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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 7 (setup 3, season 9)
Marseille
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Rudy RIOU717EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Antoine REVEILLÈRE82Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Franck TABANOU36ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Charles KABORÉ47Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Laurent BONNART856MAICON Pereira Roque
Timothée KOLODZIEJCZAK666Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Miralem PJANIC777Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI
Jérémy MENEZ87CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Evaeverson Lemos da Silva, BRANDÃO797Didier DROGBA
Erik Manuel LAMELA6106Yoann GOURCUFF
Karim BENZEMA7117Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
Matt JARVIS12Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Hatem BEN ARFA13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Jack RODWELL146AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
ALEX Sandro da SILVA156RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
RICHARLYSON Barbosa Felisbino16CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS

Marseille 0 Benfica 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 31,144, Stadium: Vélodrome, Referee: Alfred WIESER 5½)
Scorers33 Cardozo
Substitutions82 Eliseu <=> Ruben Amorim, 84 Cardozo <=> Airton
Sendings off
Bookings72 Javi García
3Corners2
4Fouls11
1Offsides2
4Shots on6
4Shots off10
8Total shots16
4Shots saved5
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Laurent BONNART
2A corner found GOURCUFF who turned the ball inches over.
3A shot from KOLODZIEJCZAK was smothered by EDUARDO.
4CLEITON XAVIER stepped inside REVEILLÈRE but shot the ball into the arms of the Marseille 'keeper.
7MENEZ waltzed away from CLEITON XAVIER and rifled a weak shot well wide.
7CLEITON XAVIER floated the ball to CARDOZO who touched it just beyond the far post.
10CLEITON XAVIER shot wide.
11The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from CLEITON XAVIER.
16An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of the 'keeper by BONNART.
20A header from CLEITON XAVIER was booted off the line by BONNART.
29GOURCUFF headed wide.
33GOAL!! A great solo effort from CARDOZO who beat two defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (1-0 Benfica)
38CLEITON XAVIER beat two Marseille players and stroked a great chance inches wide.
41REVEILLÈRE clipped the ball through a ruck of players but EDUARDO was a match for it as he dived to his left.
42A fine ball from ELISEU on the right fell to CLEITON XAVIER who sliced his shot inches wide.
 
48ELISEU fluffed a simple chance.
50CLEITON XAVIER ran onto a great ball from TADDEI but hit his shot wide of the righthand post.
54MENEZ drove a looping shot wide from just outside the area.
58A penalty box scramble resulted in CLEITON XAVIER tapping a low shot over.
65A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
67The hapless EDUARDO could only watch as a backpass from RAFA dropped just wide.
69CLEITON XAVIER flicked a simple chance past the righthand post.
72A poor foul on BENZEMA by JAVI GARCÍA results in a booking.
77An exceptional shot from DROGBA was dealt with by a good stop from the Marseille 'keeper.
82The Benfica 'keeper parried a refined strike from MENEZ.
85BENZEMA nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.