CL | Round 2: SL Benfica - FC Barcelona 3-0

[Barcilliant]

This is a tough game. At best I see a draw.

 

[FCBarca]

Grimaldo facing Barca, will be interesting to see who plays RB and has to face the former La Masia gem. On the plus side, Seferovic is a donkey of a scorer analogous to Luuk De Jong

 

[Andresito]

Grimaldo facing Barca, will be interesting to see who plays RB and has to face the former La Masia gem. On the plus side, Seferovic is a donkey of a scorer analogous to Luuk De Jong

Seferovic is injured.

 

[Messi983]

Won't be an easy game. Benfica are coming with good form. 7 out of 7 wins in the league so far.

Seems like they play a 3-4-3. Not lacking experience at the back with Otamendi and Vertonghen. And of course the lost son Grimaldo. The "next Busquets" is also at Benfica, Julian Weigl whom we had an interest in many years ago.
An old [MENTION=20930]Messi983[/MENTION] favourite (IIRC) is their top scorer: Darwin Nunez.

Still believe he'll turn out a very good player. Currently he's playing mostly as a LW with a new signing Yaremchuk upfront and Rafa Silva on the right. And as you said their last year top scorer Haris Seferovic is injured.

 

[FCBarca]

Seferovic is injured.

Advantage Benfica then

 

[ajnotkeith]

Benfica is a more technical less physical team so they suit us more but their attack is very good and can test us defensively, with pacy and physical players.

 

[serghei]

Benfica is a more technical less physical team so they suit us more but their attack is very good and can test us defensively, with pacy and physical players.

Yeah, worried about our defense, but we can certainly score several goals ourselves.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Yeah, worried about our defense, but we can certainly score several goals ourselves.

Depay and Fati dribbling Otamendi. I think we got AT LEAST one penalty in the pocket. Maybe Red Card too..

You can always trust Otamendi to mess it up once.

Very positive on this!

(If he follows his Argentina trend).

 

[Horatio]

Ah yeah...this is an away game. Might lose, draw, win this one.

 

[Barcilliant]

Ah yeah...this is an away game. Might lose, draw, win this one.

We don't even win our home games anymore. Before that was a given.

 

[i_bleed_blaugrana]

If Roberto starts, automatic L and Koeman is blind, sackless and hasnt learned shit.

Tonight will tell us A LOT about Koeman.

 

[Nazario1985]

100% confident we gonna trash them, benfica are garbage as garbage can be this season

 

[JohnN]

Fati first CL hattrick incomming!

 

[delancey]

100% confident we gonna trash them, benfica are garbage as garbage can be this season

Why do you say that? They have 7 league wins (out of 7 matches played). In other words, undefeated. They are also above us by 1 point in the CL. Finally, They haven?t been humiliated in the Champion?s League (yet). Needless to say, we were!

 

[Nazario1985]

Why do you say that? They have 7 league wins (out of 7 matches played). In other words, undefeated. They are also above us by 1 point in the CL. Finally, They haven?t been humiliated in the Champion?s League (yet). Needless to say, we were!

Have you watched those league games ? most of their goals are pure second division defensive errors.

In CL They don't even reach serious stages to be humiliated.

Put them against a PSG or City and it would be a goal fiesta.