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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 18 (setup 3, season 7)
Benfica
v.
Cruz Azul
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho17José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez27JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos3Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
Yoann GOURCUFF748Marouane FELLAINI
MAICON Pereira Roque75Phil JAGIELKA
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO66Alejandro CASTRO Flores
Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI7Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO87Arjen ROBBEN
Didier DROGBA89Nikica JELAVIC
Christian BENTEKE106Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín116Lorenzo INSIGNE
Manager
WELLITON Soares de Morais12Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER
JÚLIO CÉSAR Jacobi13Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
LINCOLN Cássio de Souza Soares14Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM715Melvin BROWN Casados
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX16

Benfica 2 Cruz Azul 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 44,220, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Carlo DINELLI 6½)
17 Eliseu, 56 DrogbaScorers76 Jelavic
66 Ricardo Carvalho <=> Alex, 68 Pereira <=> Ruben AmorimSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings35 Castro
5Corners2
6Fouls4
4Offsides6
6Shots on3
3Shots off5
9Total shots8
4Shots saved2
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Phil JAGIELKA
1A thirty yard shot from DROGBA caused CORONA little difficulty.
10A shot from CÉSAR PEIXOTO was smothered by the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
12JOÃO PEREIRA flicked a deadly shot just wide from twenty-five yards out.
17GOAL!! PEREIRA tried to play the ball out of the Cruz Azul penalty area but was tackled by TADDEI who headed the ball to ELISEU for an easy tap in. (1-0 Benfica)
18CARDOZO headed inches wide.
30DE MARCOS's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
32JOÃO PEREIRA beat three Benfica players and stroked a shot wide.
32A corner was collected by JELAVIC who headed the ball over.
35CASTRO booked for a bad challenge.
 
50An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of CORONA by PEREIRA.
56GOAL!! Some neat work by RICARDO CARVALHO on the left, left DROGBA yards clear, and he raced past CORONA and blasted the ball into the roof of the net. (2-0 Benfica)
57A header by JELAVIC at the near post was easily collected by EDUARDO.
58A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
70CARDOZO knocked the ball to CÉSAR PEIXOTO who forced it wide.
75A lovely effort from ROBBEN scraped the outside of the post.
76GOAL!! An outswinging corner was booted clear only for JELAVIC to volley the ball home. (2-1 Benfica)
82A good ball from JAGIELKA on the right bobbled toward ROBBEN who scuffed his shot wide.
86CARDOZO made space on the left and pulled the ball to CÉSAR PEIXOTO who touched the ball over.