UEFA bans Benfica from visiting Juventus in Champions League | OneFootball

Benfica is prohibited from visiting Juventus in the league phase of the Champions League next season. The announcement was made by UEFA and released last Tuesday, November 4. The measure aims to prevent the repetition of matches for the third consecutive year.

The governing body of European football has made changes to the draw rules and, starting from the next edition, if a match has already taken place in the previous two years, as is the case with Juventus - Benfica, Liverpool - Real Madrid, and Inter - Arsenal, it cannot happen again.

"If teams that have already faced each other in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League in the 2024/25 season are drawn against each other again in the 2025/26 season, with the same team playing at home, these teams cannot be drawn against each other in the 2026/27 season," reads the new regulation.

On their last trip to Turin, Benfica ended up defeating the Vecchia Signora 2-0. Vangelis Pavlidis and Orkun Kokçu scored the goals for the Eagles on that occasion. This year, the match is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 p.m. on January 21.

Benfica will be back on the pitch next Wednesday, November 5, against Bayer Leverkusen, in a Champions League match. The game against the team led by Kasper Hjulmand will be played at 8:00 p.m. at Estádio da Luz.

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