| 7¹ | A cross from CASTILLEJOS left CABRAL in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot. |
| 9¹ | DROGBA worked the ball to RUBEN AMORIM, CLEITON XAVIER controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of MARCHESÍN. |
| 11¹ | PREDIGER given a yellow card for a clumsy tackle on ALEX. |
| 12¹ | ALEX beat PREDIGER and flicked the ball to DROGBA who blasted his effort wide. |
| 18¹ | BUONANOTTE was put clear by BASANTA and he nutmegged LOPES but rammed his shot over. |
| 22¹ | PREDIGER stormed through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. |
| 24¹ | A accurate pass bobbled toward PEREIRA and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide. |
| 30¹ | A free-kick from LÓPEZ raced just wide. |
| 30¹ | CABRAL brought the ball away from RICARDO CARVALHO and poked a poor shot over. |
| 31¹ | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Benfica 'keeper. |
| 35¹ | A great effort from CABRAL scraped the outside of the post. |
| 37¹ | TROTTA beat a number of River Plate players and thundered a golden opportunity just beyond the far post. |
| 41¹ | LÓPEZ's shot was well held by the Benfica 'keeper. |
| 42¹ | The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot. |
| 44¹ | GOAL!! A great run from PEREIRA gave JAVI GARCÍA space on the left and TROTTA poked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Benfica)| 1² | The 'keeper saved a curling shot from DROGBA. | | 5² | GOAL!! After VILLALVA was bundled over WADDEL waved play-on and BASANTA went on to comfortably score. (1-1)| 7² | A refined cross from VILLALVA was drove goalbound by BUONANOTTE only for the 'keeper to claw away. | | 21² | GOAL!! The creative PEREIRA neatly nodded on a cross for ALEX to fire the ball in. (2-1 Benfica)| 24² | A useful ball from JAVI GARCÍA on the left bobbled toward ALEX who scuffed his shot over. | | 35² | BUONANOTTE booked for violent conduct. | | 39² | A tame strike from ALEX bounced agonisingly wide. | | | |