Champions League: Benfica tops Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 on Wednesday
LISBOA. Benfica prevails over Dynamo Kyiv with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Yaremchuk (16') and a goal from Gilberto (23').
LISBOA. Benfica overcomes Dynamo Kyiv with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Yaremchuk (16′) and a goal from Gilberto (23′). Dynamo Kyiv was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Deniz Aytekin with the help of Christian Dietz and Markus Sinn. The 4th official was Tobias Reichel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.12 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 77%.
Match Statistics
Dynamo Kyiv was in firm control of the ball 64% while Benfica was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Dynamo Kyiv was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Benfica was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Benfica shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Dynamo Kyiv shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Benfica received 1 yellow card (Gilberto). On the opposite side, Dynamo Kyiv received 3 yellow cards (I. Zabarnyi, B. Verbic and V. Tsygankov).
After this encounter, Benfica will have 5 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Dynamo Kyiv will stay with 1 points to stay in the 4th place.
Match Events
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16'16'
R. Yaremchuk
J. Mario
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23'23'
Gilberto
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24'24'
Gilberto
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30'30'
I. Zabarnyi
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37'37'
B. Verbic
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44'44'
V. Tsygankov
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59'59'
Everton
Pizzi
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65'65'
C. de Pena
B. Verbic
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73'73'
V. Lazaro
Gilberto
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73'73'
A. Taarabt
J. Mario
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79'79'
E. Ramirez
D. Garmash
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79'79'
O. Karavaev
V. Tsygankov
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82'82'
D. Nunez
R. Yaremchuk
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83'83'
P. Bernardo
R. Silva
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86'86'
O. Andriyevski
S. Sydorchuk
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Benfica: Formation and Lineups
Benfica started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus chose to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos , André Almeida , Nicolás Otamendi , Jan Vertonghen , Gilberto , Julian Weigl , João Mário , Alejandro Grimaldo , Pizzi , Roman Yaremchuk and Rafa Silva .
Substitutes
Benfica made 5 changes: Pizzi for Everton (59′), Gilberto for V. Lazaro (73′), J. Mario for A. Taarabt (73′), R. Yaremchuk for D. Nunez (82′) and R. Silva for P. Bernardo (83′).
Top player: Jan Vertonghen
Probably the most impressive player in Benfica was Jan Vertonghen even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 38 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6.
Dynamo Kyiv: Formation and Lineups
Dynamo Kyiv started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Mircea Lucescu played with: Georgiy Bushchan , Oleksandr Tymchyk , Ilya Zabarnyi , Oleksandr Syrota , Vitaliy Mykolenko , Viktor Tsygankov , Sergiy Sydorchuk , Mykola Shaparenko , Benjamin Verbič , Denys Garmash and Vitaliy Buyalskyi .
Substitutes
Dynamo Kyiv made 4 changes: B. Verbic for C. de Pena (65′), D. Garmash for E. Ramirez (79′), V. Tsygankov for O. Karavaev (79′) and S. Sydorchuk for O. Andriyevski (86′).
Top player: Mykola Shaparenko
The player who no doubt impressed Dynamo Kyiv the most was Mykola Shaparenko.
His rating is with 84 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League
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