Division One League Match, Santos FC vs. Benfica (Sat Nov 18)


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

Referee: F_De_Bleeckere (Belgium)


Min. 1  :(sfc) G_Lo_Celso feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  Enrique runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  Enrique with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  N_Winneke guesses right
Min. 1  :(sfc) Bojan picks up a loose ball
          ...  T_Erak tugs on his opponent s shirt!!
          ...  F_De_Bleeckere has stopped play
          ...  Well spotted by F_De_Bleeckere!
          ...  F_De_Bleeckere just wants to lecture him
Min. 2  :(sfc) Van_Basten takes possession
          ...  He looks up
          ...  He's in acres of space
          ...  Van_Basten lobs N_Winneke!
          ...  N_Winneke has it covered
          ...  It takes a bobble!
          ...  N_Winneke reacts well to save!!!
Min. 3  :(sfc) Ni_Na_Lee plays it to his team mate for a one-two
          ...  Bojan decides to keep possession instead!
          ...  He runs towards the goal now!
          ...  A left-footer by Bojan !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Emerson_Jr curls it into the box!
          ...  It comes to R_Pires
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  N_Winneke is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  The corner is swung in by Enrique!
          ...  R_Pires tries to place the shot!
          ...  It hits off a defender!
          ...  N_Winneke is wrong footed!
          ...  It drifts just wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Emerson_Jr curls it into the box!
          ...  Josimar gets to it!
          ...  But N_Winneke punches it away
Min. 6  :(sfc) R_Pires flicks the ball through
          ...  Bojan runs onto it!
          ...  Bojan is clean through, he is one on one with N_Winneke
          ...  He tries to slide it past N_Winneke
          ...  N_Winneke dives bravely at his feet !!
Min. 8  :(sfc) G_Lo_Celso puts in Van_Basten
          ...  Van_Basten swings in the shot!
          ...  N_Winneke makes a great save
          ...  But he can't hold onto it!
Min. 8  :(bfa) W_Morgan looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to T_Erak
          ...  T_Erak hits the ball first time!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  He is dancing round the corner flag!
          ...  Lets see if Benfica can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Santos FC 0-1 Benfica ...
Min. 10 :(sfc) R_Pires with a glorious 60-yard pass to Van_Basten
          ...  Van_Basten tries the lob from 30 yards !
          ...  N_Winneke gets up well to catch that one
Min. 10 :(bfa) K_Commons is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to D_Suker
          ...  Leonardo tries to clear it
          ...  He has miskicked it!!!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Pirlo chips the ball in towards the back post!
          ...  Leonardo clears the corner
Min. 12 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to Bojan
          ...  Bojan tries to lob the keeper !
          ...  N_Winneke makes the save
          ...  He hits the ball up field!
Min. 14 :(bfa) T_Erak bursts forward
          ...  Trappatoni wins the ball
Min. 15 :(bfa) A_Pirlo with a measured pass to D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  Lev_Yashin fists it away
          ...  That was a good save!
Min. 16 :(sfc) Enrique looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Bojan
          ...  Bojan with a blistering shot !
          ...  It floats over N_Winneke
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 18 :(sfc) G_Lo_Celso gets to the by line and finds Enrique with a beautiful cross
          ...  Enrique drifts clear!
          ...  He is clean through!
          ...  He is one on one with N_Winneke
          ...  He rounds N_Winneke
          ...  He thumps it towards the goal!
          ...  N_Winneke somehow manages to get to it !!
Min. 19 :(sfc) Ni_Na_Lee has the ball
          ...  He knocks the ball past Diego_T
          ...  He puts in Bojan!
          ...  D_Rose bundles the player over!!
          ...  That s a foul!!
          ...  The ref looks across to his assistant!
          ...  Play on!
Min. 20 :(sfc) Bojan hits in a shot!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  Ni_Na_Lee collects the loose ball!
          ...  But he stands on the ball and falls over!!
          ...  W_Samuel picks up the loose ball and clears the danger
Min. 23 :(sfc) Enrique can't find space for the shot
          ...  He slips it through to Van_Basten
          ...  Van_Basten drifts clear!
          ...  He is clean through!
