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Commentary
A free-kick from VINICIUS went wide.
A header from PEDRO NETO was hoofed off the line by LACROIX.
GOAL!! A poor shot from PAREDES seemed to hold little difficulty for the 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled into the net. (1-0 VfL Wolfsburg)
14¹A strike from ILICIC held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
16¹VINICIUS shot over.
20¹OTAMENDI was put clear by POGBA and he pulled away from BUSHCHAN but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
23¹GOAL!! A ILICIC run down the middle resulted in a lovely cross for VINICIUS to tap in. (1-1)
27¹A mix up in the VfL Wolfsburg defence enabled PEDRO NETO to hammer an effort over the bar.
30¹GOAL!! A nice run by RADONJIC on the left was capped by a delightful cross which IWOBI nodded in from inside the penalty box. (2-1 Benfica)
35¹DIOGO GONÇALVES flicked a left foot shot inches wide from just outside the area.
42¹DIOGO GONÇALVES headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
MORAES rushed through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
The bemused BUSHCHAN stared in disbelief as a backpass from STEFFEN dropped just wide.
A great effort from MORATO scraped the outside of the righthand post.
The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from ILICIC.
21²A header by PAREDES at the far post was comfortably collected by HELTON LEITE.
27²A accurate pass bobbled toward PAREDES and his left foot shot raced narrowly wide.
29²ARNOLD ran onto a delightful ball from PAREDES but blasted his effort wide of the righthand post.
36²IWOBI chipped the ball to PEDRO NETO who headed it inches wide.
37²A corner found DIOGO GONÇALVES who fired an effort inches wide.
39²ILICIC's shot was well held by BUSHCHAN.
44²VINICIUS headed over the bar.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 13
Home league form: LWXW
Overall league form: LLWLLXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
HELTON Brant LEITE1Heorhiy BUSHCHAN
DIOGO António GONÇALVES2Julian RYERSON
Cristiano BIRAGHI3Mickey VAN DE VEN
Alex IWOBI4Maximilian ARNOLD(c)
(c)Nicolás OTAMENDI5Maxence LACROIX
MORATO6Jeffrey BRUMA
Nemanja RADONJIC7Yannick GERHARDT
PEDRO Lomba NETO8Kevin PAREDES
(p)Carlos VINICIUS9Aluísio MORAES(p)
(f)Paul POGBA10Renato STEFFEN(f)
Josip ILICIC11Omar MARMOUSH
Manager
PAULO André OLIVEIRA  12  Pedro OBIANG
FERRO  13  Pavao PERVAN
CHIQUINHO  14  João VICTOR SÁ
Souahilo MEITÉ15  Joshua GUILAVOGUI
Raúl DE TOMÁS  16  Kevin MBABU
 
VfL Wolfsburg
 
League position: 15
Away league form: XLLW
Overall league form: LXXXLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 2 VfL Wolfsburg 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 33,282, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Mark Halsey 5½)

Vinicius 23¹, Iwobi 30¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Paredes 8¹
BiraghióMeité 8² 
  
  
43
37
1011
73
135
208
51
55%45%
Man of the match: Maximilian Arnold