Benfica take on the visitors Midtjylland in the first leg of UEFA Champions League qualification semifinals. The match will be played on Tuesday, August 2nd at Estádio da Luz (Lisbon).
Benfica in 2019 became the champion of Portugal for a record 37th time. Then the Eagles were pushed back to 2nd place. To remedy this, the experienced Jorge Jesus was returned to Lisbon and carried out several serious, especially by local standards, transfer campaigns. But the only serious result was reaching the playoffs of last season of the Champions League. They broke up with the mentor shortly after that, somehow reaching the final 3rd place in Primeira. At the same time, Benfica sold out players for 100+ million. The lion's share of this amount was laid out by Liverpool for Darwin Nunez. But they also added Everton, Jota, Pereiro, Seferovic, Gedson Fernandez, and Pizzi and Svilar simply expired contracts. At the same time, Ristic was picked up on the free agent market, and David Neres, Enzo Fernandez, Joao Victor, Bach and Musa were bought for 46 million. Not one of them is a striker - does the new coach believe that the Ukrainian Yaremchuk, who was bought a year ago, will reveal his potential to the maximum?
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Midtjylland have been among the leaders of Danish football in recent years. In 2018 and 2020, they even managed to get the title, but in other draws, the Wolves also took silver, thanks to which they started in the Champions League qualification. In 2020, they even managed to get into the main round of the tournament and gain experience playing in the company with Liverpool, Ajax and Atalanta. Now the wards of Bo Henriksen have an extremely difficult matches against AEK behind their backs. At home, the Scandinavians suddenly conceded first, and were saved from disgrace by the goal of their captain, center back Svyatchenko. In Larnaca, the sides quickly, before the 12th minute, exchanged goals, and so they didn’t score again until the penalty shootout in which the Danes they manage to knock out the uncompromising Cypriots.
Benfica have not previously crossed paths with Midtjylland. But her new coach has experience successfully overcoming the Danish hurdle. Bookmakers see no signs of intrigue in this pair. The offer looks nice with a bet on the victory of the Eagles in the 1st half and the match.
Prediction for the match: Benfica to win.
