Dynamo Kyiv – Benfica Lisbon, the match of the first play-off of the UEFA Champions League, will take place on Wednesday, August 17, in Łódź (Poland) from 22:00 live on Digi Sport. 1, Prima Sport 1 and Orange Sport 1.
Dynamo Kyiv defeated Fenerbahce (0-0 home and 2-1 away) and Sturm Graz (1-0 home and 2-1 away) in the previous matches, each time after extra time, but Benfica » — a team of different caliber, confirmed two direct matches last season, from the group stage, 0-2 in Lisbon and 0-0 in Ukraine.
Benfica entered the competition directly in the last preliminary round, where they beat the Danes from Midjtillan 4-1 (a) and 3-1 (d) without any right of appeal.
Mircea Lucescu will try another miracle in the “double” with “Benfica”, considering that “Dynamo” Kyiv was left without “foreigners” and trains and plays in Poland (by the way, this match is also played in Łódź, where both those from Fenerbahce and Storming Graz).
Moreover, the team from Ukraine has not played a single official match before, until the previous Champions League tournament, from December 2021!
On a personal level, Mircea Lucescu, who turned 77, can reach a unique milestone in the history of European football: he needs 15 more matches to become the first manager to reach 300 European matches at team level. club benches, but also at the level of national teams!
Il Luce has so far played 285 matches in the European Cups and leads the top, which also includes such huge names as Alex Ferguson (278), Arsene Wenger (260) or Carlo Ancelotti (231).
In the summer, Benfica was led by 55-year-old German Roger Schmidt, who also played for RB Salzburg, Bayer Leverkusen and PSV Eindhoven. 1-0 from Casa Pia (d).
In the summer, the “vultures” lost Darwin Nunes, who left for “Liverpool” for 75 million euros (plus another 25 million euros from various performance bonuses), but they count on the new star of Lusitanian football, Gonzalo Ramos (21 years old), who distinguished himself three times in the “double” with “Midtilland”.
So far, the teams have met six times, each time in the Champions League: Dynamo Kyiv won once, one match ended in a draw, and Benfica won four.
Superbet offers odds of 1.90 that Benfica will score at least two goals in the match against Dynamo Kyiv.
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Source: Hot News RO
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