UEFA Champions League

Benfica vs Juventus 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

  • 17': António Silva
  • 28': João Mário (P)
  • 35': Rafa Silva
  • 50': Rafa Silva
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4 - 3
  • 21': Moise Kean
  • 77': Arkadiusz Milik
  • 79': Weston McKennie

Benfica end Juventus' Champions League hopes in seven-goal thriller

Benfica's Rafa Silva scored two superb goals as they edged Juventus 4-3 in a thriller at Estadio da Luz on Wednesday to seal a last-16 spot.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 17': Goal! Benfica 1, Juventus 0. António Silva (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández with a cross following a corner.
  • 21': Goal! Benfica 1, Juventus 1. Moise Kean (Juventus) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dusan Vlahovic following a corner.
  • 28': Goal! Benfica 2, Juventus 1. João Mário (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 35': Goal! Benfica 3, Juventus 1. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Mário with a cross.
  • 45': Substitution, Juventus. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Moise Kean.
  • 50': Goal! Benfica 4, Juventus 1. Rafa (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a through ball.
  • 60': Substitution, Juventus. Alex Sandro replaces Leonardo Bonucci.
  • 60': Substitution, Juventus. Fabio Miretti replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  • 62': Danilo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 70': Substitution, Juventus. Matìas Soulé replaces Dusan Vlahovic.
  • 70': Substitution, Juventus. Samuel Iling-Junior replaces Filip Kostic.
  • 77': Goal! Benfica 4, Juventus 2. Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Samuel Iling-Junior with a cross.
  • 79': Goal! Benfica 4, Juventus 3. Weston McKennie (Juventus) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 81': Substitution, Benfica. Gilberto replaces Alexander Bah.
  • 84': Enzo Fernández (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Rafa.
  • 87': Substitution, Benfica. David Neres replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces João Mário.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 60,131

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+6 Barcelona 6 12 2
+7 FC Porto 6 12 2
-2 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 9 3
-11 Antwerp 6 3 5
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Statistics

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9 Fouls 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
7 Corner Kicks 9
2 Saves 1
45.7 Possession 54.3
13 SHOTS 15
6 ON GOAL 6
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
330 Accurate Passes 417
402 Passes 492
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
9 Accurate Crosses 6
25 Crosses 16
0.4 Cross % 0.4
60 Long Balls 58
33 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 1
8 Effective Tackles 9
11 Tackles 20
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
7 Interceptions 17
20 Effective Clearances 15
20 Clearances 15

Line-Ups

BEN Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
30 Nicolás Otamendi
66 António Silva
3 Alejandro Grimaldo
6 Alexander Bah
27 Rafa Silva
13 Enzo Fernández
61 Florentino Luís
88 Goncalo Ramos
8 Fredrik Aursnes
20 João Mário

JUV Juventus (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
19 Leonardo Bonucci
6 Danilo Yellow Card
15 Federico Gatti
25 Adrien Rabiot
8 Weston McKennie
5 Manuel Locatelli
17 Filip Kostic
11 Juan Cuadrado
18 Moise Kean
9 Dusan Vlahovic

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