          ...  He is one on one with N_Winneke
          ...  He rounds N_Winneke
          ...  He has been pushed wide!
          ...  He shoots from a tight angle
          ...  It hits the post and goes out for a goal kick!!
Min. 24 :(sfc) Van_Basten knocks it past the defender and runs onto it
          ...  He leaves the defender standing
          ...  Van_Basten attempts to nutmeg N_Winneke!
          ...  But N_Winneke punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a goal kick
          ...  It was clear to everyone that N_Winneke got a touch
Min. 26 :(bfa) K_Commons runs with the ball to the corner flag
          ...  He plays the ball across to D_Suker
          ...  D_Suker with a stunning strike !
          ...  It hits the outside of the post
          ...  And goes out
Min. 29 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr is taking a throw in
          ...  He sees a team mate loosing his marker
          ...  He throws it to Leonardo
          ...  Diego_T is called for the holding foul
          ...  Well spotted by the referee
Min. 34 :(bfa) D_Suker works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to A_Pirlo
          ...  R_Pires with the dive
          ...  There's no room in the game for that!
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It s just a warning
          ...  Matias Finkelstein looks annoyed that there was no card there
Min. 35 :(sfc) Santos FC changed their strategy to play A
Min. 37 :(bfa) D_Steffanato plays a first time ball through the defence to T_Erak
          ...  Trappatoni with a pull on the shirt
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on
Min. 40 :(sfc) Enrique has the ball on the wing
          ...  He knocks the ball past Diego_T
          ...  He puts in G_Lo_Celso!
          ...  Cleaned up by D_Steffanato
Min. 42 :(bfa) The ball rolls free!
          ...  T_Erak takes control of it on the half way line
          ...  He sprints past the defenders!!
          ...  Ni_Na_Lee seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 43 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 44 :(sfc) R_Pires crosses into the box, finding Bojan
          ...  Bojan curls the ball in on goal !
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a cheeky finish!
          ...  The Santos FC fans sing his praises!
          ...  That s the equaliser!
          ...  Santos FC 1-1 Benfica ...
Min. 45 :(bfa) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  D_Suker is through!
          ...  Enrique with a nasty foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! or f$k OFF!! cant make it out
          ...  He's lucky to be let off for that one
          ...  Glyn Rigby looks relieved
          ...  Matias Finkelstein is far from happy with that decision
          ...  FREE KICK!
          ...  It s in a very dangerous position!
          ...  D_Suker hits it hard
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  Look at the delight on his face!
          ...  Just look at the delight!!
          ...  Lets see if Benfica can hang onto that lead!
          ...  Santos FC 1-2 Benfica ...
Min. 47 :(sfc) R_Pires with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past W_Morgan
          ...  He knocks it to Enrique!
          ...  W_Morgan recovers to win the ball back
Min. 48 :(sfc) Enrique crosses to G_Lo_Celso
          ...  G_Lo_Celso with his head down lets it go !
          ...  But it puts it well wide
Min. 49 :(bfa) D_Suker finds himself in a good position
          ...  D_Suker flings a shot at goal !
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection
          ...  Wide !!
          ...  That was fortunate
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  K_Commons crosses it in!
          ...  T_Erak gets on the end of it
          ...  It's just over!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Santos FC 1-2 Benfica

Min. 48 :(sfc) Bojan with a Cruyff turn
          ...  Diego_T reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_Lo_Celso drives it into the box!
          ...  N_Winneke comes out and claims it!
Min. 48 :(bfa) A_Pirlo with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past Leonardo
          ...  He knocks it to D_Suker!
          ...  D_Suker aiming for the bottom corner !
          ...  Lev_Yashin with the diving save
          ...  He must have spotted the TV cameras!
Min. 50 :(sfc) Enrique brings it under control
          ...  He takes on W_Samuel
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in Leonardo!
          ...  Leonardo with the strike !
          ...  But N_Winneke parries the shot
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away
Min. 51 :(sfc) Leonardo skips the challenge from the defender
          ...  W_Morgan knocks the ball back to N_Winneke
          ...  Ohhhh no!!
          ...  It s gone past N_Winneke!
