Match Report
| F.C. Arouca | F.C. Arouca |  |  | S.L. Benfica | S.L. Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Mendes | P. Mendes |  | 71 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 | | Rui Pinto | R. Pinto | |||||||||
| Silvio Postiga | S. Postiga | | 72 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 76 |  | Craig Niven | C. Niven | |||||||||
| Fernando Valente | F. Valente | | 71 | D | | 3 | | D | 61 |  | Jerome Kok | J. Kok | |||||||||
| Guilherme Marques | G. Marques | | 70 | D | | 4 | | D | 59 | | Helder Sousa | H. Sousa | |||||||||
| Abel Ribeiro | A. Ribeiro | | 73 | M | | 5 | | D | 54 |  | Steve Marr | S. Marr | |||||||||
| Artur Jesus | A. Jesus | | 64 | M | | 6 | | M | 74 | | Gary Strachan | G. Strachan | |||||||||
| Arturo Kiko | A. Kiko |  | 60 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 | | Nuno Reis | N. Reis | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramos | R. Ramos | | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 57 | | Nicolas Ortega | N. Ortega | |||||||||
| Filipe Campos | F. Campos | | 76 | A | | 9 | | A | 71 |  | Cyril Cloarec | C. Cloarec | |||||||||
| Alistair Prior | A. Prior | | 76 | A | | 10 | | A | 67 | | Carlos Almeida | C. Almeida | |||||||||
| Jose Tavares | J. Tavares | | 74 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 | | Alberto Loureiro | A. Loureiro | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Estádio Municipal where F.C. Arouca play host to S.L. Benfica. A crowd of 20,356 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
F.C. Arouca are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while S.L. Benfica appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
F.C. Arouca are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while S.L. Benfica appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0F.C. Arouca kick off the first half!
2.34
0-0Gary Strachan makes a simple pass to Alberto Loureiro. Alberto Loureiro lofts in a cross ball towards Cyril Cloarec. Cyril Cloarec heads the ball goalwards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
10.35
0-0Craig Niven knocks the ball to his team mate, Nicolas Ortega. Nicolas Ortega knocks the ball forward to Cyril Cloarec. Cyril Cloarec knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
12.34
Nuno Reis threads the ball through to Carlos Almeida. Carlos Almeida threads the ball through to Alberto Loureiro. Alberto Loureiro takes a shot at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
14.30
Steve Marr chips the ball to his team mate, Nuno Reis. Nuno Reis makes a beautiful solo run. Nuno Reis goes all the way! Nuno Reis shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
15.28
Gary Strachan knocks the ball forward to Alberto Loureiro. Alberto Loureiro goes all the way! Alberto Loureiro takes a shot at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
21.02
0-1Nicolas Ortega controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alberto Loureiro. Alberto Loureiro knocks in a cross ball towards Cyril Cloarec. Cyril Cloarec powers a header at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
27.53
Nuno Reis makes a simple pass to Carlos Almeida. Carlos Almeida knocks in a cross ball towards Alberto Loureiro. Alberto Loureiro is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
28.25
0-1Nuno Reis chips the ball to his team mate, Carlos Almeida. Carlos Almeida knocks the ball forward to Alberto Loureiro but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
S.L. Benfica kick off!
51.12
0-1Nuno Reis controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Carlos Almeida. Carlos Almeida knocks in a cross ball towards Cyril Cloarec. Cyril Cloarec directs the ball goalwards with his head but Pedro Mendes is on top of it.
54.06
Gary Strachan deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alberto Loureiro. Alberto Loureiro goes all the way! Alberto Loureiro takes a shot at goal but it is miles over!
57.08
Fernando Valente chips the ball to his team mate, Artur Jesus. Artur Jesus deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alistair Prior. Alistair Prior knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Steve Marr.
60.35
Craig Niven makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gary Strachan. Gary Strachan chips the ball to his team mate, Cyril Cloarec. Cyril Cloarec plays a perfect one-two with Alberto Loureiro and rushes in on goal... Cyril Cloarec takes a shot at goal but it flies wide!
66.21
Nicolas Ortega threads the ball through to Cyril Cloarec. Cyril Cloarec shoots from 25 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
73.03
0-1Silvio Postiga hacks Alberto Loureiro from behind! Silvio Postiga is given a warning by the referee! Alberto Loureiro stretches but gets up unharmed.
75.19
Gary Strachan chips the ball to his team mate, Cyril Cloarec. Cyril Cloarec threads the ball through to Alberto Loureiro but he's offside!
81.10
Steve Marr passes the ball forward to Gary Strachan. Gary Strachan makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Carlos Almeida. Carlos Almeida kicks a strong pass forward to Cyril Cloarec but the referee indicates it's offside!
87.17
Silvio Postiga kicks a strong pass forward to Artur Jesus. Artur Jesus passes the ball forward to Jose Tavares. Jose Tavares deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alistair Prior but the linesman indicates offside!
89.01
Artur Jesus deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jose Tavares. Jose Tavares shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
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