Champions League: Benfica tops Dynamo Kyiv 3-0
LISBOA. Benfica was eventually too strong for Dynamo Kyiv.
LISBOA. Benfica was finally too much to handle for Dynamo Kyiv with the goal of N. Otamendi (27′), Rafa Silva (40′) and D. Neres (43′). Benfica took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin with the assistance of Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore. The 4th official was Jérémie Pignard. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 20.6 degrees Celsius or 69.08 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 80%.
Match Statistics
Benfica was in firm control of the ball 57% while Dynamo Kyiv was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Benfica was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 10 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Benfica won the match.
Benfica shot 18 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Dynamo Kyiv shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Benfica received 1 yellow card (P. Musa). On the opposite side, Dynamo Kyiv received 1 yellow card (M. Shaparenko).
Match Events
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27'27'
N. Otamendi
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40'40'
Rafa Silva
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43'43'
D. Neres
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52'52'
P. Musa
G. Ramos
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64'64'
V. Vanat
A. Besedin
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64'64'
V. Dubinchak
K. Vivcharenko
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70'70'
Henrique Araujo
Rafa Silva
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70'70'
Diogo Gonçalves
David Neres
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70'70'
Julian Weigl
Florentino
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82'82'
M. Shaparenko
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85'85'
P. Musa
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87'87'
A. Tsarenko
V. Shepelev
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88'88'
O. Tymchyk
O. Karavaev
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90'90'
P. Bernardo
E. Fernandez
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90'90'
O. Yatsyk
V. Buyalskyy
Next match
Benfica: Formation and Lineups
Benfica started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Roger Schmidt chose to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos , Gilberto , Nicolás Otamendi , Felipe Morato , Alejandro Grimaldo , Florentino Luís , Enzo Fernández , David Neres , Rafa Silva , João Mário and Gonçalo Ramos .
Substitutes
Benfica made 5 changes: G. Ramos for P. Musa (52′), Rafa Silva for Henrique Araujo (70′), Florentino for J. Weigl (70′), D. Neres for D. Goncalves (70′) and E. Fernandez for P. Bernardo (90′).
Top player: David Neres
Probably the most impressive player in Benfica was David Neres.
His rating is with 1 goal, 42 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Dynamo Kyiv: Formation and Lineups
Dynamo Kyiv started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
On the other side, Mircea Lucescu played with: Georgiy Bushchan , Tomasz Kędziora , Ilya Zabarnyi , Oleksandr Syrota , Kostiantyn Vivcharenko , Oleksandr Karavaev , Sergiy Sydorchuk , Mykola Shaparenko , Volodymyr Shepeliev , Vitaliy Buyalskyi and Artem Besedin .
Substitutes
Dynamo Kyiv made 5 changes: A. Besedin for V. Vanat (64′), K. Vivcharenko for V. Dubinchak (64′), V. Shepelev for A. Tsarenko (87′), O. Karavaev for O. Tymchyk (88′) and V. Buyalskyy for O. Yatsyk (90′).
Best player: Georgiy Bushchan
The player that probably impressed the most for Dynamo Kyiv was the goalkeeper: Georgiy Bushchan. His rating is 7.23. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League
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