Basel 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 18 October 2011
Result
Basel 0-2 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 18 October 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Basel 0-2 Benfica: match report
Basel lost to Benfica 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 18 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Bruno César opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Basel did not score. Benfica scored through Bruno César (20') and O. Cardozo (75').
Discipline: Basel received 4 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Basel were 34th on 4 points from 2 and Benfica 7th on 12 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Basel lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Bruno César
- 35'Yellow card · Marco Streller
- 41'Yellow card · Emerson Conceição
- 74'Yellow card · Benjamin Huggel
- 75'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 86'Second yellow · Emerson Conceição
- 90'Yellow card · Artur Moraes
- 90+1'Yellow card · Xherdan Shaqiri
- 90+3'Yellow card · Alex Frei
Team news
Basel line-up (4-4-2)
Yann Sommer, Ju-ho Park, Aleksandar Dragovic, David Abraham, Markus Steinhofer, Benjamin Huggel, Xherdan Shaqiri, Fabian Frei, Granit Xhaka, Marco Streller, Alex Frei
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Javi García, Bruno César, Nico Gaitán, Rodrigo, Pablo Aimar Giordano