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| 2 | ALEX headed the ball wide from the edge of the box. |
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| 2 | TOULALAN beat two Benfica players and drove a great chance over the bar. |
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| 7 | An exceptional effort from ALEX scraped the woodwork. |
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| 14 | The Benfica 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from GOUFFRAN. |
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| 21 | A shot from GOMIS was smothered by the Benfica 'keeper. |
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| 23 | GOURCUFF booked for an off-the-ball incident. |
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| 28 | A header by KURZAWA at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper. |
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| 31 | A good ball from JAVI GARCÍA on the right fell to ELISEU who mishit his shot just beyond the near post. |
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| 35 | GOAL!! A nice run by GONALONS on the right was capped by a delightful cross which DI MARÍA headed in at the near post. (1-0 Nantes) |
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| 37 | GOMIS touched the ball through a crowd of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
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| 41 | ANDRÉ ALMEIDA cautioned for a clinical foul on DI MARÍA. |
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| 44 | A delightful shot from DI MARÍA was dealt with by a good block from the Benfica 'keeper. |
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| 45 | ANDRÉ ALMEIDA knocked the ball to DROGBA who forced it wide. |
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| 48 | ANDRÉ ALMEIDA made space on the left and dragged the ball to JAVI GARCÍA who touched the ball wide. |
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| 55 | GOMIS dummied ALEX but hit the ball into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper. |
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| 56 | A penalty box meleé resulted in MAICON cracking the ball over. |
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| 60 | A cross from PAYET left TOULALAN in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. |
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| 67 | The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot. |
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| 68 | LOPES booked by the referee. |
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| 69 | A poor strike from PAYET trickled agonisingly wide. |
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| 74 | A accurate pass found GONALONS and his deadly shot flew narrowly wide. |
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| 75 | ALEX booked for a poor foul. |
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| 78 | GOAL!! A Nantes counter-attack allowed DI MARÍA to setup PAYET with a simple goal. (2-0 Nantes) |
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| 90+1 | PAYET ran onto a great ball from SISSOKO but toe-poked his shot wide of the righthand post. |
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| 90+3 | An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Nantes 'keeper by ALEX. |
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| 90+4 | DI MARÍA waltzed away from ALEX and poked a weak shot over. |
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
