Uefa Champions League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Oţelul Galaţi SL Benfica Group C - Matchday 2 National Arena, Bucharest Tuesday 27 September 2011 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Match facts........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Head coach.......................................................................................................................8 Match officials....................................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Competition facts.............................................................................................................14 Team facts.......................................................................................................................15 Legend............................................................................................................................17 FC Oţelul Galaţi - SL Benfica Tuesday 27 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head None FC Oţelul Galaţi - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/02/07 R32 FC Dinamo Bucureşti - SL Benfica 1-2 Bucharest Munteanu 24; Anderson 50, Katsouranis agg: 1-3 64 14/02/07 R32 SL Benfica - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 1-0 Lisbon Miccoli 90 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/99 R1 FC Dinamo Bucureşti - SL Benfica 0-2 Bucharest Maniche 25, Fernandez 72 agg: 1-2 16/09/99 R1 SL Benfica - FC Dinamo Bucureşti 0-1 Lisbon Nastase 34 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/94 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - SL Benfica 1-1 Bucharest Panduru 27; Hélder 63 19/10/94 GS SL Benfica - FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-1 Lisbon Caniggia 43(p), João Pinto 60; Militaru 89 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/04/88 SF SL Benfica - FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-0 Lisbon Aguas 22, 33 agg: 2-0 06/04/88 SF FC Steaua Bucureşti - SL Benfica 0-0 Bucharest UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/04/83 SF FC Universitatea Craiova - SL Benfica 1-1 Craiova Balaci 14; Filipović 53 agg: 1-1 ag 06/04/83 SF SL Benfica - FC Universitatea Craiova 0-0 Lisbon Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Oţelul Galaţi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SL Benfica 5 3 1 1 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 4 1 11 5 Last updated 27/09/11 00:55:52CET 2 Previous meetings FC Oţelul Galaţi - SL Benfica Tuesday 27 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Match background Dorinel Munteanu will hope to recapture a moment from his youth when his FC Oţelul Galaţi side welcome Group C rivals SL Benfica to their home from home at Bucharest's new National Arena. • As a 23-year-old FC Dinamo Bucureşti midfielder Munteanu, in his first taste of UEFA club competition, helped his team get the better of Benfica's city rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup first round. • The Oţelul coach will hope for something similar as he welcomes Jorge Jesus' Benfica for what will be the first UEFA Champions League match played at the rebuilt National Arena. • The Romanian champions are looking to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat at FC Basel 1893 on matchday one, when Benfica earned a 1-1 draw against Manchester United FC in Lisbon. Match background • Overlooking UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup qualifying matches, this is Oţelul's first home fixture in a UEFA competition proper since they took on Juventus in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup first round. They shocked the Bianconeri with a 1-0 victory, though the celebrations were cut short by a 5-0 second-leg reverse in Turin. • While Oţelul played that, their only previous home match in UEFA competition, in Galati in eastern Romania, they will stage their UEFA Champions League home fixtures in Bucharest. • Benfica have an impressive record in the Romanian capital where they are unbeaten in four previous visits. They drew with FC Steaua Bucureşti at the Ghencea Stadium in the 1987/88 European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals and again in the 1994/95 UEFA Champions League group stage. The Lisbon club then faced Dinamo Bucureşti twice and won both times – 2-0 in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup first round, and 2-1 in the last 32 of the same competition in 2006/07. • Captain Luisão is the squad's only survivor from that most recent trip to Romania. • In last season's UEFA Champions League group stage Benfica lost all three away games without scoring a single goal. They recorded a win, two draws and a defeat in the four away matches that followed on their path to the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, and