBEN AMORIM but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
58A free-kick from HUNTELAAR floated inches wide.
60EL GHAZI made space on the left and dragged the ball to LENS who rasped the ball over.
66ALAN played the ball to ELISEU who nodded it over the bar.
70A useful ball from AYALA on the right was collected by ALEX who scuffed his shot over.
76DE VRIJ beat four Benfica players and stroked a golden opportunity over the bar.
80A perfect shot from LENS was dealt with by a good stop from EDUARDO.
84A corner bobbled toward ALAN who headed the ball over.
86A accurate pass bobbled toward ELISEU and his looping shot floated narrowly wide.