FFO EFL2, RB Salzburg vs. Benfica (Mon Mar 04)


                          RB Salzburg  |  Benfica
                          5-2-0-1-2 P  |  4-1-3-2 P
                         Dave Thacker  |  Jason Fortune
                                       |
                         N_Atubolu GK  |  GK N_Kruth
                           O_Solet DF  |  DF L_Digne
                        S_Pavlovic DF  |  DF T_Araujo
                           A_Dedic DF  |  DF D_Jurasek
                            M_Wolf DF  |  DF F_Moura
                          A_Terzic DF  |  DM F_Aursnes
                      K_Piatkowski DM  |  MF Rafa
                         N_Capaldo DM  |  MF I_Muniain
                           L_Maina AM  |  MF P_Sarabia
                           S_Koita FW  |  FW Suso
                            D_Nene FW  |  FW A_Rebic
                                       |
                           O_Djoco SUB |  SUB D_Figueira
                          G_Altare SUB |  SUB L_Neto
                        M_Bidstrup SUB |  SUB J_Horn
                            Imanol SUB |  SUB K_Fujimoro
                          Fernando SUB |  SUB C_Tengstedt




Min. 6  :(ben) P_Sarabia with the cross-field pass to F_Aursnes 
          ...  S_Pavlovic beats him to the ball 
          ...  He's such a beast! 
Min. 7  :(slz) A_Dedic looks for options 
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now! 
          ...  He knocks a through ball to N_Capaldo 
          ...  N_Capaldo looks to see where N_Kruth is! 
          ...  He rifles in the shot! 
          ...  N_Kruth makes a great save 
          ...  But he can't hold onto it! 
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt! 
Min. 8  :(slz) S_Pavlovic with a slide rule pass to D_Nene 
          ...  D_Nene tries to lob the keeper! 
          ...  It takes a deflection! 
          ...  But goes wide! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  O_Solet swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! 
          ...  L_Maina tries to place the shot! 
          ...  He watches the ball, volleys it with superb technique 
          ...  GOAL!!!! 
          ...  And what a goal!! 
          ...  The subs are on the pitch filming the celebrations on their smartphones! 
          ...  That will be a viral clip! 
          ...  That's given RB Salzburg the advantage! 
          ...  RB Salzburg 1-0 Benfica ...
Min. 9  :(ben) Tactical Change by Benfica 
          ...  Benfica have changed their playing style to C 
Min. 9  :(ben) Suso with the first time flick to P_Sarabia 
          ...  A_Terzic with a poor challenge 
          ...  FREE KICK! 
          ...  Just outside the box! 
          ...  Suso curls it towards the top corner 
          ...  N_Atubolu with a fantastic point blank save 
          ...  When he's on his game he's one of the best in the league 
Min. 11 :(slz) K_Piatkowski looks up for support 
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now 
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! 
          ...  D_Nene receives the pass and heads towards the goal 
          ...  A glorious effort by D_Nene! 
          ...  But N_Kruth reaches the ball. Good save 
Min. 17 :(ben) F_Aursnes looks around for support 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He hits the ball up to P_Sarabia 
          ...  P_Sarabia with a thundering drive! 
          ...  N_Atubolu is just going to watch it go over! 
          ...  It dips dramatically!! 
          ...  But goes just over!! 
          ...  N_Atubolu looks very relieved! 
Min. 18 :(slz) A_Dedic with the flick on 
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Terzic 
          ...  A_Terzic with the goal bound shot! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  What a finish! 
          ...  What a player! 
          ...  RB Salzburg 2-0 Benfica ...
Min. 22 :(slz) L_Maina lays the ball back to D_Nene 
          ...  A_Rebic cleanly tackles him 
          ...  He judged that well 
Min. 22 :(ben) L_Digne finds his way through 
          ...  His quick turn fooled M_Wolf 
          ...  A_Dedic robs him of the ball 
Min. 24 :(ben) L_Digne with a pinpoint pass to Suso 
          ...  S_Pavlovic wins the ball! 
          ...  But he caught the player also! 
          ...  The ref gives nothing! 
Min. 27 :(slz) D_Nene picks up a loose ball 
          ...  D_Nene attempts a low drive! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  N_Kruth tips it wide !! 
          ...  Great goalkeeping there! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  A_Terzic crosses it in! 
          ...  The ball comes to L_Maina 
          ...  He knocks it goalward 
          ...  But he's missed it! 
          ...  It's unbelievable, Jeff! 
