This Tuesday, March 11 at 18:45, the Pasa to the quarterfinals of the Champions League is played by FC Barcelona and Benfica. After 0-1 in the first leg in Portuguese territory, both teams have the possibility of going round.
Barcelona has a great opportunity to win because they start with a short advantage and play at home. On the other hand, Benfica will have to do the epic and overcome the confrontation, compensating for the bad first leg that were not able to make a goal in their own home against 10 players.
Barcelona players are all available, except for Pau Cubarsí that after the expulsion of the first leg he will not play the game. Hansi Flick has two options to cover that decline with Eric Garcia or Ronald Araujo, but as happened after the expulsion, Flick will opt with the Uruguayan player who is already fully recovered from his injury.
Benfica will face the return of the round of 16 with the important decline of Álvaro Carreras, sanctioned after seeing its third yellow card in the competition. The Spanish side, one of the most prominent players of the Lisbon team both in the league phase and in the first leg, had been a constant headache for Barca defense with its ability to overflow on the outside and move freely in interior areas.
To this absence is added that of Ángel Di María, whose lesion in the hamstrings has departed from the game lands in recent weeks, leaving the Portuguese without one of their greatest offensive references for the decisive duel in Montjuic.
Confirmed Alignment of Barcelona against Benfica
Hansi Flick holder is as follows: Szczęsny; Balde, Araujo, Iñigo Martínez, Kounde; Of Jong, Pedri, Dani Olmo; Lamine Yamal, Raphinha; Lewandowski.
Benfica confirmed alignment against Barcelona
Bruno Lage’s eleven is as follows: Trubin; Tomás Araujo, Antonio Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl; Florentino, Fredrik Aursnes, Orkun Kokcu; Akturboglu, Pavlidis and Schjelderup.
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