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Coverage of the Champions League Group Stage clash between Real Sociedad and Benfica.
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Champions League | Group Stage
Nov 8, 2023 at 5.45pm UK
Reale Arena
Benfica

Real Sociedad
3 - 1
Benfica

Merino (6'), Oyarzabal (11'), Barrenetxea (21')
Barrenetxea (62'), Fernandez (86')
FT(HT: 3-0)
Silva (49')
Luis (20')

Live Updates: Real Sociedad 3-1 Benfica

Last Updated: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 22:54 UK

First Half starts.
1'Fouled by João Mário - Benfica
1'Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - won a free kick in defence.
3'Fouled by Martín Zubimendi - Real Sociedad
3'Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
3'Fouled by Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad
3'João Mário - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.
4'Shot blocked. Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - António Silva with a head.
4'Shot blocked. João Mário - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
4'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Brais Méndez.
5'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by Morato.
6'Shot blocked. Brais Méndez - Real Sociedad - shot with the head from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assist - Takefusa Kubo with a cross.
6'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
6'Missed chance. Aihen Muñoz - Real Sociedad - shot with left foot from the left side of the box missed after corner.
6'Goal! Real Sociedad 1, Benfica 0. Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - shot with the head from few metres to the high centre of the goal. Assist - Aihen Muñoz after corner.
9'New attacking attempt. Ángel Di María - Benfica - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Fredrik Aursnes.
11'Goal! Real Sociedad 2, Benfica 0. Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
14'Fouled by Florentino - Benfica
14'Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - won a free kick in attack.
15'New attacking attempt. Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - shot with left foot inside of six yard box - left side is saved in the left corner. Assist - Brais Méndez.
15'Hand ball by Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad
15'GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
16'VAR Decision: No Goal Real Sociedad 2-0 Benfica.
18'Offside - Benfica. João Neves with a pass, however Arthur Cabral is in offside.
19'Shot blocked. Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Takefusa Kubo.
19'Missed chance. Aritz Elustondo - Real Sociedad - shot with right foot from the right side of the box missed to the left.
19'Offside - Real Sociedad. Aritz Elustondo with a pass, however Mikel Oyarzabal is in offside.
20'Aihen Muñoz - Real Sociedad - won a free kick on the left wing.
20'Fouled by Florentino - Benfica
20'Florentino - Benfica - receive yellow card for a foul.
21'Goal! Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 0. Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad - shot with right foot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assist - Mikel Merino.
24'Fouled by Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad
24'João Neves - Benfica - won a free kick on the right wing.
26'Missed chance. Rafa - Benfica - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Arthur Cabral with a cross.
27'Penalty Real Sociedad. Mikel Oyarzabal draws a foul in the penalty area.
27'Penalty conceded by Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica - after a foul in the penalty area.
29'Penalty missed! Still Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 0. Brais Méndez - Real Sociedad - hits the left post with a shot with left foot.
30'Fouled by Martín Zubimendi - Real Sociedad
30'Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
31'Substitution - Benfica. David Jurásek for Florentino.
32'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Takefusa Kubo.
32'Fouled by Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad
32'João Neves - Benfica - won a free kick on the left wing.
33'New attacking attempt. Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Ángel Di María with a cross.
34'Delay in match - injury Robin Le Normand - Real Sociedad
35'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
41'New attacking attempt. Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Martín Zubimendi.
43'António Silva - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
43'Fouled by Aihen Muñoz - Real Sociedad
45+1'Fouled by Igor Zubeldia - Real Sociedad
45+1'Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick on the right wing.
45+1'Missed chance. Rafa - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box goes high .
45+2'Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad - won a free kick on the left wing.
45+2'Fouled by António Silva - Benfica
45+3'Shot blocked. Aritz Elustondo - Real Sociedad - shot with the head from the right side of the box is blocked.
45+4'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Robin Le Normand.
45+4'First Half ended - Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 0.
45'Second Half starts Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 0.
46'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
46'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by João Neves.
47'Anatolii Trubin - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
47'Fouled by Robin Le Normand - Real Sociedad
47'Delay in match - injury Robin Le Normand - Real Sociedad
48'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
49'Fouled by Martín Zubimendi - Real Sociedad
49'Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick on the left wing.
49'Goal! Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 1. Rafa - Benfica - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Nicolás Otamendi .
55'Shot blocked. Rafa - Benfica - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Nicolás Otamendi with a head.
55'Delay in match - injury Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad
57'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
57'Hand ball by Brais Méndez - Real Sociedad
58'New attacking attempt. Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - David Jurásek.
58'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Álex Remiro.
59'Missed chance. Arthur Cabral - Benfica - shot with the head from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - João Neves with a cross after corner.
60'Missed chance. Brais Méndez - Real Sociedad - shot with left foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assist - Mikel Merino.
61'Offside - Real Sociedad. Mikel Oyarzabal with a pass, however Takefusa Kubo is in offside.
62'Fouled by Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad
62'Morato - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
62'Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad - receive yellow card.
63'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by João Neves.
64'Missed chance. Martín Zubimendi - Real Sociedad - shot with right foot from the right side of the box missed after corner.
64'Substitution - Benfica. Petar Musa for Arthur Cabral.
67'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
68'New attacking attempt. Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Takefusa Kubo with a cross.
70'Substitution - Real Sociedad. Carlos Fernández for Takefusa Kubo.
70'Substitution - Real Sociedad. Beñat Turrientes for Brais Méndez.
71'Fouled by Rafa - Benfica
71'Robin Le Normand - Real Sociedad - won a free kick in defence.
72'Fouled by Rafa - Benfica
72'Igor Zubeldia - Real Sociedad - won a free kick in defence.
72'Fouled by Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad
72'João Neves - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
73'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
73'Delay in match - Real Sociedad
74'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
75'Shot blocked. Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - shot with the head from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Beñat Turrientes with a cross.
75'Shot blocked. Igor Zubeldia - Real Sociedad - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.
77'Missed chance. Ander Barrenetxea - Real Sociedad - shot with right foot from the right side of the box missed to the left. Assist - Beñat Turrientes.
78'Substitution - Real Sociedad. Arsen Zakharyan for Ander Barrenetxea.
79'Shot blocked. João Mário - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.
80'Fouled by Carlos Fernández - Real Sociedad
80'Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
81'Fouled by Robin Le Normand - Real Sociedad
81'Ángel Di María - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.
81'Fouled by Carlos Fernández - Real Sociedad
81'João Mário - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
83'Offside - Benfica. João Neves with a pass, however David Jurásek is in offside.
85'Substitution - Benfica. Chiquinho for João Mário.
85'Substitution - Benfica. Gonçalo Guedes for Rafa.
85'Substitution - Benfica. Casper Tengstedt for Ángel Di María.
86'Substitution - Real Sociedad. Álvaro Odriozola for Aritz Elustondo.
86'Fouled by Carlos Fernández - Real Sociedad
86'Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
86'Carlos Fernández - Real Sociedad - receive yellow card for a foul.
87'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by João Neves.
87'Corner - Real Sociedad. Conceded by João Neves.
90'Fouled by Gonçalo Guedes - Benfica
90'Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad - won a free kick in defence.
90+2'Casper Tengstedt - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
90+2'Fouled by Igor Zubeldia - Real Sociedad
90+2'Aihen Muñoz - Real Sociedad - won a free kick on the left wing.
90+2'Fouled by Fredrik Aursnes - Benfica
90+4'Second Half ended - Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 1.
Thats all. Game finished - Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 1.
Thats all. Game finished - Real Sociedad 3, Benfica 1.

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