Benfica 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 3 October 2007
Result
Benfica 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Champions League · Wednesday 3 October 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: match report
Benfica lost to Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 3 October 2007. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Jadson of Shakhtar Donetsk in the 42nd minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Shakhtar Donetsk received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 24th on 6 points from 3 and Shakhtar Donetsk 4th on 12 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-W and Shakhtar Donetsk's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Jadson
- 57'Yellow card · Konstantinos Katsouranis
- 67'Yellow card · O. Cardozo
- 79'Yellow card · C. Rodríguez
- 79'Yellow card · Darijo Srna
- 82'Yellow card · Fernandinho
- 83'Yellow card · Nery Castillo Confalonier
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-2-1)
Quim, Edcarlos, Luisão, Léo, Brandon Truter, Nelson, Kostas Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María
Shakhtar Donetsk expected line-up
Razvan Rat, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Darijo Srna, Fernandinho, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Francesco Matuzalem, Brandão, Ciprian Marica, Bogdan Shust, Jadson