Match preview for Benfica by Barcelona
Benfica and Barcelona meet once again in the Champions League after the thriller nine goals during the league.
Blaugrana will travel to Portugal for the first leg, as Benfica broke Monaco in the Play-Offs 4-3 in inert.
The Hansi Flick side ended second in the ranking, which was completed only by Arne Slot’s Liverpool.
It’s been 10 years since Barca has recently put the famous trophy, but will feel that they have as good opportunity as everyone in competition, especially taking into account the side of the draw.
They will avoid Liverpool and Real Madrid to the final, but they may cross trails with Bayern Munich or Milan, which are certainly not pushovers.
Flick’s men scored incredibly 28 goals in the eight league phase games, 12 more than their opponents in the last-16.
They remain undefeated in 2025 and sit at the top of La Liga, Barcelona’s confidence could not be higher.
Benfica’s 16th finish was not ideal, but they were still fighting at this stage and will not be an easy opponent.
The Portuguese side is the common top of Primeira Liga and strikes a rich vein in the perfect moment.
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– FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona) March 4 2025
Barcelona team news news news
Concerns were raised on the weekend when Gavi was missing from the Barcelona team, but Flick confirmed that the midfielder would return from the disease to the action of the middle week.
However, Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen will all lose by injury.
The good news for Barca is that their terrible attack, such as Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha are all suitable and healthy.
For Benfica, Florentino will be missing despite the ban on competition due to thigh injury.
Alexander Bach, Manu Silva, Tiago Gouveia have suffered knee injuries.
Renato Sanches and Angel Di Maria will also be out for the hosts, but Bruma will return after the Europa League ban.
Expected lines for Benfica by Barcelona
Benfica: Trubin? Araujo, otamendi, Silva, Carreras. Kokcu, Barreiro, Aursnes. Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Bruma
Barcelona: Szczesny? Seven, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde. Pedri, de long. Yalmal, Gavi, Raphinha. Professor
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– SL Benfica (@slbenfica) 27 February 2025
How to watch Benfica by Barcelona: TV channel, online live flow
The race will appear live on TNT Sports 3 in the UK starting at 20:00. You can also pass it on to the Discovery+app.
