GREAT TACKLE! Orsic feeds Gavranovic on the edge of the box and the striker takes a touch before attempting to prod into the bottom-right corner. Ferro does enough to get a block in and Situm heads narrowly wide of the near post from the resultant corner.
90' +2
Cervi's delivery is poor and Gavranovic is there to head away the danger. Dinamo are desperate to start winding down the clock now.
90' +1
Moro is a bit too keen to beat Grimaldo to the ball and catches the left-back, conceding a free-kick out wide that gives Benfica a chance to put the ball into the box.
90'
There will be a minimum of three minutes added on.
89'
M. Gavranović enters the game and replaces B. Petković.
Goalscorer Petkovic goes off to a great reception, with Gavranovic coming on in his stead to close out the match.
88'
Situm gives the ball away, passing straight to Pires 30 yards from goal. The midfielder takes a shot with his left foot but slips as he does so and fails to get anywhere near the target.
84'
M. Šitum enters the game and replaces D. Kądzior.
Dinamo's second change sees Situm replace Kadzior for the final five minutes or so.
83'
I. Šunjić gets yellow.
Sunjic is shown a yellow card for taking out Corchia. He went to ground early and caught the defender on his foot. Corchia appeared to be stumbling as he tried to sidestep the midfielder, though.
82'
Pires attempts to squeeze a pass through to Grimaldo as the left-back bursts forward, but Stojanovic snuffs it out. Time is running out for Benfica to get an away goal.
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81'
Rafa whips in a corner from the right but it's flicked beyond everybody in the box. The visitors manage to regain possession quickly but they are unable to find a route through the stern Dinamo defence.
79'
Olmo darts down the left wing and gets to the byline in the box. He attempts to drill a low cross in but it's blocked and bounces off him before going behind, giving Benfica a goal-kick.
78'
N. Moro enters the game and replaces A. Gojak.
Gojak makes way for Moro in a like-for-like substitution.
77'
Rafa dribbles in from the left and feeds Joao Felix. The striker attempts a one-two with Zivkovic but his touch is poor and Dinamo are able to bundle the ball to safety.
75'
P. Stojanović gets yellow.
Gojak dribbles towards the box but pokes a poor pass to his right in an attempt to tee up a team-mate. There really is very little fluidity to this match.
Stojanovic goes into the book for a clumsy tackle on Cervi, with Dinamo trying to win the ball back after giving it away cheaply.
74'
Stojanovic breaks from a corner but lofts his clearance straight up under pressure from Rafa. A poor first touch from the Benfica man hands possession straight back, though, and a chance to exploit the counter-attack vanishes.
72'
The game has become very scrappy and Rafa is the latest player to commit a cheap foul, taking Dilaver down inside the Dinamo half. Benfica need to stop giving away free-kicks as they are enabling Dinamo to get out of their half too easily.
71'
A. Živković enters the game and replaces Gedson Fernandes.
Zivkovic is sent on by Lage, with Fernandes the man to make way. It's an attacking change for Benfica.
69'
The free-kick is swung towards the back post and Dias gets his head to it. However, he's underneath the ball and can only send his effort looping over.
68'
M. Leovac gets yellow.
Leovac is shown a yellow card for catching Joao Felix with his elbow when attempting to win the ball. That will rule him out of the return leg.
66'
Benfica look to work an opening down the right but a reverse pass from Cervi fails to find a team-mate. In his desire to win the ball back, Dias chops down Petkovic and the referee blows for a foul.
64'
Ferro catches Petkovic wide on the right when he really didn't need to, as it looked like the ball was going out of play. Orsic sends the free-kick towards Gojak at the top of the box but he's penalised for a foul on Joao Felix.
62'
Pires gives away a needless free-kick with a tackle on Petkovic, relieving the pressure on Dinamo. Benfica have been dominating possession in this half.
58'
Rafa enters the game and replaces Florentino.
Benfica make a change with Rafa coming on for Florentino Luis - Bruno Lage is clearly looking for a bit more creativity.
56'
The away side are setting up camp in Dinamo's half, looking for that opening to attack. Grimaldo tries to find it with a pass into Cervi on the left flank, but he can't control it and Dinamo win a throw.
54'
Benfica are looking to slow this game down with some considered passing between their defenders. It's patient football, but a long pass looking for Felix gives Livakovic a chance to take hold of the ball and start a Dinamo attack.
50'
Perhaps Dinamo manager Nenad Bjelica had a word with his players at the break as they're now putting the Benfica back four under pressure when they're trying to build play from the back. They need to make sure they press as a unit and they don't leave gaps, but it seems to make their opponents uncomfortable.
48'
It's a similar rhythm to the first half with Benfica dominating the ball in the early exchanges, but a long Corchia throw into the box is the closest they've come to troubling the Dinamo defenders.
Dinamo have a chance to counter from the throw and drive up to the Benfica penalty area, but Olmo tries his luck from outside the box and he shoots over.