          ...  And just creeps wide!!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Emerson_Jr curls it into the box!
          ...  It is kicked away by Diego_T
Min. 54 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr with a simple pass to Van_Basten
          ...  Diego_T knocks him to the floor
          ...  The fans are calling for a penalty!
          ...  But F_De_Bleeckere just turns away!
Min. 55 :(bfa) O_Sweemey is coming on and T_Erak is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 56 :(sfc) Bojan moves out over to the edge of the pitch
          ...  He plays the ball through to Emerson_Jr
          ...  Emerson_Jr could have let it bounce!
          ...  N_Winneke watches it sail wide!
Min. 57 :(bfa) K_Commons with a short pass to find O_Sweemey
          ...  Trappatoni gets in the way of the ball and clears!
Min. 59 :(sfc) Emerson_Jr with a 40-yard pass to Van_Basten
          ...  Van_Basten with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  But N_Winneke reaches the ball. Good save
Min. 59 :(bfa) D_Steffanato with an intelligent ball to K_Commons
          ...  K_Commons looks to see where Lev_Yashin is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But Lev_Yashin hits it away
          ...  He could have held onto that!
Min. 60 :(bfa) A_Burdisso will replace the useless Diego_T and will play DF
Min. 60 :(sfc) Van_Basten loses W_Samuel
          ...  W_Samuel moves quickly to get the tackle in this time
Min. 60 :(bfa) D_Suker nutmegs Josimar
          ...  But Ni_Na_Lee slid in
          ...  It was a well timed tackle and it had to be
Min. 62 :(bfa) S_Nakamoto is being brought on
          ...  D_Rose is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DF
Min. 62 :(sfc) Enrique off the woodwork.
          ...  Van_Basten picks up the deflection
          ...  Van_Basten with a terrific drive !
          ...  Looks like it should be N_Winneke's
          ...  Oh he's let it go through his legs
          ...  But drifts inches wide !!
          ...  N_Winneke looks embarrassed!
          ...  He was relieved to see it go wide!
          ...  Goal kick given, amazing decision there!
Min. 62 :(bfa) K_Commons chips the ball over the defence and finds O_Sweemey
          ...  O_Sweemey with the goal bound shot!
          ...  It's beaten Lev_Yashin
          ...  It goes wide !!
Min. 63 :(bfa) E_Knave will replace Liziero and play MF
Min. 63 :(sfc) Enrique with a real burst of pace
          ...  He leaves A_Pirlo behind
          ...  A_Burdisso plays it back
          ...  N_Winneke slips!!
          ...  It goes just wide
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Emerson_Jr curls it into the box!
          ...  Van_Basten tries to place the shot!
          ...  N_Winneke gets his body behind the ball and saves
          ...  Text book goalkeeping!
Min. 65 :(sfc) Zico is being brought on
          ...  Emerson_Jr is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play MF
Min. 65 :(sfc) Enrique changes position to fill a MF slot
Min. 65 :(sfc) Enrique works the ball inside
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to Bojan
          ...  But A_Burdisso wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 66 :(bfa) E_Knave looks around for some movement
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to D_Suker
          ...  Ni_Na_Lee with an ugly foul
          ...  That looked malicious
Min. 72 :(bfa) A_Pirlo is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to A_Burdisso
          ...  G_Lo_Celso beats him to the ball
Min. 75 :(sfc) L_Suarez takes off his tracksuit
          ...  he'll replace Van_Basten as FW
Min. 75 :(sfc) Zico has it now
          ...  He takes on W_Morgan
          ...  He gets past him!
          ...  He puts in R_Pires!
          ...  A cracking drive from R_Pires !
          ...  N_Winneke can't get to it!
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar!
          ...  N_Winneke makes a cocky smile
          ...  Did he know that was going over?
Min. 76 :(sfc) Bojan slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him!
          ...  E_Knave with a nasty foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!! or f$k OFF!! cant make it out
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It s just a warning
          ...  Glyn Rigby looks annoyed that there was no card there
Min. 80 :(sfc) Oscar is being brought on
          ...  Josimar is leaving the pitch
          ...  Looks like the substitute will play DF
Min. 85 :(sfc) Enrique with a one-touch layoff to Leonardo
          ...  K_Commons brings him down in the area
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely!
