Division One League Match, Benfica vs. Arsenal (Mon May 06)


                              Benfica  |  Arsenal
                              4-4-2 E  |  4-5-1 C
                   Matias Finkelstein  |  Adrian Dalmedo
                                       |
                          F_Foster GK  |  GK D_James
                       Yann_M_Vila DF  |  DF G_Collins
                         R_Tomassi DF  |  DF R_Holding
                           J_Foyth DF  |  DF S_Ramos
                         M_Zeffane DF  |  DF D_Burn
                        J_Wilshere MF  |  MF N_Ben_Khalifa
                            J_Bolm MF  |  MF T_Cruise
                         W_Dustice MF  |  MF P_Bouba_Diop
                           E_Knave MF  |  MF D_Rocastle
                            T_Erak FW  |  MF B_Yaga
                         B_Dugnutt FW  |  FW P_Crouch
                                       |
                      Z_Alomerovic SUB |  SUB D_de_Gea
                       S_Mannaerts SUB |  SUB C_Blewitt
                         I_Marcone SUB |  SUB E_Spence
                        S_Nakamoto SUB |  SUB D_Murphy
                       Nathan_Dyer SUB |  SUB Ricardo

Referee: A_Barken (Norway)


Min. 3  :(bfa) Yann_M_Vila turns past the defender
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run
          ...  He plays the ball through to R_Tomassi
          ...  Cleaned up by S_Ramos
Min. 6  :(bfa) M_Zeffane sidesteps G_Collins
          ...  M_Zeffane with the cheeky shot!
          ...  But D_James punches it away
          ...  He had to be brave to come for that one
Min. 8  :(bfa) Yann_M_Vila takes advantage of a mistake by D_Burn
          ...  But D_Rocastle comes away with the ball
          ...  Excellent defending there!
Min. 10 :(bfa) T_Erak with the dribble
          ...  He's through on goal
          ...  T_Erak with a thundering shot!
          ...  But D_James palms it behind
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  J_Wilshere crosses it in!
          ...  R_Holding clears the danger
Min. 13 :(bfa) T_Erak runs into space
          ...  T_Erak with a bomb of a shot !
          ...  D_James parries it, he follows it up
          ...  And D_James recovers to save!!
Min. 14 :(arn) D_Rocastle sidesteps his marker
          ...  He runs forward now
          ...  D_Rocastle tries to chip the ball over F_Foster!
          ...  F_Foster turns it behind for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  B_Yaga drives it into the box!
          ...  F_Foster fists it away!
Min. 15 :(bfa) E_Knave sidesteps B_Yaga
          ...  He was too quick for his marker
          ...  E_Knave rises above the defence to head the ball !
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 19 :(bfa) B_Dugnutt knocks the ball past N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  B_Dugnutt could have let it bounce!
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 22 :(bfa) T_Erak loses his marker
          ...  T_Erak has his eyes on the goal!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  But he puts it well wide
          ...  That was a mishit effort!
Min. 22 :(bfa) J_Foyth finds his way through
          ...  P_Bouba_Diop muscles him off the ball
          ...  Looked like a good tackle but the referee has awarded them a free kick
          ...  A_Barken calls him for a talk
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just inside there own half
          ...  J_Wilshere shapes to shoot
          ...  He plays it to Yann_M_Vila instead
          ...  R_Holding with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 23 :(bfa) J_Wilshere drives it forward to T_Erak
          ...  T_Erak goes for the top corner !
          ...  D_James collects it comfortably
          ...  The shot never troubled him
Min. 27 :(arn) P_Crouch plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  P_Crouch with a little chip!
          ...  But F_Foster punches it away
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one
Min. 27 :(bfa) T_Erak takes advantage of a mistake by P_Bouba_Diop
          ...  He runs towards goal
          ...  T_Cruise with a bad challenge
          ...  A_Barken will want to speak to him
Min. 28 :(bfa) T_Erak sidesteps his marker
          ...  T_Erak blasts it at the goal !
          ...  D_James gets his fingertips to it
Min. 32 :(bfa) J_Wilshere gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  T_Erak is unmarked
          ...  T_Erak with the spectacular bicycle kick!
          ...  It hits the sponsor hoarding
Min. 32 :(arn) N_Ben_Khalifa with the first time pass to P_Crouch
          ...  Yann_M_Vila makes the challenge and clears the ball
          ...  But it drifts out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  T_Cruise plays it towards the near post!
          ...  F_Foster fists it away!
Min. 33 :(bfa) J_Foyth is out on the right
          ...  He moves the ball left to M_Zeffane
          ...  But G_Collins sees the pass and cuts it out
Min. 36 :(bfa) W_Dustice bursts into the box and cuts the ball back to B_Dugnutt
          ...  G_Collins seizes control of the ball
          ...  He hoists it forward
Min. 36 :(arn) The ball rolls free!
          ...  D_Rocastle takes control of it on the half way line
          ...  He sprints past the defenders!!
          ...  J_Bolm gets to the ball first
Min. 37 :(bfa) E_Knave with the flick on
          ...  He plays the ball across to B_Dugnutt
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  S_Ramos looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 38 :(bfa) T_Erak has time and space on the edge of the box
          ...  T_Erak fires off a left-footed shot !
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 4 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(arn) D_Burn skips the challenge from Yann_M_Vila
          ...  The ball hits J_Foyth in the face!
          ...  And goes clear!
Min. 44 :(arn) N_Ben_Khalifa with the first time flick to P_Crouch
          ...  P_Crouch aims for the top right corner !
          ...  F_Foster parries it
Min. 44 :(bfa) B_Dugnutt nutmegs R_Holding
          ...  B_Yaga with a nasty foul
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  A_Barken reaches to his pocket!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  R_Tomassi swings it in
          ...  B_Dugnutt takes control of it!
          ...  B_Dugnutt drives the ball low !
          ...  It sails over!
          ...  He should have hit the target at least!!
Min. 45 :(bfa) M_Zeffane finds himself in a good position
          ...  B_Yaga with a terrible tackle
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
          ...  An early bath or him then!
Min. 47 :(arn) P_Bouba_Diop with a precise ball to N_Ben_Khalifa
          ...  But R_Tomassi clears the danger
Min. 47 :(bfa) J_Wilshere hits the ball through the heart of the defence
          ...  J_Foyth latches onto it!
          ...  T_Cruise fouls badly
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  He gets a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 48 :(arn) D_Rocastle with an incisive pass to R_Holding
          ...  M_Zeffane cleanly tackles him
          ...  He judged that well

