UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Barcelona WWWWW 2
–
Benfica WWDDW 0
1st2ndT
BAR112
SLB000
Estádio da Luz · 65,000 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
23
2
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
3
78.9
Possession
21.1
8
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
885
Accurate Passes
162
953
Passes
228
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
27
39
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
10
17
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
8
18
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BAR leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Artur MorãesG
  2. 24Ezequiel GarayCD-L
  3. 33JardelCD-R
  4. 21Nemanja MaticDM
  5. 25Lorenzo MelgarejoLB
  6. 14Maxi PereiraRB
  7. 35Enzo PérezCM-L
  8. 8Bruno CésarCM-R
  9. 20Nicolás GaitánLM
  10. 18Eduardo SalvioRM
  11. 11LimaF

Substitutes

  1. 19RodrigoSUB
  2. 17Carlos MartinsSUB
  3. 13Paulo LopesSUB
  4. 27Miguel VítorSUB
  5. 34André AlmeidaSUB
  6. 10Pablo AimarSUB
  7. 9NolitoSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Víctor ValdésG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 5Carles PuyolCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Dani AlvesRB
  6. 16Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 4Cesc FàbregasLM
  8. 6XaviRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 9Alexis SánchezLF
  11. 17PedroRF

Substitutes

  1. 7David VillaSUB
  2. 25Alex SongSUB
  3. 28Sergi RobertoSUB
  4. 21AdrianoSUB
  5. 37Cristian TelloSUB
  6. 13PintoSUB
  7. 8Andrés IniestaSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Benfica 0, Barcelona 1. Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross.
  2. 19' Francesc Fábregas (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Pedro (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 38' Bruno César (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Match ends, Benfica 0, Barcelona 2.
  6. 55' Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jordi Alba.
  7. 61' Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
  8. 72' Attempt missed. Nemanja Matic (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  9. 75' Delay in match Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) because of an injury.
  10. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Alexandre Song replaces Carles Puyol because of an injury.
  11. 82' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  12. 85' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  13. 86' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  14. 88' Maxi Pereira (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  15. 89' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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