Benfica hosts Barcelona in round 2 of the Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Wednesday, September 29th at Estádio da Luz (Lisbon)
So far, Benfica has been quite successful both domestically and internationally. This is especially noticeable against the background of the failures of the 2020/2021 draw. Now the representative of Lisbon was able to single-handedly lead the standings of Primeira Liga thanks to a perfect streak at the start. And the Eagles confidently qualified for the Champions League. Spartak Moscow did not create any problems for them at all, losing both games with a 0-2 score. Then, not without luck, but PSV was eliminated (Benfica won at home and tied away). In the 1st round of the group stage, the Eagles faced their main opponent Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine. And they had chances to actually close the issue of 3rd place, but Yaremchuk and company did not aggrieve Boyko. And the Portuguese club was lucky at the end of the game: Dynamo created a couple of very good chances and even scored, but VAR canceled a goal.
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Barcelona started its way in the Champions League with a 0-3 defeat at home. Yes, the Catalans played against Bayern Munich, and Koeman had few options to rotate the lineup due to personnel losses. But everybody understands that Barcelona is not so formidable now. And the bet on Ronald obviously does not work. There are more and more comparisons with how another Dutchman, van Gaal, worked here. Many "coaching" players appeared in the lineup, and the results became worse. This summer Depay (but Memphis is good, and the club didn’t pay for him) and Luuk De Jong arrived in Barcelona. But losses happened too often. No Messi – no game?
The clubs played against each other in the Champions League in three seasons: 1991/1992, 2005/2006 (in the quarterfinals!), and 2012/2013. Each time Barcelona gained a victory and a draw. Now Benfica will resist the Catalans, so it won't be boring. We think that the fans will see more than two goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
