Boca Juniors V Benfica: alignments, statistics and preview

Boca Juniors V Benfic Match preview

Boca Juniors, thirty-five years old, Boca Juniors will try to reach the FIFA World Cup final for the second time in its history when the C Group campaign begins against Benfica Monday.

The game will be the beginning of the third spell by the director Miguel Angel Russo, who became head of the mouth in 2007.

“We need to live up to the task,” said the Argentine Exharmpist. “We will have a high level, where very few compete and we have the privilege of being.

“I focused a lot on physical appearance … what things were done well and what was done wrong. We sought a balance.

“Boca has to compete as he has throughout his history. This is a unique and difficult thing against very high -level teams. But mouth is mouth and must (challenge) according to his story.”

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While Boca has 16 games in its season, the Benfica campaign ended with a cruel style in the Portugal stain final on May 25, when they were 1-0 ahead against the sport until a penalty added 11 minutes before losing 3-1 after the additional time.

Benfica finished second in the league in the league, won the Portuguese League Cup and made the 16 Champions League round.

“To be able to represent a club like the Benfica in this tournament is a great source of pride,” said Migcampista Leandro Barreiro, via road through Ball.

“It’s not every day you have the opportunity to play against one of these teams and we look forward to seeing the atmosphere and making the most of the game.

“We arrived (on Thursday), (Friday) we had a relaxed training session. Everyone is ready. We slept well. We are already at the pace of training and I don’t see much tiredness.”

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Boca Juniors striker, Edinson Cavani, recovers a tear, but could return to his second groups against Bayern Munich on Friday.

Marco Pellegrino has been trained separately while recovering from a torn muscle, but the defender Luis Advincula and Winger Malcom Braida could return.

Initially, Ayrton Costa was denied a visa due to a test conviction he accepted by 2023 to prevent the trial for an alleged robbery in 2018, but has now been allowed to join the center.

“We are mouth, we are huge and let’s not forget,” Costa said. “I am happy to be here. I thank the club for holding up to the end and Russo for having put myself on the list.

“I was told they would confirm the visa by email, but they did not send anything and called me from an unknown number about four times. I didn’t want to answer, but I did it and that was when they told me to go for it.

“The first person I said was permission was my mother. I was eager and that’s the one that is always there when the lights go out. It was very happy.

“I’m tired of the trip but I’m really excited. The team is very hungry and eager for glory.”

Alexander Bah and midfielder Manu have not played Benfica since he suffered injuries in his knee in a few minutes in February.

Defender Tomas Araujo linked to a transfer to Chelsea This week and striker Vangelis Pavlidis could be a player to see, after having produced 19 goals and seven assists in the league last season, the most direct participation of the goals of the first Portuguese flight of anyone, except Sporting’s VKTOR.

Boca Juniors V Benfica planned

Boca Juniors starting xi: Marchesin; Blondel, Figual, Red, White; Zenon, Alarcon, Delgado, Velasco; Palacios, merentiel

Benfica starting XI: Soares; Otamendi, Silver, Carreras; Araujo, Cockcu, Luis, Dahl; Bruma, Akturoklu; Pveldis