Division One League Match, Benfica vs. Aberdeen (Sun Sep 22)


                              Benfica  |  Aberdeen
                              4-4-2 C  |  5-4-1 C
                   Matias Finkelstein  |  Dan Haldane
                                       |
                       P_Gazzaniga GK  |  GK M_Neuer
                            D_Rose DF  |  DF L_DeDoorn
                          W_Samuel DF  |  DF K_Raikonnen
                         P_Maldini DF  |  DF J_Timber
                           K_Clark DF  |  DF M_Perin
                        A_Di_Maria MF  |  DF K_Sansom
                        Joao_Mario MF  |  MF M_Overmars
                         W_Dustice MF  |  MF J_Cuadrado
                        P_McNamara MF  |  MF Dani_Alves
                            G_Cano FW  |  MF Gio_Staricco
                           D_Suker FW  |  FW R_Bentley
                                       |
                          L_Yashin SUB |  SUB V_Mannone
                           Diego_T SUB |  SUB Paul_Little
                        A_Burdisso SUB |  SUB P_Hegarty
                           E_Knave SUB |  SUB J_Pennant
                         O_Sweemey SUB |  SUB T_Roberts

Referee: C_MacDermid (Scotland)


Min. 3  :(abn) M_Perin skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  W_Dustice with a late tackle
          ...  Well to be fair he was looking for the foul
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It s just a warning
Min. 4  :(bfa) G_Cano breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on M_Neuer!
          ...  J_Cuadrado brings him down!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  C_MacDermid reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he deserved that!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  Right on the edge of the box!
          ...  D_Suker drives it in
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  But goes clear to safety!
Min. 12 :(abn) R_Bentley beats his marker
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves C_MacDermid
          ...  R_Bentley has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He fires the ball goal ward!
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it sails past the post !!
          ...  P_Gazzaniga never had a chance!
Min. 16 :(bfa) P_McNamara beats L_DeDoorn
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  But K_Raikonnen puts it in row Z!
Min. 21 :(bfa) Joao_Mario knocks it forward
          ...  K_Sansom slips
          ...  A_Di_Maria gets to it!
          ...  A_Di_Maria sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up!
          ...  But it s gone just wide !!
Min. 23 :(bfa) G_Cano takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past the defender
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  G_Cano with the shot on net !
          ...  Saved by M_Neuer
Min. 23 :(abn) M_Overmars skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to R_Bentley
          ...  R_Bentley drives the shot in!
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 25 :(bfa) A_Di_Maria looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to Joao_Mario
          ...  L_DeDoorn is called for the holding foul
          ...  He was a bit too close for comfort
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll be off if he does that again
Min. 28 :(abn) R_Bentley has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past W_Samuel!
          ...  He has some space now!
          ...  But D_Rose sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 30 :(bfa) D_Suker cuts through the defence
          ...  J_Timber with a pull on the shirt
Min. 36 :(bfa) A_Di_Maria gets to the by line and finds D_Suker with a beautiful cross
          ...  J_Timber with the block
Min. 37 :(bfa) D_Suker runs at K_Raikonnen
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  K_Raikonnen reacts well to win the ball back
Min. 37 :(bfa) P_McNamara hits a hard pass to D_Rose
          ...  M_Neuer goes in studs first
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
          ...  The ref speaks with his assistant!
          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  G_Cano places the ball on the spot!
          ...  He sends M_Neuer the wrong way
          ...  Clinical Penalty
          ...  GOAL!!
          ...  He has notched up his 10th of the season with that goal!!
          ...  And Benfica are leading in the game now
          ...  Benfica 1-0 Aberdeen...
Min. 38 :(bfa) It seems Benfica are making a tactical change to D
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(bfa) G_Cano finds his way through
          ...  He lost his man too easily
          ...  An audacious effort from G_Cano !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a great finish
          ...  The Benfica fans chant his name!
          ...  Benfica 2-0 Aberdeen ...
Min. 47 :(bfa) P_McNamara kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  G_Cano gets on the end of the pass
          ...  But M_Perin slides in

