Marco Silva with two surprise picks for Hearts v Benfica | OneFootball

Benfica’s delegation is heading to Scotland, where, this Thursday, they will face Hearts in the second leg of the third qualifying round for the Europa League. Marco Silva’s squad list is already known, and there are two surprises.

Gabriel Índio had gone off injured in Benfica B’s match against Leixões after suffering trauma to his left elbow, and he was at one point doubtful for the European fixture. However, the injury turned out to be nothing more than a scare, and the new Benfica signing recovered in time to be included in the squad for the trip to Scotland.

The other new name is Miguel Figueiredo, called up by Marco Silva to strengthen the midfield options. The young Portuguese player will therefore travel with the first team at a time when Fredrik Aursnes remains unavailable for the match. The Norwegian trained with the group this Wednesday, but he is not in the best physical condition and was once again left out.

Marco Silva led the delegation that arrived at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon early in the afternoon. There, Rui Costa spoke to journalists, while several players took the opportunity to sign autographs and take photos with the fans who turned out to say goodbye to the team before the trip.

Benfica return to action this Thursday, August 13, against Hearts. The match, the second leg of the third Europa League qualifying round, against the side coached by Wouter Vrancken, will be played at 7:45 pm at Tynecastle Park.

This is Benfica’s squad list:

Goalkeepers: Anatoliy Trubin, Arnas Voitinovicius and Samuel Soares;

Defenders: Alexander Bah, Daniel Banjaqui, Amar Dedic, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Gabriel Índio, Samuel Dahl and José Neto;

Midfielders: Enzo Barrenechea, Georgiy Sudakov, Leandro Barreiro, Miguel Figueiredo, Richard Ríos, Manu Silva and Gianluca Prestianni;

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