Division One League Match, Manchester Utd vs. Benfica (Sun Dec 13)


                       Manchester Utd  |  Benfica
                              5-3-2 C  |  4-4-2 C
                   Roberto Ciccotelli  |  Matias Finkelstein
                                       |
                        T_O_Conner GK  |  GK N_Winneke
                          S_Pearce DF  |  DF M_Zeffane
                           S_Bould DF  |  DF R_Tomassi
                          K_Gunter DF  |  DF J_Foyth
                          C_Moreno DF  |  DF S_Mannaerts
                        D_McDonald DF  |  MF I_Marcone
                        K_Magennis MF  |  MF K_Commons
                          D_Ginola MF  |  MF S_Nakamoto
                         S_Mazzola MF  |  MF E_Knave
                           D_Suker FW  |  FW Nathan_Dyer
                        Arnautovic FW  |  FW T_Erak
                                       |
                        Tim_Lavaku SUB |  SUB L_Yashin
                       Daley_Blind SUB |  SUB M_Perin
                           J_Maria SUB |  SUB J_Bolm
                       M_Crickmore SUB |  SUB W_Dustice
                         D_Thaguif SUB |  SUB B_Dugnutt

Referee: P_Graham (Wales)


Min. 1  :(mnu) S_Mazzola with a first time pass
          ...  S_Pearce runs onto it!
          ...  But T_Erak wins the tackle
Min. 6  :(bfa) R_Tomassi skips the challenge from S_Pearce
          ...  D_McDonald takes out the attacker
          ...  He looked to have fouled him there
Min. 9  :(bfa) T_Erak sidesteps S_Bould
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  T_Erak from 20 yards !
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  T_O_Conner is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by E_Knave
          ...  C_Moreno wins the ball
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 10 :(mnu) K_Magennis sprints down the flank
          ...  He plays the ball in to Arnautovic
          ...  S_Mannaerts plays the back pass
          ...  N_Winneke can't get to it!!
          ...  It goes just wide!!
          ...  Look at the relief on his face!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  S_Bould curls it into the box!
          ...  N_Winneke comes out and claims it!
Min. 14 :(mnu) S_Bould puts in D_Ginola
          ...  S_Mannaerts reads it well
          ...  This boy is a quality defender
          ...  The crowd sing his praises
Min. 17 :(mnu) K_Gunter plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  Fine tackle by J_Foyth
          ...  He prevents the corner as well
Min. 19 :(bfa) T_Erak races into the box
          ...  He sees Nathan_Dyer lose his man
          ...  He cuts the ball back to him
          ...  C_Moreno goes in with high feet!!
          ...  That's a poor tackle!
Min. 20 :(bfa) T_Erak sprints down the flank
          ...  He threads the ball in to Nathan_Dyer
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by K_Gunter !!
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes
Min. 25 :(mnu) Arnautovic slides the ball across to D_Ginola
          ...  D_Ginola hits the shot with the outside of the right foot!
          ...  N_Winneke won't get to that!
          ...  It clips the post!
          ...  And goes wide!
Min. 26 :(bfa) M_Zeffane backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  T_Erak gets on the end of it
          ...  S_Bould clears with a diving header
Min. 27 :(mnu) D_Ginola looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to Arnautovic
          ...  Arnautovic has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But N_Winneke punches it away
          ...  He commands his area so well
Min. 29 :(bfa) J_Foyth gets to the by line and finds Nathan_Dyer with a beautiful cross
          ...  D_Ginola with an ugly foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
Min. 34 :(bfa) E_Knave drives the ball across field
          ...  It comes to J_Foyth
          ...  Cleared by S_Mazzola
Min. 37 :(bfa) E_Knave stops the ball and looks around for movement
          ...  A team mate overlaps him now
          ...  He uses his team mates run as a decoy and heads towards the goal!
          ...  K_Magennis tackles cleanly
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 45 :(mnu) D_Ginola moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He plays the ball through to Arnautovic
          ...  Good sliding challenge from M_Zeffane
Min. 48 :(mnu) D_Ginola with a slide rule pass to C_Moreno
          ...  Cleared by J_Foyth

