In a poster referring to very distant periods in the history of Portuguese football, Benfica measures its strength, today at noon, with Casa Bella, who is looking to achieve a fourth victory in many official matches at the beginning of the early season.

In the first match of the tournament as a visitor, after counting (7-2) from the third qualifying round to reach the group stage of the Champions League with Midtjylland arranged in Denmark, the Eagle faces traveling more kilometers than initially planned, thus returning to a stage it knows well, The Estádio Municipal Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, in Leiria, has long been removed from the spotlight in national football with U Leiria dropping into the minor divisions.

With the death of Fernando Chalana taking the spotlight away from the main team activity in recent days, even leading to the cancellation of the preview conference for this trip by Roger Schmidt, expectations remain as to whether or not David Neres will return. Trident to support Gonzalo Ramos.

Remember that the Brazilian winger did not travel with the team to Denmark due to a muscle problem that the German coach said does not worry, so he is expected to return to the starting lineup today.

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