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For Barcelona, Cubarsí partners with Iñigo Martínez at the back. The midfield trio will be De Jong, Olmo, and Pedri. Lewandowski has scored nine times against Benfica in his Champions League career.
Benfica’s main surprise is Dani not starting, with Bruno Lage playing things safe
Feyenoord 0-2 Inter
Feyenoord haven’t been able to find much and now Osman, the Brighton loanee, is suspended for the second leg.
By the way, PSG v Liverpool teams. That’s one hell of an attack Liverpool are facing in Paris.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Neves, Vitinha, Fabian, Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola. Subs: Safonov, Tenas, Kimpembe, Goncalo Ramos, Doue, Lee, Hernandez, Mayulu, Zaire Emery, Lucas Beraldo, Mbaye.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz, Jota. Subs: Jaros, Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Jones,
Elliott, Tsimikas, McConnell, Quansah, Nyoni.
Zielinski's penalty saved!
Inter would have been in full control but Timon Wellenreuther went low and to the left of the taker. Joy at De Kuip!
Penalty to Inter!
Jeyland Mitchell caught Thuram’s heel – VAR calls over the German ref, and it’s awarded.
Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen teams
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Laimer, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Kimmich, Goretzka, Olise, Musiala, Coman, Kane. Subs: Ulreich, Urbig, Gnabry, Sane, Dier, Joao Palhinha, Ito, Guerreiro, Boey, Vidovic, Muller, Stanisic.
Bayer Leverkusen: Kovar, Mukiele, Tah, Hermoso, Hincapie, Frimpong, Xhaka, Palacios, Grimaldo, Adli, Wirtz. Subs: Hradecky, Lomb, Hofmann, Tapsoba, Arthur, Schick, Buendia, Tella, Boniface, Garcia.
Benfica v Barcelona teams
Benfica: Trubin, Araujo, Silva, Otamendi, Carreras, Aursnes, Barreiro, Kokcu, Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Schjelderup. Subs: Soares, Arthur Cabral, Belotti, Prestianni, Dahl, Nuno Felix, Santos, Bajrami, Rego, Sanches, Prioste, Felix.
Barcelona: Szczesny, Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde, de Jong, Gonzalez, Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha, Lewandowski. Subs: Pena, Kochen, Araujo, Torres, Fati, Torre, Lopez, Casado, Victor, Garcia, Fort, Gerard.
Feyenoord 0-2 Inter
One hell of a miss from Feyenoord’s Moder. The ball was slipped into his path, but perhaps too quickly. He snatched at it.
Goal! Feyenoord 0-2 Inter (Martinez, 50)
Lautaro Martinez, the skipper, smashes home after some pinball, calmed down by Bastoni’s touch. Wallop, and Inter are set fair.
Feyenoord 0-1 Inter
Back underway in Rotterdam.
Last time Benfica and Barcelona met:
Action from Paris here.
Good evening, you join us with the score in the earlier game Feyenoord 0-1 Inter, with Marcus Thuram grabbing the goal. It was fairly even stuff in Robin van Persie’s first UCL game in charge of his beloved Rotterdam club. It’s half-time at De Kuip.
Preamble
A night of familiar foes awaits. Bayer Leverkusen broke Bayern’s dominance in Germany and if the formerly eternal champions are ahead in this season’s Bundesliga, they still can’t get the better of Bayer, winless in the last six encounters. Xabi Alonso and Florian Wirtz may well be Bayern faces of the future, but for now, Vincent Kompany’s team must find a way, starting at the Allianz.
As for Benfica and Barcelona, it’s a rivalry that extends back to 1961, pre-Eusebio for Benfica, as they denied Barcelona the chance to become European Cup winners like Real Madrid has been the previous five years. Time and tide has regularly rejoined the Iberian giants, not least earlier this season, one of the maddest games in many seasons, a 5-4 win for Barça.
More of the same, let’s hope so? With the latest from Feyenoord v Inter and PSG v Liverpool in the mix, too. Join me.
