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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 20 (setup 3, season 14)
Benfica
v.
Deportivo
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
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Anthony LOPES71GUILHERME Alvim Marinato
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez2Iñigo LEKUE Martínez
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos3JAUME Vicent Costa Jordá
ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA746Javier López Rodríguez, JAVI LÓPEZ
MAICON Pereira Roque57Anaitz ARBILLA Zabala
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO66RENATO Assis da SILVA
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM678Mohamed DIAMÉ
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX87José 'Andrés' GUARDADO Hernández
Didier DROGBA796Aritz ADÚRIZ Zubeldia
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA106CARLES GIL de Pareja Vicent
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín711BRUNO Alexandre Vilela GAMA
Manager
WELLITON Soares de Morais12AARÓN Martín Caricol
JÚLIO CÉSAR Jacobi13António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, BETO
Yoann GOURCUFF614Diego Daniel COLOTTO
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA15SABIN Merino Zuloaga
José BOSINGWA da Silva16Ivan Sánchez-Rico Soto, RIKI

Benfica 2 Deportivo 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 37,498, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Luis MEDINA CANTALEJO 7½, TV: highlights)
11 Javi García, 55 CardozoScorers32 Guardado
73 Ruben Amorim <=> GourcuffSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners5
13Fouls7
2Offsides2
3Shots on3
8Shots off10
11Total shots13
1Shots saved2
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Mohamed DIAMÉ
3DIAMÉ dribbled past RICARDO CARVALHO and rifled a tame shot into the crowd.
8CARDOZO rattled a simple chance past the righthand post.
11GOAL!! The creative PEREIRA neatly flicked on a cross for JAVI GARCÍA to hit the ball in. (1-0 Benfica)
12JAVI LÓPEZ beat two Benfica players and blasted an effort wide.
18A penalty box meleé resulted in JAUME cracking the ball wide.
22A corner fell to CARDOZO who touched the ball wide.
26DIAMÉ ran onto a delightful ball from GUARDADO but hit his shot wide of the goal.
30An exceptional effort from JAUME scraped the woodwork.
32GOAL!! A patient Deportivo side were rewarded with a lovely shot from GUARDADO. (1-1)
40DROGBA made space on the left and dragged the ball to ELISEU who clipped the ball over.
40A fine ball from JAUME on the left bobbled toward GUARDADO who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
45DROGBA headed over.
 
47A strike from ADÚRIZ held little difficulty for the Benfica 'keeper.
51A cross from RUBEN AMORIM left CARDOZO in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
55GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the 'keeper enabled CARDOZO to volley the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Benfica)
57BRUNO GAMA chipped the ball to ADÚRIZ who headed it just wide.
59JAUME flicked a left foot shot inches wide from just outside the area.
65The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from MAICON fell just over.
71Uncertainty in the Deportivo defence enabled ALEX to crack an effort over.
74A header by DROGBA at the near post was easily collected by GUILHERME.
77DIAMÉ clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
80ALEX shot wide.
88GUARDADO was put clear by CARLES GIL and he turned the 'keeper but glanced his shot inches over.
90A free-kick from DROGBA went just beyond the near post.