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Att. 5000 Igor Cherevchenko 12' 1:0
Kharlachev 61' (second bookable offence)
Reuters. Lokomotiv Moscow, reduced to 10 men in the 61st minute when Yevgeny Kharlachev was sent off for a second bookable offence, held on to beat Croatia's Varteks Varadzin 1-0 in Moscow. Lokomotiv took the lead in the 12th minute. Igor Cherevchenko ran on to a perfectly-weighted pass down the middle, headed the ball down and shot home.Cup Winners Cup
Aleksej Kosolapov 40' 0:1 Davor Vugrinec 63' 1:1 Davor Vugrinec 79' 2:1
Cup Winners Cup
Att.. 10000 Joao Pinto 8' 1:0
Reuters.Cup Winners Cup
A sluggish Benfica struggled to overcome Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0 on Thursday in a second round European Cup Winners' Cup match and may regret a series of missed chances when they travel to Russia for the return leg. Joao Pinto put Benfica in front with a close range goal in the eighth minute but the Lisbon side failed to make their clear superiority count when it came to scoring. In a scrappy match, Benfica lacked the speed and penetration to break down a resolute Lokomotiv who spent most of the game pinned back in their own half. Joao Pinto could do no better than drive the ball against goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov when given a clear run on goal in the opening minutes of the second half. Several more fine saves by the Russian denied an increasingly anxious Benfica a two-goal advantage to take to Moscow in a fortnight's time.
Picture: Oleg Garas against Portugalians.
Moscow, "Lokomotiv" stadium, att. 7000
Referee: Torben Siersen (Denmark)
Andrey Solomatin 9' 1:0
Nicu Panduru 48' 1:1
Oleg Garas 59' 2:1
Osmar Donizetti 63' 2:2
Joao Pinto 90' 3:2
LOKOMOTIV : Ovchinnikov, Solomatin, Drozdov, Kharlachev, Chugajnov,
Kosolapov, Gurenko, Maminov, Garas (Veselov 80), Cherevchenko,
Pashinin
Coach: Yurij Syomin
BENFICA : Preud'homme, Colado, Bermudas, Helder, Dimas, Jamir
(Panduru 40'), Iliev (Soares 85'), Valdo, Donizetti (Airez
85'), Joao Pinto, Jahar
Coach: Paulo Mello
Kharlachev, Gurenko,
Colado, Bermudas Gurenko 30' (second
bookable offence), Syomin 40'
Reuters. (for Russian-readers - Mike Dryomin's report) :Cup Winners Cup
Benfica skipper Joao Vieira Pinto headed a last-minute goal against 10-man Lokomotiv Moscow to earn his side a 3-2 win in the second leg of their European Cup Winners' Cup second round match on Thursday. They won 4-2 on aggregate. Lokomotiv Moscow led twice on the night but the dismissal of Sergei Gurenko on the half hour for his second bookable offence, a tackle from behind, proved too much of a handicap. They went ahead in the ninth minute when Andrei Solomatin picked up a through ball on the edge of the penalty area, evaded a sliding tackle and scored from a tight angle. The Russians had the ball in the net again early in the second half but the effort was ruled offside. Within seconds Romanian Nicu Panduru had equalised from the edge of the penalty area. Oleg Garas gave Lokomotiv the lead after 58 minutes following a brilliant solo run into the penalty area but Candido equalised within five minutes.