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Commentary

1¹ MENSEGUEZ rushed an easy chance. 2¹ MICCOLI beat three SV Werder Bremen players and blasted a shot inches wide. 6¹ A shot from MARCO FERREIRA was smothered by WIESE. 8¹ GOAL!! A quick-witted KHIZANISHVILI pounced on a loose ball just inside the box and made no mistake. (1-0 SV Werder Bremen) 10¹ GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from MICCOLI rebounded off the the woodwork and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by SMOLAREK. (1-1) 18¹ A cross from VRANJES left MENSEGUEZ in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. 25¹ GOAL!! MUNTARI waltzed forward, glanced up and stroked a shot into the SV Werder Bremen net. (2-1 Benfica) 27¹ MENSEGUEZ's shot beat the Benfica 'keeper but rebounded off the Benfica post. 30¹ GOAL!! A foul on MARCO FERREIRA inside the area gave Benfica a penalty which SMOLAREK buried. (3-1 Benfica) 41¹ A weak shot from MARCO FERREIRA bounced agonisingly wide. 43¹ An exceptional effort from MENSEGUEZ scraped the woodwork. 46¹ MENSEGUEZ was put clear by PASANEN and he nutmegged the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar. 1² KARAGOUNIS beat VRANJES and hit the ball to SMOLAREK who hit his effort wide. 3² VRANJES made space on the right and dragged the ball to POLENZ who touched the ball wide. 6² GOAL!! Showing lots of skill SMOLAREK dribbled past ANDREASEN and fired the ball past the SV Werder Bremen 'keeper. (4-1 Benfica) 14² GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for VRANJES to fire the ball into the back of the net. (4-2 Benfica) 23² POLENZ headed wide. 27² ANDREASEN knocked the ball to VRANJES who flicked it over the bar. 32² A pin-point pass fell to SMOLAREK and his looping shot went narrowly over. 37² A free-kick from MUNTARI flew inches over. 39² POLENZ brought the ball away from EDUARDO and stroked a weak shot past the post. 45² PASANEN shot wide.

SV Werder Bremen   League position: 9 Home league form: XWXW Overall league form: LXWLWXXX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Tim WIESE 5½ 1 5  QUIM(c) Guy DEMEL 7½ 2 6  Tal BEN HAIM Jelle VAN DAMME 8  3 7  GEOVANNI Deiberson Leon ANDREASEN 7½ 4 6½ Giorgos KARAGOUNIS Petri PASANEN 7  5 7  ANDRÉ Luiz BAHIA Zurab KHIZANISHVILI 6½ 6 6  Alcides EDUARDO Gaby MUDINGAYI 7½ 7 6  MARCO Júlio FERREIRA Jérôme POLENZ 7  8 7  Sulley Ali MUNTARI (p)Juan MENSEGUEZ 7  9 7  Ebi SMOLAREK(p) (f)Jurica VRANJES 6½ 10 6½ Jason CULINA(f) Nelson VALDEZ 7  11 6½ Fabrizio MICCOLI Manager Pekka LAGERBLOM    12    MARCEL Augusto Christian VANDER    13    MARCELO MORETTO de Souza Michael LAMEY    14 6½ Eric ADDO Mika VÄYRYNEN    15    DaMarcus BEASLEY Francis BANECKI    16    NUNO ASSIS Lopes

Benfica   League position: 16 Away league form: XWWL Overall league form: OXLXWWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

SV Werder Bremen 2 Benfica 4 (Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 40,932, Stadium: Weserstadion, Referee: Roberto Bettin 6) Khizanishvili 8¹, Vranjes 14² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Smolarek 10¹, Muntari 25¹, Smolarek 30¹ (pen), Smolarek 6²   GeovannióAddo 28²         1 3 4 11 6 2 4 5 12 10 16 15 2 0 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Jelle van Damme ¶