Napoli 3-2 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 18 September 2008
Result
Napoli 3-2 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 18 September 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Napoli 3-2 Benfica: match report
Napoli won against Benfica 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 18 September 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Óscar Suazo Velázquez opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Napoli's goals came from Luigi Vitale (18'), Germán Denis (20') and Christian Maggio (55'). Benfica scored through Óscar Suazo Velázquez (16') and Luisão (59').
Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Napoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Óscar Suazo Velázquez
- 18'Yellow card · Manuele Blasi
- 18'Goal · Luigi Vitale
- 20'Goal · Germán Denis
- 41'Yellow card · Carlos Martins
- 55'Goal · Christian Maggio
- 59'Goal · Luisão
Team news
Napoli expected line-up (3-5-2)
Gennaro Iezzo, Paolo Cannavaro, Mirko Savini, Maurizio Domizzi, Walter Gargano, Marek Hamšík, Daniele Mannini, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Matteo Contini, Manuele Blasi
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