A full Luz stadium is prepared to receive one of the most important games of the UEFA Europa League night. Liverpool Football Club visits Lisbon and will face one of the best Benfica’s team of the last years. Reds against reds. If this game between this teams, who normal use red colors, occurred on the Hamburg final, no one could would be surprised, because we are talking about two European historical clubs.
SL Benfica receives the Liverpool FC with the physical and physiological indices on top. In fact, occupying the first place of the Portuguese League and being the victorious team on the recent Carlsberg Cup Final helps in a very positive way the moral of the eagle’s players. Jorge Jesus wants the players concentrated and to be focused on the teamwork. Players like Aimar, Saviola, Cardozo, Martins and David Luiz can make the difference. Others like Ramires, Maxi Pereira, Javi Garcia and Luisão turn the group more solid. Every player want to be on that pitch later, but only eleven can be the ones to enter. Jorge Jesus knows that and also that this will be probably decided in Liverpool.
Liverpool FC only arrived to Lisbon yesterday night and they decided not to experiment the Luz “green”. Rafael Benitez worked already with some of the eagle’s players that will face tonight and probably feels that their capacity may decide the eliminatory. Liverpool comes to face Benfica with brilliant players like for instance, Reina, Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, but conscientious that their exhibitions during the current season hasn’t been as good as they wanted to.
A great game is expected, between two teams that, for sure enjoy scoring goals. What better can a spectator want than goals? Off course we hope that those goaaaaals may be scored for our boys. Both teams will never walk alone.
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Swe)
