Eyes on the first leg of the third round of the Champions League with the Danish team Midtjylland, ears in Nyon to find out the possible rivals in the event of victory in the phase of the play off. This Tuesday was the day that put Benfica to know all the scenarios on the way to the group stage of the Champions League, where FC Porto and Benfica are already present, in a calendar that is particularly full as soon as it opens this August. And the possibilities of choice were not many.
Among the four hypotheses, the rival will be defined: Benfica will face Midtjylland or AEK Larnaca in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League
On the one hand, the winner of the tie between the Ukrainian Dynamo kyiv, who defeated the Turkish Fenerbahçe led by Jorge Jesus, and the Austrian Sturm Graz, runner-up last season behind the champion Salzburg. On the other hand, there was the result of the most anticipated duel of this phase between French Monaco, third-placed in Ligue 1, and Dutch PSV, former team of coach Roger Schmidt who finished the Eredivisie in second place. And there was even the possibility of a duel with Dynamo kyiv or Sturm Graz, with that peculiarity of the Ukrainians they have only played two games in the last eight months – but enough to beat Fenerbahçe.
ℹ️ Play-off round draw
???? Nyon, Switzerland
⏲️ 12:00 CEST
#⃣ #raffleUCL— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) August 2, 2022
All six tied games on Tuesday morning, between the champions path (the top four) and the leagues path (the bottom two) it looked like this:
- Qarabag/Ferencvaros-Sheriff/Viktoria Pilsen
- Bodo Glimt/Zalgiris-Ludogorets/Dinamo Zagreb
- Maccabi Haifa/Apollon Limassol-Red Star/Pyunik
- Copenhagen-Trabzonspor
- Dynamo kyiv/Sturm Graz-Benfica/Midtjylland
- Saint Gilloise/Rangers-Monaco/PSV
✔️???? Training #SLBFCM
#UCL #EuAmoOBenfica pic.twitter.com/u3Vzqs1x6F— SL Benfica (@SLBenfica) August 1, 2022
It is worth remembering that Benfica plays tonight at Luz with Midtjylland, facing the same team in Denmark next Tuesday. In case of passing the reds then touch the play off decisive on August 16/17 and 23/24, with a calendar already loaded this month between Primeira Liga matches.
- Day 2: Champions League, Midtjylland (local, 8:00 p.m.)
- Day 5: Primeira Liga, Arouca (local, 20:15)
- Day 9: Champions League, Midtjylland (away, 18:45)
- Day 12: Primeira Liga, Casa Pia (away, 20:15)
- Day 16/17*: Champions League
- Day 21*: Primeira Liga, P. Ferreira (external)
- Day 23/24*: Champions League
- Day 28*: Primeira Liga, Boavista (away)
* indicative date to be confirmed
Source: Observadora
