Arsenal 5. Emirates Stadium Attendance: Attendance 54,538. He went in for a cartilage operation at the end of the week, and was out of action until the end of September.Despite the capture of World Cup winner Alan Ball in December, Arsenal’s defence of their title did not pick up from the earlier setbacks and it somewhat petered out as they finished a disappointing fifth place. Arsenal were smarting from the 2-0 win Benfica had inflicted on them in Lisbon five days previously, with goals from the mercurial Eusebio and Batista. This was considered such an astonishing event that a collection was Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Season-by-season guide, extensive all-time stats, plus video highlights of every final to date. Following the title-winning season of 1947-48 the Gunners went on a short tour of Portugal where they won 4-0 in Lisbon but lost 2-3 to Porto. A privileged 44,244 witnessed the great man grace the Highbury turf on August 4, 1971 in the return Champions Challenge Match.Both teams treated the match as more than a friendly, and as a quasi-competitive prelude to the European Cup both had qualified for by winning their respective Leagues. Arsenal 5-2 Benfica: Theo Walcott scores twice in Emirates CupTheo Walcott celebrates with Arsenal team-mates at the EmiratesTheo Walcott scored twice as Arsenal thumped Benfica.Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud celebrates with Walcott Benfica took the lead in slightly fortuitous circumstances as Franco Cervi saw a well-struck effort bobble into the net courtesy of a couple of deflections off Per Mertesacker.Arsenal responded well to that setback with Walcott scoring a quickfire double thanks to a couple of precise finishes from close range before Eduardo Salvio capitalised on some dreadful defending to equalise on the stroke of half-time.However, the hosts cruised to victory in the second half with a Lisandro Lopez own goal and further strikes from Olivier Giroud and Alex Iwobi handing them a comfortable win in front of an expectant home support.Both sides started the game well but it was Benfica who broke the deadlock on 11 minutes through Cervi's low shot from the edge of the box that deflected past David Ospina via two ricochets off both of Mertesacker's feet.The visitors were not ahead for long, though as Walcott brought Arsenal level after 24 minutes by firing in a close-range volley following an intelligent cut-back from Sead Kolasinac after the Bosnia international had doggedly won the ball inside Benfica's box.Shortly afterwards, Walcott added his and Arsenal's second with another simple finish after being picked out at the far post by Francis Coquelin, who had combined well with Kolasinac down Arsenal's left flank.With just five minutes remaining until half-time, Arsenal gifted their opponents a second goal as a slack pass from Mertesacker eventually found its way to Salvio, whose shot on the edge of the six-yard-box looped over Ospina following an unfortunate intervention by Rob Holding.Arsenal regained the initiative just after the interval with Walcott this time turning provider by crossing into the box and Lisandro Lopez diverted the loose ball onto the post and into his own net.Walcott then passed up a glorious opportunity to complete his hat-trick by blazing the ball over the bar with the goal gaping but his blushes were spared as Giroud volleyed in Arsenal's fourth from Reiss Nelson's pinpoint cross.Iwobi rounded off the win 20 minutes from time with a ferocious shot that flew past Cesar in goal after Giroud had held the ball up well inside the area before club-record signing Alexandre Lacazette came off the bench to a rapturous reception late on to mark his home debut.Arsenal end their pre-season programme on Sunday by taking on Sevilla, who beat RB Leipzig in Saturday's other Emirates Cup clash, before switching their attentions to the Community Shield game against Chelsea at Wembley next Sunday.
Official Website of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, where you can stay abreast of all the latest news from our Club and see the best videos and summaries of all the games! FC Arsenal Arsenal The English referees are usually very nice”.B Wilson (G Barnett), P Storey, S Nelson (B McNab), E Kelly, F McLintock, J Roberts (C George), G Armstrong (P Marinello), G Graham, J Radford, R Kennedy, P Simpson.J Henrique, M Da Silva, Messias, R Rodrigues, A Antonio, J Graca (Artur), Nene, V Batista (Diamantino), A Jorge, Eusebio (T Antoninho), A Simoes.This game was a major factor in Arsenal not playing in the Charity Shield in 1971. Um grande jogo entre duas grandes equipas. Benfica met the Dutch champions in the semi-final losing 1-0 on aggregate, with Norman Burtenshaw refereeing the second-leg.
Back in 2014 Benfica were one of the teams invited to play in The Emirates Cup. Arsenal vs Benfica Teamvergleich: FC Arsenal vs Benfica Lissabon. Benfica won 14 direct matches.FC Porto won 27 matches.14 matches ended in a draw.On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.42 goals per Match. At Highbury, Arsenal started much the brighter and had fashioned four clear chances in the opening minutes but John Radford, George Armstrong, George Graham and Ray Kennedy were unable to find a way past Henrique. They won two of these finals, the first in 1961 beating Barcelona 3-2 and in 1962 defeated Real Madrid 5-3, and on the way to the trophy beat Spurs in the semi- final.In the 1962 final Puskas scored a hat-trick for Madrid but with the score at 3‑3, Eusebio won the game for Benfica with a second half brace.Going into the season, Arsenal’s double winning coach Don Howe had left for West Bromwich Albion along with physiotherapist George Wright and youth team coach Brian Whitehouse. Bagrat Aristakesian Recommended for … 4. Official UEFA Champions League and European Cup history. vs Benfica. The title went to Brian Clough’s Derby County.Benfica on the other hand easily won the Portuguese league by 10 points, only losing once and scoring 81 goals along the way.The esteem that Eusebio was held in was epitomised by his funeral, which followed three days of national mourning. Head to Head Statistics : Benfica vs Sporting CP Year up to 2020 The Soccer Teams Benfica and Sporting CP played 38 Games up to today. Arsenal We were asked by Roberts 14, Radford 34, Armstrong 45, Graham 77 and 90, Storey 80 (pen)Earlier this year the football world mourned the death of one of the game’s greatest ever players Eusebio, who scored 41 goals in 64 appearances for Portugal and an astonishing 638 goals in 614 games across 16 seasons spearheading the Benfica attack. Arsenal’s Secretary, Bob Wall, informed the FA in late May that they were unable to fulfil the Charity Shield fixture as they had arranged a number of friendlies instead. The FA promptly moved it to Wembley and attendance by both the League Champions and FA Cup winners was made mandatory.This Emirates Cup of weekend games acted as a warm up for the Community Shield on 10 August 2014, when we took on Manchester City and added the 13th shield won by The Arsenal.The European Cup preparation of the matches set both teams in good stead and both Benfica and Arsenal reached the latter stages of the competition, both being defeated by the eventual winners, Ajax.Arsenal went out to Johan Cruyff’s side 3-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, suffering losses in both legs.
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