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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 31 (setup 3, season 10)
Benfica
v.
Cruz Azul
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
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EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho71Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
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Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez27Óscar DE MARCOS Arana
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos73Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA4Marek HAMSÍK
MAICON Pereira Roque57Jairo RIEDEWALD
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO76Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade
Yoann GOURCUFF77Marouane FELLAINI
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO86Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín97Nikica JELAVIC
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER10Alejandro CASTRO Flores
WELLITON Soares de Morais11Philipp OCHS
Manager
José BOSINGWA da Silva12Walter Adrian SAMUEL
Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos13Nélson de Jesús Silva, DIDA
Marcello TROTTA14JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA
ALAN Patrick Lourenço15Martin JIRÁNEK
CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS16Hideki ISHIGE

Benfica 3 Cruz Azul 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 30,611, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Jaap UILENBERG 6½)
2 Cardozo, 79 Cardozo, 88 César PeixotoScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings86 Ochs
2Corners1
12Fouls14
2Offsides4
8Shots on5
11Shots off4
19Total shots9
5Shots saved4
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Marek HAMSÍK
2GOAL!! With his back to goal CARDOZO swivelled and stroked the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Benfica)
6A poor shot from ELISEU bounced agonisingly wide.
10SUSO was put clear by HUIQUI and he dummied EDUARDO but rammed his shot just beyond the far post.
14A brilliant strike from CARDOZO was dealt with by a good stop from the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
21A deadly effort from WELLITON was pushed over by IRAIZOZ.
24The Cruz Azul 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted shot from CLEITON XAVIER.
27A shot from CASTRO held little difficulty for the Benfica 'keeper.
34WELLITON ran onto a great ball from JAVI GARCÍA but pulled his effort wide.
35CÉSAR PEIXOTO charged through the Cruz Azul defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
 
46JELAVIC's shot beat the Benfica 'keeper but rebounded off the Benfica crossbar.
49A penalty box meleé resulted in WELLITON tapping the ball over.
58The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Cruz Azul's PEREIRA.
59The Cruz Azul 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from GOURCUFF.
62OCHS shot wide.
64A cross from GOURCUFF left JAVI GARCÍA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
65MAICON brought the ball past CASTRO and stabbed a poor shot wide.
72A useful ball from PEREIRA on the right found HAMSÍK who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post.
75A accurate pass was collected by JAVI GARCÍA and his deadly effort flew narrowly over.
79GOAL!! Benfica's CARDOZO beat four defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's righthand post. (2-0 Benfica)
82CLEITON XAVIER beat SUSO and blasted the ball to ELISEU who blasted his shot wide.
86OCHS booked.
88GOAL!! After being forced wide CÉSAR PEIXOTO managed to hammer the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (3-0 Benfica)