Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 13 March 2014
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 13 March 2014, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-1
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Benfica: match report
Tottenham Hotspur lost to Benfica 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 13 March 2014. The half-time score was 0-1.
Rodrigo opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Christian Eriksen (64'). Benfica scored through Rodrigo (30'), Luisão (58') and Luisão (84').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 27 points from 10 and Benfica 70th on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Sandro
- 30'Goal · Rodrigo
- 58'Goal · Luisão
- 62'Yellow card · Sílvio
- 64'Goal · Christian Eriksen
- 81'Yellow card · Rúben Amorim
- 81'Yellow card · Jan Vertonghen
- 84'Goal · Luisão
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)
Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Younès Kaboul, Jan Vertonghen, Kyle Naughton, Aaron Lennon, Paulinho, Christian Eriksen, Sandro, Emmanuel Adebayor, Harry Kane
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Jan Oblak, Luisão, Guilherme Siqueira, Ezequiel Garay, Sílvio, Ljubomir Fejsa, Ruben Amorim, Miralem Sulejmani, Lazar Markovic, Óscar Cardozo, Rodrigo