Division One League Match, Benfica vs. Santos FC (Sun Sep 24)


                              Benfica  |  Santos FC
                            4-1-3-2 L  |  4-4-2 E
                   Matias Finkelstein  |  Glyn Rigby
                                       |
                         N_Winneke GK  |  GK Lev_Yashin
                           J_Foyth DF  |  DF Leonardo
                            D_Rose DF  |  DF Ni_Na_Lee
                          W_Samuel DF  |  DF Oscar
                          W_Morgan DF  |  DF Trappatoni
                           Liziero DM  |  MF R_Pires
                         K_Commons MF  |  MF G_Lo_Celso
                      J_Mascherano MF  |  MF Draxler
                           A_Pirlo MF  |  MF Zico
                           D_Suker FW  |  FW Bojan
                            T_Erak FW  |  FW Van_Basten
                                       |
                          L_Yashin SUB |  SUB Bursik
                         P_Maldini SUB |  SUB Josimar
                           Diego_T SUB |  SUB Jairzinho
                        S_Nakamoto SUB |  SUB Emerson_Jr
                         O_Sweemey SUB |  SUB L_Suarez

Referee: K_Ippi (Finland)


Min. 7  :(sfc) Van_Basten turns past J_Foyth
          ...  He has created space for himself now
          ...  D_Rose hits it out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Pires swings it in!
          ...  N_Winneke reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 11 :(sfc) Oscar sprints past D_Rose
          ...  K_Commons with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  K_Ippi gave him a strong warning
Min. 13 :(bfa) T_Erak takes advantage of a mistake by Ni_Na_Lee
          ...  That mistake could prove costly
          ...  T_Erak has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  It hits the post
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a great effort!
          ...  Benfica go in front now with that goal!
          ...  Benfica 1-0 Santos FC ...
Min. 14 :(bfa) Benfica switch to playing C
Min. 14 :(bfa) D_Rose sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to D_Suker
          ...  R_Pires takes the ball
          ...  OOOHHHH!!
          ...  He almost loses it straight away
          ...  But he hits it clear!
Min. 17 :(bfa) T_Erak with the dribble
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  The fans are on their feet
          ...  T_Erak attempts a lob!
          ...  He hits the side netting
          ...  There was some parts of the ground that thought that went in!
Min. 17 :(sfc) Leonardo beats J_Foyth
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  W_Morgan gets in the way and wins the ball
Min. 19 :(bfa) K_Commons runs at the defender
          ...  The ball rebounds off Leonardo back to him!
          ...  That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward!
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by Leonardo
          ...  He made it look easy
          ...  But he can't keep it in
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Pirlo hits it into the box!
          ...  W_Morgan gets something on it!
          ...  But Lev_Yashin makes a superb stop down low.
Min. 20 :(bfa) D_Rose takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past Ni_Na_Lee
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  D_Rose with the crafty shot!
          ...  Lev_Yashin makes a difficult save
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Liziero hits it into the box!
          ...  D_Suker tries to place the shot!
          ...  Lev_Yashin won't get to that!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Superb finish!!!
          ...  Benfica 2-0 Santos FC ...
Min. 24 :(bfa) Liziero pass splits open the defence and finds T_Erak
          ...  T_Erak curls it towards the top corner !
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 26 :(bfa) A_Pirlo with the header on
          ...  He finds K_Commons in space
          ...  K_Commons with the drive!
          ...  Lev_Yashin saves it
          ...  Good goalkeeping
Min. 27 :(bfa) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  T_Erak is through!
          ...  Ni_Na_Lee seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 29 :(sfc) G_Lo_Celso races into the box
          ...  He sees Van_Basten lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  Good sliding challenge from J_Foyth and it had to be
Min. 31 :(bfa) J_Mascherano with the heel pass to D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker swings in the shot!
          ...  Lev_Yashin blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 32 :(sfc) Zico could get a shot on goal here
          ...  The ball hits W_Samuel in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 33 :(bfa) J_Mascherano hoofs it up field to find D_Suker
          ...  Leonardo beats him to the ball
Min. 34 :(sfc) Draxler is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to Bojan
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  D_Rose hits it out for a throw
Min. 35 :(sfc) Santos FC switch to playing A
Min. 35 :(bfa) J_Foyth hoofs it up field to find D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker looks to see where Lev_Yashin is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Hammered into the top corner!
          ...  Benfica 3-0 Santos FC ...
Min. 35 :(sfc) G_Lo_Celso kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Bojan gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  J_Foyth wins it well
          ...  Perfectly timed!
Min. 38 :(bfa) D_Suker knocks the ball past Leonardo
          ...  D_Suker fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 38 :(sfc) G_Lo_Celso plays a first time ball through the defence to Draxler
          ...  T_Erak with a nasty foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! or f$k OFF!! cant make it out
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 39 :(bfa) D_Suker gets the ball on the wing
          ...  He cuts inside the defender!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  D_Suker drives it towards goal !
          ...  Lev_Yashin gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(sfc) Zico finds Bojan on the edge of the box
          ...  Bojan flicks the header toward the far post!
          ...  But N_Winneke with the difficult save

