Benfica seeks this Wednesday to reach its 12th victory of the day, in the same number of games played, in the visit to the Italian Juventus, in the second day of Group H of the Soccer Champions League.
The ‘incarnated’ have won all the games played so far, in European competitions and the I League, and now they will face what, in theory, is the most difficult rival to date.
In Turin, the team led by the German Roger Schmidt will face a Juventus that has not shown the brilliance of a recent past in recent years, in an important duel for the final accounts of the group.
Juventus, coming off a draw at home against Salernitana (2-2) in the Italian League, must be Benfica’s main rival in the fight for second place in the ‘poule’, which also includes the French from Paris Saint Germain. more serious contenders for first place, and the Israelis from Maccabi Haifa.
Benfica comes to this game after the long-awaited victory over Maccabi Haifa (2-0), in Luz, while Juventus started the competition with a 2-1 defeat in Paris, and they don’t want to miss out on the two qualifying places. .
In the other group duel, Paris Saint-Germain, led by Danilo, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Renato Sanches, visits Maccabi Haifa, with clear favoritism for the French team.
Today we also highlight Manchester City, led by Rúben Dias, João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva, who host Raphaël Guerreiro’s Borussia Dortmund in Group G, in a match that marks striker Erling Haaland’s reunion with his old team.
Real Madrid, current holder of the trophy, receives the Germans from Leipzig, led by André Silva, in a Group F match.
On Tuesday, Sporting beat Tottenham 2-0 at home, adding their second win in Group D, while FC Porto were thrashed at home by Club Brugge, 4-0, drawing a blank in the ‘poule ‘B.
Source: TSF
