Benfica 2-0 Napoli: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 2 October 2008
Result
Benfica 2-0 Napoli
Europa League · Thursday 2 October 2008, 19:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 2-0 Napoli: match report
Benfica won against Napoli 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 2 October 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
José Antonio Reyes opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Benfica's goals came from José Antonio Reyes (57') and Nuno Gomes (83'). Napoli did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 5 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Napoli in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Napoli.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Paolo Cannavaro
- 19'Yellow card · Luigi Vitale
- 38'Yellow card · José Antonio Reyes
- 57'Goal · José Antonio Reyes
- 60'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
- 60'Yellow card · Leandro Rinaudo
- 74'Yellow card · M. Contini
- 75'Yellow card · W. Gargano
- 83'Goal · Nuno Gomes
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo
Napoli expected line-up (3-5-2)
Gennaro Iezzo, Salvatore Aronica, Marek Hamšík, Marcelo Zalayeta, Manuele Blasi, Christian Maggio