UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, November 4, 2014
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Match Report

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Taslica strikes to earn Benfica win against AS Monaco

Taslica scored a valuable goal to give Benfica their first win in Champions League Group C as they claimed a hard fought 1-0 victory over Monaco on Tuesday night.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
5
43.8
Possession
56.2
15
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
260
Accurate Passes
362
345
Passes
456
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
6
27
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.4
67
Long Balls
61
33
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
6
22
Effective Tackles
15
30
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
35
25
Clearances
35

Head to Head

Lineups

SLB · 4-4-1-1

  1. 20Julio César De LeónG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 34André AlmeidaLB
  5. 14Maxi PereiraRB
  6. 7Andreas SamarisCM-L
  7. 35Enzo PérezCM-R
  8. 10Nicolás GaitánLM
  9. 18Eduardo SalvioRM
  10. 9DerleyF
  11. 30TaliscaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 23Loris BenitoSUB
  2. 37CésarSUB
  3. 11LimaSUB
  4. 21PizziSUB
  5. 24Bryan CristanteSUB
  6. 32BebéSUB
  7. 1Artur MorãesSUB

MON · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Danijel SubasicG
  2. 6Ricardo CarvalhoCD-L
  3. 24Andrea RaggiCD-R
  4. 3Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 2FabinhoRB
  6. 22Geoffrey KondogbiaCM-L
  7. 28Jérémy ToulalanCM-R
  8. 11Lucas OcamposLM
  9. 17Yannick CarrascoRM
  10. 19Lacina TraoréF
  11. 8João MoutinhoRCF

Substitutes

  1. 16Maarten StekelenburgSUB
  2. 15Bernardo SilvaSUB
  3. 14Tiemoué BakayokoSUB
  4. 23Anthony MartialSUB
  5. 18Valère GermainSUB
  6. 7Nabil DirarSUB
  7. 5Aymen AbdennourSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Lacina Traoré (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Andreas Samaris (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Enzo Pérez (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 39' Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 62' Substitution, Benfica. Lima replaces Andreas Samaris.
  7. 63' Substitution, Monaco. Nabil Dirar replaces Lucas Ocampos.
  8. 72' Substitution, Monaco. Anthony Martial replaces Lacina Traoré.
  9. 74' João Moutinho (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Goal! Benfica 1, Monaco 0. Anderson Talisca (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Derley with a headed pass following a corner.
  11. 86' Anthony Martial (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Benfica. Bryan Cristante replaces Derley.
  13. 86' Substitution, Monaco. Valère Germain replaces Geoffrey Kondogbia.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Benfica. Bebé replaces Nicolás Gaitán.

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