Division One League Match, Benfica vs. Inter Milan (Sun Jun 07)


                              Benfica  |  Inter Milan
                            4-1-3-2 C  |  4-5-1 C
                   Matias Finkelstein  |  Dragan Lobozinski
                                       |
                         N_Winneke GK  |  GK Rafael
                       Yann_M_Vila DF  |  DF G_Angella
                         R_Tomassi DF  |  DF C_Panucci
                           J_Foyth DF  |  DF R_Carlos_Jr
                             Nacho DF  |  DF Carr
                         M_Zeffane DM  |  MF A_Italiano
                            J_Bolm MF  |  MF G_Zola
                         I_Marcone MF  |  MF D_Savicevic
                         W_Dustice MF  |  MF P_Naldini
                            T_Erak FW  |  MF B_Costacurta
                         B_Dugnutt FW  |  FW J_Cummings
                                       |
                         J_J_Jones SUB |  SUB G_Ochoa
                           M_Perin SUB |  SUB Eirik_Silva
                           T_Grant SUB |  SUB G_Sigurdsson
                         K_Commons SUB |  SUB Sancho
                       Nathan_Dyer SUB |  SUB I_Gabilondo

Referee: C_Cakir (Turkey)


Min. 1  :(bfa) Yann_M_Vila drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to B_Dugnutt
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from R_Carlos_Jr
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Bolm hits it towards the far post!
          ...  The ball comes to T_Erak
          ...  He knocks it goalward
          ...  He has put it over the bar!
          ...  He looks stunned by that miss!
          ...  He puts his face in his hands!
Min. 3  :(bfa) I_Marcone brings the ball into the opposing area
          ...  R_Tomassi makes himself available
          ...  Carr forces him off the ball
          ...  But it rolls out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  I_Marcone hits it towards the far post!
          ...  It comes to T_Erak
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Rifled home!
          ...  But it's been disallowed.
          ...  The reason is unclear!
          ...  The manager is fuming with the ref!
          ...  The ref shows him a red card!!
Min. 3  :(bfa) T_Erak breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on Rafael!
          ...  C_Panucci brings him down!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!
Min. 7  :(bfa) I_Marcone looks around for support
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Bolm
          ...  R_Carlos_Jr stands his ground and wins the tackle
Min. 7  :(irm) J_Cummings takes advantage of a bad back pass from Nacho
          ...  Fine tackle by R_Tomassi
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 8  :(irm) C_Panucci looks injured. He's been stretchered off
          ...  Lets hope it's not serious
          ...  He returns to the pitch to carry on
          ...  He seems to be ok
Min. 9  :(irm) A_Italiano controls it well
          ...  He nutmegs Yann_M_Vila
          ...  He puts in G_Angella!
          ...  But M_Zeffane clears the ball to safety
Min. 10 :(irm) C_Panucci has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past Yann_M_Vila
          ...  He puts in D_Savicevic!
          ...  Wonderful sliding challenge by J_Foyth
Min. 11 :(bfa) T_Erak runs at A_Italiano
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  Carr with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!
Min. 19 :(irm) J_Cummings with the dribble
          ...  This is a great chance
          ...  J_Cummings pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  N_Winneke gets the finger tips to it
          ...  And puts it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  P_Naldini swings it in!
          ...  N_Winneke easily claims the ball!
Min. 24 :(irm) J_Cummings controls it with ease
          ...  J_Bolm pulls on his shirt
          ...  He wins the ball
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there!
Min. 28 :(bfa) M_Zeffane looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to B_Dugnutt
          ...  B_Dugnutt sights up the goal
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  Rafael gets his fingertips to it
          ...  He pushes it on to the post
          ...  The defender clears the loose ball
Min. 29 :(irm) J_Cummings finds his way through
          ...  He sets up the shot
          ...  A glorious effort by J_Cummings !
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  That was a dismal effort!
          ...  He should have buried that!
Min. 30 :(bfa) J_Bolm miskicks!
          ...  He finds B_Dugnutt though
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  R_Carlos_Jr wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge
Min. 32 :(irm) J_Cummings finds his way through
          ...  He bent his run well
          ...  J_Cummings tries to beat N_Winneke!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's a contender for goal of the season!
          ...  That's put Inter Milan ahead!
          ...  Benfica 0-1 Inter Milan ...
Min. 33 :(bfa) The Benfica manager shouts at them from the touchline to play A
Min. 33 :(irm) Inter Milan made the switch to a D strategy
Min. 36 :(irm) P_Naldini makes the tackle
          ...  He gets to his feet quickly
          ...  He's beat the defender to the ball
          ...  M_Zeffane with a nasty foul
          ...  That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment
          ...  He's in trouble!!
          ...  He could be sent off for that!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He was lucky to get away with that!
          ...  Surely not!
          ...  PENALTY !!
          ...  C_Cakir is a disgrace!!
          ...  J_Cummings Places the ball on the spot
          ...  N_Winneke dives
          ...  And he claims it superbly!
Min. 37 :(bfa) W_Dustice jinks infield
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to J_Bolm
          ...  B_Costacurta seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 39 :(bfa) J_Bolm is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass
          ...  J_Foyth latches onto the ball
          ...  J_Foyth with only one thing on his mind!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  Rafael parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 42 :(bfa) W_Dustice is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to B_Dugnutt
          ...  R_Carlos_Jr rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  J_Foyth floats it forward
          ...  B_Dugnutt latches onto the end of it
          ...  P_Naldini with the block
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(irm) R_Carlos_Jr kicks W_Dustice off the ball
          ...  He's Butted him !
          ...  C_Cakir has stopped play
          ...  That's a terrible challenge
          ...  The referee comes over
          ...  And the ref shows him his 2nd yellow card now
          ...  RED CARD!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Benfica 0-1 Inter Milan

