These are 2 high-sounding names in great difficulty who find themselves at the Luz stadium, this Wednesday evening, for the fourth day of the regular phase of
Champions League (kick-off at 9 p.m.). Respectively 35th and 30th in the ranking at the start of the week, Benfica Lisbon and Bayer Leverkusen are very far from maintaining their status at the start of the European campaign.
José Mourinho is however categorical: the Eagles still have the means to grab the top 24 if they no longer burn out a joker. This requires an imperative victory against a Leverkusen team which no longer has much of the sparkling formation which still lit up Europe a year ago. Slapped by Paris Saint-Germain (2-7) before a new disappointment against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga (0-3), Bayer is already up against the wall, too…
The expected compositions
Benfica : Trubin; Aursnes, Otamendi, T Araujo, Dahl; Barrenechea, Rios; Schjelderup, Sudakov, Lukebakio; Pavlidis
Leverkusen : Flekken; Tapsoba, Balde, Quansah; Grimaldo, Garcia, Echeverri, Arthur; Poku, Kofane; Schick
Where to watch the match?
This Champions League match between Benfica Lisbon and Bayer Leverkusen will be broadcast this Wednesday on Canal + Live 6, from 9 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the group’s streaming platform, MyCanal.