Min. 29 :(ben) I_Muniain makes the tackle 
          ...  He gets to his feet quickly 
          ...  He's beat the defender to the ball 
          ...  I_Muniain has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He shoots! 
          ...  It hits the post!! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  RB Salzburg 2-1 Benfica ...
Min. 31 :(slz) S_Koita takes advantage of a mistake by P_Sarabia 
          ...  Can he make them pay? 
          ...  S_Koita goes for goal! 
          ...  N_Kruth falls over 
          ...  But N_Kruth is relieved to watch it go out of play! 
Min. 31 :(ben) Suso finds the space intelligently 
          ...  A well-placed shot from Suso! 
          ...  He has failed to hit the target! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He puts his face in his hands! 
Min. 36 :(ben) Suso beats one 
          ...  Goes past the second 
          ...  He keeps going 
          ...  Fantastic skill!! 
          ...  A_Terzic with the tackle 
          ...  Good God Almighty, what a tackle from hell! 
Min. 40 :(slz) A_Terzic sidesteps P_Sarabia 
          ...  He was too quick for his marker 
          ...  A_Terzic tries to lob the keeper! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing! 
          ...  RB Salzburg 3-1 Benfica ...
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time.
Min. 44 :(ben) F_Moura with a real burst of pace 
          ...  M_Wolf can't catch up with him 
          ...  He's clean through! 
          ...  F_Moura with a quick pass down the left wing. 
          ...  He gets up high for the header! 
          ...  The ball moves through the air! 
          ...  N_Atubolu moves quickly! 
          ...  Can he get to this? 
          ...  N_Atubolu catches it with style! 
Min. 49 :(ben) D_Jurasek finds A_Rebic on the edge of the box 
          ...  S_Koita with a pull on the shirt 
          ...  The Referee ignores the protests for a card 
          ...  Dave Thacker looks relieved 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: RB Salzburg 3-1 Benfica

Min. 48 :(slz) N_Capaldo hits in a shot! 
          ...  It hits the defender 
          ...  D_Nene collects the loose ball! 
          ...  D_Nene with the goal bound shot! 
          ...  It's hit the bar 
          ...  It bounces down 
          ...  N_Kruth grabs it 
          ...  No Goal! 
          ...  Boos surround the stadium!! 
Min. 53 :(ben) Suso takes advantage of a bad back pass from N_Capaldo 
          ...  But O_Solet slides in two footed! 
          ...  The Referee has a look but waves "Play On!" 
Min. 54 :(slz) L_Maina controls it well 
          ...  He nutmegs D_Jurasek 
          ...  He puts in D_Nene! 
          ...  D_Nene looks to see where N_Kruth is! 
          ...  He rifles in the shot! 
          ...  N_Kruth narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety 
Min. 54 :(slz) A_Terzic is spitting at L_Digne 
          ...  He should be ashamed! 
          ...  Disgusting! 
          ...  The Referee called him over for a strong verbal warning 
Min. 55 :(slz) D_Nene with an amazing show of skill to get past T_Araujo 
          ...  He crosses to K_Piatkowski 
          ...  K_Piatkowski aims for the top right corner! 
          ...  The shot takes a wicked deflection 
          ...  N_Kruth dives desperately to try and save it!! 
          ...  He can't get to it! 
          ...  But it creeps just wide!! 
          ...  The deflection had N_Kruth beaten! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  S_Pavlovic with an outswinging corner into the box 
          ...  O_Solet tries to place the shot! 
          ...  N_Kruth makes a great save 
          ...  But he can't hold onto it! 
Min. 57 :(ben) L_Digne sidesteps S_Pavlovic 
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game 
          ...  L_Digne blasts it at the goal! 
          ...  Brilliant save from N_Atubolu 
Min. 59 :(slz) A_Dedic sees a team mate making a run! 
          ...  He swings the ball in 
          ...  S_Koita gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  He is in space! 
          ...  F_Aursnes reads the game well and cuts out the pass! 
Min. 59 :(slz) S_Pavlovic flicks it past D_Jurasek 
          ...  He runs forward 
          ...  F_Moura takes the players legs from beneath him!! 
          ...  That's a poor tackle! 
          ...  The Referee calls him over 
          ...  The ref is taking his time with him! 
          ...  He lets him off with a strong talking too 
          ...  PENALTY!! 
          ...  It will be S_Koita to take it 
          ...  N_Kruth tips it wide! He was very quick off his line there! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! 
