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Commentary
5¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from ANELKA.
6¹A pin-point pass was collected by KHEDIRA and his deadly effort flew narrowly wide.
19¹A cross from CLEITON XAVIER left DROGBA in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
23¹KLOSE scuffed an easy chance.
24¹The Benfica 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing effort.
29¹GOAL!! A long clearance by the Bayern München 'keeper beat the Benfica defence and KLOSE thundered the ball past the oncoming FELIPE. (1-0 Bayern München)
30¹CARDOZO ran onto a great ball from TADDEI but fired his effort wide of the goal.
34¹CARDOZO beat a number of Bayern München players and slammed a great chance wide.
36¹CARDOZO dribbled past KHEDIRA and stabbed a poor shot into the crowd.
38¹KLOSE shot over.
43¹GOAL!! A deep cross from TADDEI on the left was headed home by CARDOZO at the far post. (1-1)
45¹KLOSE hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
6²CLEITON XAVIER was put clear by PEREIRA and he turned the 'keeper but glanced his shot inches over.
9²A corner found TADDEI who fired the ball wide.
13²DIABY fired a deadly shot inches wide from long range.
21²TADDEI made space on the right and pulled the ball to CARDOZO who fired the ball wide.
30²A strike from TADDEI held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
33²GOAL!! A shot from CLEITON XAVIER flew through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted Bayern München 'keeper. (2-1 Benfica)
35²A penalty box scramble resulted in KLOSE knocking the ball wide.
36²A shot from PRANJIC seemed a certain goal but FELIPE managed to palm the ball away.
37²A twenty-five yard shot from CARDOZO caused the Bayern München 'keeper no problem.
42²The Bayern München 'keeper saved a swerving shot from TADDEI.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 9
Home league form: LXXL
Overall league form: XLOOXLXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Luiz FELIPE6 16½Mariano ANDÚJAR
Maximiliano PEREIRA6 26½Andreas GÖRLITZ
(c)Javier ZANETTI7½38 Danijel PRANJIC
CARLOS Jorge MARTINS7½47½Sami KHEDIRA
RICARDO Alberto CARVALHO6½57½Martin DEMICHELIS
MAICON Pereira6 66 Ledley KING
Rodrigo TADDEI7½76 Michael ESSIEN
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER6 86 Abou DIABY
(p)Oscar CARDOZO7½96½Miroslav KLOSE(c,p)
(f)Didier DROGBA6½105½Lucas BARRIOS(f)
ALEX6 116½Nicolas ANELKA
Manager
José BOSINGWA  12  Juan FORLIN
EDUARDO dos Reis  13  Guillermo OCHOA
ELISEU Pereira  146 Dejan LOVREN
RAFA6 15  Josh McEACHRAN
Paulo CÉSAR PEIXOTO6 16  Wilson PALACIOS
 
Bayern München
 
League position: 10
Away league form: XLLL
Overall league form: LXLLWLWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 2 Bayern München 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 36,161, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Giacinto Franceschini 8)

Cardozo 43¹, Cleiton Xavier 33²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Klose 29¹
PereiraóCésar Peixoto 34², Cleiton XavieróRafa 36²GörlitzóLovren 34²
  
  
15
810
13
85
87
1612
64
53%47%
Man of the match: Danijel Pranjic