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Commentary
A drive from ALAN KARDEC seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to palm the ball away.
A neatly crafted cross from HULK was tapped goalbound by PEREIRA only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
14¹HULK touched the ball through a crowd of players but GUZAN was a match for it as he dived to his left.
15¹TELLO worked the ball to HULK, VARELA gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of GUZAN.
23¹HULK flicked an easy chance past the far post.
28¹COENTRÃO's header was well saved by the Leeds United 'keeper.
36¹A cross from STEINSSON left AGBONLAHOR in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
40¹An exceptional effort from VARELA scraped the outside of the post.
42¹A tame shot from BENDTNER trickled agonisingly wide.
AGBONLAHOR ran onto a delightful ball from HASSLI but pulled his shot wide of the lefthand post.
Uncertainty in the Leeds United defence enabled SALVIO to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
McCARTHY knocked the ball to HASSLI who nodded it inches over.
12²A shot from JONES was booted off the line by COENTRÃO.
13²A fine ball from VARELA on the right fell to HULK who scuffed his shot over the bar.
15²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing GUZAN.
24²HASSLI given a yellow card by the referee.
29²GOAL!! A deep cross from SALVIO on the right was headed home by GAITAN on the edge of the box. (1-0 Benfica)
33²The motionless Leeds United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from JONES fell just wide.
35²DUNNE booked.
37²A free-kick from VARELA floated wide.
38²AGBONLAHOR made space on the right and dragged the ball to BENDTNER who fired the ball over.
41²VARELA fired a deadly shot over the bar from long range.

 
Benfica
 
League position: -
Home league form: WXWX
Overall league form: XWWLOXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)ARTUR Guilherme1Brad GUZAN
Maximiliano PEREIRA2Phil JONES
Fábio COENTRÃO3David MURPHY
Osvaldo GAITAN4James McCARTHY
ROLANDO Jorge5Richard DUNNE(c)
TONEL6Carlos CUÉLLAR
Eduardo SALVIO7Grétar Rafn STEINSSON
Silvestre VARELA8DANILO Gabriel
(p)ALAN KARDEC de Souza9Nicklas BENDTNER(p)
(f)Rodrigo TELLO10Eric HASSLI(f)
HULK11Gabriel AGBONLAHOR
Manager
Franco JARA  12  James McFADDEN
ROBERTO Jiménez  13  Henrique HILÁRIO
RUBEN Filipe AMORIM14  Tommy KNARVIK
Leandro GRIMI  15  Marlon HAREWOOD
FELIPE Menezes  16Justin HOYTE
 
Leeds United
 
League position: 20
Away league form: XXXX
Overall league form: LXXWXLXX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 1 Leeds United 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 46,525, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Mark Halsey 6)

Gaitan 29²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
CoentrãoóRuben Amorim 30²McCarthyóHoyte 33²
  
 Hassli 24², Dunne 35²
53
156
53
94
108
1912
83
54%46%
Man of the match: Rodrigo Tello