FFO EFL1, Benfica vs. Inter Milan (Mon Nov 03)


                              Benfica  |  Inter Milan
                          5-2-1-1-1 C  |  5-2-1-2 C
             Gary Windebank Caretaker  |  John Read
                                       |
                            Andrew GK  |  GK A_Lafont
                          R_Semedo DF  |  DF T_Castagne
                       R_Ferdinand DF  |  DM Y_Adli
                          M_Planus DF  |  FW L_Abada
                        R_Carvalho DF  |  DF J_Kimmich
                         H_Smolcic DF  |  MF K_Coman
                           W_Ndidi DM  |  DF O_Wijndal
                          K_Mainoo DM  |  DF L_Klostermann
                      O_Hargreaves MF  |  DF Renan_Lodi
                           M_Mount AM  |  FW S_Gnabry
                       Y_En_Nesyri FW  |  DM R_Gravenberch
                                       |
                           N_Kruth SUB |  SUB G_Gallon
                           M_Bauer SUB |  SUB Iago
                           D_Tadic SUB |  SUB S_Toure
                         L_Martins SUB |  SUB L_Paqueta
                         A_Johnson SUB |  SUB A_Sigporsson




Min. 1  :(ben) O_Hargreaves moves out over to the edge of the pitch 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He plays the ball through to Y_En_Nesyri 
          ...  What a fantastic interception by Renan_Lodi 
Min. 4  :(ben) M_Planus turns past the defender 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run 
          ...  He plays the ball through to Y_En_Nesyri 
          ...  Superbly timed tackle by R_Gravenberch 
          ...  He made it look easy 
Min. 4  :(int) Y_Adli off the woodwork! 
          ...  T_Castagne picks up the deflection 
          ...  An audacious effort from T_Castagne! 
          ...  Andrew was lucky there 
Min. 8  :(int) Y_Adli feeds the ball through the middle 
          ...  L_Klostermann runs onto it 
          ...  He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender 
          ...  L_Klostermann sends it flying towards goal! 
          ...  But Andrew palms it away 
          ...  He could have caught that! 
Min. 8  :(ben) O_Hargreaves sidesteps Renan_Lodi 
          ...  That was too easy 
          ...  O_Wijndal is called for the holding foul 
          ...  Well spotted by the referee 
Min. 10 :(int) The defender slips and falls over! 
          ...  L_Abada is through! 
          ...  R_Semedo takes the player down!! 
          ...  That's a poor tackle! 
Min. 11 :(int) L_Klostermann looks around for some movement 
          ...  He knocks the ball across to L_Abada 
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by H_Smolcic!! 
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes 
Min. 14 :(ben) M_Mount steps over the ball 
          ...  He nutmegs the defender 
          ...  That a lovely piece of trickery 
          ...  But O_Wijndal wins the ball from behind 
          ...  The crowd appeal but The Referee has none of it 
Min. 17 :(int) S_Gnabry runs at the defender 
          ...  He takes it past him 
          ...  R_Carvalho had better start being careful if he continues to tackle like that 
          ...  The Referee warns him 
Min. 18 :(int) K_Coman skips the challenge from the defender 
          ...  Y_En_Nesyri fouls badly 
          ...  The Referee will want to speak to him 
          ...  He's lucky to be let off for that one 
          ...  Gary Windebank Caretaker looks relieved 
          ...  John Read is far from happy with that decision 
Min. 23 :(int) K_Coman with a simple pass to S_Gnabry 
          ...  R_Semedo gets the foot in to win the ball 
Min. 31 :(ben) M_Planus kills the ball dead 
          ...  He sees a team mate leave his marker! 
          ...  He plays the ball across to him! 
          ...  O_Hargreaves gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  O_Hargreaves is clean through! 
          ...  He rounds A_Lafont 
          ...  He tries to beat A_Lafont 
          ...  A_Lafont dives on the ball!! 
Min. 35 :(int) Y_Adli cuts inside the defender 
          ...  He sees a team mate in space 
          ...  He passes it to S_Gnabry 
          ...  R_Semedo reads the play well 
Min. 39 :(int) K_Coman with a penetrating pass to L_Klostermann 
          ...  The ball hits R_Carvalho in the face! 
          ...  And goes clear! 
Min. 42 :(ben) R_Semedo finds his way through 
          ...  He bent his run well 
          ...  R_Semedo hits it 
          ...  This one could go anywhere! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  And Benfica are leading in the game now 
          ...  Benfica 1-0 Inter Milan ...
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time.
Min. 43 :(int) Tactical Change by Inter Milan 
          ...  Inter Milan have changed their playing style to A 
Min. 43 :(int) K_Coman takes possession 
          ...  Knocks it past R_Semedo 
          ...  He's through on goal 
          ...  R_Ferdinand with the tackle 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge. 
          ...  That was Roy Keane on Alf-Inge Haland levels! 
          ...  The Referee calls him over 
          ...  YELLOW CARD! 
Min. 45 :(int) L_Klostermann is first to the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to J_Kimmich 
          ...  J_Kimmich tries the shot! 
          ...  Andrew fists it away 

