Benfica take on the visitors in the first leg of UEFA Europa League quarterfinals. The match will be played on Thursday, April 11th at Estádio da Luz (Lisbon).
Benfica convincingly regained the Primeira Liga title in 2023. And at the same time, they showed themselves worthy in the Champions League. It is not surprising that against the backdrop of this, Roger Schmidt, who arrived that off-season, was rushed to extend his contract. And a number of brilliant football players were sold. The situation is standard, especially since there were also quite a few newcomers, including Trubin. But at the same time, the red-whites clearly gave up. On the domestic stage, they recently lost to Sporting in the semi-finals of the national cup and are behind their neighbors in the Primeira Liga. In the Champions League, the victory in the 6th round in Salzburg saved me from shame - it allowed me to get ahead of Red Bull. Having thus gone to the Europa League, at least there the Portuguese showed themselves worthy, successively knocking out Toulouse and Rangers (Glasgow).
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Marseille has been changing coaches lately. In the last round, the 1/8 finals, Olympic beat Villarreal, having decided everything in the first match, which was won against the Spaniards 4-0. It is noteworthy that Marcelino, who headed the yellow submarine, prepared the French for the current season, and even started it, but left amid an acute conflict between the fans and the leadership of the Provencals. Moreover, after him, Gattuso also managed to work at the Velodrome, and it was Gennaro who led the team in Hamburg when it drew with Shakhtar. But Aubameyang and company won against the Orange-and-Blacks in a strong-willed style against Gasse, who made a decent start in the national championship in his new position. Well, then there was the already mentioned defeat of the ex-mentor of the French at home, after which the submariners were allowed to say goodbye to the tournament like gentlemen, losing to the hosts 0-1 on their field.
In 1990, still in the European Cup format, the sides exchanged victories, both times with a minimal difference, 1-0 and 2-1. But in March 2010, already in the knockout games, the Eagles advanced, winning 2-1 at the Vélodrome after a draw in Portugal. Both clubs have raised questions about their current form. But the game between them should not be boring, so we bet on total over 2.5 goals scored
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
