Hertha BSC 1-1 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 23 October 2008
Result
Hertha BSC 1-1 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 23 October 2008, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Hertha BSC 1-1 Benfica: match report
Hertha BSC drew with Benfica 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ángel Di María opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Hertha BSC's goal came from Marko Pantelic (74'). Benfica scored through Ángel Di María (50').
Discipline: Hertha BSC received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Hertha BSC were 3rd on 14 points from 6 and Benfica 77th on 3 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Hertha BSC lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1.
Key events
- 50'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 51'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
- 58'Yellow card · Gojko Kačar
- 74'Goal · Marko Pantelic
Team news
Hertha BSC expected line-up (4-4-2)
Jaroslav Drobný, Arne Friedrich, Steve von Bergen, Cícero, Maximilian Nicu, Gojko Kačar, Marko Pantelic, Raffael, Andriy Voronin, Josip Simunic
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