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| 12 | WOODROW ran onto a great ball from LIVERMORE but toe-poked his shot wide of the lefthand post. |
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| 14 | GOAL!! A short corner was played out to BERTRAND who drove the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Newport County) |
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| 15 | GOAL!! With his back to goal DROGBA turned and rattled the ball past the Newport County 'keeper. (1-1) |
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| 18 | WOODROW hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area. |
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| 24 | GOAL!! ELISEU made space for CÉSAR PEIXOTO who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, rammed the ball past the 'keeper. (2-1 Benfica) |
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| 29 | A lovely effort from DUMMETT scraped the outside of the lefthand post. |
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| 30 | TOMKINS's shot was well held by LOPES. |
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| 32 | A corner was collected by DROGBA who touched the ball inches over. |
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| 54 | A useful ball from DUMMETT on the right fell to AYEW who mishit his shot wide. |
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| 60 | A cross from JAVI GARCÍA left DROGBA in lots of space but he rushed his shot. |
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| 64 | CÉSAR PEIXOTO booked. |
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| 66 | A twenty yard drive from ELISEU caused MCGREGOR little difficulty. |
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| 72 | CÉSAR PEIXOTO shot wide. |
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| 77 | A poor shot from WOODROW bounced agonisingly wide. |
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| 80 | The referee books ELISEU for a bad foul. |
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| 83 | DROGBA raced past DUMMETT but slammed the ball into the arms of the Newport County 'keeper. |
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| 85 | BADU beat RUBEN AMORIM and drove the ball to ACHEAMPONG who blasted his effort wide. |
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| 87 | A deadly effort from BADU was clawed past the post by the Benfica 'keeper. |
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| 88 | RUBEN AMORIM beat three Newport County players and drove a golden opportunity just beyond the near post. |
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| 90 | An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the 'keeper by MOWATT. |
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| 90+1 | CARDOZO was put clear by CÉSAR PEIXOTO and he turned MCGREGOR but rammed his shot over. |
Ryan BERTRAND
