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Commentary
11¹TAARABT booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box.
15¹A twenty-five yard shot from PEDRO NETO caused the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper no problem.
20¹LUNIN did well to hold onto a powerful strike from BIRAGHI.
21¹BIRAGHI ran onto a wonderful ball from POGBA but toe-poked his shot wide.
23¹A clever pass from IWOBI was flicked goalbound by BIRAGHI only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
25¹VINICIUS played the ball to TAARABT who forced it just beyond the far post.
28¹ILICIC worked the ball to PEDRO NETO, VINICIUS latched onto his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
30¹GOAL!! Showing lots of skill VINICIUS dribbled past DE MARCOS and slammed the ball past LUNIN. (1-0 Benfica)
39¹ILICIC beat KIKE SALAS but nudged the ball into the arms of the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper.
43¹A good effort from ILICIC scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
44¹LUNIN managed to block a fierce effort.
A header by GURUZETA at the far post was comfortably collected by the Benfica 'keeper.
A perfect strike from MUNIAIN was dealt with by a good stop from the Benfica 'keeper.
A good ball from DE MARCOS on the left fell to GURUZETA who mishit his effort just beyond the near post.
GOAL!! Benfica were awarded a penalty after a foul on ILICIC and VINICIUS put it past the 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball. (2-0 Benfica)
10²A accurate pass bobbled toward POGBA and his looping shot went narrowly wide.
16²A penalty box meleé resulted in ILICIC cracking the ball over.
25²A free-kick from ANSU FATI raced over the bar.
29²A tame shot from MAX bounced agonisingly wide.
35²GOAL!! After being forced wide MUNIAIN was able to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 Benfica)
36²TAARABT scuffed an easy chance.
38²The bemused Athletic Bilbao 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from VESGA fell just wide.
42²Uncertainty in the Athletic Bilbao defence enabled BIRAGHI to volley an effort over.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 14
Home league form: XLXW
Overall league form: LLXLLXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
HELTON Brant LEITE1Andriy LUNIN
DIOGO António GONÇALVES2Óscar DE MARCOS(c)
Cristiano BIRAGHI3Philipp MAX
Alex IWOBI4Mikel VESGA
(c)Nicolás OTAMENDI5AITOR PAREDES Casamichana
PAULO André OLIVEIRA6KIKE SALAS
Paul POGBA7Almoatasembellah AL-MUSRATI
PEDRO Lomba NETO8Iker MUNIAIN
(p)Carlos VINICIUS9Gorka GURUZETA(p)
(f)Adel TAARABT10UNAI LÓPEZ Cabrera(f)
Josip ILICIC11ANSU FATI
Manager
FERRO  12  Pol LIROLA
Borna SOSA  13  Tomás VACLIK
RAFAEL Alexandre BRITO  14  RAÚL Michel
CHIQUINHO  15Kenan KODRO
Souahilo MEITÉ  16  Cristian GANEA
 
Athletic Bilbao
 
League position: 3
Away league form: WWWL
Overall league form: WWOWWXWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 2 Athletic Bilbao 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 38,634, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Roberto Bettin 6)

Vinicius 30¹, Vinicius 6² (pen)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Muniain 35²
 Kike SalasóKodro 4²
  
  
20
76
46
83
93
176
32
56%44%
Man of the match: Cristiano Biraghi