Enter Milner and Joe Gomez
Alexander-Arnold and Keita leave
Enter Joao Mário
Sale Ramos
Enter Yaremchuk
Everton Leaves
Enter Meïté
Sale Taraabt
Enter Henderson, Jota and Firmino
Thiago, Mané and Salah leave
Benfica: Helton Leite, Almeida, Valentino, Morato, Tomás Araújo, Everton, Gil Dias, Diogo Gonçalves, Meïte, João Mário, Nemanja, Bernardo, Seferovic and Yaremchuk.
Liverpool: Kelleher, Milner, Firmino, Joe Gomez, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Jota, Tsimikas, Matip and Elliott.
The most decisive so far, the central Konate, who has opened the can and has completely annulled the best player of Benfica, Darwin Núñez.
Benfica wanted to get out of the cave but Klopp's team were still better planted on the pitch, and a long ball from Arnold ended with the second of the 'net', the work of Sadio Mané.
The Estádio da Luz, filled to the brim, sports a beautiful white and red mosaic created with flags that fans wave.
Liverpool, who normally wear red, will play their second kit, all in yellow, tonight.
Gil Manzano has managed four Champions League matches this season: Juventus-Chelsea (1-0), Ajax-Borussia Dortmund (4-0), PSG-Bruges (4-1) and Chelsea-Lille (2-0).
Benfica: Otamendi, Grimaldo, Weigl, Rafa Silva, Joao Mário, Yaremchuk and Ramos.
Liverpool: Diogo Jota and Sadio Mané.
In total, Benfica have scored 19 goals for the 'red' team, while the English have scored 11 goals for the Portuguese.
The players of Benfica and Liverpool are already warming up on the pitch of the Estádio da Luz, while the almost 70,000 seats of the Portuguese fiefdom are filling up.
This was announced by the Portuguese club a few minutes ago, which also explained that 23 coaches of more than 50 supporters clubs of the Lisbon club have been filled.
Klopp explained yesterday in the preview that the striker tried to talk to him "for 10 minutes" about how Benfica plays, but the German coach did not understand "a single word", Klopp said jokingly.
DÃaz played two whole seasons at Porto, playing up to 8 Portuguese 'classics' against Benfica and scoring a goal, and that was where he established himself as a professional footballer in Europe and made the leap to Liverpool.
Nélson da Silva is committed to the following players: Vlachodimos; Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo; Rafa, Taarabt, Weigl, Everton, Ramos; Nunez
On the bench will wait their turn: Helton Leite, Almeida, Valentino, Morato, Tomás Araújo, Everton, Gil Dias, Diogo Gonçalves, Meïte, João Mário, Nemanja, Bernardo, Seferovic and Yaremchuk.
Klopp's team will start with: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Thiago, Fabinho, Keita; Salah, Mané, Luis Diaz
On the bench are: Kelleher, Milner, Firmino, Joe Gomez, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Jota, Tsimikas, Matip and Elliott.
Benfica | Vlachodimos; Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo; Rafa, Joao Mario, Weigl, Everton, Ramos; Nunez
Liverpool | Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Thiago, Fabinho, Henderson; Salah, Mané, Luis Diaz
The men coached by Jürgen Klopp are the most in-form team in Europe and the one that accumulates the most consecutive points in the league (31 of 33), where they are second to a single point of Manchester City and depend on themselves to win the title.
In the previous round of the Champions League, Liverpool got rid of Inter Milan, making good the 0-2 of the first leg and suffering at home to not reach extra time 0-1.
The Portuguese host Liverpool after eliminating Ajax in the eighth by a 2-3 in the aggregate result of the tie. In the first leg, which was also played in Da Luz, both teams drew to 2, with goals from Haller and Yaremchuk for the locals. In the second leg, a single goal from Darwin Núñez earned Benfica qualification.
Currently, however, the team coached by Nélson da Silva is not qualified for the next edition of the Champions League. They are third in Liga NOS, nine points behind second-placed Sporting de Portugal.
This Wednesday will see the faces of Villarreal and Bayern Munich, and Chelsea and Real Madrid.
Benfica dreams of completing another great European night, like the one they had on September 29, 2021 against FC Barcelona, which ended with a resounding 3-0 for the locals.
It can be seen live on television through the Movistar Champions League 1 channel, on the Movistar + platform.
In a couple of hours the quarterfinals of the highest continental football competition begin, with a first match that will face Benfica and Liverpool at home of the Portuguese.
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