AZ Alkmaar 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 3 April 2014
Result
AZ Alkmaar 0-1 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 3 April 2014, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
AZ Alkmaar 0-1 Benfica: match report
AZ Alkmaar lost to Benfica 0-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 3 April 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Eduardo Salvio of Benfica in the 48th minute.
Discipline: AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game AZ Alkmaar were 11th on 22 points from 12 and Benfica 48th on 9 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
AZ Alkmaar lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match AZ Alkmaar's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Benfica's L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
- 61'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 79'Yellow card · Mattias Johansson
- 90'Yellow card · Guilherme Siqueira
- 90+2'Yellow card · Eduardo Salvio
- 90+5'Yellow card · M. Pereira
Team news
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Esteban Alvarado, Mattias Johansson, Nick Viergever, Viktor Elm, Simon Poulsen, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Nemanja Gudelj, Aron Jóhannsson, Steven Berghuis, Celso Ortiz, Roy Beerens
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Guilherme Siqueira, Ezequiel Garay, Ruben Amorim, Eduardo Salvio, Nico Gaitán, André Gomes, Óscar Cardozo, Rodrigo