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Commentary
A penalty box scramble resulted in JARA cracking a low shot wide.
14¹A bad challenge gets KADLEC a yellow card.
15¹A right foot effort from HULK was saved by BADE.
16¹A cross from POLANSKI left SKOUBO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
17¹The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce shot.
18¹A corner found GAITAN who turned an effort inches wide.
22¹A useful ball from SVENSSON on the right was collected by POLANSKI who sliced his shot wide.
30¹EL FAKIRI fluffed a simple chance.
39¹MISIMOVIC beat VARELA and hit the ball to DABO who pulled his shot wide.
40¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
41¹A shot from POLANSKI was nodded off the line by FÁBIO FARIA.
41¹GOAL!! A cross from the left was touched down by TONEL for VARELA to score. (1-0 Benfica)
JARA ran onto a great ball from SALVIO but pulled his shot wide.
GOAL!! The Benfica 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from TONEL and POLANSKI was able to poke the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from JARA.
A brilliant strike from KAHÊ was dealt with by a fine parry from ROBERTO.
POLANSKI was put clear by SKOUBO and he pulled away from ROBERTO but struck his shot wide.
13²GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of SKOUBO who placed the ball past the helpless Benfica 'keeper. (2-1 B.Mönchengladbach)
16²EL FAKIRI worked the ball to DABO, MISIMOVIC collected his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of ROBERTO.
27²FUKAL waltzed round TONEL and stroked a tame shot into the crowd.
29²A free-kick from KADLEC went just beyond the near post.
31²JANSEN drove a looping shot over from twenty-five yards out.
33²GOAL!! A long clearance by the Benfica 'keeper beat the B.Mönchengladbach defence and JARA blasted the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-2)
45²GOAL!! A poor shot from EL FAKIRI seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (3-2 B.Mönchengladbach)

 
B.Mönchengladbach
 
League position: 21
Home league form: XLWX
Overall league form: LXLXLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Alexander BADE1ROBERTO Jiménez
(c)Milan FUKAL2RUBEN Filipe AMORIM
Michal KADLEC3FÁBIO Alexandre COENTRÃO
Zvjezdan MISIMOVIC4Osvaldo GAITAN
Bo SVENSSON5TONEL
Marcell JANSEN6FÁBIO do Passo FARIA
Hassan EL FAKIRI7Eduardo SALVIO
Eugen POLANSKI8Silvestre VARELA
(p)KAHÊ9Franco JARA(p)
(f)Ousmane DABO10Rodrigo TELLO(c,f)
Morten SKOUBO11HULK
Manager
Christian PANDER  12  Ovidiu PETRE
Saso FORNEZZI  13  Alberto COBREA
Markus PRÖLL  14  Leandro GRIMI
Peer KLUGE  15  FELIPE Menezes
Jacek KRZYNOWEK  16ALAN KARDEC de Souza
 
Benfica
 
League position: 6
Away league form: WXWX
Overall league form: WWOXWWWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
B.Mönchengladbach 3 Benfica 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 38,711, Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park, Referee: Jorge Monteiro Corroado 7½)

Polanski 1², Skoubo 13², El Fakiri 45²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Varela 41¹, Jara 33²
 GaitanóAlan Kardec 13²
  
Kadlec 14¹ 
25
1614
23
75
83
158
42
55%45%
Man of the match: Zvjezdan Misimovic