UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Benfica WWLWD 3
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AEK Athens WWLLW 2
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SLB213
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Athens Olympic Stadium · 31,154 att.

Match Report

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Ten-man Benfica squander two-goal lead, then snatch win at AEK Athens

Benfica played the entire second half with 10 men and squandered a two-goal lead before claiming a thrilling 3-2 win away to AEK Athens.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
3
35.8
Possession
64.2
11
SHOTS
15
6
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
266
Accurate Passes
528
336
Passes
603
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
19
0.6
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
57
25
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
8
Interceptions
7
28
Effective Clearances
11
28
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

AEK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vasilios BarkasG
  2. 19Dmytro ChygrynskiyCD-L
  3. 4Marios OikonomouCD-R
  4. 23Niklas HultLB
  5. 2Michalis BakakisRB
  6. 17Viktor KlonaridisAM
  7. 8André SimõesLM
  8. 25Konstantinos GalanopoulosRM
  9. 22Ezequiel PonceF
  10. 20Petros MantalosAM-L
  11. 14Anastasios BakasetasAM-R

SLB · 4-3-3

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 2Germán ContiCD-L
  3. 6Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 5Ljubomir FejsaCM
  7. 83Gedson FernandesLM
  8. 21PizziRM
  9. 14Haris SeferovicF
  10. 27Rafa SilvaLF
  11. 18Eduardo SalvioRF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! AEK Athens 0, Benfica 1. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 8' Rúben Dias (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 15' Goal! AEK Athens 0, Benfica 2. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross.
  4. 34' Ezequiel Ponce (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 40' Anastasios Bakasetas (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+4' Second yellow card to Rúben Dias (Benfica) for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Benfica. Cristian Lema replaces Eduardo Salvio.
  8. 53' Goal! AEK Athens 1, Benfica 2. Viktor Klonaridis (AEK Athens) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Niklas Hult with a cross.
  9. 60' Substitution, AEK Athens. Georgios Giakoumakis replaces Ezequiel Ponce.
  10. 62' Substitution, Benfica. Alfa Semedo replaces Pizzi.
  11. 63' Goal! AEK Athens 2, Benfica 2. Viktor Klonaridis (AEK Athens) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marios Oikonomou with a headed pass following a corner.
  12. 68' Substitution, AEK Athens. Uros Cosic replaces Marios Oikonomou.
  13. 74' Goal! AEK Athens 2, Benfica 3. Alfa Semedo (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  14. 79' André Almeida (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 79' Substitution, AEK Athens. Rodrigo Galo replaces Andre Simoes.
  16. 84' Substitution, Benfica. Franco Cervi replaces Rafa.
  17. 90'+3' Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.

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