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Commentary
4¹EL SHAARAWY was put clear by CALABRIA and he raced past the 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the far post.
9¹MNIANG's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
13¹A great effort from BELLANOVA scraped the upright.
18¹An outswinging corner was forced into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper by EMANUELSON.
19¹A penalty box meleé resulted in BELLANOVA knocking a low shot over.
24¹A right foot shot from BELLANOVA was clawed past the post by the Benfica 'keeper.
25¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner hoofed out by EL SHAARAWY was hit home by JONAS. (1-0 Benfica)
40¹A free-kick from JONAS went just wide.
43¹SALVIO cautioned by GRAHAM.
45¹CRISTANTE fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
1²LARSEN beat DAWIDOWICZ and hit the ball to CRISTANTE who fired his shot wide.
4²LUCIANO ROSA stopped a refined strike from EL SHAARAWY.
6²A header by EL SHAARAWY at the far post was comfortably collected by LUCIANO ROSA.
8²EL SHAARAWY rushed through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the Benfica 'keeper.
8²GOAL!! A weak shot from TZOLIS seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (2-0 Benfica)
19²A cross from PÉREZ left TZOLIS in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
22²GOAL!! A scuffed TOMÁS ARAÚJO shot fell to JOÃO FERREIRA who made no mistake from just inside the area. (3-0 Benfica)
24²The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from SALVIO fell just over.
29²A pin-point pass bobbled toward TZOLIS and his deadly effort flew narrowly wide.
39²A wonderful save prevented EL SHAARAWY from scoring a lovely goal.
40²CHIQUINHO dribbled past EL SHAARAWY and rifled a tame shot well wide.
41²CRISTANTE ran onto a delightful ball from BELLANOVA but pulled his shot wide of the goal.

 
Benfica
 
League position: -
Home league form: ----
Overall league form: --------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
7½17½GABRIEL Vasconcelos
JOÃO Diogo FERREIRA7 27 Davide CALABRIA
Bruno CORTÊS6 36½Urby EMANUELSON
Enzo PÉREZ8 48 Hakan ÇALHANOGLU(c)
TOMÁS Lemos ARAÚJO6 57 Pierre KALULU
Pawel DAWIDOWICZ5½66½Matteo GABBIA
Eduardo SALVIO7 77½Raoul BELLANOVA
Christos TZOLIS6 86½Stephan EL SHAARAWY
(c,p)JONAS Gonçalves7 97 Jørgen LARSEN(p)
(f)CHIQUINHO6½106 Bryan CRISTANTE(f)
GABRIEL Barbosa7 117 M'Baye NIANG
Manager
Filip DJURICIC  12  Lorenzo COLOMBO
Stefan MITROVIC  13  Alessandro PLIZZARI
Ola JOHN6½146½Matteo PESSINA
RUI Pedro FONTE  15  Maks BARISIC
Sebastian PRÖDL6 16  Cristián ZAPATA
 
Milan
 
League position: -
Away league form: ----
Overall league form: --------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 3 Milan 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 29,296, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Fred Graham 7½)

Jonas 25¹, Tzolis 8², João Ferreira 22²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
DawidowiczóJohn 9², GabrielóPrödl 9²KaluluóPessina 9²
  
Salvio 43¹ 
44
622
24
510
411
921
29
46%54%
Man of the match: Hakan Çalhanoglu