Match Report


S.L. BenficaS.L. Benfica     Sporting BragaSporting Braga
Matt SnapeMatt Snape Computer Player Computer Player
Hannes LindemannH. Lindemann68
G
1
G
64Jermaine SturridgeJ. Sturridge
Wayne FentonW. Fenton72
D
2
D
71Morten BögelundM. Bögelund
Jose FonsecaJ. Fonseca69
D
3
D
68Leonardo GarciaL. Garcia
Cristiano MoutinhoC. Moutinho65
D
4
D
64Quim BarrosQ. Barros
Alberto VianaA. Viana69
D
5
D
64Jaime VarelaJ. Varela
Paulo CastroP. Castro93
M
captain6
M
71Greg GascoigneG. Gascoigne
Vitor SemedoV. Semedo76
M
7captain
M
70Ruben AntunesR. Antunes
Maurice Van De WeyM. Van De Wey84
M
8
A
73Mike HoogstrateM. Hoogstrate
James NaylorJ. Naylor68
A
9
A
71Cliff van der HoekC. van der Hoek
Miguel FariaM. Faria72
A
10
A
42Neil SounessN. Souness
Jose MoreiraJ. Moreira74
A
11
A
39Giulio BinottoG. Binotto
 
Fabrizio RinaldiniF. Rinaldini67
A
12
D
48Sebastiao AndradeS. Andrade
Bruno BarbosaB. Barbosa71
M
13
D
43Ray PaschettaR. Paschetta
Frederico AntunesF. Antunes68
A
14
M
40Felipe SegarraF. Segarra

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Match Report
It's a beautiful clear and sunny day here at Estádio da Luz where S.L. Benfica play host to Sporting Braga. A crowd of 15,746 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
S.L. Benfica are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Sporting Braga appear to be shaped for 4-2-4.
Today's match is refereed by Nuno Tavares.


0.00
Sporting Braga start the game by kicking off the first half!
2.46
Miguel Faria threads the ball through to James Naylor. James Naylor whips in a cross ball towards Jose Moreira. Jose Moreira is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. Jermaine Sturridge gathers the ball up comfortably. Fabulous stop!
6.09
Vitor Semedo flicks a high pass forward. Jose Moreira controls it well on his chest. Jose Moreira makes a pass forward but James Naylor makes his run far too early. Offside by a mile!
10.19
Leonardo Garcia flicks a high pass forward. Ruben Antunes collects the pass. Ruben Antunes flicks a high pass forward. Greg Gascoigne controls it well on his chest. Greg Gascoigne tries a spectacular long range effort but slams it into the crowd!
18.29
Vitor Semedo sees Jose Moreira in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Jose Moreira shoots from 25 yards but it flies wide!
21.40
Jaime Varela makes a simple pass to Quim Barros. Quim Barros advances with the ball. Quim Barros controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it's well over the bar!
24.31
With wonderful vision, Ruben Antunes laces a through ball forward to Cliff van der Hoek. Cliff van der Hoek deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Neil Souness but the linesman indicates offside!
30.57
Paulo Castro takes it forward alone. Paulo Castro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
40.08
Quim Barros hits a low pass to Mike Hoogstrate. Mike Hoogstrate kicks a strong pass forward to Ruben Antunes. Ruben Antunes lofts in a cross ball towards Neil Souness. Neil Souness flicks the ball with his head but somehow Cristiano Moutinho happens to be in the right place to block it.
44.15
Vitor Semedo makes a simple pass to Jose Moreira. Jose Moreira lofts in a cross ball towards Maurice Van De Wey. Maurice Van De Wey gets a glancing touch on the cross ball. Jermaine Sturridge manages to gather it effortlessly.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half

Both teams emerge for the second half. S.L. Benfica appear unchanged since the first half. Sporting Braga also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
S.L. Benfica kick off the second half!
53.58
With great vision, Leonardo Garcia plays the ball forward to Mike Hoogstrate. Mike Hoogstrate flicks the ball to his team mate, Neil Souness. Neil Souness controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it slams into the crowd!
66.56
Greg Gascoigne sees space and advances. Greg Gascoigne sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Solid save from Hannes Lindemann.
67.26
Paulo Castro hacks Jaime Varela from behind! Paulo Castro is given a warning by the referee! Jaime Varela runs off the knock.
75.08
Maurice Van De Wey threads the ball through to Vitor Semedo. Vitor Semedo plays a scrappy one-two with Maurice Van De Wey and advances towards the goal... Vitor Semedo cuts inside onto his preferred left foot and rushes a shot at goal but Jermaine Sturridge is on top of it.
77.28
S.L. Benfica have made a substitution with Fabrizio Rinaldini replacing Miguel Faria .
83.35
Seeing a gap ahead, Greg Gascoigne laces a weighted ball forward to Mike Hoogstrate. Mike Hoogstrate whips in a cross ball towards Ruben Antunes. Ruben Antunes makes a looping header on goal. The ball edges just beyond the reach of the keeper, thudding into the back of the net. Goal!!
87.13
Mike Hoogstrate threads a neat ball through to Neil Souness. Neil Souness controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It curls slightly but Hannes Lindemann manages to gather it effortlessly.
90.00
Cliff van der Hoek flicks a high pass forward. Ruben Antunes controls it well on his chest. Ruben Antunes knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Cristiano Moutinho.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!

Match Statistics
 

S.L. Benfica

Sporting Braga
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
3
4
Shots off Target
1
3
Offsides
3
2
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
43%
57%
Play Area
24.4%
43%
32.6%

Scorers
Ruben Antunes 83

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Ruben Antunes of Sporting Braga

Match Ratings