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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 42 (setup 3, season 13)
Benfica
v.
River Plate
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
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Anthony LOPES71Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez82Gabriel Iván MERCADO
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos3José María BASANTA
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA84Sebastián PREDIGER
MAICON Pereira Roque75Gustavo Daniel CABRAL
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO66Lisandro Ezequiel LÓPEZ
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM7Mauro Abel FORMICA
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX8Diego Mario BUONANOTTE
Didier DROGBA79Maximiliano Gastón LÓPEZ
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER10Gonzalo Rubén CASTILLEJOS
Marcello TROTTA117Daniel Alberto VILLALVA Barrios
Manager
Yoann GOURCUFF12Lucas Alfonso ORBAN
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO
ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA146Paulo Andrés FERRARI
Daniel Sánchez AYALA15Pablo Nicolás MOUCHE
ALAN Patrick Lourenço16Neuciano de Jesus Gusmão, CICINHO

Benfica 2 River Plate 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 42,464, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Andrew WADDEL 7, TV: highlights)
45 Trotta, 67 AlexScorers51 Basanta
Substitutions85 Villalva <=> Ferrari
Sendings off
Bookings12 Prediger, 81 Buonanotte
3Corners5
6Fouls16
8Offsides7
6Shots on8
9Shots off11
15Total shots19
2Shots saved7
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
8A cross from CASTILLEJOS left CABRAL in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
10DROGBA worked the ball to RUBEN AMORIM, CLEITON XAVIER controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of MARCHESÍN.
12PREDIGER given a yellow card for a clumsy tackle on ALEX.
13ALEX beat PREDIGER and flicked the ball to DROGBA who blasted his effort wide.
19BUONANOTTE was put clear by BASANTA and he nutmegged LOPES but rammed his shot over.
23PREDIGER stormed through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
25A accurate pass bobbled toward PEREIRA and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
31A free-kick from LÓPEZ raced just wide.
31CABRAL brought the ball away from RICARDO CARVALHO and poked a poor shot over.
32A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Benfica 'keeper.
36A great effort from CABRAL scraped the outside of the post.
38TROTTA beat a number of River Plate players and thundered a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
42LÓPEZ's shot was well held by the Benfica 'keeper.
43The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot.
45GOAL!! A great run from PEREIRA gave JAVI GARCÍA space on the left and TROTTA poked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Benfica)
 
47The 'keeper saved a curling shot from DROGBA.
51GOAL!! After VILLALVA was bundled over WADDEL waved play-on and BASANTA went on to comfortably score. (1-1)
53A refined cross from VILLALVA, was drove goalbound by BUONANOTTE only for the 'keeper to claw away.
67GOAL!! The creative PEREIRA neatly nodded on a cross for ALEX to fire the ball in. (2-1 Benfica)
70A useful ball from JAVI GARCÍA on the left bobbled toward ALEX who scuffed his shot over.
81BUONANOTTE booked for violent conduct.
85A tame strike from ALEX bounced agonisingly wide.