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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 12 (setup 3, season 9)
Cruz Azul
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
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Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno617EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
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JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA2Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan38ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Marek HAMSÍK47Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Phil JAGIELKA5MAICON Pereira Roque
Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade6RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Óscar DE MARCOS Arana777RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM
Christian GIMÉNEZ8CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Nikica JELAVIC797Didier DROGBA
Marouane FELLAINI10Yoann GOURCUFF
Francisco Alcácer García, PACO ALCÁCER6116Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
Melvin BROWN Casados12Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez13Luiz FELIPE Ventura dos Santos
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO14Rafael López Gómez, RAFA
Alejandro CASTRO Flores615Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla16ALAN Patrick Lourenço

Cruz Azul 1 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 35,839, Stadium: Azul, Referee: Roberto BOGGI 6½, TV: highlights)
84 Paco AlcácerScorers11 Ruben Amorim, 37 Ruben Amorim
72 Fellaini <=> CastroSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
0Corners0
3Fouls23
1Offsides0
5Shots on8
7Shots off3
12Total shots11
3Shots saved6
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
3JELAVIC rushed through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the Benfica 'keeper.
6GIMÉNEZ snapped at an easy chance.
11GOAL!! A nice run by JAVI GARCÍA on the left was capped by a wonderful cross which RUBEN AMORIM nodded home from inside the penalty box. (1-0 Benfica)
13A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled PACO ALCÁCER to fire an effort over.
14A deadly shot from DROGBA was pushed over by the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
15A weak shot from PACO ALCÁCER bounced agonisingly wide.
18EDUARDO did well to hold onto an amazing strike from JELAVIC.
20A shot from CLEITON XAVIER seemed a certain goal but the Cruz Azul 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
23RUBEN AMORIM made space on the right and dragged the ball to JAVI GARCÍA who clipped the ball wide.
25JOÃO PEREIRA stroked an easy chance past the near post.
26DE MARCOS headed over.
37GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was headed in at the near post by RUBEN AMORIM. (2-0 Benfica)
39A penalty box meleé resulted in PACO ALCÁCER tapping a low shot over.
40A great save prevented DROGBA from scoring a lovely goal.
41A great effort from PACO ALCÁCER scraped the outside of the righthand post.
44A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Benfica 'keeper.
45CLEITON XAVIER's shot beat IRAIZOZ but rebounded off the Cruz Azul crossbar.
 
51JELAVIC's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
56CARDOZO touched the ball through a crowd of players but IRAIZOZ was a match for it as he dived to his left.
72A brilliant shot from CARDOZO was dealt with by a fine parry from the 'keeper.
81A corner fell to CLEITON XAVIER who fired an effort wide.
82CLEITON XAVIER dribbled past DE MARCOS and poked a tame shot over.
84GOAL!! . (2-1 Benfica)