UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 11, 2019
Eintracht Frankfurt WWWWW 2
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Benfica DWWWW 4
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SGE112
SLB224
1st Leg · Estádio da Luz · 54,175 att.

Match Report

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Benfica's Joao Felix nets treble in Europa League first-leg win

Benfica's 19-year-old Joao Felix became the youngest player to score a Europa League hat trick in a 4-2 win over 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
38.5
Possession
61.5
14
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
239
Accurate Passes
464
324
Passes
544
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
9
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
8
0.4
Cross %
0.4
61
Long Balls
56
35
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
11
11
Effective Clearances
13
11
Clearances
13

Lineups

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 6Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 7Sébastien CorchiaRB
  6. 83Gedson FernandesAM
  7. 5Ljubomir FejsaLM
  8. 22Andreas SamarisRM
  9. 79João FélixF
  10. 11Franco CerviAM-L
  11. 27Rafa SilvaAM-R

SGE · 3-1-4-2

  1. 31Kevin TrappG
  2. 13Martin HintereggerCD
  3. 2Evan NdickaCD-L
  4. 19David AbrahamCD-R
  5. 20Makoto HasebeSW
  6. 17Sebastian RodeCM-L
  7. 5Gelson FernandesCM-R
  8. 10Filip KosticLM
  9. 24Danny da CostaRM
  10. 4Ante RebicCF-L
  11. 8Luka JovicCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Evan Ndicka (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the red card.
  3. 21' Goal! Benfica 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. João Félix (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 26' Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 40' Goal! Benfica 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
  6. 43' Goal! Benfica 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. João Félix (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Franco Cervi.
  7. 50' Goal! Benfica 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Rúben Dias (Benfica) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Félix following a corner.
  8. 54' Goal! Benfica 4, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. João Félix (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.
  9. 60' Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Rafa.
  10. 60' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jonathan de Guzmán replaces Luka Jovic.
  11. 66' Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Sébastien Corchia because of an injury.
  12. 68' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Gonçalo Paciência replaces Ante Rebic.
  13. 72' Goal! Benfica 4, Eintracht Frankfurt 2. Gonçalo Paciência (Eintracht Frankfurt) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jonathan de Guzmán with a cross following a corner.
  14. 82' Andreas Samaris (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 85' Substitution, Benfica. Andrija Zivkovic replaces Andreas Samaris.
  17. 85' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Mijat Gacinovic replaces Sebastian Rode.

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.