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Benfica 3-0 Santos FC

Min. 46 :(bfa) K_Commons runs forward
          ...  He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully
          ...  He only has going for the goal in mind!
          ...  But Oscar wins the tackle cleanly
Min. 46 :(sfc) Trappatoni beats his marker
          ...  D_Rose with a deliberate foul
          ...  He should be jailed for that
Min. 48 :(sfc) Bojan looks for options
          ...  He decides to go it alone
          ...  D_Rose seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 51 :(bfa) T_Erak times his run well
          ...  Trappatoni with a bad challenge
          ...  That will be a booking
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It is within shooting distance!
          ...  T_Erak with the delicate chip over the wall
          ...  Lev_Yashin with the save
          ...  He holds onto it as well!
Min. 55 :(sfc) Josimar replaces an unhappy Trappatoni and will play as a DF
Min. 56 :(bfa) D_Rose sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  W_Samuel runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  Driven towards goal by W_Samuel !
          ...  Lev_Yashin gathers it easily
Min. 59 :(bfa) O_Sweemey will replace the useless T_Erak and will play FW
Min. 60 :(bfa) P_Maldini is going to be brought on
          ...  W_Morgan is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 62 :(bfa) Diego_T is being prepared to come on
          ...  J_Foyth is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 63 :(bfa) S_Nakamoto is coming on and J_Mascherano is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play MF
Min. 65 :(bfa) Benfica's manager orders his side to play P
Min. 65 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr is going to be brought on
          ...  Draxler is leaving the pitch
          ...  He applauds the crowd
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 67 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr with the through ball to Van_Basten
          ...  Van_Basten lobs N_Winneke!
          ...  N_Winneke blocks the shot with his legs
          ...  And he gathers it!
Min. 70 :(bfa) Liziero is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He throws it to O_Sweemey
          ...  Oscar clatters him to the floor and puts the ball out of play
          ...  The linesman is flagging
          ...  Throw in
Min. 72 :(sfc) Van_Basten takes possession
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  D_Suker with a bad challenge
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 72 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to Van_Basten
          ...  An audacious effort from Van_Basten !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
Min. 75 :(sfc) L_Suarez replaces an unhappy Bojan and will play as a FW
Min. 77 :(bfa) K_Commons with a first time pass
          ...  O_Sweemey runs onto it!
          ...  O_Sweemey fires a shot at goal !
          ...  But Lev_Yashin makes an easy save
Min. 78 :(sfc) Oscar with the towering header to Van_Basten
          ...  W_Samuel slides in to knock the ball out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  R_Pires hits it towards the far post!
          ...  Van_Basten gets a shot in
          ...  But he puts it well wide
          ...  That was a mishit effort!
Min. 82 :(sfc) Leonardo curls the ball out wide to Van_Basten
          ...  Van_Basten chases it through, he must score !
          ...  N_Winneke parries the shot
          ...  And the defender clears it!
Min. 83 :(bfa) W_Samuel controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Oscar
          ...  He puts in K_Commons!
          ...  Oscar goes in hard to win the ball back
Min. 86 :(bfa) K_Commons with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past the defender
          ...  K_Commons heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  The shot slips through Lev_Yashin's hands
          ...  But Lev_Yashin recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(bfa) Liziero controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  K_Commons gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  Cleared by Leonardo
Min. 89 :(bfa) S_Nakamoto with the nod to D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker flings a shot at goal !
          ...  But he got that all wrong

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : Estadio da Luz
Attendance           : 130,305
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : D_Suker (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : T_Erak (13), D_Suker (20,35)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : T_Erak (38), D_Suker (72)
Injured              : N/A
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Santos FC Match Info
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Best player          : Van_Basten
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Trappatoni (51)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Benfica      |   Santos FC
Attempts on Goal     :          16        |       5
Off target           :           4        |       2
On target            :          12        |       3
Possession           :          63        |       37
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       1
Subs Used            :           4        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       4
Key Tackles          :           8        |       8
Key Passes           :          12        |       9
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Final Score          : Benfica 3 - 0 Santos FC
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Player Statistics - Benfica
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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N_Winneke      GK  39   2   2   3  20 |  95   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
J_Foyth        DF   1  37  14   7  42 |  64   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  60  50  20
D_Rose         DF   1  32  11   8  22 |  95   0   3   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  60  20   5
W_Samuel       DF   2  32   8   4  28 |  95   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   5
W_Morgan       DF   3  31  12   7  10 |  62   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  80  20  25
Liziero        DM   1  19  30   5  23 |  95   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
K_Commons      MF   1   9  32  11  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  10  10
J_Mascherano   MF   1  15  31   8  47 |  65   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
A_Pirlo        MF   1  14  30   8  11 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Suker        FW   1   7  13  30  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   6   2   1   0   0  -2  -2  58
T_Erak         FW   2   7   7  29  21 |  61   0   0   0   0   4   1   1   0   0  -2  -2  28
L_Yashin       GK  29   2   1   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Maldini      DF   2  31   7   4  33 |  33   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Diego_T        DF   2  26   5   5  29 |  31   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Nakamoto     MF   3   5  29  17  32 |  30   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
O_Sweemey      FW   3   6  10  24  32 |  34   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5

Player Statistics - Santos FC
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Lev_Yashin     GK  33   1   3   2  32 |  95   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
Leonardo       DF   2  39  12  12  22 |  95   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
Ni_Na_Lee      DF   3  34   9   7  41 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
Oscar          DF   1  28   8   4  46 |  95   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
Trappatoni     DF   2  28   1   4  26 |  57   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
R_Pires        MF   2   3  29   5  32 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
G_Lo_Celso     MF   2  10  28   9  31 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
Draxler        MF   1   3  28   2  33 |  67   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
Zico           MF   2   3  27   5  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -20
Bojan          FW   2   8  10  33  12 |  77   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Van_Basten     FW   1   1   5  31  41 |  95   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  10
Bursik         GK  29   3   4   5  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Josimar        DF   2  30   1   5  46 |  38   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Jairzinho      MF   1  10  33  12  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Emerson_Jr     MF   3  21  32  12  21 |  28   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
L_Suarez       FW   2  10   6  27  34 |  18   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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