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  1. Group D: Benfica break Celtic

    Group D: Benfica break Celtic

    Oscar Cardozo ended 86 minutes of Celtic resistence with a late winner as Benfica earned their first points in Champions League Group D with a 1-0 victory at the Estadio da Luz, while defending champions Milan eased past Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Benfica
    • Celtic
    • 93 FULL-TIME: Tough luck for Celtic, who managed to hold out for 86 minutes before Cardozo finally broke the deadlock with a fine finish.
    • 91 ALMOST! Celtic keeper Boruc comes up for a set-piece, but his presence fails to help Kennedy bundle the ball in at the far post.
    • 86 GOAL! CARDOZO FINALLY BREAKS THE DEADLOCK! After hitting the post twice and bringing incredible saves out of Boruc, Cardozo finally scores, wonderfully controlling a fine chip in to the area before placing a shot past Boruc!
    • 84 The Benfica home crowd have gone a little quiet now; I don't think they can believe that they haven't managed to break through this Celtic resistence.
    • 80 Substitute Sno fires in a low shot on target, although he might have been better served leaving the ball for the in-coming Jarosik to drive in from the edge of the penalty area.
    • 76 ANOTHER SAVE! Cardozo can't get enough power on a header from six yards, and Boruc is able to make a comfortable save on his goal-line.
    • 74 WIDE! Cardozo spins and fires in a snap-shot on the turn, but his effort is deflected narrowly wide of the far post.
    • 71 Celtic seem to have seen off that spell of severe pressure from the home side; they have around 20 minutes to hold out for a valuable away point...
    • 67 OFF THE POST! Cardozo must be so frustrated! For the second time in minutes, the striker hits the woodwork, this time with a low, curling effort after turning John Kennedy.
    • 64 OFF THE BAR! Celtic enjoy a huge slice of luck when Cardozo's shot cannons back off the crossbar after Boruc had palmed a low drive from distance in to his path.
    • 59 FIERCE SHOT! McGeady cuts in from the right before unleashing a left-foot drive which Quim is forced to turn around the post for a corner. McGeady is coming alive, and that is a fine sign for the Scots...
    • 58 SIDE-NETTING! Killen slides in at the near post to meet McGeady's low cross, but the ball goes just the wrong side of the upright.
    • 56 Celtic are retreating further and further towards the edge of the area as the home side look to pile on the pressure in the second half...
    • 51 INCREDIBLE SAVE! Stunning save from Boruc, who somehow gets down to palm clear Cardozo's header from six yards! A quite brilliant save from the Celtic keeper.
    • 48 Again the home side start well with plenty of pressure, but the Celtic defence holds firm.
    • 46 The second half is underway...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Celtic will be delighted with their work in the first half; they have held the home side, and with a little more luck could have scored themselves.
    • 44 SAVE! Boruc is at full stretch to tip a header over the crossbar as a corner is only half-cleared by a block from Killen. Big save from the keeper, with half-time looming.
    • 41 ANOTHER CHANCE! Jarosik tees up Brown on the edge of the area...but his fierce drive flies a foot the wrong side of the post, with the keeper well beaten.
    • 38 GREAT RUN! Scott Brown bursts past three challenges as he makes his way in to the penalty area...only to be bustled off the ball as he looked to get his shot away. Fine run.
    • 38 Celtic manager Gordon Strachan is being spoken to by the fourth official on the sideline; the wee man seems upset about something, although he will be delighted with his side's efforts up to now.
    • 34 SAVE! Killen wins a header at the back post; the ball breaks to Donati on the penalty shot, but his snap-effort is well saved by Quim on the edge of his six-yard box. A first chance for the visitors.
    • 32 Lots of pressure from the home side, but Boruc hasn't really been tested too severely in the opening half-hour.
    • 29 Caldwell comes across with a strong challenge on Leo, who is causing a problem or two down the left-side; the Celtic centre-back is booked for the foul.
    • 25 The whistles ring out as Boruc takes his time over a goal-kick; it is a little early to start the time-wasting tactics, but I guess every second counts for Celtic.
    • 23 WHAT A LET OFF! Cardozo swings and misses Leo's low left foot cross after a poor back-header from a Celtic defender put his side in trouble.
    • 17 Celtic are getting plenty of men behind the ball and making it very hard for the home side to play through them. Can they keep it up, though?
    • 10 Celtic have done the first part of their job in not conceding early; they have gone behind early in the first half of their last three Champions League games.
    • 8 Killen and Quim clash when the pair challenge for a long, direct ball in to the area; the Celtic striker seems to come off worse, but he is soon on his feet again.
    • 5 Some fine defending at right-back from McGeady as he snuffs out the danger before dribbling clear and earning a foul.
    • 3 There is a fantastic atmosphere inside the Stadium of Light; the home side start well.
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on the Champions League Group D match between Benfica and Celtic from the Estadio da Luz.