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester Utd 0-0 Benfica

Min. 47 :(bfa) T_Erak with a fantastic turn that puts him through on goal
          ...  T_Erak with a stunning strike !
          ...  T_O_Conner watches it sail safely wide!
Min. 50 :(mnu) K_Magennis kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  D_McDonald gets on the end of the pass
          ...  The ball hits S_Mannaerts in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 54 :(mnu) D_Ginola with the diagonal pass S_Pearce
          ...  S_Mannaerts plays it back
          ...  N_Winneke slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Magennis chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  N_Winneke jumps well to claim it!
Min. 54 :(bfa) J_Foyth takes advantage of a bad back pass
          ...  J_Foyth with the punt towards goal!
          ...  T_O_Conner gets a hand to it!!
          ...  But he slots in the rebound
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That puts Benfica ahead!
          ...  Now can they hang onto it!
          ...  Manchester Utd 0-1 Benfica ...
Min. 55 :(bfa) M_Perin is being prepared to come on
          ...  J_Foyth is leaving the pitch
          ...  He looks disappointed that he won't be continuing
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play DF
Min. 55 :(mnu) S_Mazzola kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  K_Magennis gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Well executed sliding challenge from K_Commons
Min. 56 :(mnu) D_McDonald finds D_Suker on the edge of the box
          ...  D_Suker hits a crisp volley!
          ...  But N_Winneke with the difficult save
Min. 60 :(bfa) B_Dugnutt is coming on for T_Erak and playing FW
Min. 64 :(bfa) I_Marcone is in some pain
          ...  He's receiving some treatment now
          ...  But he looks unable to continue
Min. 64 :(bfa) J_Bolm takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace I_Marcone
          ...  He'll play as a MF
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 65 :(bfa) Benfica's manager orders his side to play D
Min. 65 :(mnu) S_Mazzola looks for options
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to D_Suker
          ...  S_Mannaerts cuts out the pass
          ...  That was close!
Min. 71 :(bfa) S_Nakamoto plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Nathan_Dyer keeps possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  But D_McDonald puts the ball out of play
Min. 75 :(mnu) S_Mazzola looks up
          ...  He swings the ball right towards D_Suker
          ...  M_Perin with an ugly foul
          ...  P_Graham calls him for a talk
Min. 76 :(mnu) K_Magennis looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to S_Pearce
          ...  S_Pearce drives it towards goal !
          ...  N_Winneke with an amazing dive to the bottom left
          ...  How he got to that one I don't know !
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Moreno hits it towards the far post!
          ...  N_Winneke comes out and claims it!
Min. 80 :(mnu) Arnautovic sidesteps his marker
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  S_Mannaerts looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 82 :(mnu) Arnautovic beats M_Zeffane
          ...  It looked like he pushed his marker
          ...  "Play On!" Waves P_Graham
          ...  M_Zeffane reacts to stop the move going any further
Min. 82 :(bfa) M_Zeffane has it now
          ...  He takes on K_Magennis
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in B_Dugnutt!
          ...  S_Bould is forced to retreat
          ...  He knocks it back!
          ...  T_O_Conner misses it!
          ...  It creeps just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Swung in by J_Bolm
          ...  K_Gunter clears the danger
Min. 83 :(bfa) E_Knave with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to Nathan_Dyer
          ...  D_McDonald fouls badly
          ...  That looked malicious
          ...  He's in trouble!!
          ...  He could be sent off for that!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He was lucky to get away with that!
Min. 83 :(bfa) J_Bolm heads the ball back to B_Dugnutt
          ...  B_Dugnutt is through on goal!
          ...  The defender was caught napping
          ...  He just has T_O_Conner to beat
          ...  He dinks it over T_O_Conner
          ...  Its heading in!
          ...  K_Gunter somehow gets back to hack it off the line!!
Min. 84 :(mnu) K_Magennis plays the early ball across the box to find D_Suker in space
          ...  M_Zeffane tries to clear it
          ...  He has miskicked it!!!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  D_Ginola drives it into the box!
          ...  N_Winneke comes out and claims it!
Min. 87 :(mnu) Arnautovic barges the defender off the ball
          ...  M_Perin with the tackle
          ...  He came to the rescue there!
Min. 87 :(mnu) K_Magennis runs at the defender
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He sees a team mate in space
          ...  He passes it to Arnautovic
          ...  M_Perin is late with that one
          ...  I think he was just trying to get to the ball
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was unlucky to be booked for that
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(bfa) K_Commons with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to B_Dugnutt
          ...  K_Magennis is called for the holding foul
          ...  Looked like a fair jump
          ...  The referee got it wrong

