UEFA Champions League

Benfica vs Bologna, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

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Benfica
FT
0 - 0
Bologna

Benfica held as Skorupski stands tall for Bologna

Wasteful Benfica struggled to a 0-0 home against Bologna in the Champions League on Wednesday as visiting keeper Lukasz Skorupski made crucial saves to keep the hosts out.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Florentino (Benfica).
  • 1': Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
  • 2': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 3': VAR Decision: No Goal Benfica 0-0 Bologna.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thijs Dallinga.
  • 10': Foul by Emil Holm (Bologna).
  • 10': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Foul by Emil Holm (Bologna).
  • 11': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Emil Holm.
  • 12': Hand ball by Lewis Ferguson (Bologna).
  • 16': Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Álvaro Carreras.
  • 18': Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica).
  • 18': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Thijs Dallinga (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Ferguson.
  • 22': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Orkun Kökçü.
  • 24': Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica).
  • 24': Samuel Iling-Junior (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 27': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
  • 27': Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
  • 28': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  • 30': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nicolò Casale.
  • 30': Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
  • 30': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Stefan Posch (Bologna).
  • 32': Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  • 35': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nicolò Casale.
  • 36': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
  • 36': Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Florentino (Benfica).
  • 37': Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nikola Moro.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Álvaro Carreras.
  • 43': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Emil Holm.
  • 44': Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
  • 44': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Benfica 0, Bologna 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 0, Bologna 0.
  • 46': Florentino (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna).
  • 48': Florentino (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Thijs Dallinga (Bologna) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Stefan Posch.
  • 51': Foul by Thijs Dallinga (Bologna).
  • 51': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Hand ball by Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna).
  • 53': Giovanni Fabbian (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
  • 56': Hand ball by Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica).
  • 59': Alexander Bah (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Emil Holm (Bologna).
  • 60': Delay in match because of an injury Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
  • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 62': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Nicolò Casale.
  • 62': Nicolò Casale (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
  • 63': Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
  • 63': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Kacper Urbanski (Bologna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Posch.
  • 67': Offside, Bologna. Thijs Dallinga is caught offside.
  • 67': Foul by Kacper Urbanski (Bologna).
  • 67': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 69': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Stefan Posch.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  • 70': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 71': Alexander Bah (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Bologna).
  • 71': Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 72': Substitution, Benfica. Jan-Niklas Beste replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  • 72': Substitution, Bologna. Dan Ndoye replaces Kacper Urbanski.
  • 73': Substitution, Bologna. Jhon Lucumí replaces Nicolò Casale.
  • 73': Substitution, Bologna. Remo Freuler replaces Nikola Moro.
  • 73': Substitution, Bologna. Tommaso Pobega replaces Giovanni Fabbian.
  • 74': Foul by Zeki Amdouni (Benfica).
  • 74': Stefan Posch (Bologna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Dan Ndoye (Bologna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 76': Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
  • 76': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  • 77': Foul by Tommaso Pobega (Bologna).
  • 77': Tomás Araújo (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 80': Attempt saved. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 80': Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Bologna).
  • 80': Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 80': Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Orkun Kökçü.
  • 81': Hand ball by Zeki Amdouni (Benfica).
  • 82': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Jan-Niklas Beste.
  • 84': Foul by Thijs Dallinga (Bologna).
  • 84': Tomás Araújo (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Delay in match because of an injury Stefan Posch (Bologna).
  • 84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 86': Offside, Bologna. Dan Ndoye is caught offside.
  • 88': Substitution, Bologna. Tommaso Corazza replaces Stefan Posch because of an injury.
  • 89': Remo Freuler (Bologna) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Tommaso Corazza (Bologna).
  • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Ángel Di María (Benfica).
  • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Dan Ndoye.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Samuel Iling-Junior (Bologna) with an attempt from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Remo Freuler with a cross.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Bologna. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
  • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Dan Ndoye (Bologna) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sam Beukema following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Arthur Cabral (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Sam Beukema (Bologna).
  • 90'+5': Sam Beukema (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Arthur Cabral (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste with a headed pass.
  • 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+6': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Emil Holm.
  • 90'+6': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Benfica 0, Bologna 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Benfica 0, Bologna 0.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 14
5 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 10
5 Saves 1
51 Possession 49
6 SHOTS 15
1 ON GOAL 5
0.2 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
350 Accurate Passes 327
428 Passes 405
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 2
16 Crosses 23
0.2 Cross % 0.1
39 Long Balls 63
21 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 8
11 Effective Tackles 6
22 Tackles 16
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
11 Interceptions 15
34 Effective Clearances 18
34 Clearances 18

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 60,650

UEFA Champions League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Liverpool 6 +12 18
2 Barcelona 6 +14 15
3 Arsenal 6 +9 13
4 Bayer Leverkusen 6 +7 13
Full Table

Line-Ups

BEN Benfica (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
30 Nicolás Otamendi Yellow Card
44 Tomás Araújo
3 Álvaro Carreras
6 Alexander Bah Yellow Card
61 Florentino Luís Yellow Card
10 Orkun Kökçü Yellow Card
8 Fredrik Aursnes
14 Vangelis Pavlidis Yellow Card
17 Kerem Aktürkoglu
11 Ángel Di María
Benfica Substitutes:
Arthur Cabral, Andreas Schjelderup, António Silva, Adrian Bajrami, Jan-Niklas Beste, André Gomes, Gianluca Prestianni, Zeki Amdouni, Samuel Soares, Benjamín Rollheiser, Issa Kaboré, Leandro Barreiro.

BOL Bologna (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Lukasz Skorupski (GK)
15 Nicolo Casale Yellow Card
31 Sam Beukema Yellow Card
2 Emil Holm
3 Stefan Posch
80 Giovanni Fabbian Yellow Card
6 Nikola Moro
19 Lewis Ferguson Yellow Card
24 Thijs Dallinga
14 Samuel Iling-Junior
82 Kacper Urbanski
Bologna Substitutes:
Nicola Bagnolini, Martin Erlic, Jens Odgaard, Remo Freuler, Santiago Castro, Tommaso Pobega, Jhon Lucumí, Tommaso Corazza, Dan Ndoye, Federico Ravaglia.

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