UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 18, 2019
Benfica WWWWW 0
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Eintracht Frankfurt WWWLL 2
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SLB000
SGE112
2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - SGE advance on away goals · Deutsche Bank Park · 48,000 att.

Match Report

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Frankfurt oust Benfica to reach Europa League last four

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Benfica 2-0 on Thursday to overturn a 4-2 first-leg deficit and advance to the Europa League last four on away goals.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
52
Possession
48
7
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
286
Accurate Passes
252
420
Passes
384
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
17
0.4
Cross %
0.2
76
Long Balls
87
31
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
17
23
Tackles
27
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
12
25
Effective Clearances
17
25
Clearances
17

Head to Head

SLB leads series 1-0

Lineups

SGE · 3-4-1-2

  1. 31Kevin TrappG
  2. 20Makoto HasebeCD
  3. 3Simon FaletteCD-L
  4. 19David AbrahamCD-R
  5. 17Sebastian RodeCM-L
  6. 5Gelson FernandesCM-R
  7. 11Mijat GacinovicAM
  8. 10Filip KosticLM
  9. 24Danny da CostaRM
  10. 4Ante RebicCF-L
  11. 8Luka JovicCF-R

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 6Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 83Gedson FernandesAM
  7. 22Andreas SamarisLM
  8. 5Ljubomir FejsaRM
  9. 14Haris SeferovicF
  10. 79João FélixAM-L
  11. 27Rafa SilvaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1, Benfica 0. Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 67' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 2, Benfica 0. Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
  3. 70' Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Andreas Samaris.
  4. 72' Substitution, Benfica. Eduardo Salvio replaces Rafa.
  5. 74' David Abraham (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 76' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Gonçalo Paciência replaces Luka Jovic.
  7. 78' Simon Falette (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Substitution, Benfica. Jonas replaces André Almeida.
  9. 83' Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Lucas Torró replaces Sebastian Rode.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jetro Willems replaces Simon Falette because of an injury.
  12. 90'+3' Jonas (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.