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Benfica 1-0 Inter Milan

Min. 48 :(int) O_Wijndal runs down the flank 
          ...  He plays the ball across to S_Gnabry 
          ...  S_Gnabry aims for the top right corner! 
          ...  The fans behind the goal jump up! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  It's all to play for again! 
          ...  Benfica 1-1 Inter Milan ...
Min. 50 :(ben) M_Planus flicks it past the defender 
          ...  He runs forward 
          ...  M_Planus blasts the ball towards goal! 
          ...  A_Lafont makes a great save 
          ...  But he can't hold onto it! 
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt! 
Min. 52 :(int) L_Abada aims a karate kick at H_Smolcic! 
          ...  He could be off here! 
          ...  The referee reaches to his pocket! 
          ...  He jots down his name! 
          ...  RED CARD!! 
          ...  I think he deserved that! 
          ...  FREE KICK! 
          ...  This is a good chance! 
          ...  He's been working on a top spin dip free kick! 
          ...  Will we see it? 
          ...  M_Mount bends it round the wall 
          ...  That shot never looked like going in 
Min. 54 :(ben) H_Smolcic with the first time flick to R_Carvalho 
          ...  Renan_Lodi makes the challenge and clears the ball 
          ...  But it drifts out of play 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  M_Mount dinks the ball into the area! 
          ...  The ball comes to M_Planus 
          ...  He gets the shot away 
          ...  A_Lafont won't get to that! 
          ...  It clips the post! 
          ...  And goes wide! 
Min. 56 :(ben) K_Mainoo runs down the wing 
          ...  He knocks it past the defender into space! 
          ...  He cuts the ball back 
          ...  M_Mount latches onto the pass 
          ...  He carves out some space 
          ...  Brilliantly taken away by Renan_Lodi!! 
          ...  Any youngsters out there should be taking notes 
Min. 57 :(int) J_Kimmich knocks the ball past W_Ndidi 
          ...  Now he crosses to S_Gnabry! 
          ...  S_Gnabry attempts a lob! 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  Ooooohh... Un-be-lievable ! 
          ...  What a goal... 
          ...  That puts Inter Milan ahead! 
          ...  Now can they hang onto it? 
          ...  Benfica 1-2 Inter Milan ...
Min. 58 :(ben) Tactical Change by Benfica 
          ...  Benfica have changed their playing style to P 
Min. 58 :(ben) M_Planus is through on goal 
          ...  M_Planus rises above the defence to head the ball! 
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!! 
          ...  It's wide! 
          ...  That was a dismal effort! 
          ...  He should have buried that! 
Min. 60 :(ben) Substitution by Benfica 
          ...  COMING ON: A_Johnson 
          ...  COMING OFF: Y_En_Nesyri 
Min. 63 :(int) S_Gnabry sidesteps K_Mainoo 
          ...  He was too quick for his marker 
          ...  S_Gnabry hits the shot with the outside of the left foot! 
          ...  But Andrew punches it away 
          ...  He was lucky to get to that one 
Min. 64 :(ben) R_Ferdinand lays the ball back to K_Mainoo 
          ...  L_Klostermann dives in with both feet!! 
          ...  Play On!! 
Min. 65 :(int) Substitution by Inter Milan 
          ...  COMING ON: S_Toure 
          ...  COMING OFF: R_Gravenberch 
Min. 65 :(ben) M_Planus with a first time pass 
          ...  M_Mount runs onto it! 
          ...  M_Mount flings a shot at goal! 
          ...  But A_Lafont gets down well to tip the ball wide 
          ...  CORNER! 
          ...  K_Mainoo chips the ball in towards the far post! 
          ...  That's a poor one 
          ...  A_Lafont catches it with ease 
Min. 65 :(int) S_Toure slips past his marker H_Smolcic 
          ...  The ball is whipped into S_Gnabry 
          ...  S_Gnabry drives it towards goal! 
          ...  Andrew makes himself big and wins the ball 
Min. 66 :(ben) K_Mainoo with a pinpoint pass to A_Johnson 
          ...  J_Kimmich with a late tackle 
          ...  It looked worse than what it was 
          ...  He is surrounded by the Benfica players 
Min. 67 :(ben) W_Ndidi is first to the loose ball 
          ...  He plays the ball across to A_Johnson 
          ...  An audacious effort from A_Johnson! 
