UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Benfica LWDWW 0
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Ajax Amsterdam WWDWW 1
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Johan Cruijff Arena · 52,489 att.

Match Report

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Ajax slip past Benfica with late strike from Noussair Mazraoui

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
19
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
8
Saves
2
42.8
Possession
57.2
13
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
10
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
295
Accurate Passes
425
387
Passes
518
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
1
8
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
47
30
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
20
Effective Tackles
11
25
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
23
Interceptions
10
23
Effective Clearances
11
23
Clearances
11

Lineups

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 17Daley BlindCD-L
  3. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-R
  4. 31Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  5. 12Noussair MazraouiRB
  6. 20Lasse SchöneCM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 6Donny van de BeekRM
  9. 25Kasper DolbergF
  10. 10Dusan TadicLF
  11. 22Hakim ZiyechRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Carel EitingSUB
  2. 26Kostas LamprouSUB
  3. 9Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSUB
  4. 5Maximilian WöberSUB
  5. 2Rasmus KristensenSUB
  6. 7David NeresSUB
  7. 30Dani de WitSUB

SLB · 4-5-1

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 2Germán ContiCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 21PizziCM-L
  7. 83Gedson FernandesCM-R
  8. 5Ljubomir FejsaAM
  9. 27Rafa SilvaLM
  10. 18Eduardo SalvioRM
  11. 14Haris SeferovicF

Substitutes

  1. 79João FélixSUB
  2. 10JonasSUB
  3. 11Franco CerviSUB
  4. 16Alfa SemedoSUB
  5. 8GabrielSUB
  6. 1Mile SvilarSUB
  7. 17Andrija ZivkovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Jardel (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' André Onana (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 49' Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Germán Conti (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Eduardo Salvio (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 79' Substitution, Benfica. Gabriel Pires replaces Pizzi.
  8. 86' Haris Seferovic (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 88' Substitution, Ajax. David Neres replaces Donny van de Beek.
  10. 90' Substitution, Benfica. Franco Cervi replaces Rafa.
  11. 90'+2' Goal! Ajax 1, Benfica 0. Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.

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