Benfica looks to confirm its place in the play-offs by hosting Nice

Benfica will be looking to confirm their qualification for the Champions League play-offs at home today, following their victory in Nice in the first leg of the third qualifying round last week.

The 2-0 victory on the visit to the Côte d'Azur, with goals from debutant Ivanovic and Florentino, practically sealed the passage of the 'encarnados', who will now host the French at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, from 8pm, with the referee being Italian Marco Guida.

To guarantee qualification for the play-offs, Bruno Lage's team could draw or even lose, in this case by a one-goal margin, in what will be their first official home game this season, given the postponement of the first round of the I Liga match against Rio Ave, precisely due to European commitments.

If they confirm their presence in the final preliminary round for access to the league stage, Benfica already knows that they will face either the Turkish side Fenerbahçe or the Dutch side Feyenoord, with José Mourinho's team at a disadvantage, having lost 2-1 in Rotterdam.

The Lisbon club is thus 'eyeing' its fifth consecutive appearance in the main phase of the 'Champions' and the 15th in the last 16 seasons, in which it only failed to achieve this objective in 2020/21, then falling in the third qualifying round, played in a single game, due to the covid-19 pandemic, against the Greeks of PAOK, then commanded by Abel Ferreira.

Benfica will be looking to confirm their qualification for the Champions League play-offs at home today, following their victory in Nice in the first leg of the third qualifying round last week.

The 2-0 victory on the visit to the Côte d'Azur, with goals from debutant Ivanovic and Florentino, practically sealed the passage of the 'encarnados', who will now host the French at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, from 8pm, with the referee being Italian Marco Guida.

To guarantee qualification for the play-offs, Bruno Lage's team could draw or even lose, in this case by a one-goal margin, in what will be their first official home game this season, given the postponement of the first round of the I Liga match against Rio Ave, precisely due to European commitments.

If they confirm their presence in the final preliminary round for access to the league stage, Benfica already knows that they will face either the Turkish side Fenerbahçe or the Dutch side Feyenoord, with José Mourinho's team at a disadvantage, having lost 2-1 in Rotterdam.

The Lisbon club is thus 'eyeing' its fifth consecutive appearance in the main phase of the 'Champions' and the 15th in the last 16 seasons, in which it only failed to achieve this objective in 2020/21, then falling in the third qualifying round, played in a single game, due to the covid-19 pandemic, against the Greeks of PAOK, then commanded by Abel Ferreira.

Benfica will be looking to confirm their qualification for the Champions League play-offs at home today, following their victory in Nice in the first leg of the third qualifying round last week.

The 2-0 victory on the visit to the Côte d'Azur, with goals from debutant Ivanovic and Florentino, practically sealed the passage of the 'encarnados', who will now host the French at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, from 8pm, with the referee being Italian Marco Guida.

To guarantee qualification for the play-offs, Bruno Lage's team could draw or even lose, in this case by a one-goal margin, in what will be their first official home game this season, given the postponement of the first round of the I Liga match against Rio Ave, precisely due to European commitments.

If they confirm their presence in the final preliminary round for access to the league stage, Benfica already knows that they will face either the Turkish side Fenerbahçe or the Dutch side Feyenoord, with José Mourinho's team at a disadvantage, having lost 2-1 in Rotterdam.

The Lisbon club is thus 'eyeing' its fifth consecutive appearance in the main phase of the 'Champions' and the 15th in the last 16 seasons, in which it only failed to achieve this objective in 2020/21, then falling in the third qualifying round, played in a single game, due to the covid-19 pandemic, against the Greeks of PAOK, then commanded by Abel Ferreira.