Match Report
| S.L. Benfica | S.L. Benfica |  |  | Moreirense | Moreirense | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred D Joechee | Fred D Joechee | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anton Netzer | A. Netzer |  | 68 | G |  | 1 | | G | 60 |  | Clive Eustace | C. Eustace | |||||||||
| Sergio Nascimento | S. Nascimento |  | 62 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 |  | Jean-Claude Fernandes | J. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Fernando Ruiz | F. Ruiz |  | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 |  | Marino Maniero | M. Maniero | |||||||||
| Tomas Quaresma | T. Quaresma | | 64 | D | | 4 | | D | 63 | | Nuno Vieira | N. Vieira | |||||||||
| Danijel Sadane | D. Sadane | | 65 | D | | 5 | | D | 61 | | Silvio Tavares | S. Tavares | |||||||||
| Martin Taylor | M. Taylor | | 61 | M | | 6 | | M | 65 | | Rodrigo Andrade | R. Andrade | |||||||||
| Jaime Faria | J. Faria | | 63 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 | | Paolo Giorgetti | P. Giorgetti | |||||||||
| Dominic Hopkin | D. Hopkin |  | 62 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 | | Eduardo Fernandes | E. Fernandes | |||||||||
| Mario Oliveira | M. Oliveira | | 61 | A | | 9 | | M | 57 | | Vitor Teixeira | V. Teixeira | |||||||||
| Alberto Neves | A. Neves | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Pedro Pinto | P. Pinto | |||||||||
| Jaime Soares | J. Soares | | 67 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 | | Dean Brown | D. Brown | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Estádio da Luz where S.L. Benfica play host to Moreirense. A crowd of 17,671 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
S.L. Benfica are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Moreirense appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
S.L. Benfica are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Moreirense appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0Moreirense get the match underway!
2.46
0-0Tomas Quaresma makes a probing pass to Martin Taylor. Martin Taylor knocks the ball forward to Alberto Neves. Alberto Neves knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Marino Maniero.
4.14
0-0Paolo Giorgetti deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Dean Brown. Dean Brown sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it flies wide!
6.35
0-0S.L. Benfica are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
8.24
0-0Martin Taylor threads the ball through to Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares threads the ball through to Alberto Neves but he's offside!
10.59
Jean-Claude Fernandes knocks the ball to his team mate, Eduardo Fernandes. Eduardo Fernandes chips the ball to his team mate, Dean Brown. Dean Brown knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Tomas Quaresma.
12.32
Sergio Nascimento passes the ball forward to Martin Taylor. Martin Taylor threads the ball through to Alberto Neves. Alberto Neves shoots from distance but it curls horrendously wide!
15.53
Marino Maniero deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Eduardo Fernandes. Eduardo Fernandes sees a break and surges forward. Eduardo Fernandes goes all the way! Eduardo Fernandes shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
18.52
Dominic Hopkin controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alberto Neves. Alberto Neves knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
20.09
Dominic Hopkin threads the ball through to Alberto Neves. Alberto Neves tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
21.40
Moreirense are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate S.L. Benfica's defence.
22.06
Martin Taylor makes a simple pass to Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares knocks in a cross ball towards Mario Oliveira. Mario Oliveira flicks the ball with his head but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
24.22
0-0Sergio Nascimento hacks Pedro Pinto from behind! The referee calls over Sergio Nascimento and warns him to calm down! Pedro Pinto carries on, but is struggling a bit.
30.11
0-0Alberto Neves hacks Silvio Tavares from behind! The referee calls over Alberto Neves and shows him a yellow card! Silvio Tavares runs off the knock.
33.24
Nuno Vieira sees space and advances. Nuno Vieira deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Dean Brown. Dean Brown knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
34.56
Tomas Quaresma makes a simple pass to Jaime Faria. Jaime Faria makes a simple pass to Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Mario Oliveira. Mario Oliveira shoots from just inside the box but he balloons it over the crossbar!
36.05
Martin Taylor surges forward with the ball. Martin Taylor knocks in a cross ball towards Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares powers a header at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.11
0-0Martin Taylor knocks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Neves. Alberto Neves lofts in a cross ball towards Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares directs the ball goalwards with his head. Clive Eustace easily picks it out of the air!
39.13
Danijel Sadane makes a simple pass to Jaime Faria. Jaime Faria knocks the ball to his team mate, Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
S.L. Benfica kick off!
57.54
Danijel Sadane makes a probing pass to Dominic Hopkin. Dominic Hopkin kicks a strong pass forward to Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
59.31
Jaime Faria makes a probing pass to Jaime Soares. Jaime Soares chips the ball to his team mate, Mario Oliveira. Mario Oliveira tries a spectacular strike. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
60.18
0-0Silvio Tavares clumsily knocks into Mario Oliveira. Silvio Tavares is given a warning by the referee! Mario Oliveira stretches but gets up unharmed.
65.54
0-1Paolo Giorgetti makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Dean Brown. Dean Brown goes all the way! Dean Brown cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
71.19
Martin Taylor controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Mario Oliveira. Mario Oliveira shoots from 20 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
72.36
Tomas Quaresma threads the ball through to Dominic Hopkin. Dominic Hopkin knocks the ball forward to Mario Oliveira. Mario Oliveira shoots from distance but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
78.32
Jaime Faria controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Mario Oliveira. Mario Oliveira knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Silvio Tavares.
87.42
Martin Taylor comes in with a late challenge on Eduardo Fernandes. Martin Taylor is shown the yellow card! Eduardo Fernandes runs off the knock.
90.00
Fernando Ruiz advances with the ball. Fernando Ruiz chips the ball to his team mate, Alberto Neves. Alberto Neves goes all the way! Alberto Neves shows great control and tries a shot on goal but Clive Eustace is on top of it.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
3
1
Shots off Target
9
2
Offsides
2
0
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
68.2%
31.8%
Play Area
25%
43.2%
31.8%
Scorers
| Dean Brown 66 |