Benfica seeks this Monday to confirm qualification for the group stage of the Football Champions League in the reception to the Ukrainians of the Dynamo of kyiv, with a 2-0 advantage achieved in the first leg of the “play off“.
The “incarnates” are trying to maintain the record of 100% victories this season — in addition to the victory in Lodz, on the Ukrainian “turf”, scored two wins in the third qualifying round of “Champions” and another two in the I League–, in the match scheduled for 8:00 p.m., at the Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon.
Benfica is looking for its 17th appearance in the “Champions” groups, the second in a row, after beating Spartak Moscow and PSV Eindhoven in 2021/22, and join the national champion FC Porto and the “vice” Sporting, both already qualified for this phase.
Even with the advantage achieved with the goals of Gilberto and Gonçalo Ramos in Lodz, Poland, where the first leg was played, due to the war in Ukraine, coach Roger Schmidt must present an “eleven” identical to that of the first matchesafter Gonçalo Ramos and David Neres recovered from injuries.
Benfica and Dinamo kyiv will face each other starting at 8:00 p.m., at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, in the second leg of the “play offof the Champions League, in a match that will be refereed by Frenchman Clément Turpin.
Source: Observadora
