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Commentary
3¹OLSCHOWSKY dived to his right to stop an accurate drive from Benfica's WAHI.
3¹The ref cautions KADERÁBEK.
4¹GOAL!! A nice run by BRUNO GUIMARÃES on the left was capped by a delightful cross which GONZÁLEZ nodded home from inside the penalty box. (1-0 Benfica)
7¹UTH clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
8¹GOAL!! NUNO MENDES drove a fierce shot against the post with FERGUSON cracking in the rebound. (2-0 Benfica)
10¹GOAL!! A long ball from DRAGOVIC had the Benfica defence back-pedalling and PLÉA made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (2-1 Benfica)
17¹A header by SANCHES at the near post was easily collected by REMIRO.
21¹DEMIRBAY rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
22¹A penalty box scramble resulted in ITAKURA driving the ball over.
27¹A good ball from ANTÓNIO SILVA on the left bobbled toward FERGUSON who mishit his shot just beyond the far post.
32¹A cross from DEMIRBAY left PLÉA in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
33¹WAHI beat a number of B.Mönchengladbach players and fired an effort inches over.
36¹FABIÁN ran onto a great ball from GONZÁLEZ but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
37¹GOAL!! ARAÚJO tried to play the ball out of the Benfica penalty area but was tackled by UTH who touched the ball to SANCHES for a simple goal. (2-2)
3²A shot from SANCHES was smothered by the 'keeper.
8²FERGUSON was put clear by NUNO MENDES and he pulled away from the B.Mönchengladbach 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
11²DEMIRBAY stormed through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the Benfica 'keeper.
18²A twenty-five yard shot from WAHI caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
20²LAIMER worked the ball to DEMIRBAY, UTH latched onto his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
25²A free-kick from FERGUSON went over the bar.
27²The motionless 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from JANTSCHKE fell just over.
34²REMIRO did well to hold onto a wicked shot from UTH.
37²PEDRO PORRO headed over the bar.
38²The referee books N'GOUMOU for a clumsy challenge.
39²GOAL!! Showing lots of skill WAHI dribbled past VAGNOMAN and knocked the ball past OLSCHOWSKY. (3-2 Benfica)
44²A shot from UTH was kicked off the line by WIND.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 5
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: XWWWWWWO
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Alejandro REMIRO6½15 Jan OLSCHOWSKY
PEDRO Antonio PORRO7 26½Pavel KADERÁBEK
NUNO Alexandre MENDES7½37 Aleksandar DRAGOVIC(c)
BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez5½47 Konrad LAIMER
Ronald ARAÚJO6½57½Ko ITAKURA
(c)ANTÓNIO João SILVA6½66½Tony JANTSCHKE
Marcus EDWARDS7 77 Alassane PLÉA
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ7 86 Yvandro SANCHES
(p)Evan FERGUSON7 97½Mark UTH(p)
(f)FABIÁN Ruiz7 105½Kerem DEMIRBAY(f)
Elye WAHI5½116 Nathan N'GOUMOU
Steven GibsonManager
Maxence LACROIX  12  Kouadio KONÉ
Lucas CHEVALIER  13  Filip KURTO
Sinaly DIOMANDÉ  146 Josha VAGNOMAN
Jonas WIND8 15  Nadiem AMIRI
Cole PALMER7½16  Mady CAMARA
 
B.Mönchengladbach
 
League position: 21
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: WLWWLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 3 B.Mönchengladbach 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 64,917, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Phil Dowd 7½)

González 4¹, Ferguson 8¹, Wahi 39²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Pléa 10¹, Sanches 37¹
Bruno GuimarãesóWind 15², AraújoóPalmer 25²KaderábekóVagnoman 8²
  
 Kaderábek 3¹, N'Goumou 38²
38
1019
91
59
73
1212
27
51%49%
Man of the match: Jonas Wind