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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 7 (setup 3, season 7)
Real Madrid
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
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Iker CASILLAS Fernández71EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
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SERGIO RAMOS García2Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Holger BADSTUBER83ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Xabier Alonso Olano, XABI ALONSO84CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS
Giorgio CHIELLINI756MAICON Pereira Roque
Vincent KOMPANY66RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
David Jiménez SILVA77Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA787CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Robin VAN PERSIE97Didier DROGBA
Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro710Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Lionel Andrés MESSI711Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
David LilleyManager
Daniele DE ROSSI12José BOSINGWA da Silva
Sergio Germán ROMERO13JÚLIO CÉSAR Jacobi
Leonardo BONUCCI14Christian BENTEKE
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada15Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE16Yoann GOURCUFF

Real Madrid 3 Benfica 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 79,476, Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu, Referee: Vladimar PYANIKH 6½)
33 Silva, 48 Silva, 53 Van PersieScorers62 Cleiton Xavier
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners9
10Fouls7
11Offsides6
6Shots on5
16Shots off2
22Total shots7
3Shots saved4
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Holger BADSTUBER
2An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper by MESSI.
4The Real Madrid 'keeper managed to claw away an amazing effort.
6DROGBA turned SILVA but fired the ball into the arms of CASILLAS.
24MESSI was put clear by SILVA and he pulled away from the 'keeper but thrust his shot over the bar.
29VAN PERSIE shot over.
30A cross from TADDEI left DROGBA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
31A useful ball from BADSTUBER on the left bobbled toward MESSI who sliced his shot just beyond the near post.
33GOAL!! A deep cross from XABI ALONSO on the left was headed home by SILVA at the near post. (1-0 Real Madrid)
39A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
45+1A shot from TADDEI held no problem for the Real Madrid 'keeper.
 
48GOAL!! A BADSTUBER run down the middle resulted in an exceptional cross for SILVA to fire in. (2-0 Real Madrid)
50A great save prevented DROGBA from scoring an exceptional goal.
53GOAL!! After some steady play on the left VAN PERSIE came inside and blasted the ball into the roof of the net. (3-0 Real Madrid)
62GOAL!! A long ball from PEREIRA down the middle found the lurking CLEITON XAVIER who fired a left foot shot into the net. (3-1 Real Madrid)
69RONALDO beat three Benfica players and thundered a great chance just beyond the near post.
71A penalty box scramble resulted in MESSI cracking the ball wide.
72MESSI stroked a simple chance past the near post.
74RONALDO beat CLEITON XAVIER and drove the ball to MESSI who pulled his shot wide.
75VAN PERSIE made space on the right and touched the ball to MESSI who clipped the ball over.
85MESSI headed wide.
90+1A great shot from MESSI was dealt with by a useful block from EDUARDO.
90+2A free-kick from MESSI floated wide.