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Commentary
A cross from BUSQUETS left ARDA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
A shot from DROGBA was smothered by the 'keeper.
13¹GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by COURTOIS, DROGBA was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to CLEITON XAVIER to hammer home. (1-0 Benfica)
22¹GIROUD touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
23¹A poor strike from DROGBA bounced agonisingly wide.
31¹HUBOCAN beat two Benfica players and stroked a great chance just wide.
31¹Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled GIROUD to crack the ball inches over.
38¹GOAL!! A mishit backpass by RAFA enabled MEYER to run in and nudge the ball past the 'keeper. (1-1)
42¹DROGBA headed wide.
A good effort from RUBEN AMORIM scraped the top of the crossbar.
An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of EDUARDO by ARDA.
12²CARDOZO fluffed an easy chance.
13²A shot from MAICON seemed a certain goal but the Baník Ostrava 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
15²RUBEN AMORIM played the ball to DROGBA who fired it wide.
15²A lovely pass from CARDOZO was lashed goalbound by JAVI GARCÍA only for the 'keeper to block.
19²ARDA beat CÉSAR PEIXOTO and fired the ball to MEDEL who fired his shot wide.
21²BUSQUETS headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
27²A shot from GIROUD held no problem for the 'keeper.
29²The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Benfica's CLEITON XAVIER.
30²BARZAGLI dribbled past CARDOZO and rifled a poor shot wide.
33²BUSQUETS ran onto a wonderful ball from ARDA but toe-poked his shot wide.
37²GOAL!! A deep cross from MAICON on the left was nodded home by DROGBA on the edge of the box. (2-1 Benfica)

 
Benfica
 
League position: 9
Home league form: OWLL
Overall league form: LWOLWLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
EDUARDO dos Reis1Thibaut COURTOIS
Maximiliano PEREIRA2Tomás HUBOCAN
Paulo CÉSAR PEIXOTO3FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski
JAVI GARCÍA4Yaya TOURÉ
MAICON Pereira5Andrea BARZAGLI
RAFA6Raphaël VARANE
RUBEN Filipe AMORIM7Max MEYER
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER8ARDA Turan
(c,p)Didier DROGBA9Olivier GIROUD(p)
(f)Oscar CARDOZO10Sergio BUSQUETS(f)
ALEX11Francesco TOTTI(c)
Manager
Yoann GOURCUFF  12  Jackson MARTÍNEZ
Luiz FELIPE  13  Mattia PERIN
WELLITON Soares  14Gary MEDEL
José BOSINGWA  15  Mattia DE SCIGLIO
Marcello TROTTA  16  Kwadwo ASAMOAH
 
Baník Ostrava
 
League position: 6
Away league form: LXWX
Overall league form: WLLXWWXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 2 Baník Ostrava 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 37,728, Stadium: Estad. do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Referee: Vaclav Krondl 6)

Cleiton Xavier 13¹, Drogba 37²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Meyer 38¹
 MeyeróMedel 0²
  
  
00
57
10
64
57
1111
43
53%47%
Man of the match: Maximiliano Pereira