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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 21 (setup 3, season 13)
River Plate
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
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Agustín Federico MARCHESÍN616Anthony LOPES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
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Gabriel Iván MERCADO2Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
José María BASANTA838ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA
Diego Mario BUONANOTTE848Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Gustavo Daniel CABRAL85RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Lisandro Ezequiel LÓPEZ66Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Mauro Abel FORMICA676Yoann GOURCUFF
Nordin AMRABAT8Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Maximiliano Gastón LÓPEZ79Marcello TROTTA
Gonzalo Rubén CASTILLEJOS610Didier DROGBA
Daniel Alberto VILLALVA Barrios6116WELLITON Soares de Morais
Manager
Lucas Alfonso ORBAN12Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Wilfredo Daniel CABALLERO13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Facundo AFFRANCHINO614ALAN Patrick Lourenço
Paulo Andrés FERRARI156CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Matías ABELAIRAS16José BOSINGWA da Silva

River Plate 3 Benfica 3
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 29,965, Stadium: Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Referee: Armand ANCION 8)
5 López, 20 Basanta, 31 AmrabatScorers43 Trotta, 60 Trotta, 87 Drogba
85 Mercado <=> AffranchinoSubstitutions87 Alex <=> Cleiton Xavier
Sendings off
Bookings17 Trotta
1Corners1
2Fouls15
2Offsides4
4Shots on6
9Shots off5
13Total shots11
1Shots saved3
64%Possession36%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
2TROTTA kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
5GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled LÓPEZ to slip the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 River Plate)
7TROTTA's header was well saved by MARCHESÍN.
13BUONANOTTE headed over.
17A poor foul on LÓPEZ by TROTTA results in a booking.
20GOAL!! AMRABAT made space for BASANTA who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, rammed the ball past LOPES. (2-0 River Plate)
22A pin-point pass was collected by TROTTA and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
29A weak shot from BASANTA rolled agonisingly wide.
30CABRAL rifled a simple chance past the near post.
31GOAL!! CASTILLEJOS drove a wicked shot against the post with AMRABAT driving in the rebound. (3-0 River Plate)
33TROTTA waltzed round LÓPEZ and stabbed a weak shot well wide.
43GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for TROTTA to volley the ball into the net. (3-1 River Plate)
 
47A free-kick from ALEX floated just beyond the far post.
49A looping effort from TROTTA was stopped by MARCHESÍN.
50A cross from CASTILLEJOS left BASANTA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
56An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by TROTTA.
56BASANTA snapped at a simple chance.
57FORMICA ran onto a great ball from CASTILLEJOS but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
58CASTILLEJOS's shot was well held by LOPES.
60GOAL!! With his back to goal TROTTA swivelled and stroked the ball past MARCHESÍN. (3-2 River Plate)
74WELLITON blasted a right foot shot over from just outside the area.
80Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled LÓPEZ to fire an effort over.
82CASTILLEJOS knocked the ball to MERCADO who touched it wide.
87GOAL!! A long ball from GOURCUFF had the River Plate defence back-pedalling and DROGBA made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (3-3)
88VILLALVA beat DROGBA and drilled the ball to LÓPEZ who fumbled his shot wide.