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Estádio da Luz
Spectators: 8493 (Terracing: 6371, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 169) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Douglas Costa kicked off to start the match. After 6 minutes S. L. Benfica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Porfírio Chagas who took care of the corner kick. Zé Augusto Soares was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Hugo Orlando Gatti stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignacio Ioritz's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. When the match clock showed 9 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ignacio Ioritz sped through S. L. Benfica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hugo Orlando Gatti. A hard shot by Genaro Suarez from long distance, 13 minutes into the match, got Anderson Hoffmann's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Ioritz in the 14th minute of the match. Hugo Orlando Gatti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Ioritz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tiago Domingues struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Hugo Orlando Gatti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BENFICA UNITED. S. L. Benfica's Hugo Orlando Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Ioritz in the 32nd minute of play. Hugo Orlando Gatti stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignacio Ioritz's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. In the 33rdth minute of the game Tiago Domingues who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but S. L. Benfica's Hugo Orlando Gatti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 36 minutes into the match, S. L. Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Ioritz came free, but Hugo Orlando Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiago Domingues in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute Ignacio Ioritz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 41stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Anderson Hoffmann, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. A collision led to S. L. Benfica getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Fábio Aires hit a great ball. After the first half BENFICA UNITED were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Efthimis Lyberopoulos was the one to do the kick off. Yasin Bilgen struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Anderson Hoffmann didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for S. L. Benfica. With his leg Hugo Orlando Gatti managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when BENFICA UNITED's Douglas Costa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. BENFICA UNITED's Anderson Hoffmann played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yasin Bilgen in the 54th minute of play. S. L. Benfica's Hugo Orlando Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edwin 雷磊 in the 58th minute of play. With a little luck, S. L. Benfica's Hugo Orlando Gatti got control of the ball when Ignacio Ioritz tried to sneak it across the goal line. With an all-out effort, BENFICA UNITED's Hugo Orlando Gatti threw himself towards the right post 60 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tiago Domingues, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Anderson Hoffmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Efthimis Lyberopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. 66 minutes into the match, Tiago Domingues had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hugo Orlando Gatti. S. L. Benfica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tiago Domingues was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. When S. L. Benfica's Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BENFICA UNITED's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to BENFICA UNITED getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Porfírio Chagas hit a great ball. In the 77th minute, Fabiano Infante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of S. L. Benfica booed when BENFICA UNITED was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ádám Lang didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anderson Hoffmann showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efthimis Lyberopoulos in the 90th minute of the match. Yasin Bilgen took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anderson Hoffmann. Anderson Hoffmann dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After 95 minutes of play, BENFICA UNITED's Ignacio Ioritz made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hugo Orlando Gatti was left in no man's land by his defense there!