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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 10 (setup 3, season 10)
Cruz Azul
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
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Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno1EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
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Óscar DE MARCOS Arana27Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan36ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Marek HAMSÍK84Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade57RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Walter Adrian SAMUEL66MAICON Pereira Roque
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA77AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
Christian GIMÉNEZ686CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER897Didier DROGBA
Marouane FELLAINI610Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Nikica JELAVIC11Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Manager
Alejandro CASTRO Flores12Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla146Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO6156SÉRGIO Miguel Rivas de OLIVEIRA
Melvin BROWN Casados16José BOSINGWA da Silva

Cruz Azul 3 Benfica 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 35,789, Stadium: Azul, Referee: Barry KNIGHT 6½)
17 Fellaini, 30 Jelavic, 70 JelavicScorers16 Cleiton Xavier
82 De Marcos <=> SusoSubstitutions60 Alex <=> Ayala, 60 Pereira <=> Sérgio Oliveira
Sendings off
72 JelavicBookings
2Corners3
9Fouls17
9Offsides12
6Shots on5
11Shots off7
17Total shots12
3Shots saved4
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Marek HAMSÍK
3PACO ALCÁCER drilled a right foot shot over from thirty yards out.
8A header from CARDOZO was headed off the line by HUIQUI.
10ALEX played the ball to DROGBA who turned it just beyond the near post.
11FELLAINI dribbled round JAVI GARCÍA and flicked a poor shot well wide.
12CLEITON XAVIER's header was well saved by the 'keeper.
16GOAL!! A poor goal-kick was intercepted by CARDOZO who setup CLEITON XAVIER with an easy chance. (1-0 Benfica)
17GOAL!! The Benfica 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from RICARDO CARVALHO and FELLAINI was able to stab the ball home. (1-1)
20A shot from GIMÉNEZ seemed a certain goal but EDUARDO managed to palm the ball away.
30GOAL!! After a patient build-up JELAVIC drove the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Cruz Azul)
33HAMSÍK fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
45+1A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
 
54PEREIRA beat three Benfica players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
56JOÃO PEREIRA booted the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
64A good effort from CARDOZO scraped the outside of the post.
68A accurate pass found ELISEU and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
70GOAL!! A deep cross by JOÃO PEREIRA was met by JELAVIC who rushed in to score. (3-1 Cruz Azul)
71An exceptional shot from DROGBA was dealt with by a useful block from the 'keeper.
72JELAVIC booked for a clumsy tackle.
75JELAVIC snapped at a simple chance.
82SAMUEL shot wide.
83DROGBA headed wide.
84The Cruz Azul 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from DROGBA.