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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 6 (setup 3, season 8)
Benfica
v.
Real Madrid
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
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EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho617Iker CASILLAS Fernández
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez627SERGIO RAMOS García
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos3Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Yoann GOURCUFF47Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE
MAICON Pereira Roque657Giorgio CHIELLINI
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO66Daniele DE ROSSI
Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI7Xabier Alonso Olano, XABI ALONSO
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER687Mesut ÖZIL
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín97Robin VAN PERSIE
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA10Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro
Christian BENTEKE11Lionel Andrés MESSI
ManagerDafydd Spears-Gellar
Rafael López Gómez, RAFA12Ignacio CAMACHO Barnola
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Juan Manuel MATA García
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM14Pablo INSUA Blanco
José BOSINGWA da Silva15Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada
Daniel Sánchez AYALA16Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA

Benfica 0 Real Madrid 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 64,809, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Gerd GRABHER 6½, TV: live)
Scorers29 Messi, 42 Messi
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
7Corners10
3Fouls17
4Offsides13
3Shots on6
3Shots off12
6Total shots18
2Shots saved2
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: Daniele DE ROSSI
1A drive from CARDOZO seemed a certain goal but CASILLAS managed to punch the ball away.
17The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from MESSI.
19The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PEPE dropped just over.
24RONALDO was put clear by MESSI and he stepped inside the 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
28VAN PERSIE clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
28CARDOZO waltzed away from RONALDO and stabbed a weak shot over.
29GOAL!! A shot from MESSI raced through a crowd of players and rolled past the unsighted EDUARDO. (1-0 Real Madrid)
36A tame strike from SERGIO RAMOS rolled agonisingly wide.
37CARDOZO stepped inside ÖZIL but nudged the ball into the arms of CASILLAS.
42GOAL!! The Benfica 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from PEREIRA and MESSI managed to squeeze the ball into the net. (2-0 Real Madrid)
45RONALDO headed just beyond the far post.
45+2A useful ball from DE ROSSI on the right bobbled toward MESSI who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
 
47PEPE stabbed a simple chance past the near post.
50PIQUÉ ran onto a great ball from ÖZIL but blasted his shot wide.
52CASILLAS did well to hold onto a wicked shot from ELISEU.
59A lovely pass from RONALDO, was knocked goalbound by MESSI only for the Benfica 'keeper to palm clear.
60A perfect shot from MESSI was dealt with by a useful block from the Benfica 'keeper.
65A great effort from MESSI scraped the upright.
74A pin-point pass fell to SERGIO RAMOS and his right foot effort flew narrowly over.
78A corner bobbled toward MESSI who forced the ball inches over.
83ÖZIL made space on the right and knocked the ball to RONALDO who rasped the ball over.
85TADDEI beat PIQUÉ and blasted the ball to CARDOZO who hit his effort wide.
86A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled MESSI to volley the ball wide.
89A free-kick from PEPE raced inches over.