Grimaldo reacts to Benfica reunion in Champions League, fans go wild | OneFootball

On August 28th, Benfica learned about its opponents for the regular phase of the Champions League. Among the various familiar faces that the eagles will encounter, such as Álvaro Carreras from Real Madrid and Enzo Fernández from Chelsea, there is also Alejandro Grimaldo.

The former wing-back of the reds will return to the Estádio da Luz serving Bayer Leverkusen and he was quick to react to the return to his old 'home' on social media, two years after leaving Benfica.

"Back home," wrote the Spanish footballer on the social network 'X', in a description that accompanies a photo of himself kissing the Benfica emblem on his farewell to the red fans, at the end of the 2022/2023 season.

Alejandro Grimaldo moved to Benfica in January 2016, coming from Barcelona. In six and a half years with the eagle on his chest, the left-back played 300 games for the reds, before leaving for Bayer Leverkusen on a free transfer in the summer of 2023.

The scheduling of the matches will only be known tomorrow, June 30th. However, the matches will be played on the following dates, according to the UEFA: September 16th to 18th; September 30th and October 1st; October 21st and 22nd; November 4th and 5th; November 25th and 26th; December 9th and 10th; January 20th and 21st and January 28th.

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