Benfica 0-2 Galatasaray: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 6 November 2008
Result
Benfica 0-2 Galatasaray
Europa League · Thursday 6 November 2008, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 0-2 Galatasaray: match report
Benfica lost to Galatasaray 0-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 6 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Emre Asik opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Benfica did not score. Galatasaray scored through Emre Asik (52') and Ü. Karan (69').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 61st on 4 points from 3 and Galatasaray 29th on 9 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-L and Galatasaray's W-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Servet Çetin
- 14'Yellow card · Ayhan Akman
- 52'Goal · Emre Asik
- 54'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 69'Goal · Ü. Karan
- 71'Yellow card · Óscar Suazo Velázquez
- 90'Yellow card · Sidnei
Team news
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
Galatasaray expected line-up
Faryd Mondragón Aly, Sabri Sarioğlu, Emre Asik, Cihan Haspolatli, Junichi Inamoto, Marcelo Carrusca, Necati Ates, Ümit Karan, Okan Buruk, Ergun Penbe, Stjepan Tomas