Liverpool may feel favored by the draw that matched them with Benfica in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, but they travel to Estadio da Luz to play the first leg with the caution that they will visit a Portuguese team that comes with a rising spirit and ready to fight until the final to get alive to the revenge, which will be played next week at Anfield.
The Reds, who are in the midst of the fight for the Premier League title this season, advanced to this stage after eliminate Inter Milan, with the particularity that they had achieved a full number of victories in their seven previous duels, before falling for the minimum against the Italians in local condition.
That is why those led by Nélson Veríssimo, who won in the round before Ajax with a last-minute goal by the Uruguayan Darwin Nunez, do not lose hope of fighting until the end. Núñez has just scored for Sporting Braga last Friday in his team's defeat (3-2) and has scored four goals in the last five matches with his team.
And although that fall in the domestic competition cut Benfica an unbeaten streak of nine matches in all competitions, in addition to the fact that they have never surpassed the Champions League quarterfinals in their current format, they suggest that Liverpool will have it simple.
The Reds were far from their best level in their victory this weekend against Watford in the Premier League, but they are going through a very solid campaign: the defeat to Inter is the only match they lost in their last 17 appearances in all competitions, and each of their last seven matches away from home has ended in victory, in addition to the fact that Klopp's team spent all February and March without conceding a goal away from home.
Possible trainings:
Benfica: Vlachodimos; Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo; Silva, Mario, Weigl, Everton; Darwin Núñez, Yaremchuk. DT: Nelson Veríssimo
Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago; Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané, Luis Díaz. DT: Jürgen Klopp
Referee: Jesús Gil
Stadium: Estadio da Luz
Time: 20:00 CET/19:00 GMT
16:00 Argentina, Uruguay and Chile
15:00 Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela
14:00 Peru, Colombia and Ecuador
13:00 Mexico City
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