Olympiastadion (Berlin) Thursday, October 23rd, 2008   UEFA Cup Attendance: 26,144         Hertha Berlin 1-1 Benfica
2008 /09

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Well, the official attendance was over 26,000 but I'd be surprised if it was over 20k in reality. An absolutely bone chillingly freezing cold night for the UEFA Cup game in Berlin. Benfica played well for much of this one and took the lead in the second half through Di Maria, but Hertha caused them problems more as the game wore on. Voronin in particular was given numerous chances but managed to waste the lot of them. Hertha's equaliser came through substitute Marko Pantelic, with an absolutely brilliant drive into the top corner from outside the box