This Tuesday, Benfica has a decisive duel with Real Sociedad, which could dictate the future of the ‘reds’ in the Champions League, while Sporting de Braga will have the complicated task of facing Real Madrid.
Starting at 8 p.m., at the Estádio da Luz, the national champions will seek not only their first win but also their first points, after their disastrous entry into Group D, with defeats against Salzburg (2-0), at home , and Inter Milan (1-0), away from home, leaves the team led by Roger Schmidt in the last place in the group.
Real Sociedad and Inter are in the lead, both with four points, followed by Salzburg, with three, so a new defeat for the ‘eagles’, against the San Sebastian team, and a victory for the Italians against the Austrians, would practically put classification in jeopardy. Benfica’s chances of qualifying for the round of 16.
For today’s duel, Schmidt will have to have the squad at its maximum, given the recovery of Di María, Kokçu and Bah, who have been recovering from physical problems in recent weeks.
At the same time, Sporting de Braga receives the ‘almighty’ Real Madrid, record holder of trophies in the main European club competition (14), with the ‘Arsenalists’ arriving at this third matchday with three points in Group C, tied with Napoli and three less than the meringues, who are leading alone. In last place is Unión Berlin, without points.
The ‘false’ entry, even with the Italian champion (2-1 defeat at home), was mitigated in the second round, with a victory over the Germans (3-2), but, in the third round, Minho They will face the current leader of the Spanish championship and that in their first two games in the ‘Champions’ they won both by the smallest difference (1-0 against the Germans and 3-2 against the Neapolitans).
In addition to Inter-Salzburg, from the Benfica group, and Union Berlin-Naples, from the Sporting de Braga group, today there are also two matches from Group A (Galatasaray-Bayern Munich and Manchester United-Copenhagen) and two others from Group B ( Seville-Arsenal and Lens-PSV).
Source: TSF
