Match Report
| Gil Vicente | Gil Vicente |  |  | S.L. Benfica | S.L. Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Rummenigge | S. Rummenigge |  | 72 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 |  | Dominic Young | D. Young | |||||||||
| Edern Madar | E. Madar |  | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 69 |  | Daniel Mendes | D. Mendes | |||||||||
| Silvio Oliveira | S. Oliveira | | 67 | D | | 3 | | D | 69 | | Alexandre Reis | A. Reis | |||||||||
| Uwe Thiele | U. Thiele | | 62 | D | | 4 | | D | 64 | | Vasco Fernandes | V. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Jon Izzet | J. Izzet |  | 77 | M | | 5 | | D | 57 | | Rafael Vieira | R. Vieira | |||||||||
| Roberto Valente | R. Valente | | 72 | M | | 6 | | M | 75 | | Gary Strachan | G. Strachan | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Postiga | R. Postiga | | 71 | M | | 7 | | M | 69 | | Nuno Reis | N. Reis | |||||||||
| Bruno Jesus | B. Jesus | | 69 | M | | 8 | | M | 67 | | Tiago Lopes | T. Lopes | |||||||||
| Rodrigo Pinheiro | R. Pinheiro | | 71 | A | | 9 | | A | 68 | | Alberto Loureiro | A. Loureiro | |||||||||
| Nahuel Ortiz | N. Ortiz |  | 69 | A | | 10 | | A | 68 | | Carlos Almeida | C. Almeida | |||||||||
| Francisco Martins | F. Martins | | 68 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 | | Hugo Oliveira | H. Oliveira | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Estadio Cidade de Barcelos where Gil Vicente play host to S.L. Benfica. A crowd of 19,892 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Gil Vicente are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while S.L. Benfica appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Gil Vicente are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while S.L. Benfica appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0S.L. Benfica start the match!
3.02
0-0Nuno Reis flicks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Loureiro. Alberto Loureiro shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
6.28
0-0Edern Madar makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Roberto Valente. Roberto Valente passes the ball forward to Francisco Martins. Francisco Martins sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Magnificent save by Dominic Young!
9.59
0-0Jon Izzet makes a simple pass to Nahuel Ortiz. Nahuel Ortiz knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
10.20
Rodrigo Postiga kicks a strong pass forward to Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but Dominic Young is on top of it.
12.03
Tiago Lopes deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hugo Oliveira. Hugo Oliveira tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
20.22
Rodrigo Postiga kicks a strong pass forward to Nahuel Ortiz. Nahuel Ortiz makes a simple pass to Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro rockets a shot on goal. It's miles wide!
21.05
0-0S.L. Benfica are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Gil Vicente's defence.
22.17
Gil Vicente are easily keeping S.L. Benfica at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
26.27
0-0Vasco Fernandes barges into Jon Izzet. Vasco Fernandes is shown the yellow card! Jon Izzet hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
33.36
Silvio Oliveira makes a simple pass to Roberto Valente. Roberto Valente flicks the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro knocks in a cross ball towards Nahuel Ortiz. Nahuel Ortiz directs the ball goalwards with his head but it is miles over!
34.28
Rodrigo Postiga passes the ball forward to Francisco Martins. Francisco Martins knocks in a cross ball towards Nahuel Ortiz. Nahuel Ortiz connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Magnificent save by Dominic Young!
39.20
Silvio Oliveira chips the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Postiga. Rodrigo Postiga brings the ball forward. Rodrigo Postiga tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Gil Vicente get the second half underway!
47.03
0-0Bruno Jesus comes in with a late challenge on Gary Strachan. The referee calls over Bruno Jesus and shows him a yellow card! Gary Strachan grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
49.00
Bruno Jesus makes a probing pass to Nahuel Ortiz. Nahuel Ortiz knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
51.31
Silvio Oliveira kicks a strong pass forward to Bruno Jesus. Bruno Jesus knocks the ball to his team mate, Francisco Martins. Francisco Martins shoots from 25 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
53.45
Uwe Thiele threads the ball through to Roberto Valente. Roberto Valente makes a probing pass to Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Daniel Mendes.
54.22
1-0Bruno Jesus makes a probing pass to Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro whips in a cross ball towards Nahuel Ortiz. Nahuel Ortiz directs the ball goalwards with his head. Nahuel Ortiz scores for Gil Vicente!!
57.39
1-0Silvio Oliveira catches Hugo Oliveira on the ankles. Silvio Oliveira is warned by the referee! Hugo Oliveira hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
60.18
Silvio Oliveira makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Roberto Valente. Roberto Valente deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Francisco Martins. Francisco Martins goes all the way! Francisco Martins tries a spectacular strike. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
67.41
Bruno Jesus knocks the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it flies wide!
72.12
Edern Madar comes in with a late challenge on Carlos Almeida. Edern Madar is warned by the referee! Carlos Almeida stretches but gets up unharmed.
75.51
Roberto Valente flicks the ball to his team mate, Nahuel Ortiz. Nahuel Ortiz knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Vasco Fernandes.
78.07
Edern Madar makes a probing pass to Rodrigo Postiga. Rodrigo Postiga brings the ball forward. Rodrigo Postiga lofts in a cross ball towards Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
79.08
Bruno Jesus makes a beautiful solo run. Bruno Jesus whips in a cross ball towards Rodrigo Pinheiro. Rodrigo Pinheiro is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but Dominic Young is on top of it.
89.42
Tiago Lopes deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hugo Oliveira. Hugo Oliveira knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
2-0Gary Strachan knocks the ball forward to Hugo Oliveira. Hugo Oliveira knocks the ball forward to Carlos Almeida but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
6
0
Shots off Target
6
2
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
71.6%
28.4%
Play Area
25.4%
46.3%
28.4%
Scorers