BENFICA – PSG | Wednesday 9pm
Evidently, Juventus will be hoping that Psg will play Psg and take the three points, both away and at home. In this way, Allegri’s team could even get back in the running for the Champions League round of 16, as after the two defeats in their first two outings, the path for the Bianconeri has become resoundingly complicated. But it will not be easy for Galtier’s men to make the full haul on the pitch of a Benfica side that has shown to have important qualities. But it is equally obvious, obvious, and there for all to see, that on paper there should be no match. As said before, Psg have to play Psg and nothing more to bring home the full stake.
Well, the feeling is that it could really go that way despite the difficulties that will obviously be there during the course of the ninety minutes. The Parisians, in this double confrontation between Wednesday and next week against the Portuguese, want to close the qualification discourse and then dive definitively into the championship where there is Marseille who are trying to hold their own against what is one of the most serious candidates for the final Champions League victory. Psg found it more difficult than expected to beat Maccabi Haifa before the break, but as soon as the light came on up front they put the lock on the game.
On the other hand, Benfica is still undefeated this season even though, in the last round of the championship, against Guimaraes, only a draw came, which stopped an incredible number of consecutive victories. The Lusitanians, therefore, even by what is an unwritten law usually called ‘big numbers’, will have to take a disappointment sooner or later. And this seems to be the moment.
Grimaldo and Fernandez
The Prediction
In a match that should provide goals, excitement, and spectacle, it is clear that Psg are the favourites. A match that the Parisians want to win to close all talk of first place in the round. In short, an away victory that should come at the end of the ninety minutes.
Benfica v Psg likely line-ups
- BENFICA (4-2-3-1): Vlachodimos; Bah, Otamendi, António Silva, Grimaldo; Florentino, Fernández; Neres, Rafa Silva, João Mário; Gonçalo Ramos.
- PSG (3-4-2-1): Donnarumma; Ramos, Marquinhos, Danilo; Hakimi, Verratti, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes; Messi, Mbappé, Neymar.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-3