          ...  But F_De_Bleeckere waves play on!!!
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(bfa) A_Pirlo nutmegs Ni_Na_Lee
          ...  Ni_Na_Lee does well to get the tackle in
Min. 91 :(sfc) L_Suarez beats D_Steffanato
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender
          ...  L_Suarez smashed the ball towards the bottom corner!
          ...  It's wide!
          ...  9 times out of ten he would have scored that!
Min. 93 :(bfa) D_Steffanato with the deft touch
          ...  He takes it past Oscar
          ...  He knocks it to D_Suker!
          ...  Trappatoni slides in to knock the ball out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Knave plays it into the danger area!
          ...  S_Nakamoto swings a leg at it!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 94 :(sfc) Bojan sprints past W_Samuel
          ...  W_Samuel reads the situation well and wins the ball
          ...  But it goes out
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  Zico curls it into the box!
          ...  The ball finds its way to Trappatoni
          ...  He gets the shot away
          ...  N_Winneke manages to turn it behind

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estadio Urbano Caldeira
Attendance           : 140,340
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Santos FC Match Info
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Best player          : Enrique (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Bojan (44)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Trappatoni (37)
Injured              : N/A
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : D_Suker
Scorers              : T_Erak (8), D_Suker (45)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                            Santos FC     |     Benfica
Attempts on Goal     :          24        |       10
Off target           :          10        |       5
On target            :          14        |       5
Possession           :          55        |       45
Corners              :           7        |       3
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           1        |       0
Subs Used            :           3        |       4
Fouls                :           7        |       8
Key Tackles          :           8        |       12
Key Passes           :          23        |       12
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Final Score          : Santos FC 1 - 2 Benfica
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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 |  98   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -5   0   0   0
Leonardo       DF   2  39  12  12  22 |  98   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20 -20 -15
Ni_Na_Lee      DF   3  35  10   7  41 |  98   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  20   0
Josimar        DF   2  31   1   5  46 |  84   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Trappatoni     DF   2  28   1   4  26 |  98   0   3   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  58  -2   3
Enrique        MF   1   1  31  18  26 |  98   0   0   8   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  80  10
Emerson_Jr     MF   3  21  32  12  21 |  69   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
R_Pires        MF   2   3  29   5  32 |  98   0   0   4   1   3   0   0   0   0   0  60   0
G_Lo_Celso     MF   2  10  28   9  31 |  98   0   1   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
Bojan          FW   2   8  10  33  12 |  98   0   0   2   0   5   1   0   0   0   0  20  35
Van_Basten     FW   1   1   6  31  41 |  79   0   0   0   0   8   0   0   0   0   0   0  30
Bursik         GK  29   3   4   5  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Oscar          DF   1  29   8   4  46 |  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Draxler        MF   1   3  28   2  33 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Zico           MF   2   3  27   5  32 |  29   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0
L_Suarez       FW   2  10   6  27  34 |  19   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -20

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 |  98  14   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0   0
W_Samuel       DF   2  33   8   4  28 |  98   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
D_Rose         DF   1  32  11   8  22 |  66   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
W_Morgan       DF   3  31  12   7  10 |  98   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  60  50  20
Diego_T        DF   2  27   5   5  29 |  64   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
K_Commons      MF   1   9  32  11  32 |  98   0   1   4   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  40   5
Liziero        MF   1  19  30   5  23 |  67   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Pirlo        MF   1  15  30   8  11 |  98   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0
D_Steffanato   MF   2   7  24   1  33 |  98   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  30   0
D_Suker        FW   1   7  13  30  31 |  98   0   0   1   0   5   1   0   0   0   0  10  35
T_Erak         FW   2   7   7  29  21 |  59   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
L_Yashin       GK  29   2   1   2  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Burdisso     DF   2  26   6   8  31 |  34   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  40   0   0
S_Nakamoto     DF   3   5  30  17  32 |  32   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Knave        MF   3   8  25  10  21 |  31   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
O_Sweemey      FW   3   6  10  24  32 |  39   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  20  20
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