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Benfica 2-0 Aberdeen

Min. 46 :(abn) K_Sansom shoves W_Dustice in the chest!!
          ...  C_MacDermid has seen it!
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  RED CARD!!
          ...  I think he deserved that!
Min. 47 :(bfa) A_Di_Maria takes control of the loose ball
          ...  He plays the ball across to G_Cano
          ...  M_Perin reads the situation well and wins the ball
Min. 47 :(abn) Dani_Alves sidesteps D_Rose
          ...  That was too easy
          ...  W_Samuel dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 49 :(bfa) D_Suker beats L_DeDoorn
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  D_Suker with the chance !
          ...  M_Neuer was lucky there
Min. 49 :(abn) Dani_Alves beats one
          ...  Knocks it past a second
          ...  And finds R_Bentley
          ...  Good sliding challenge from P_McNamara and it had to be
Min. 53 :(abn) J_Cuadrado with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  Gio_Staricco gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  D_Rose knocks the ball back to P_Gazzaniga
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It s gone past P_Gazzaniga!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  M_Perin chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  P_Gazzaniga easily claims the ball!
Min. 54 :(bfa) W_Samuel is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass under pressure
          ...  G_Cano latches onto the ball
          ...  But J_Timber wins the tackle
Min. 56 :(bfa) A_Di_Maria passes the ball to D_Suker
          ...  From long range D_Suker bends the ball towards goal!
          ...  But M_Neuer punches it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 56 :(abn) R_Bentley runs towards the goal
          ...  R_Bentley swings in the shot!
          ...  But he got that all wrong
Min. 57 :(bfa) Joao_Mario plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  G_Cano decides to go for goal instead!
          ...  But J_Timber puts the ball out of play
Min. 58 :(bfa) P_McNamara feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  G_Cano runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  L_DeDoorn picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 60 :(bfa) Diego_T is coming on for K_Clark and will play DF
Min. 61 :(abn) M_Perin beats Diego_T
          ...  He muscled him off the ball
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from P_Maldini
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 63 :(bfa) a big roar from the crowd as E_Knave comes on for W_Dustice to play MF
Min. 65 :(bfa) Joao_Mario jumps over K_Raikonnen's challenge
          ...  But J_Timber wins the tackle
Min. 67 :(bfa) O_Sweemey will replace the useless G_Cano and will play FW
Min. 70 :(abn) It looks as though Aberdeen is now playing A
Min. 71 :(bfa) A_Di_Maria turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But M_Neuer makes a comfortable save
          ...  He gave the striker no chance
Min. 75 :(bfa) Benfica's manager orders his side to play E
Min. 75 :(abn) a big roar from the crowd as Paul_Little comes on for L_DeDoorn to play DF
Min. 75 :(abn) J_Pennant replaces M_Overmars to play as a MF
Min. 75 :(abn) T_Roberts will replace the useless R_Bentley and will play FW
Min. 75 :(bfa) E_Knave passes the ball to P_McNamara
          ...  K_Raikonnen with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!
Min. 77 :(bfa) Joao_Mario looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards D_Rose
          ...  M_Perin with the block
Min. 79 :(bfa) D_Rose finds himself with plenty of time
          ...  Paul_Little gets to the ball first
Min. 84 :(bfa) O_Sweemey lobs it over Paul_Little
          ...  T_Roberts wins the ball with ease
          ...  C_MacDermid saw something no-one else did
Min. 86 :(bfa) O_Sweemey with a glorious long pass to Joao_Mario
          ...  M_Perin pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 89 :(abn) K_Raikonnen with the diagonal pass T_Roberts
          ...  T_Roberts with the side footed shot!
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Raikonnen swings it in!
          ...  P_Gazzaniga easily claims the ball!
Min. 91 :(abn) T_Roberts pauses and waits for support
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  T_Roberts rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  P_Gazzaniga parries it

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estadio da Luz
Attendance           : 127,307
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : G_Cano (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : G_Cano (37 pen,44)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Aberdeen Match Info
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Best player          : M_Perin
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : K_Sansom (46)
Booked               : J_Cuadrado (4), L_DeDoorn (25), M_Neuer (37)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Benfica     |    Aberdeen
Attempts on Goal     :           8        |       5
Off target           :           2        |       4
On target            :           6        |       1
Possession           :          57        |       43
Corners              :           0        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       3
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       16
Key Tackles          :           5        |       13
Key Passes           :          15        |       4
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Final Score          : Benfica 2 - 0 Aberdeen
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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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P_Gazzaniga    GK  35   1   2   3  40 |  96   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  55   0   0   0
D_Rose         DF   1  34  12   8  22 |  96   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
W_Samuel       DF   2  34   9   4  28 |  96   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
P_Maldini      DF   2  32   7   4  33 |  96   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
K_Clark        DF   2  31   7   4  15 |  64   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Di_Maria     MF   1   4  33  18  39 |  96   0   0   5   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  50   0
Joao_Mario     MF   2   6  32  18  28 |  96   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
W_Dustice      MF   1  14  30   7  42 |  67   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
P_McNamara     MF   2   8  30   7  33 |  96   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
G_Cano         FW   2   1   4  32   9 |  71   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   0   0  20  20  75
D_Suker        FW   1   7  13  31  31 |  96   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  15
L_Yashin       GK  29   2   1   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Diego_T        DF   2  27   5   5  29 |  32   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Burdisso     DF   2  26   6   8  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Knave        MF   3   8  25  10  21 |  29   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
O_Sweemey      FW   3   6  10  24  32 |  25   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0

Player Statistics - Aberdeen
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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M_Neuer        GK  34   2   5   5  31 |  96   4   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -2   0   0   0
L_DeDoorn      DF   2  32   1   3  43 |  79   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
K_Raikonnen    DF   2  30   1   3  43 |  96   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40 -10 -20
J_Timber       DF   2  29   5   4  42 |  96   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
M_Perin        DF   3  28   8   9  32 |  96   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  80   0   0
K_Sansom       DF   2  28   5   3  19 |  50   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
M_Overmars     MF   2   5  32   2  47 |  79   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
J_Cuadrado     MF   2   2  32   2  30 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -2
Dani_Alves     MF   2   1  31  11  12 |  96   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
Gio_Staricco   MF   1   3  30   3  21 |  96   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
R_Bentley      FW   3   9   9  32  21 |  79   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
V_Mannone      GK  28   2   5   1  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Paul_Little    DF   1  26  12   4  41 |  17   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
P_Hegarty      DF   1  26  10   4  41 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Pennant      MF   1   5  27   3  21 |  17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Roberts      FW   2   2   3  31  25 |  17   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -15
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