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Benfica 0-0 Arsenal

Min. 46 :(arn) P_Bouba_Diop controls the ball with a deft piece of skill
          ...  He plays the ball out to the right!
          ...  S_Ramos gets onto the end of the pass!
          ...  But J_Foyth barges him off the ball
Min. 52 :(arn) T_Cruise finds D_Rocastle with a ball over the defence
          ...  E_Knave rushes in with a clumsy tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 52 :(arn) T_Cruise 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 P_Crouch
          ...  Yann_M_Vila brings him down from behind!
          ...  But the ref gives nothing!
Min. 53 :(bfa) W_Dustice with an excellent first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He swings the ball in
          ...  B_Dugnutt gets on the end of the pass
          ...  He is in space!
          ...  B_Dugnutt chases it through, he must score !
          ...  But D_James makes a fine save
          ...  Wow!! That was close!
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one!
Min. 54 :(arn) D_Burn with a one-touch layoff to P_Crouch
          ...  P_Crouch with the cheeky shot!
          ...  But it goes wide of the post
Min. 55 :(arn) S_Ramos with a precise ball to P_Crouch
          ...  P_Crouch flings a shot at goal !
          ...  The shot slips through F_Foster's hands
          ...  But F_Foster recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 55 :(bfa) Yann_M_Vila leaps into the air
          ...  He wins the header
          ...  He heads it across to T_Erak
          ...  T_Cruise with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  His 2nd yellow this game ! Sent off !
          ...  He knew he had to be careful after the first one, and this time he had to walk!
Min. 56 :(arn) D_Burn runs into space
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from B_Dugnutt
          ...  He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful
Min. 57 :(bfa) J_Wilshere nutmegs the defender
          ...  J_Wilshere with a stunning strike !
          ...  It floats over D_James
          ...  Its heading goal ward!
          ...  But floats just over
          ...  That was a great effort
Min. 64 :(bfa) E_Knave puts in T_Erak
          ...  T_Erak aims the cheeky shot at goal!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  In off the post
          ...  And Benfica are leading in the game now
          ...  Benfica 1-0 Arsenal ...
Min. 71 :(bfa) T_Erak feeds the ball through the middle
          ...  B_Dugnutt runs onto it
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender
          ...  R_Holding with the block
Min. 72 :(bfa) T_Erak with an incisive pass to B_Dugnutt
          ...  Cleared by D_Burn
Min. 72 :(bfa) T_Erak runs towards the goal
          ...  P_Bouba_Diop rushes in with a poor tackle!!
          ...  That's a foul!!
Min. 73 :(bfa) B_Dugnutt plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He runs towards goal now
          ...  B_Dugnutt with a screamer of a shot !
          ...  It grazes the bar
          ...  And goes over
          ...  Oh so close there!
Min. 75 :(arn) Ricardo is coming on and P_Bouba_Diop is being brought off
          ...  Looks likely he will go and play FW
Min. 75 :(bfa) T_Erak sprints forward with the ball
          ...  But N_Ben_Khalifa wins the ball with a sliding challenge
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  E_Knave swings it in!
          ...  D_James reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 76 :(arn) D_Rocastle with a throw in
          ...  He throws the ball across to P_Crouch
          ...  T_Erak with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on!
Min. 78 :(arn) D_Rocastle looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Ricardo
          ...  But R_Tomassi wins the ball with a sliding challenge
Min. 79 :(bfa) J_Foyth sprints past S_Ramos
          ...  J_Foyth pounds a rocket on goal !
          ...  But he somehow misses
          ...  The Arsenal fans laugh at him
Min. 80 :(bfa) T_Erak with the mazy run
          ...  D_Burn reads the play well
Min. 83 :(bfa) J_Bolm holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to T_Erak
          ...  T_Erak hits a great drive!
          ...  D_James gets his fingertips to it
Min. 87 :(bfa) B_Dugnutt sprints forward with the ball
          ...  D_Burn makes the challenge and clears the ball
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 88 :(arn) P_Crouch runs at the defender
          ...  He takes it past him
          ...  But M_Zeffane slides in two footed.
          ...  A_Barken has a look but waves "Play On!"
Min. 91 :(bfa) R_Tomassi looks for options
          ...  He knocks the ball across to J_Bolm
          ...  J_Bolm drives it low !
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!!
          ...  But it thumps off the woodwork !!
          ...  And goes safely clear!
          ...  D_James never had a chance!
Min. 92 :(arn) G_Collins kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  Ricardo gets on the end of the pass
          ...  Ricardo has time and space!
          ...  He flicks the ball towards goal
          ...  The net bulges!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  And Arsenal have squared it up late on!!
          ...  Benfica 1-1 Arsenal ...

