This Saturday, Benfica seeks to overtake Sporting and take the provisional lead of the I Liga, when it travels to the Estoril Praia stadium, on the eighth day of the competition.
The national champion occupies second place in the championship, one point behind its Lisbon rival, which will enter the field on Sunday to host Arouca, in the last match of the day, shortly after FC Porto, third, three points behind the lions. Playing at home with Portimonense.
The 1-0 defeat suffered on Tuesday at Inter Milan weakened the position of the red team in the fight for qualification for the round of 16 of the Champions League and cost two players out due to injury: defender Alexander Bah and striker Ángel Di María, Benfica’s top scorer this season, with six goals.
Estoril XI: Marcelo Carné, Vital, Volnei, Rafik Guitane, Cassiano, Rodrigo Gomes, Pedro Álvaro, Tiago Araújo, Mateus Fernandes, Koindredi and Heri
Benfica’s XI: Trubin, António Silva, Neres, Aursnes, Jurásek, Tengstedt, João Mário, Chiquinho, Rafa, Otamendi and Florentino
Estoril Substitutes:
Benfica substitutes: Samuel Soares, Tomás Araújo, Morato, Juan Bernat, João Neves, Tiago Gouveia, Gonçalo Guedes, Arthur Cabral and Musa.
Source: TSF