          ...  It's well wide! 
          ...  8 times out of 10 he would have scored that! 
Min. 68 :(ben) R_Carvalho with the cross-field pass to H_Smolcic 
          ...  H_Smolcic with a screamer of a shot! 
          ...  He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! 
          ...  But it sails past the post!! 
          ...  A_Lafont never had a chance! 
Min. 75 :(ben) M_Mount with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He shows Y_Adli a clean set of heals 
          ...  Y_Adli moves quickly to get the tackle in this time 
Min. 77 :(ben) R_Ferdinand with a pinpoint pass to R_Semedo 
          ...  R_Semedo with a bicycle kick! 
          ...  A_Lafont makes a great save 
          ...  But he can't hold onto it! 
          ...  He gathers it at the second attempt! 
Min. 77 :(int) A defence splitting pass from L_Klostermann to S_Gnabry 
          ...  Andrew with the foul 
          ...  The Referee wants a quiet word 
          ...  FREE KICK! 
          ...  That would have been a penalty just a yard closer to the goal! 
          ...  Y_Adli with the curler 
          ...  But he's put it wide 
          ...  How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? 
Min. 77 :(ben) O_Hargreaves is injured. He's unable to continue 
Min. 77 :(ben) Substitution by Benfica 
          ...  COMING ON: D_Tadic 
          ...  COMING OFF: O_Hargreaves 
Min. 78 :(int) Renan_Lodi with a first time pass 
          ...  L_Klostermann runs onto it! 
          ...  L_Klostermann hits a crisp volley! 
          ...  But Andrew makes a fine save 
          ...  Wow!! That was close! 
          ...  He had to be at his best to reach that one! 
Min. 80 :(ben) K_Mainoo with a superb first touch 
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run! 
          ...  He plays the ball across to him! 
          ...  D_Tadic gets on the end of the pass 
          ...  From long range D_Tadic bends the ball towards goal! 
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!! 
          ...  Unbelievable!! 
          ...  It's gone wide 
Min. 80 :(int) K_Coman with a real burst of pace 
          ...  He leaves R_Semedo behind 
          ...  K_Coman with the crafty shot! 
          ...  Andrew beats the ball away 
Min. 81 :(ben) M_Mount moves out wide 
          ...  He plays the ball through to M_Planus 
          ...  M_Planus tries to beat A_Lafont! 
          ...  A_Lafont with an easy save 
          ...  He just oozes confidence 
Min. 82 :(ben) A_Johnson holds the ball up and waits for support 
          ...  He knocks the ball across to K_Mainoo 
          ...  K_Mainoo hits the ball on the bounce! 
          ...  A_Lafont won't get to that! 
          ...  Oooh it goes just over!! 
Min. 82 :(int) Y_Adli finds the run of S_Gnabry 
          ...  S_Gnabry with a bomb of a shot! 
          ...  Andrew watches it sail safely wide! 
Min. 85 :(int) K_Coman with the dribble 
          ...  He skips through the tackle from H_Smolcic 
          ...  M_Planus with an ugly foul 
          ...  YELLOW CARD!! 
          ...  He was lucky to escape with a caution! 
          ...  John Read looks bemused that it wasn't more! He wanted to see red! 
Min. 87 :(ben) R_Ferdinand with the header on 
          ...  He finds M_Mount in space 
          ...  A great volley from M_Mount! 
          ...  A_Lafont parries it, he follows it up 
          ...  GOAL!! 
          ...  The defence had gone walk about! 
          ...  Benfica have equalised with not long to go!! 
          ...  Benfica 2-2 Inter Milan ...
Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time
Min. 88 :(ben) Tactical Change by Benfica 
          ...  Benfica have changed their playing style to C 
Min. 88 :(ben) D_Tadic knocks the ball on and sprints past O_Wijndal 
          ...  A delightful ball in to A_Johnson 
          ...  Renan_Lodi with the high feet 
Min. 91 :(int) L_Klostermann turns on a sixpence 
          ...  R_Semedo with a bad challenge 
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge 
          ...  The Referee calls him over 
          ...  He lets him off with a strong warning 
Min. 91 :(ben) M_Planus beats his marker 
          ...  He showed great skill there 
          ...  L_Klostermann tackles cleanly 
          ...  The linesman flags for the foul though! 
          ...  Unbelievable! It looked clean to me 

