UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Benfica WWWLW 2
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Atlético Madrid LWWWL 1
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SLB112
ATM101
Vicente Calderón · 40,938 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Benfica complete Atletico Madrid comeback to move atop Group C

Benfica came from a goal behind to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the Vicente Calderon and go top of Group C.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
12
6
Saves
2
42.4
Possession
57.6
6
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
7
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
405
377
Passes
485
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
14
9
Crosses
40
0.3
Cross %
0.4
81
Long Balls
49
38
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
22
26
Tackles
29
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
8
28
Clearances
11

Lineups

ATM · 4-3-3

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 24José María GiménezCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 20JuanfranRB
  6. 5TiagoCM
  7. 10Óliver TorresLM
  8. 14GabiRM
  9. 11Jackson MartínezF
  10. 16Ángel CorreaLF
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannRF

SLB · 4-4-2

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 50Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 7Andreas SamarisCM-L
  7. 34André AlmeidaCM-R
  8. 10Nicolás GaitánLM
  9. 20Gonçalo GuedesRM
  10. 9Raúl JiménezCF-L
  11. 17JonasCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Benfica 0. Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  2. 25' Eliseu (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 28' Luisão (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 36' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Benfica 1. Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner.
  5. 40' Andreas Samaris (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 40' Jackson Martínez (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 51' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Benfica 2. Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Gaitán with a cross.
  8. 55' Óliver Torres (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Óliver Torres.
  10. 71' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Luciano Vietto replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  11. 72' Substitution, Benfica. Kostas Mitroglou replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  12. 73' Substitution, Benfica. Lubomir Fejsa replaces Andreas Samaris.
  13. 77' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Ángel Correa.
  14. 80' Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Jonas.
  15. 82' Jardel (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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