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Commentary
0¹PROTO was able to claw away a weak shot from CARDOZO.
3¹JAVI GARCÍA made space on the left and dragged the ball to CLEITON XAVIER who touched the ball over.
11¹A shot from BENTEKE was headed off the line by CHYHRYNSKYI.
12¹ILICEVIC's shot beat FELIPE but rebounded off the Benfica woodwork.
18¹A useful ball from JAVI GARCÍA on the right bobbled toward GOURCUFF who sliced his shot over the bar.
23¹ROLFES was put clear by KERZHAKOV and he turned FELIPE but drilled his shot over.
24¹CARDOZO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
25¹GOAL!! A delightful drive from DEMBÉLÉ was pushed away by the Benfica 'keeper only as far as ILICEVIC who shot the ball past the stranded Benfica 'keeper. (1-0 Anderlecht)
31¹GOAL!! A neat one-two left CARDOZO clear and he made no mistake by expertly drifting the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (1-1)
32¹KERZHAKOV shot wide.
40¹ILICEVIC nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
40¹The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from POCOGNOLI fell just wide.
41¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
45¹GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled JONAS to fire the ball home. (2-1 Anderlecht)
47¹The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Anderlecht's ILICEVIC.
14²JAVI GARCÍA fluffed an easy chance.
18²A cross from ROLFES left KERZHAKOV in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
22²BENTEKE headed over the bar.
23²A accurate pass fell to GOURCUFF and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
28²A corner found CLEITON XAVIER who flicked an effort over the bar.
30²GOURCUFF beat ILICEVIC and placed the ball to JAVI GARCÍA who fired his effort wide.
37²A drive from CLEITON XAVIER seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
45²CLEITON XAVIER ran onto a wonderful ball from JAVI GARCÍA but fired his shot wide of the goal.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 13
Home league form: WOXW
Overall league form: WXOWLXXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Luiz FELIPE6½16½Sylvio PROTO
Maximiliano PEREIRA8 27 Christian MAGGIO(c)
ELISEU Pereira7½36½Sebastien POCOGNOLI
Yoann GOURCUFF7½47½Mousa DEMBÉLÉ
MAICON Pereira7 57½Aurélien CHEDJOU
(c)RICARDO Alberto CARVALHO6 66½Dmytro CHYHRYNSKYI
Rodrigo TADDEI6 77 Guillaume GILLET
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER6½86½Ivo ILICEVIC
(p)Oscar CARDOZO6 96½Aleksandr KERZHAKOV(p)
(f)JAVI GARCÍA6 106 Simon ROLFES(f)
Christian BENTEKE6 116½JONAS Gonçalves
Manager
Paulo CÉSAR PEIXOTO  12  Roland JUHÁSZ
EDUARDO dos Reis  13  Vyacheslav MALAFEEV
ALEX  14  Lukás MARECEK
CARLOS Jorge MARTINS  15  Romelu LUKAKU
AIRTON Ribeiro  16  Jacques FATY
 
Anderlecht
 
League position: 5
Away league form: XLLX
Overall league form: XXWWLWLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 1 Anderlecht 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 49,903, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Dick Jol 6)

Cardozo 31¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Ilicevic 25¹, Jonas 45¹
  
  
  
22
1321
11
64
94
158
52
51%49%
Man of the match: Maximiliano Pereira