  • Team Stats

    Benfica Stats Celtic
    64% Possession 35%
    22 Shots 10
    5 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    10 Corners 4
    14 Fouls 9
    2 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 25
    398 Accurate passes 177
    63 Bad passes 29

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Benfica
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Joaoquim Quim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      4 Anderson Luís da Silva 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 52 2 3
      5 Leo Leo 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 34 13 4
      18 Augustin Gilles Binya 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 59 2 3
      10 Manuel Rui Costa 0 5 0 3 3 0 0 48 9 1
      25 Nuno Assis Nuno Assis 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22 4 0
      14 Maximiliano Pereira 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 52 0 5
      26 Cristian Rodriguez 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 31 18 2
      8 Kostas Katsouranis 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 41 2 2
      19 Gonzalo Bergessio 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 3 0
      7 Óscar Cardozo 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 12 3 0
      17 Marco Zoro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Romeu Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Edcarlos Edcarlos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Freddy Adu 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 2 0
      2 Luis Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      24 Hans-Jörg Butt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Ángel Di María 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 4 0
    • Celtic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Artur Boruc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      5 Gary Caldwell 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 2 5
      3 Lee Naylor 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 4 3
      41 John Kennedy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
      44 Stephen McManus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 2
      11 Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 3
      18 Massimo Donati 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 14 4 2
      46 Aidan McGeady 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 22 1 1
      20 Jirí Jarosik 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 10 5
      8 Scott Brown 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 16 0 2
      33 Chris Killen 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 16 2 0
      21 Mark Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      48 Darren O'Dea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Evander Sno 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 1
      45 James O`Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Dianbobo Balde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Scott McDonald 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 0
      25 Shunsuke Nakamura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 86 GOAL! CARDOZO FINALLY BREAKS THE DEADLOCK! After hitting the post twice and bringing incredible saves out of Boruc, Cardozo finally scores, wonderfully controlling a fine chip in to the area before placing a shot past Boruc!
    • 67 OFF THE POST! Cardozo must be so frustrated! For the second time in minutes, the striker hits the woodwork, this time with a low, curling effort after turning John Kennedy.
    • 64 OFF THE BAR! Celtic enjoy a huge slice of luck when Cardozo's shot cannons back off the crossbar after Boruc had palmed a low drive from distance in to his path.
    • 59 FIERCE SHOT! McGeady cuts in from the right before unleashing a left-foot drive which Quim is forced to turn around the post for a corner. McGeady is coming alive, and that is a fine sign for the Scots...
    • 58 SIDE-NETTING! Killen slides in at the near post to meet McGeady's low cross, but the ball goes just the wrong side of the upright.
    • 44 SAVE! Boruc is at full stretch to tip a header over the crossbar as a corner is only half-cleared by a block from Killen. Big save from the keeper, with half-time looming.
    • 41 ANOTHER CHANCE! Jarosik tees up Brown on the edge of the area...but his fierce drive flies a foot the wrong side of the post, with the keeper well beaten.
    • 38 GREAT RUN! Scott Brown bursts past three challenges as he makes his way in to the penalty area...only to be bustled off the ball as he looked to get his shot away. Fine run.
    • 34 SAVE! Killen wins a header at the back post; the ball breaks to Donati on the penalty shot, but his snap-effort is well saved by Quim on the edge of his six-yard box. A first chance for the visitors.
    • 23 WHAT A LET OFF! Cardozo swings and misses Leo's low left foot cross after a poor back-header from a Celtic defender put his side in trouble.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on the Champions League Group D match between Benfica and Celtic from the Estadio da Luz.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Massimo Busacca

  • Benfica

    Manager: José Antonio Camacho

    Captain: Manuel Rui Costa

    On the Field

    • Silva
    • Maxi Pereira
    • Da Silva "Luisao"
    • Katsouranis
    • Lourenco "Leo"
    • Assis
    • Gilles Binya
    • Rui Costa
    • Rodriguez
    • Bergessio
    • Cardozo

    Subs

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Celtic

    Manager: Gordon Strachan

    Captain: Stephen McManus

    On the Field

    • Boruc
    • Caldwell
    • McManus
    • Kennedy
    • Naylor
    • Nakamura
    • Donati
    • Brown
    • Jarosik
    • McGeady
    • McDonald

    Subs

    Injured

    • Pressley

    Suspended

    None