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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 11 (setup 3, season 8)
Cruz Azul
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
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Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno18Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
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JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA727Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan73ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Óscar DE MARCOS Arana747Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Phil JAGIELKA57MAICON Pereira Roque
Walter Adrian SAMUEL66RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Marouane FELLAINI77Rodrigo Ferrante TADDEI
Arjen ROBBEN787CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Nikica JELAVIC97Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla106Yoann GOURCUFF
Christian GIMÉNEZ6117WELLITON Soares de Morais
Manager
Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER12Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO14AIRTON Ribeiro Santos
Melvin BROWN Casados15RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade16Marcello TROTTA

Cruz Azul 0 Benfica 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 35,763, Stadium: Azul, Referee: Gerd GRABHER 7, TV: live)
Scorers
Substitutions61 Maicon <=> Trotta, 62 Pereira <=> Airton
Sendings off
22 Jagielka, 88 GiménezBookings
2Corners5
7Fouls6
0Offsides1
5Shots on3
8Shots off8
13Total shots11
5Shots saved2
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
4JELAVIC's shot was well held by FELIPE.
6A penalty box scramble resulted in GIMÉNEZ tapping a low shot wide.
17A left foot shot from PEREIRA was clawed past the post by the Benfica 'keeper.
17ROBBEN ran onto a wonderful ball from TORRADO but hit his shot wide of the goal.
22The ref cautions JAGIELKA for a high tackle.
24CLEITON XAVIER's shot beat IRAIZOZ but rebounded off the Cruz Azul post.
28TORRADO's shot was well saved by the Benfica 'keeper.
30A free-kick from JAVI GARCÍA floated over.
33GOURCUFF poked an easy chance past the near post.
36GIMÉNEZ played the ball to JAGIELKA who headed it over the bar.
40ELISEU blasted a looping shot over from twenty-five yards out.
45CLEITON XAVIER waltzed round JAGIELKA and stroked a poor shot well wide.
 
46PEREIRA beat two Benfica players and thundered a shot over the bar.
48WELLITON booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
50A corner found JELAVIC who nodded an effort over.
52The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from FELLAINI fell just over.
56Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled TORRADO to hammer the ball wide.
58ROBBEN shot wide.
59JAVI GARCÍA worked the ball to TADDEI, CARDOZO collected his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
62A twenty-five yard shot from CARDOZO caused the Cruz Azul 'keeper no problem.
64CLEITON XAVIER headed inches over.
65A header by FELLAINI at the near post was comfortably collected by FELIPE.
67A great effort from CARDOZO scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
72GIMÉNEZ beat TROTTA and drilled the ball to DE MARCOS who blasted his shot wide.
73JOÃO PEREIRA galloped through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the Benfica 'keeper.
88The referee cautions GIMÉNEZ for an off-the-ball incident against ELISEU.