Min. 46 :(bfa) J_Foyth threads the through ball to B_Dugnutt
          ...  A_Italiano cuts it out easily
          ...  He clears the ball up field
Min. 46 :(irm) G_Zola lays the ball back to A_Italiano
          ...  A_Italiano looks to see where N_Winneke is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  N_Winneke fists it away
Min. 53 :(bfa) M_Zeffane holds up the ball
          ...  He plays the ball to Yann_M_Vila
          ...  Yann_M_Vila cracks a laser towards goal !
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 55 :(bfa) M_Perin takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace J_Foyth as DF
Min. 60 :(bfa) Nathan_Dyer comes on for B_Dugnutt and takes up a FW role
Min. 65 :(irm) C_Panucci picks out B_Costacurta with the cross
          ...  R_Tomassi plays the back pass
          ...  N_Winneke can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  What a lucky escape!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Panucci chips the ball in towards the far post!
          ...  It goes straight into the arms of N_Winneke
Min. 70 :(bfa) T_Grant is going to be brought on
          ...  J_Bolm is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 70 :(bfa) Nathan_Dyer looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to T_Erak
          ...  P_Naldini is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll have to watch himself now
Min. 73 :(bfa) I_Marcone with a penetrating pass to T_Erak
          ...  D_Savicevic dives in two footed!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 76 :(irm) D_Savicevic bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to J_Cummings
          ...  The ball hits Nacho in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 78 :(bfa) W_Dustice hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  T_Erak latches onto it!
          ...  Carr anticipates the pass and cuts it out
Min. 81 :(bfa) T_Erak cuts inside G_Zola
          ...  He worked that well
          ...  But G_Angella slides in
Min. 82 :(bfa) T_Grant with the first time flick to Nathan_Dyer
          ...  Nathan_Dyer with the shot !
          ...  Rafael makes a difficult save
Min. 83 :(irm) I_Gabilondo is being brought on
          ...  J_Cummings is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play FW
Min. 83 :(irm) A_Italiano takes possession
          ...  Knocks it past Nacho
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  M_Perin gets to the ball first
Min. 84 :(irm) Sancho is being brought on
          ...  G_Zola is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play MF
Min. 85 :(irm) Eirik_Silva comes on for Carr and takes up a DF role
Min. 85 :(bfa) Nathan_Dyer can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to T_Grant
          ...  T_Grant drives it towards goal !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  The Inter Milan fans laugh at him
Min. 86 :(irm) D_Savicevic sprints down the wing
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space!
          ...  He puts in a square ball!
          ...  I_Gabilondo runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  I_Gabilondo flings a shot at goal !
          ...  The shot slips through N_Winneke's hands
          ...  But goes wide!
          ...  He got away with that!
          ...  Goal kick given! That looked like a corner to me
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 92 :(bfa) The defender slips and falls over!
          ...  T_Erak is through!
          ...  Sancho with the high feet
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 94 :(bfa) Yann_M_Vila looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Nathan_Dyer
          ...  Good sliding challenge from C_Panucci

