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Brighton vs Bristol Rovers

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Date: 16/08/2008 Venue: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 6210 Referee: T Kettle Match Stats Line-ups Brighton Bristol Rovers Goals : 1 1 Possession : 50% 50% Shots On Target : 2 1 Shots Off Target : 3 4 Corners : 5 2 Fouls : 12 6 Most Fouls : Hart (3) Campbell (2) Yellow Cards : 2 2 Red Cards : 0 0 Scorers : Forster 10 (pen) Lambert 86 (pen) Albion: (4-4-2) Kuipers; Whing, Elphick, Hawkins, Richards; Cox (Lynch 80), Virgo, Thomson, Livermore; Hart (Fraser 63), Forster. Subs not used: Mayo, Loft, Robinson. Bristol Rovers: (4-4-2) Phillips; Pipe (Hinton 67), Anthony, Elliott, Lescott; Lines, Campbell, Disley, Hughes (Williams 63); Duffy (Hunt 72), Lambert. Subs not used: Rigg, Mike Green (GK).

 

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Benfica 1-0 feyenoord

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Benfica 1-0 Feyenoord

Sob a arbitragem do árbitro de Lisboa, Pedro Henriques as equipas alinharam:

Benfica: Quim; Maxi Pereira (Nelson, 76), Katsouranis (Binya 76), Luisão (Jorge Ribeiro 86m)e Léo (Miguel Vítor 86m)); Yebda (Fellipe Bastos, 78m), Ruben Amorim (Balboa (58m), Carlos Martins (Sidnei 58m)e Urreta (Reyes, 78m); Aimar (Nuno Gomes 71m) e Cardozo (Makukula, 71m).

Suplentes: Moreira, Moretto, Miguel Vítor, Sidnei, Edcarlos, Balboa, David Luiz, Fellipe Bastos, Binya, Makukula, Nuno Gomes, Nélson, Jorge Ribeiro e Reyes.

Feyenoord: Timmer; Bruins, Greene, Bahia e De Cler; Landzaat, Wijnaldum (Fer 58m), Ron Vlaar e Van Bronckhorst; Mols e Tomasson. Entra Biseswar, sai Tomasson (Feyenoord). 65)

Marcador: 1-0 (0-0)
Golo de Cardozo (68 m)

Hurrah! Victory in the Torneio de Guimaraes!

V. Guimaraes 1- 2 Benfica

Date: Monday 4th August 2008 - 19:15 GMT Venue: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Jorge Sousa (Porto) Assistant Referees: José Ramalho, José Luís Melo and João Lamaros Attendance: ~15.000 Weather: Clear ~26 ºC TV: Canal SIC GUIMARÃES - Nilson; Andrezinho, Sereno, Moreno and Mohma (Luciano 45'); João Alves and Flãvio Meireles (Wénio 65'), Carlitos (Marquinho 45'), Fajardo (Jean Coral 35') and Desmarets; Douglas (Roberto 58') Subs: Nuno Santos, Luciano, Paulo, Roberto, Wénio, Gregory, Danilo, Diogo, Tiago, Marquinho, Serginho and Jean Coral Coach: Manuel Cajuda BENFICA - Moreira; Miguel Vítor, Sidnei, Luisão ( Binya 45') and Léo; Katsouranis, Ruben Amorim ( Nélson 69'), Carlos Martins (Fellipe Bastos 74') and Aimar; Urreta and Cardozo ( Nuno Gomes 60') Subs: Moretto, Edcarlos, Nélson, Jorge Ribeiro, Yebda, Maxi Pereira, Fellipe Bastos, Binya, Balboa, Nuno Assis, Makukula and Nuno Gomes Coach: Quique Flores Goals: 0-1, Cardozo pen. (13'); 0-2, Mohma o.g. (21'); 1-2, Moreno (68') Disciplinary action:

Still without a pre-season win!

Torneio de Guimaraes

Benfica 2 - 2 PSG
Makukula (74)
Cardozo (80)


Date: Saturday 2nd August 2008 - 21:15 GMT Venue: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Vasco Santos Assistant Referees: João Santos, Tomás Santos and Rodrigo Attendance: ~10.000 Weather: Clear ~25 ºC TV: Canal SIC BENFICA - Quim; Maxi Pereira, Luisão ( Miguel Vítor 66'), Sidnei and Jorge Ribeiro ( Léo 45'); Binya; Javier Balboa (Urreta 45'), Carlos Martins (Fellipe Bastos 68'), Nuno Assis ( MakukulaPablo Aimar (Ruben Amorim 55'); Nuno Gomes ( Cardozo 45') Subs: Moreira, Moretto, Edcarlos, Léo, Nélson, David Luiz, Yebda, Miguel Vítor, Katsouranis, Fellipe Bastos, Ruben Amorim, Urreta, Makukula and Cardozo Coach: Quique Flores PSG - Landreau; Ceara, Sakho, Camara and Armand; Clement, Mulumbu, Chantôme (Garcia 59'), Sessegnon (Bourillon 70') and Rothen; Pancrate (Boli 59') Subs: Apoula, Bourillon, Luiyiundula, Hoaraw, Garcia, Traoré, Mabiala, Arnaud, Boli, Ngoyi and Sankhare Coach: Paul Le Guen Goals: 0-1, Pancrate (38') 0-2, Pancrate (58'); 1-2, Makukula (74'); 2-2, Cardozo (80') Disciplinary action: Yellow card to Armand (34'), Rothen (89') 45') and

Childish mistakes and pre-season frolics (no fun!)