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


Match Details
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Venue                : Estadio da Luz
Attendance           : 131,000
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : T_Erak (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : T_Erak (64)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : E_Knave (52), T_Erak (76)
Injured              : N/A
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Arsenal Match Info
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Best player          : D_Rocastle
Scorers              : Ricardo (92)
Sent Off             : B_Yaga (45), T_Cruise (55)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             Benfica      |    Arsenal
Attempts on Goal     :          18        |       6
Off target           :          10        |       1
On target            :           8        |       5
Possession           :          58        |       42
Corners              :           2        |       2
Red Cards            :           0        |       2
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       0
Subs Used            :           0        |       1
Fouls                :           7        |       12
Key Tackles          :          10        |       11
Key Passes           :          14        |       12
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Final Score          : Benfica 1 - 1 Arsenal
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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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F_Foster       GK  39   2   4   4  16 |  96   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
Yann_M_Vila    DF   2  32  14   8  22 |  96   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  20   0
R_Tomassi      DF   1  30   8   7  37 |  96   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
J_Foyth        DF   1  29  12   6  42 |  96   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  40  10   1
M_Zeffane      DF   1  29  10   7  31 |  96   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  40   0   5
J_Wilshere     MF   2  20  30  12  19 |  96   0   0   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  30   1
J_Bolm         MF   2  11  29  13  32 |  96   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  10   1
W_Dustice      MF   1  12  24   6  42 |  96   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
E_Knave        MF   3   7  24  10  21 |  96   0   0   2   1   1   0   1   0   0  -2  33  -1
T_Erak         FW   2   6   6  27  21 |  96   0   0   2   0   9   1   1   0   0  -2  18  56
B_Dugnutt      FW   1   5   6  25  20 |  96   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  20   0   8
Z_Alomerovic   GK  29   1   1   1  14 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Mannaerts    DF   2  28   9   5  12 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
I_Marcone      MF   3   6  28   6  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Nakamoto     MF   3   4  26  16  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Nathan_Dyer    FW   2   7  11  29  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Player Statistics - Arsenal
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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D_James        GK  35   2   2   3  26 |  96   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  30   0   0   0
G_Collins      DF   2  29   9   7  19 |  96   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  40  25   0
R_Holding      DF   1  29   8   6  22 |  96   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
S_Ramos        DF   2  28   7   7  40 |  96   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  40  10   0
D_Burn         DF   2  26   9  11  21 |  96   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  60  10   0
N_Ben_Khalifa  MF   1  12  29  12  25 |  96   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  20   0
T_Cruise       MF   2  10  28   9  39 |  59   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10  10 -10
P_Bouba_Diop   MF   2   7  28  10  12 |  79   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0
D_Rocastle     MF   2   7  28  10  21 |  96   0   1   3   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  30   5
B_Yaga         MF   2   9  28   8  35 |  45   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -10 -10 -10
P_Crouch       FW   1   6  12  28  21 |  96   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0  16
D_de_Gea       GK  29   2   3   3  38 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Blewitt      DF   3  28   7   6  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
E_Spence       MF   2   9  28   9  40 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Murphy       FW   2  11   8  28  37 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Ricardo        FW   1   7   9  25  21 |  17   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  30
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