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estadio da Luz
Attendance           : 128,386
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : Nathan_Dyer
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_Zeffane (36)
Injured              : N/A
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Inter Milan Match Info
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Best player          : J_Cummings (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : J_Cummings (32)
Sent Off             : R_Carlos_Jr (45)
Booked               : C_Panucci (3), P_Naldini (70), Sancho (92)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                              Benfica     |  Inter Milan
Attempts on Goal     :           7        |       5
Off target           :           4        |       2
On target            :           3        |       3
Possession           :          41        |       59
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       3
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       8
Key Tackles          :           7        |       12
Key Passes           :          16        |       6
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Final Score          : Benfica 0 - 1 Inter Milan
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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  34   2   2   3  20 |  95   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
Yann_M_Vila    DF   2  35  14   8  22 |  95   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
R_Tomassi      DF   1  32   9   7  37 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
J_Foyth        DF   1  31  13   7  42 |  56   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -20
Nacho          DF   3  31   7   4  32 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
M_Zeffane      DM   1  31  10   7  31 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  18  -2
J_Bolm         MF   2  12  30  13  32 |  71   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
I_Marcone      MF   3   6  30   6  32 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
W_Dustice      MF   1  12  26   6  42 |  95   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
T_Erak         FW   2   6   7  28  21 |  95   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
B_Dugnutt      FW   1   5   7  28  20 |  61   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
J_J_Jones      GK  29   1   5   3  20 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Perin        DF   3  25   8   9  32 |  39   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
T_Grant        MF   2  25   9   7  29 |  24   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
K_Commons      MF   1   8  28  10  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Nathan_Dyer    FW   2   7  11  30  31 |  34   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20   0 -15

Player Statistics - Inter Milan
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Rafael         GK  33   2   2   2  20 |  95   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  50   0   0   0
G_Angella      DF   1  29  12  10  21 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
C_Panucci      DF   3  28  10   5  31 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  78  38  18
R_Carlos_Jr    DF   3  28   6   5  41 |  45   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  50 -10 -10
Carr           DF   2  27   9   8  11 |  86   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
A_Italiano     MF   2  11  29   7  20 |  95   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   5
G_Zola         MF   2  11  29   4  13 |  85   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
D_Savicevic    MF   1   9  29   9  21 |  95   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
P_Naldini      MF   1   4  28   9  20 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
B_Costacurta   MF   2   6  28   7  32 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
J_Cummings     FW   3   5   8  29  32 |  84   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0  40
G_Ochoa        GK  29   2   3   3  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Eirik_Silva    DF   3  29   7   9  13 |   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Sigurdsson   MF   2   7  29  14  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Sancho         MF   2   7  27  11  30 |  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  -2  -2
I_Gabilondo    FW   2   7   8  28  29 |  11   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
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