Torneio Guadiana

Benfica 0-2 Sporting
Benfica 2-3 Blackburn


BENFICA - Quim; Maxi Pereira, Luisão, Katsouranis ( Edcarlos 21') and Léo; Balboa ( Makukula 45'), Bynia (Yebda 75'), Carlos Martins (Ruben Amorim 45') and Nuno Assis (Jorge Ribeiro 45'); Aimar (Fellipe Bastos 58') and Urreta
Subs: Moreira, Luís Filipe, Edcarlos, Petit, Cardozo, Fellipe Bastos, Ruben Amorim, Zoro, Makukula, Nuno Gomes, Yebda, Miguel Vitor, Bruno Costa, Sepsi, Jorge Ribeiro, Nelson Oliveira and Sidnei
Coach: Quique Flores

SPORTING - Tiago, Abel, Polga, Tonel and Grimi (Ronny 45'); Caneira (Adrien 79'); Rochemback, Romagnoli and Izmailov; Yannick and Derlei (Postiga 73')
Subs: Rui Patrício, Daniel Carriço, Pedro Silva, Adrien, Ronny, Vukcevic, Tiuí, Hélder Postiga and Pereirinha
Coach: Paulo Bento

Goals: 0-1, Djálo (57'); 0-2, Derlei (72')
Disciplinary action: Yellow card to Luisão (54'), Ronny (61'), Binya (62') and Urreta (64')

Next game:
PSG (Torneio de Guimaraes)

Horticulturarily challenging! 

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Pre-season kicks off with a draw against Estoril

Benfica 1-1 Estoril

Date: Saturday 19th July 2008 - 21:20 GMT Venue: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril Referee: Hugo Miguel Assistant Referees: Ricardo Santos, Hêrnani Fernandes Attendance: ~2.500 Weather: Clear ~26 ºC ESTORIL - Márcio Ramos, Marco Silva (Dorival 45'), Varela, Miguel Oliveira (Leão 45'), Eduardo (Tiago 45'), Alexandre (Luís Carlos 45'), Marco Bicho (Pedro Caravana 45'), A. Varela (Bafode 45'), Barge (Luís Alberto 45'), Nuno Sousa (Dagil 70') and Leandro (Cesinha 45') Subs: Leão, Aragão, Tiago, Dorival, Bafode, Dagil, Cesinha, Pedro Caravana, Luís Alberto and Luís Carlos Coach: Tulipa BENFICA - Moreira, Luís Filipe (João Pereira 45'), Edcarlos, Miguel Vítor, Léo ( Léo 45'), Carlos Martins (André Carvalhas 45'), Nuno Assis (Miguel Rosa 70'), Balboa ( Binya 45'), Yebda (Ruben Amorim 26'), Makukula (Urreta 45') and Dabao (Nelson Oliveira 45') Subs: Bruno Costa, Ruben Amorim, Urreta, Binya, Sepsi, Abel Pereira, André Carvalhas, Nelson, Romeu Ribeiro, João Pereira, Miguel Rosa and Ruben Lima Coach: Quique Flores Goals: 0-1, Yebda (12'); 1-1, Nuno Sousa (63') Disciplinary action: None

Cutie Aimar arrives at last!

At long last Pablo Aimar seem to be set to sign for Benfica. He arrived in Lisbon yesterday and is currently undergoing a medical at the club. The signing is due to be confirmed tommorow is is reportedly going to cost the club in the region of 6.5 million Euros. The intention is that he will be contracted for 4 seasons.

About time too-what a palaver it been!

Benfica new kit (epoca 2008/09)

No pink away strip this season then. Thank the heavens for small mercies!

Benfica forthcoming fixtures (Liga Sagres)

Calendário completo da primeira volta da Liga Sagres 2008/09:

1ª jornada (24 de Agosto):

Rio Ave-Benfica

2ª jornada (31 de Agosto):

Benfica-F.C. Porto

3ª jornada (21 de Setembro):

Boavista *-Benfica

4ª jornada (28 de Setembro):

Benfica-Sporting

5ª jornada (5 de Outubro):

Leixões-Benfica

6ª jornada (26 de Outubro):

Benfica-Naval 1º Maio

7ª jornada (2 de Novembro):

V. Guimarães-Benfica

8ª jornada (16 de Novembro):

Benfica-E. Amadora

9ª jornada (23 de Novembro):

Académica-Benfica

10ª jornada (30 de Novembro):

Benfica-V. Setúbal

11ª jornada (7 de Dezembro):

Marítimo-Benfica

12ª jornada (21 de Dezembro):

Benfica-Nacional

13ª jornada (4 de Janeiro):

Trofense-Benfica

14ª jornada (11 de Janeiro):

Benfica-Sp. Braga

15ª jornada (25 de Janeiro): Belenenses-Benfica

Forthcoming fixtures (season proper) - Brighton

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Benfica Squad 2008-08 season