Benfica once again faces FC Barcelona, current European champion, and FC Rosengard in the Group stage of the Women’s Champions League.in a group that will also include the Germans from Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Eagles almost completely repeat last season’s group, in which they were part of the Spanish team, which beat Wolfsburg in the final (3-2), and the Swedish team, but also the very strong Bayern Munich, now ‘exchanged’ by the Germans from Eintracht.
In the draw held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Benfica was presented as the 10th team with the best coefficient and in pot 3, knowing that, at the start, they would always have some of the sharks of European women’s football ahead of them.
Even so, Benfica manages to be in a restricted range of clubs which managed to access the group stage since it was introduced in 2021/22 and which only includes FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, in addition to the ‘eagles’.
The draw opens Some possibilities for Filipa Patão’s teamwhich despite having FC Barcelona, is currently considered the best team in the worldEuropean champion and with a base of world champions in Spain, he may have some discussions with Rosengard and Eintracht.
Last season, the team had no chance against the Spanish team (6-2 losses at home and 9-0 away), but won both games against Rosengard (3-1 away and 1-0 at home), Although the Swedes currently look like a stronger team and started in the Pot 2 draw.
One great unknown This is Eintracht Frankfurt, a team that reaches this stage after having eliminated Czech Slovacko and, in the two-legged tie, Sparta Prague, but also Juventus.
In the German league, the team has only four points in four games, one of which was the recent draw against Bayern Munich.
In group A, FC Barcelona’s qualification prediction for the quarter-finals seems safe, with the second and final place in dispute between Rosengard, Eintracht and Benfica, in a classification that would always be historic for the ‘eagles’.
The draw also defined the ‘record’ of titles Lyon, Slavia Prague, St. Pölten and Brann in group B, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Roma and Ajax in C, and Chelsea, Real Madrid, Häcken and Paris FC in D.
The group stage matches will be played between November 14/15 (1st round) and January 30/31 (Friday), with The draw for the quarterfinals and semifinals is scheduled for February 6.
Source: TSF