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



Match Details
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Venue                : Estadio da Luz
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Benfica Match Info
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Best player          : M_Mount
Scorers              : , R_Semedo (42)M_Mount (87)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : R_Ferdinand (43), M_Planus (85)
Injured              : O_Hargreaves (77)
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Inter Milan Match Info
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Best player          : S_Gnabry (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : S_Gnabry (48,57)
Sent Off             : L_Abada (52)
Booked               : N/A
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                                 Benfica  |    Inter Milan
Attempts on Goal     :          14        |       11
Off target           :           7        |       2
On target            :           7        |       9
Possession           :          45        |       55
Corners              :           2        |       0
Red Cards            :           0        |       1
Yellow Cards         :           2        |       0
Subs Used            :           2        |       1
Fouls                :          10        |       10
Key Tackles          :           4        |       7
Key Passes           :          15        |       13
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Final Score          : Benfica 2 - 2 Inter Milan
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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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Andrew         GK  26   1   1   1  26 |  93   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  22   0   0   0
R_Semedo       DF   1  21  18   8  22 |  93   0   2   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  34   0  74
R_Ferdinand    DF   1  20  16   3  28 |  93   0   0   3   1   0   0   1   0   0  -2  71  -2
M_Planus       DF   1  19  13  12  27 |  93   0   0   3   0   4   0   1   0   0  -2  58  66
R_Carvalho     DF   1  19  14   7  25 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  19  19   0
H_Smolcic      DF   1  20  15   9  21 |  93   0   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0  18  36  19
W_Ndidi        DM   1  17  22   5  24 |  93   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  11   0
K_Mainoo       DM   1  18  21  14  22 |  93   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  24  14
O_Hargreaves   MF   1  11  20  16  26 |  79   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  13  14
M_Mount        AM   1   2  22  20  27 |  93   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   0   0   0  11  46
Y_En_Nesyri    FW   1   4  17  23  28 |  62   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
N_Kruth        GK  19   1   1   1  31 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
M_Bauer        DF   1  19  14   5  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
D_Tadic        MF   1   2  19  20  25 |  14   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   8
L_Martins      MF   1   5  18  12  28 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Johnson      FW   1   3  17  20  30 |  31   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  16   8

Player Statistics - Inter Milan
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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A_Lafont       GK  26   1   1   1  14 |  93   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  16   0   0   0
T_Castagne     DF   1  22  20  15  23 |  93   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  15
Y_Adli         DM   1  18  22  17  23 |  93   0   1   4   0   1   0   0   0   0  20  44  11
L_Abada        FW   1   4  19  22  20 |  54   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -12 -12 -12
J_Kimmich      DF   1  24  20  15  26 |  93   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  31  15
K_Coman        MF   1   8  23  22  29 |  93   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  20   8
O_Wijndal      DF   1  22  18   8  27 |  93   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  16  35   0
L_Klostermann  DF   1  22  19  17  26 |  93   0   1   3   0   2   0   0   0   0  16  42  26
Renan_Lodi     DF   1  22  17  12  29 |  93   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  48  16   0
S_Gnabry       FW   1   2  20  25  24 |  93   0   0   0   0   5   2   0   0   0   0   0  49
R_Gravenberch  DM   1  19  22   9  23 |  67   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  19   0   0
G_Gallon       GK  20   1   1   1  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Iago           DF   1  18  14  10  24 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
S_Toure        MF   1   7  18  14  29 |  26   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0
L_Paqueta      FW   1   4  22  22  30 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Sigporsson   FW   1   9  15  17  21 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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