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Commentary
3¹COENTRÃO's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Real Madrid crossbar.
5¹SENDEROS beat two Benfica players and stroked a great chance over the bar.
6¹A poor shot from JOHNSON rolled agonisingly wide.
11¹IAGO ran onto a wonderful ball from LUCAS but fumbled his effort wide.
14¹PIZZI made space on the left and pulled the ball to MITROGLOU who fired the ball wide.
16¹A shot from NEGREDO seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
24¹GOAL!! A long clearance by the Benfica 'keeper beat the Real Madrid defence and GAITÁN blasted the ball past the advancing NAVAS. (1-0 Benfica)
26¹PIZZI's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
27¹The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful effort.
28¹The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from SENDEROS.
29¹PÉREZ booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
34¹KRAMARIC knocked the ball to IAGO who forced it over.
39¹A twenty-five yard shot from MITROGLOU caused the Real Madrid 'keeper no problem.
45¹GOAL!! A nice run by NEGREDO on the right was capped by a delightful cross which IAGO touched in from inside the penalty box. (1-1)
10²MORATA cautioned for a late tackle on PIZZI.
11²A cross from SOLANKE left PEREIRA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
15²The bemused ROBERTO stared in disbelief as a backpass from PEREIRA dropped just wide.
19²GOAL!! After being forced wide IAGO managed to hammer the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 Real Madrid)
22²NEGREDO beat GAITÁN and fired the ball to MORATA who fumbled his shot wide.
31²A pin-point pass fell to JOHNSON and his left foot shot floated narrowly over.
33²A penalty box meleé resulted in MITROGLOU cracking a low shot wide.
34²SALVIO headed inches over.
44²A header by PIZZI at the near post was comfortably collected by the Real Madrid 'keeper.
46²A free-kick from GAITÁN went inches over.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 19
Home league form: LWXL
Overall league form: LLLLLWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
ROBERTO Jiménez6 16 Keylor NAVAS(c)
(c)Maximiliano PEREIRA7 26½Jelle VAN DAMME
Fábio COENTRÃO7 38 Glen JOHNSON
Enzo PÉREZ6½47 DANI CEBALLOS
JARDEL Nivaldo7½58 Mikel SAN JOSE
Mehdi CARCELA GONZÁLEZ6 66½Philippe SENDEROS
PIZZI7½76½LUCAS Vázquez
Nicolás GAITÁN6½86½IAGO Falqué
(p)Kostas MITROGLOU7 96 Álvaro MORATA(p)
(f)Dominic SOLANKE5½106½Álvaro NEGREDO(f)
Eduardo SALVIO6 116½Andrej KRAMARIC
Manager
Silvestre VARELA  12  Sebastian GIOVINCO
ARTUR Guilherme  13  Miguel MOYÁ
Leandro GRIMI  14  RENATO Dirnei
FELIPE Menezes  15  Denis CHERYSHEV
SÍLVIO Manuel  16  Delvin NDINGA
 
Real Madrid
 
League position: 11
Away league form: WLLW
Overall league form: WWOLLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 1 Real Madrid 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 36,166, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Robert Boggi 7½)

Gaitán 24¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Iago 45¹, Iago 19²
  
  
 Morata 10²
34
1817
55
64
67
1211
41
48%52%
Man of the match: Glen Johnson