Benfica hosts Santa Clara (20:15) in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, at Estádio da Luz. Check out the starting eleven chosen by Bruno Lage and Vasco Matos for this match.
The big surprise is the starting role of Renato Sanches, who was injured for a long time, in addition to having to account for the absences of Kokçu, Tomás Araújo and Di María, who have been basic players in the Bruno Lage era.
Check the starting lineups:
Benfica: Trubin; Bah, António Silva, Otamendi and Carreras; Aursnes, Renato Sanches and Amdouni; Aktorkoglu, Beste and Arthur Cabral
Trainer: Bruno Lage
Substitutes: Samuel Soares; Kokçu, Di María, Scjelderup, Kaboré, Rollheiser, Tomás Araújo and Florentino
Saint Clare: Gabriel Batista; Gui Ramos, Daniel Borges and Sidney Lima; Lucas Soares, Serginho, Klismahn and Mateus Araújo; Matheus Pereira, Ricardinho and Safira
Trainer: Vasco Matos
Substitutes: Nêneca; Calila, Adriano, Pedro Ferreira, Gabriel Silva, Luís Rocha, João Costa, Bruno Almeida and Vinícius
The match will be refereed by Hélder Malheiro, with assistance from Gonçalo Vaz Freire and Hugo Coimbra. VAR will be in charge of Ricardo Baixinho and Vasco Marques, while the fourth referee will be José Rodrigues.
