Marco Silva names two surprises in Benfica squad for Hearts tie | OneFootball

Marco Silva has included Gabriel Índio and Miguel Figueiredo as surprise selections for Benfica’s trip to Hearts in the Europa League qualifying second leg.

According to Glorioso 1904, Benfica travel to Scotland for the third qualifying round tie on Thursday.

Gabriel Índio had been a doubt after a left elbow trauma suffered for Benfica B against Leixões, but has recovered in time.

Miguel Figueiredo is added to bolster midfield options, while Fredrik Aursnes remains out. The Norwegian trained on Wednesday but is not fully fit and misses out again.

Hearts, coached by Wouter Vrancken, host at Tynecastle Park on Thursday, 13 August, with kick-off at 19:45.

Goalkeepers: Anatoliy Trubin, Arnas Voitinovicius, Samuel Soares.

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

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

Forwards: Jakub Kaminski, Andreas Schjelderup, Jhon Durán, Vangelis Pavlidis, Rafa Silva, Dodi Lukebakio.

Source: Glorioso 1904

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