          ...  S_Pavlovic flights it in! 
          ...  N_Kruth comes towards the ball 
          ...  But he's nowhere near it! 
          ...  S_Koita with the shot! 
          ...  N_Kruth can't get to it! 
          ...  OH! It has gone just over the bar! 
          ...  N_Kruth makes a cocky smile 
          ...  Did he know that was always going over? 
Min. 60 :(slz) Substitution by RB Salzburg 
          ...  COMING ON: M_Bidstrup 
          ...  COMING OFF: K_Piatkowski 
Min. 60 :(ben) L_Digne sidesteps A_Terzic 
          ...  His quick feet took him past the defender 
          ...  L_Digne with the crafty shot! 
          ...  The shot slips through N_Atubolu's hands 
          ...  But N_Atubolu recovers to save! 
          ...  He got away with that! 
Min. 61 :(slz) D_Nene with the dribble 
          ...  T_Araujo is easily beaten 
          ...  F_Aursnes clears with a diving header 
Min. 63 :(ben) Suso with a slick pass to D_Jurasek 
          ...  D_Jurasek with a graceful, looping effort! 
          ...  Terrific shot 
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender 
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide 
          ...  That's unlucky! 
Min. 68 :(slz) S_Koita knocks it past L_Digne and runs onto it 
          ...  He leaves the defender standing 
          ...  What a challenge by D_Jurasek 
          ...  The ball cannoning out of play for a corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Theres some shirt pulling going on in the box! 
          ...  M_Wolf flights it in! 
          ...  N_Kruth comes towards the ball 
          ...  But he's nowhere near it! 
          ...  A_Dedic with the shot! 
          ...  Looks like it should be N_Kruth's 
          ...  But he elects to punch it rather than catch 
          ...  It loops out for a corner. 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  N_Capaldo swings it in! 
          ...  D_Jurasek wins the ball 
          ...  And he clears the danger 
Min. 70 :(ben) P_Sarabia with a byline cross to A_Rebic 
          ...  A_Rebic with the shot on net! 
          ...  N_Atubolu won't get to that! 
          ...  It clips the post! 
          ...  And goes wide! 
Min. 75 :(slz) Substitution by RB Salzburg 
          ...  COMING ON: Fernando 
          ...  COMING OFF: S_Koita 
Min. 75 :(slz) N_Capaldo sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game 
          ...  T_Araujo wins the ball 
Min. 77 :(slz) M_Bidstrup jumps over L_Digne's challenge 
          ...  F_Aursnes hits it out for a corner 
          ...  No nonsense clearance! 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  Fernando swings it in! 
          ...  It is kicked away by F_Aursnes 
Min. 78 :(slz) M_Wolf feeds the ball through the middle 
          ...  D_Nene runs onto it 
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender 
          ...  P_Sarabia gathers up the loose ball 
Min. 81 :(slz) A_Dedic brings the ball under control 
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker! 
          ...  He plays the ball across to him! 
          ...  D_Nene gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  But he loses control of it 
          ...  T_Araujo belts it clear 
Min. 82 :(slz) Fernando holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now 
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! 
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him! 
          ...  Fernando controls the ball well! 
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal! 
          ...  It's beaten N_Kruth 
          ...  It goes wide!! 
Min. 82 :(ben) F_Aursnes gets to the byline 
          ...  He centres the ball to Suso 
          ...  Suso with a bomb of a shot! 
          ...  But N_Atubolu makes a superb stop down low 
Min. 83 :(ben) I_Muniain cuts inside M_Bidstrup 
          ...  He worked that well 
          ...  N_Capaldo pulls on his shirt 
          ...  He wins the ball 
          ...  The defender got away with the foul there! 
Min. 84 :(slz) M_Bidstrup with a reverse pass to Fernando 
          ...  But F_Moura sees the pass and cuts it out 
Min. 84 :(ben) The defender slips and falls over! 
          ...  Suso is through! 
          ...  Suso rifles it to the far post! 
          ...  He has failed to hit the target! 
          ...  He looks horrified by that miss! 
          ...  He should have buried that! 
Min. 85 :(ben) P_Sarabia sidesteps his marker 
          ...  He runs forward now 
          ...  Great challenge by M_Wolf 
          ...  But it goes out for a corner 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  The corner is swung in by L_Digne! 
          ...  N_Atubolu jumps well to claim it! 
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time.
