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Commentary
2¹ILICIC headed inches over.
6¹SANABRIA waltzed away from DIOGO GONÇALVES and stroked a weak shot past the post.
7¹GOAL!! A shot from PEDRO NETO bobbled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Real Betis 'keeper. (1-0 Benfica)
9¹BRAIS MÉNDEZ snapped at an easy chance.
12¹BIRAGHI shot wide.
13¹MORATO worked the ball to PEDRO NETO, MEITÉ gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of SERGIO.
19¹A clumsy challenge gets MONTOYA a yellow card.
24¹A corner fell to VINICIUS who nodded an effort over the bar.
27¹The referee yellow cards PEDRO NETO for a high challenge.
30¹BRAIS MÉNDEZ receives a yellow card for a poor foul.
31¹GOAL!! A quick-witted ILICIC pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-0 Benfica)
32¹The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from IWOBI fell just wide.
32¹GOAL!! After TELLO was bundled over the ref waved play-on and SANABRIA went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Benfica)
36¹A drive from DOAN seemed a certain goal but HELTON LEITE managed to punch the ball away.
39¹BRAIS MÉNDEZ booted the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
3²RODRÍGUEZ rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
12²BIRAGHI booked.
14²VINICIUS fired a left foot shot wide from long range.
15²A poor strike from BRAIS MÉNDEZ trickled agonisingly wide.
17²GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from MORATO rebounded off the the upright and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by DIOGO GONÇALVES. (3-1 Benfica)
21²PEDRO NETO ran onto a wonderful ball from IWOBI but toe-poked his shot wide of the lefthand post.
30²GOAL!! RUIBAL made space for DOAN who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, struck the ball past HELTON LEITE. (3-2 Benfica)
34²Uncertainty in the Real Betis defence enabled PEDRO NETO to crack the ball wide.
37²SANABRIA beat PEDRO NETO but hit the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
43²MORATO knocked the ball to PEDRO NETO who flicked it over the bar.
45²VINICIUS made space on the right and knocked the ball to FERRO who clipped the ball over.

 
Benfica
 
League position: -
Home league form: WLWX
Overall league form: WWLLWLLX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
HELTON Brant LEITE6 16 SERGIO Rico
DIOGO António GONÇALVES7 26½Aitor RUIBAL
Cristiano BIRAGHI7½36½Martín MONTOYA
Alex IWOBI6½48 Guido RODRÍGUEZ(c)
(c)Nicolás OTAMENDI5½57 Jamaal LASCELLES
PAULO André OLIVEIRA6 66 ÉDGAR González
MORATO6½77 BRAIS MÉNDEZ Portela
PEDRO Lomba NETO7 87½Ritsu DOAN
(p)Carlos VINICIUS7 97 Antonio SANABRIA(p)
(f)Souahilo MEITÉ6½105½BORJA IGLESIAS Quintas(f)
Josip ILICIC6½115½Cristian TELLO
Manager
CHIQUINHO  12  Javairô DILROSUN
RODRIGO Cunha PINHO  13  JOEL Robles
FERRO6 14  LOREN
Borna SOSA  15  Pablo SARABIA
RAFAEL Alexandre BRITO  16  Andrés GUARDADO
 
Real Betis
 
League position: -
Away league form: WWXL
Overall league form: WWWWXWLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Benfica go through to the next round
Statistics
Benfica 3 Real Betis 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 37,125, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Jef van Vliet 7½)

Pedro Neto 7¹, Ilicic 31¹, Diogo Gonçalves 17²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Sanabria 32¹, Doan 30²
OtamendióFerro 30² 
  
Pedro Neto 27¹, Biraghi 12²Montoya 19¹, Brais Méndez 30¹
22
187
914
44
86
1210
12
49%51%
Man of the match: Guido Rodríguez