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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 32 (setup 3, season 11)
Cruz Azul
v.
Benfica
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
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Gorka IRAIZOZ Moreno17Anthony LOPES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
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Óscar DE MARCOS Arana27Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Álvaro Daniel PEREIRA Barragan738ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
Gerardo TORRADO Díez de Bonilla4Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
Joel Adrián HUIQUI Andrade758RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO
Alejandro CASTRO Flores6MAICON Pereira Roque
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA7CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
Jesús Joaquin Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, SUSO787Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX
Nikica JELAVIC9Didier DROGBA
Hideki ISHIGE610ALAN Patrick Lourenço
Philipp OCHS611Óscar René CARDOZO Marín
Manager
Christian GIMÉNEZ12SÉRGIO Miguel Rivas de OLIVEIRA
José de Jesús CORONA Rodríguez13EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho
Jairo RIEDEWALD14CARLOS Jorge Neto MARTINS
Marouane FELLAINI15Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Martin JIRÁNEK16Miguel Arturo LAYÚN Prado

Cruz Azul 0 Benfica 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 27,028, Stadium: Estadio Azul, Referee: Alfred WIESER 6, TV: highlights)
Scorers70p Drogba
Substitutions
Sendings off
2 Ishige, 56 Iraizoz, 65 Jelavic, 86 HuiquiBookings55 Cleiton Xavier
3Corners2
20Fouls5
2Offsides2
6Shots on7
2Shots off8
8Total shots15
5Shots saved6
41%Possession59%
Man of the match: ELISEU Pereira dos Santos
1A delightful strike from JELAVIC was dealt with by a fine stop from the Benfica 'keeper.
2ISHIGE cautioned by the referee.
2A free-kick from PEREIRA flew just beyond the far post.
6A header by ISHIGE at the near post was easily collected by the Benfica 'keeper.
13ALEX headed just beyond the near post.
14LOPES dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Cruz Azul's ISHIGE.
19ALEX's shot was well held by the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
29A drive from HUIQUI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
40ALEX's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cruz Azul post.
45PEREIRA fired the ball through a ruck of players but LOPES was a match for it as he dived to his left.
 
54A shot from MAICON was smothered by the 'keeper.
55A poor foul gets CLEITON XAVIER a yellow card.
56A clumsy foul on RICARDO CARVALHO by IRAIZOZ results in a booking.
62A weak strike from ALEX trickled agonisingly wide.
65JELAVIC booked by WIESER for a poor foul.
67ALEX dummied ISHIGE but slammed the ball into the arms of IRAIZOZ.
70GOAL!! Benfica were awarded a penalty after a foul on ALAN, and DROGBA put it past the 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball.
79IRAIZOZ stopped a clever shot from ALEX.
83A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled JELAVIC to blast an effort inches over.
86The ref yellow cards HUIQUI.
88DROGBA fluffed an easy chance.
90A corner fell to ALAN who forced the ball over.