Benfica set sights on Qarabag in Champions League opener | OneFootball

On the night of Tuesday, September 16, the Benfica team, led by Bruno Lage, will kick off their participation in the Champions League, where they will face Qarabag. Despite the slip-up against Santa Clara, the Setúbal native sees his squad motivated for European nights.

According to what was published in this morning’s edition, September 16, by the newspaper Record, the Eagles are determined to present themselves in the best possible way, in order to deliver a much better response than they did last Friday, September 12, against Santa Clara.

Present at the press conference to preview the match against the Kazakh side, Bruno Lage stated that he wants to see Benfica return to the good performances they have been showing in the millionaires’ competition, particularly against Nice and Fenerbahçe, matches that counted for the Champions League qualifying phase.

The same sports source states that the main objective of this match, besides erasing the image left in Liga Portugal Betclic, in the home game against the Azoreans, is to win and secure the first three points of the competition, in a phase with many tough matches.

The Eagles will also face Chelsea, Newcastle, Bayer Leverkusen, Napoli, Juventus, Ajax, and Real Madrid.

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