this season secured creditable draws at Trabzonspor AŞ and FC Twente in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. Team ties • Munteanu's first outing in UEFA club competition was that aforementioned 1991/92 UEFA Cup tie against Sporting. He played every minute of the 1-0 defeat in Lisbon and subsequent 2-0 second-leg triumph after extra time in Bucharest. • Munteanu scored the only goal for Romania when they beat Portugal 1-0 in Lisbon in UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying in October 1998. He played in the 1-1 return draw too but suffered a less happy outcome against the Portuguese in the finals themselves, as Romania went down 1-0 in a group stage encounter. • Benfica's Óscar Cardozo came off the bench to score an 81st-minute winner for Paraguay against a Peru side who sent on Oţelul forward Daniel Chávez 60 seconds after his goal in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Asuncion in October 2008. Chávez was an unused substitute when Luisão's Brazil beat Peru 3-0 in Porto Alegre in April 2009. • Luisão and Cardozo both played in friendly matches against Romania in June, helping their respective Brazil and Paraguay sides to 1-0 and 2-0 wins. Last updated 27/09/11 00:55:52CET 3 Match background FC Oţelul Galaţi - SL Benfica Tuesday 27 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Match facts Oţelul UEFA milestones • Matchday one marked Oţelul's first game in the European Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics • The Romanian side were not caught offside in their first match. • Adrian Sălăgeanu serves a one-game ban following his red card on matchday one. Latest domestic information • Friday 23 September: FC Oţelul Galaţi 0-0 CS Mioveni Grahovac; Skubič, Costin, Perendija, Sălăgeanu; Filip, Giurgiu; Antal, Ibeh (Paraschiv 46, Punoševac 75), Buş (Frunză 46); Pena • Nejc Skubič made his Liga 1 debut as Oţelul, without the suspended Silviu Ilie and injured Cornel Râpă, were shut out by a Mioveni side that began the weekend with the worst defensive record in the Romanian top flight. • Dorinel Munteanu's side have been restricted to 11 goals in 11 outings in all competitions this season. • On 20 September a weakened Oţelul side booked a place in the last 16 of the Romanian Cup with a 3-1 home victory over third tier FC Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea, with Bratislav Punoševac (2) and Laurenţiu Iorga on target. • On 9 September Oţelul lost 4-0 to CFR 1907 Cluj, their worst home defeat since 5 November 2006 (7-0 v FC Rapid Bucureşti) and worst home or away since an identical loss to FC Vaslui on 13 September 2010. Coupled with a 2-1 reverse at FC Dinamo Bucureşti, it completed their first back-to-back league defeats since August 2009. • The 2-1 loss at Basel made it three in a row but Munteanu's side returned to winning ways on 17 September at promoted CSU Voinţa Sibiu; Gabriel Paraschiv scored the only goal five minutes from time. • Two months after wrapping up their first major trophy Oţelul secured a second on 17 July, Laurenţiu Buş scoring the only goal against Romanian Cup holders FC Steaua Bucureşti in the domestic Super Cup. Injury news • Râpă sat out Friday's game after suffering a right thigh problem against Voinţa Sibiu. • Half-time substitute Paraschiv lasted 30 minutes against Mioveni before being taken off with strained adductors. Summer transfers • In Miloš Buchta (CS Gaz Metan Mediaş) Zoran Ljubinković (FC Petrolul Ploiesti) Alexandru Benga (FC Petrolul Ploiesti) Sorin Frunză (FC Rapid Bucureşti) Nejc Skubič (NK Olimpija Ljubljana) • Out Constantin Miselaricu (AFC Săgeata Năvodari) Iulian Ochiroşii (AFC Săgeata Năvodari) Csaba Borbely (CF Brăila) Laurentiu Petean (FC Petrolul Ploiesti) Benfica UEFA milestones • Manchester United FC's goal on matchday one was the 50th Benfica have conceded in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final; they have scored 45. UEFA Champions League statistics • None Latest domestic information • Friday 23 September: FC Porto 2-2 SL Benfica (Kléber 37, Otamendi 50; Cardozo 47, Gaitán 82) Artur; Pereira, Luisão, Garay, Emerson; Javi García, Witsel, Aimar (Saviola 69); Gaitán, Cardozo (Matić 90+1), Nolito (Bruno César 69) Last updated 27/09/11 00:55:52CET 4 Match facts FC Oţelul Galaţi - SL Benfica Tuesday 27 September 2011 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest • Benfica extended their unbeaten start to the season to 11 games in all competitions though they have won just one in five on their travels. • Óscar Cardozo has scored ten goals in as many matches for club and country. • Two Nolito goals helped Benfica to a 4-1 victory against A. Académica de Coimbra on 18 September; Brazilian-born Spain Under-21 forward Rodrigo made his club debut as a late substitute.