46'
We're back in action with Dinamo defending a narrow lead against a Benfica side desperate for an away goal at the very least to take back to Lisbon.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: DINAMO ZAGREB 1-0 BENFICA.
45'
Kadzior tries to beat Ferro out wide on the left and successfully draws the foul with not long to go until half-time. The free-kick is cleared, but Dinamo retain the ball.
43'
Benfica are countering after a Dinamo possession in the away side's defensive third, but they can't poke the ball through and, again, Dinamo clear and relieve the pressure.
42'
Benfica can't let their heads drop now. They're behind, but they were in complete control up until that point. They need to stay composed and keep playing the way they were before conceding, perhaps with a bit more penetration.
38'
Penalty goal scored by B. Petković for Dinamo Zagreb!
1-0 DINAMO! Petkovic, as cool as you like, tucks his right-footed penalty away to give the home side the lead. The fans are jubilant!
35'
F. Cervi enters the game and replaces H. Seferović.
That's Seferovic done unfortunately and Cervi comes on to replace him.
30'
Benfica clear two corners in a row and Olmo sends his shot wide from outside the box after the ball fell kindly for him. It was speculative and he perhaps should have looked to get it back into the box.
29'
Grimaldo is absolutely incensed that Michael Oliver has awarded a free-kick for a foul on Kadzior and Dinamo nearly make it count as Vlachodimos has to tip it over the bar for a corner.
27'
Orsic seems to be Dinamo's main threat and, once again, he tries to get the ball into the box, but Benfica clear towards Felix. He doesn't keep the ball either and Dinamo are straight back down the other end, resulting in a shot by Kadzior.
23'
Dinamo do, however, retain the ball momentarily, though they can't for long and give away a throw. Once more, Benfica are in the driving seat.
21'
Livakovic catches Grimaldo's corner, launches a ball up the field, but it's straight into Vlachodimos' grateful hands at the other end. Benfica are back in possession, such has been the theme of this game so far.
19'
That's not a bad effort from Olmo at all. He's outside the box, but unleashes a fierce right-footed shot and Vlachodimos gets down low to his left and saves at his near post.
18'
That possession nearly resulted in another chance as Corchia gets into the box with some skill and crosses across goal, but Felix can't make contact with the ball and Dinamo clear for a corner, though nothing arises from it.
15'
Olmo shows off his skill with a few lovely touches in the centre of the pitch and plays Kadzior in, but he's flagged for offside. He thought he was away there.
14'
Dinamo are really applying some pressure at present, mainly through Orsic, who tries to fashion another chance for himself, but it's defended and cleared. Benfica now are on the attack.
12'
Orsic now charges towards the opposition box after capitalising on some slack Benfica possession, but his right-footed curled shot goes wide of the post. It was never really troubling Vlachodimos.
7'
Felix uses his body well deep in the Dinamo defensive third and wins a throw, but the home side clear and it's their turn to try and create something.
5'
After a positive start from Dinamo, in which they tried to put the Benfica back four under some early pressure, the away side finally have some control and they're building up play nicely, though Corchia's cross is cleared and they have to recycle and start again.
4'
Kadzior tried to float in a free-kick from the right, but it doesn't beat the first defender. The ball is sent back to Livakovic, but his kick is wasteful and Benfica now have possession.
2'
Benfica, in red, couldn't keep hold of possession from kick-off and Dinamo almost found a route into the box from Livakovic's goal-kick early on, but the final pass let them down after some neat interplay.
1'
The music has been played, referee Michael Oliver's whistle has gone and we're underway.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Europa League last-16 fixture between Dinamo Zagreb and Benfica.
DINAMO ZAGREB XI (4-1-4-1): Dominik Livakovic; Petar Stojanovic, Kevin Theophile-Catherine, Emir Dilaver, Marin Leovac; Ivan Sunjic; Damian Kadzior, Amer Gojak, Dani Olmo, Mislav Orsic; Bruno Petkovic.
DINAMO ZAGREB SUBS: Danijel Zagorac, Mario Gavranovic, Amir Rrahmani, Mario Situm, Iyayi Atiemwen, Nikola Moro, Dino Peric.
BENFICA XI (4-4-2): Odisseas Vlachodimos; Sebastien Corchia, Ruben Dias, Ferro, Alex Grimaldo; Gelson Fernandes, Florentino Luis, Gabriel Pires, Filip Krovinovic; Joao Felix, Haris Seferovic.
Both sides are top of their domestic leagues - Benfica by two points and Zagreb by 14 - and undefeated in their previous five league matches, fuelling them both with confidence ahead of what should be a cracking Europa League tie.
The teams are out and we’re minutes from kick-off in the first leg of this last-16 clash.
Thanks a lot for joining us and goodbye for now!
Benfica are not back in action until a meeting with Belenenses on Monday, three days before the second leg, while Dinamo host Rijeka 24 hours earlier. That gives them a bit of extra time to prepare for the return match at the Estadio da Luz next Thursday.
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