Min. 88 :(ben) A_Rebic beats O_Solet 
          ...  He mugged him off there with his dribbling skills 
          ...  A_Rebic with a little chip! 
          ...  But N_Atubolu parries the shot 
          ...  The defender manages to scramble the ball away 
Min. 91 :(ben) I_Muniain loses his marker 
          ...  S_Pavlovic tugs on his opponent's shirt!! 
          ...  The Referee has stopped play 
          ...  Well spotted by The Referee! 
Min. 92 :(slz) M_Wolf with the first time pass to Fernando 
          ...  L_Digne read the danger and stops the pass 
Min. 93 :(slz) A_Dedic spots his team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays a fantastic through ball to Fernando! 
          ...  Fernando has his eyes on the goal! 
          ...  He shoots! 
          ...  It hits the bar 
          ...  And goes over! 
          ...  N_Kruth was beaten there! 
Min. 94 :(slz) D_Nene looks around for some movement 
          ...  He sees a man in space! 
          ...  He hits the ball up to Fernando 
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from F_Aursnes 
          ...  He had to time that one perfectly 
Min. 94 :(slz) D_Nene finds Fernando on the edge of the box 
          ...  A_Rebic is called for the holding foul 
          ...  He was a bit too close for comfort 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He'll need to be careful from now on 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : Red Bull Arena
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RB Salzburg Match Info
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Best player          : A_Terzic (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : L_Maina (8), A_Terzic (18,40)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : F_Aursnes
Scorers              : I_Muniain (29)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : A_Rebic (94)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                             RB Salzburg  |    Benfica
Attempts on Goal     :          17        |       12
Off target           :           8        |       5
On target            :           9        |       7
Possession           :          49        |       51
Corners              :           7        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           0        |       1
Subs Used            :           2        |       0
Fouls                :          10        |       9
Key Tackles          :           7        |       13
Key Passes           :          16        |       7
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Final Score          : RB Salzburg 3 - 1 Benfica
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Player Statistics - RB Salzburg
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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N_Atubolu      GK  22   1   1   1  27 |  98   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18   0   0   0
O_Solet        DF   1  18  15  12  21 |  98   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  16  13  12
S_Pavlovic     DF   1  17  13   8  31 |  98   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  34  13   0
A_Dedic        DF   1  17  14   4  25 |  98   0   1   5   1   1   0   0   0   0  17  74  18
M_Wolf         DF   1  17  10   5  24 |  98   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  27  42  10
A_Terzic       DF   1  16  13   9  24 |  98   0   1   0   0   2   2   0   0   0  28  10  78
K_Piatkowski   DM   1   7  17  12  22 |  64   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   9  10
N_Capaldo      DM   1  13  17   8  21 |  98   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  21   9  16
L_Maina        AM   1   4  17  14  28 |  98   0   0   2   0   2   1   0   0   0   0  18  32
S_Koita        FW   1   7  11  18  23 |  79   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0  16
D_Nene         FW   1   2  14  18  26 |  98   0   0   3   0   5   0   0   0   0   0  36  26
O_Djoco        GK  19   1   1   1  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
G_Altare       DF   1  14  12   5  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Bidstrup     DM   1  11  17  10  20 |  34   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0
Imanol         AM   1  14  11  10  23 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Fernando       FW   1   5  12  16  24 |  19   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  12

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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N_Kruth        GK  17   1   1   1  31 |  98   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  33   0   0   0
L_Digne        DF   1  21  15  11  27 |  98   0   1   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  13  11  26
T_Araujo       DF   1  18  13  13  22 |  98   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  32   0   0
D_Jurasek      DF   1  17  12  11  22 |  98   0   2   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  34  14  11
F_Moura        DF   1  13  11   6  26 |  98   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  21   0  18
F_Aursnes      DM   1  10  17  13  21 |  98   0   5   2   0   0   0   0   0   0 110   8 -10
Rafa           MF   1   3  20  14  28 |  98   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -10 -10 -10
I_Muniain      MF   1   4  20  16  28 |  98   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  20
P_Sarabia      MF   1   5  19  18  25 |  98   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  29  14   4
Suso           FW   1   3  19  19  28 |  98   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   7  16
A_Rebic        FW   1   6  12  20  24 |  98   0   1   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  23  -5   1
D_Figueira     GK  15   1   1   1  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
L_Neto         DF   1  14  10   8  25 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Horn         DF   1  12   7   2  29 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
K_Fujimoro     MF   1   2  15  11  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
C_Tengstedt    FW   1   8  12  15  27 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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