Official: Benfica have reasons to smile after Champions League draw | OneFootball

Benfica will face the Czech team Slavia Prague in the round of 32 of the UEFA Youth League, the Champions League for youth teams. The draw for the international competition took place on the morning of this Friday, December 12, in Nyon.

Benfica had an outstanding league phase in the UEFA Youth League. After six games, the Eagles accumulated 15 points, the result of five wins and one loss. They finished in second place in the standings, only behind Chelsea, the only team to defeat the Reds in the initial stage of the competition.

Given this classification achieved by Benfica, the Eagles knew from the start that they would have the home advantage in the next round, and that they would face one of the teams that finished between 17th and 22nd place, after six games in the UEFA Youth League.

After the draw, on the morning of this Friday, December 12, the Eagles learned that they will host the Czech team Slavia Prague at the Seixal Campus (the rival Reds finished the league phase in 20th place, with eight points). The knockout round is a single-leg match and will take place on February 3 or 4.

Check out all the matchups for the round of 32 of the UEFA Youth League here: Chelsea-PSV; Benfica-Slavia Prague; Club Brugge-Monaco; Real Madrid-Marseille; Villarreal-Bayer Leverkusen; Athletic Bilbao-Eintracht Frankfurt; Dynamo Kyiv-Atlético Madrid; Maccabi Haifa-FC Barcelona; Betis-Tottenham; HJK Helsinki-Manchester City; AZ Alkmaar-Borussia Dortmund; Puskás Akadémia FC-Sporting; Dynamo Minsk-Paris Saint-Germain; Cologne-Inter Milan; Legia Warsaw-Ajax; MSK Zilina-Liverpool.

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