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8¹ GOAL!! Uncertainty between VAVRO and KHUDYAKOV allowed ASENSIO to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Benfica) 11¹ VILLAGRA beat two Benfica players and blasted a golden opportunity just wide. 12¹ The Benfica 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce drive from CSKA's VILLAGRA. 13¹ The hapless Benfica 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from PAULO OLIVEIRA dropped just wide. 18¹ VILLAGRA pulled away from MORATO but tapped the ball into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper. 19¹ The referee yellow cards MIRANCHUK for a poor challenge. 21¹ VINICIUS's shot was well held by the CSKA 'keeper. 23¹ VINICIUS steamed through the CSKA defence but shot straight at KHUDYAKOV. 27¹ GOAL!! With his back to goal SMOLOV swivelled and stroked the ball past the 'keeper. (1-1) 31¹ A cynical challenge gets MOUMI a yellow card. 32¹ JOÃO VICTOR booked for gamesmanship. 5² GOAL!! An exceptional ball from RYADNO left KISLYAK in the clear, he made HELTON LEITE commit himself before touching the ball to JOÃO MÁRIO to score. (2-1 CSKA) 6² GOAL!! A one-handed save from the CSKA 'keeper enabled VINICIUS to lob the ball into the empty net. (2-2) 7² The referee yellow cards POGBA for dangerous play against RYADNO. 11² VILLAGRA booked for a bad challenge on ILICIC. 13² A poor challenge on DIOGO GONÇALVES by VAVRO results in a booking. 21² A corner found ILICIC who forced the ball just wide. 30² A shot from SMOLOV was headed off the line by ARAÚJO. 34² A accurate pass was collected by JOÃO MÁRIO and his right foot effort flew narrowly wide. 37² ILICIC ran onto a delightful ball from MORATO but toe-poked his effort wide of the goal. 40² NENAKHOV whacked a left foot shot wide from twenty-five yards out. 44² PYANIKH cautions ASENSIO.

CSKA   League position: 21 Home league form: LLXX Overall league form: LWLLXXXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Daniil KHUDYAKOV 6  1 6½ HELTON Brant LEITE Milan GAJIC 6½ 2 6  DIOGO António GONÇALVES Mikhail RYADNO 5  3 7½ Maximiliano ARAÚJO Matvey KISLYAK 7  4 6½ MORATO Denis VAVRO 7  5 7  Nicolás OTAMENDI(c) JOÃO VICTOR da Silva 6½ 6 6½ PAULO André OLIVEIRA (c)JOÃO MÁRIO Naval 7  7 6  Paul POGBA Nicolas MOUMI 7  8 8  Marco ASENSIO (p)Fedor SMOLOV 7  9 6½ Carlos VINICIUS(p) (f)Rodrigo VILLAGRA 6  10 7  CHIQUINHO(f) Anton MIRANCHUK 6  11 6  Josip ILICIC Manager Nicolás MARICHAL    12    Cristiano BIRAGHI Vladislav TOROP    13    RAFAEL Alexandre BRITO ALERRANDRO Barra    14    Raúl DE TOMÁS Matvey LUKIN    15    RODRIGO Cunha PINHO Maksim NENAKHOV 6  16    Souahilo MEITÉ

Benfica   League position: 14 Away league form: XLLL Overall league form: XXXLWLWW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

CSKA 2 Benfica 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 13,017, Stadium: Torpedo, Referee: Vladimar Pyanikh 7½) Smolov 27¹, João Mário 5² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Asensio 8¹, Vinicius 6² MiranchukóNenakhov 39²       Miranchuk 19¹, Moumi 31¹, João Victor 32¹, Villagra 11², Vavro 13² Pogba 7², Asensio 44² 2 3 24 15 0 2 5 4 4 2 9 6 2 2 43% 57% ¶ Man of the match: Marco Asensio ¶