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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 9 (setup 3, season 12)
Benfica
v.
Helsingborg
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
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Anthony LOPES17David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez727Daniel WASS
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos837Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA48Pontus WERNBLOOM
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO5Marcos Alberto ROJO
Daniel Sánchez AYALA666Andreas CHRISTENSEN
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA76Albin EKDAL
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX87Christian ERIKSEN
Didier DROGBA797Sergio Leonel AGÜERO
ALAN Patrick Lourenço106DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín7117Joshua KING
Manager
Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado12Arber ZENELI
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Federico MARCHETTI
Yoann GOURCUFF614Martin BRAITHWAITE
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER15Håvard NORDTVEIT
WELLITON Soares de Morais16Jordan LARSSON

Benfica 1 Helsingborg 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 40,251, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Pierluigi COLLINA 6½)
69 DrogbaScorers75 Agüero
68 Javi García <=> GourcuffSubstitutions50 King <=> Braithwaite, 52 Azpilicueta <=> Larsson
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners2
7Fouls8
2Offsides1
6Shots on3
6Shots off7
12Total shots10
4Shots saved1
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
2A pin-point pass found KING and his deadly shot floated narrowly over.
10A free-kick from JAVI GARCÍA floated inches over.
12ERIKSEN ran onto a wonderful ball from EKDAL but toe-poked his shot wide.
14ALEX fluffed an easy chance.
15DIEGO COSTA kicked the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
17DE GEA blocked a clever shot from DROGBA.
22DROGBA was put clear by CARDOZO and he raced past the Helsingborg 'keeper but struck his shot just beyond the far post.
28JAVI GARCÍA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Helsingborg 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
34DROGBA brought the ball away from WERNBLOOM and stroked a poor shot well wide.
36An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by DROGBA.
45ALEX placed a left foot shot over the bar from long range.
45+3A cross from ALAN left ALEX in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
 
49Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled AGÜERO to hit an effort wide.
52A tame shot from BRAITHWAITE rolled agonisingly wide.
63WERNBLOOM made space on the right and dragged the ball to ERIKSEN who rasped the ball over.
67DIEGO COSTA flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
69GOAL!! A poor backpass by CHRISTENSEN enabled DROGBA to run in and fire the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Benfica)
75GOAL!! A patient Helsingborg side were rewarded with a fierce strike from AGÜERO. (1-1)
78A header by CARDOZO at the near post was comfortably collected by the Helsingborg 'keeper.
80A twenty-five yard shot from DROGBA caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
81The Benfica 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from ERIKSEN.
90A wonderful save prevented WERNBLOOM from scoring a great goal.