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Old Trafford
Attendance           : 100,000
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Manchester Utd Match Info
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Best player          : K_Magennis
Scorers              : N/A
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : D_Ginola (29), D_McDonald (83)
Injured              : N/A
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : S_Mannaerts (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : J_Foyth (54)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : M_Perin (87)
Injured              : I_Marcone (64)
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Match Statistics
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                          Manchester Utd  |    Benfica
Attempts on Goal     :           4        |       4
Off target           :           1        |       2
On target            :           3        |       2
Possession           :          48        |       52
Corners              :           4        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       1
Subs Used            :           0        |       3
Fouls                :           6        |       4
Key Tackles          :           7        |       14
Key Passes           :          16        |       8
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Final Score          : Manchester Utd 0 - 1 Benfica
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Player Statistics - Manchester Utd
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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T_O_Conner     GK  31   3   3   2  13 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10   0   0   0
S_Pearce       DF   1  29   8  11  18 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
S_Bould        DF   2  28   9   5  22 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
K_Gunter       DF   2  27   7  11  22 |  95   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
C_Moreno       DF   2  27  10   9  32 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -20 -20
D_McDonald     DF   1  27   8   8  21 |  95   0   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  38   8  -2
K_Magennis     MF   3   4  28   6  30 |  95   0   1   5   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  50   0
D_Ginola       MF   1  10  27   8  20 |  95   0   0   4   0   1   0   1   0   0  -2  38  -2
S_Mazzola      MF   2  10  27   7  33 |  95   0   1   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20 -20
D_Suker        FW   1   6  12  28  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Arnautovic     FW   1   7   5  27  11 |  95   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Tim_Lavaku     GK  29   3   1   1  10 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Daley_Blind    DF   3  26  10   7  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Maria        MF   3   8  27   9  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Crickmore    FW   1   6   9  26  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Thaguif      FW   1   5   7  26  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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  35   2   2   3  20 |  95   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  75   0   0   0
M_Zeffane      DF   1  33  10   7  31 |  95   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  20   0
R_Tomassi      DF   1  33   9   7  37 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Foyth        DF   1  32  13   7  42 |  58   0   2   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  40  10  25
S_Mannaerts    DF   2  30   9   5  12 |  95   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 160   0   0
I_Marcone      MF   3   6  30   6  32 |  67   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Commons      MF   1   8  28  10  32 |  95   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20  20
S_Nakamoto     MF   3   5  27  16  32 |  95   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
E_Knave        MF   3   8  25  10  21 |  95   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
Nathan_Dyer    FW   2   7  12  31  31 |  95   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
T_Erak         FW   2   6   7  28  21 |  63   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
L_Yashin       GK  29   2   1   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Perin        DF   3  25   8   9  32 |  37   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  18  -2  -2
J_Bolm         MF   2  12  31  14  32 |  28   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30  20
W_Dustice      MF   1  13  26   6  42 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
B_Dugnutt      FW   1   5   7  28  20 |  32   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
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