Inter visit Benfica in one of the clashes that will kick off the duels program for the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions Leaguewhich will also offer the match between Manchester City and Bayern Munich in England.
The match will kick off at 16:00 (Argentina time) at the Estadio de la Luz and will be officiated by England’s Michael Oliver. It will broadcast ESPN and Star+.
This duel will have the Argentine participation due to the ownership of Lautaro Martínez, but will not count on the presence of Nicola Otamendipoint of reference in Benfica, because he has to serve a suspension.
The Portuguese club just eliminated Bruges from Belgium 7-1 on aggregate in the round of 16 and are seven points clear of rivals Porto in the local competition. It was precisely against that rival that they lost the classic 2-1 last weekend.
For their part, those led by Simone Inzaghi will clash again with a Portuguese team, after eliminating Porto in the round of 16, in which is their main objective, given that in Serie A they are in fifth position, looking for points that allow him to secure his place in the next Champions League.
The history between the two teams is made up of three matches, in which the Azzurri obtained two victories while the others drew. The last match dates back to the round of 16 of the 2003/2004 Europa League, when Inter progressed to the quarter-finals after winning 4-3.
= Possible formations =
Benfica: Odyssey Vlachodimos; Alexander Bah, Antonio Silva, Gilberto, Alejandro Grimaldo; Chiquinho, Fiorentino Luis; João Mário, Fredrik Aursnes, Rafa Silva; Goncalo Ramos. DT: Roger Schmidt.
Inter: Andre Onana; Matteo Darmian, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Denzel Dumfries, Nicolò Barella, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez and Edin Dzeko. DT: Simone Inzaghi.
Plan: 16 hours
TV: ESPN and Star+
stadium: Stadium of Light
Referee: M.Oliver
Source: Clarin
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