Manchester United3–1
BenficaTimeline
27'
Nélson Marcos
34'
Ricardo Rocha
42'
Half-time0–1
Ryan Giggsassist · Cristiano Ronaldo
61'
64'
Paulo Jorgeoff · Fabrizio Miccoli
67'
73'
Giorgos Karagounisoff · Nuno Assis
74'
Louis Sahaassist · Paul Scholes
75'
79'
Full time3–1
Match Stats
Discipline
2Yellow cards1
1Sar
5Ferdinand
15Vidić
3Evra
2Neville
16Carrick
18Scholes
11Giggs
7Ronaldo
8Rooney
9Saha
| Starting XI | Min | G | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin van der Sar | 90 | 0 | · |
| 5 | Rio Ferdinand | 90 | 0 | · |
| 15 | Nemanja Vidić | 90 | 1 | · |
| 3 | Patrice Evra↓ Heinze 67' | 66 | 0 | · |
| 2 | Gary Neville | 90 | 0 | · |
| 16 | Michael Carrick | 90 | 0 | · |
| 18 | Paul Scholes↓ Solskjær 79' | 78 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ryan Giggs↓ Fletcher 74' | 73 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 90 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wayne Rooney | 90 | 0 | · |
| 9 | Louis Saha | 90 | 1 | · |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 4 | Gabriel Heinze | 24 | 0 | · |
| 20 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 12 | 0 | · |
| 24 | Darren Fletcher | 17 | 0 | · |
Unused substitutes
Benfica4-3-3Manager: Fernando Santos
| Starting XI | Min | G | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Quim | 90 | 0 | · |
| 33 | Ricardo Rocha | 90 | 0 | · |
| 6 | Petit | 90 | 0 | · |
| 8 | Kostas Katsouranis | 90 | 0 | · |
| 25 | Nuno Assis↓ Karagounis 73' | 72 | 0 | · |
| 30 | Fabrizio Miccoli↓ Jorge 64' | 63 | 0 | · |
| 21 | Nuno Gomes | 90 | 0 | · |
| 4 | Luisão | 90 | 0 | · |
| 5 | Léo | 90 | 0 | · |
| 22 | Nélson Marcos | 90 | 1 | · |
| 20 | Simão Sabrosa | 90 | 0 | · |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 15 | Paulo Jorge | 27 | 0 | · |
| 26 | Giorgos Karagounis | 18 | 0 | · |
Unused substitutes
3 Anderson9 Mantorras11 Miguelito16 Beto31 Marcelo Moretto
Min Minutes playedG GoalsA Assists