Two giants from Lisbon are fully involved in European competition: Benfica with Inter in the Champions League; Sporting with Juventus in the Europa League. In between there are commitments in the Portuguese Championship of varying difficulty – Chaves and Aroca – but with good prospects for success.
Braga, on the other hand, has only focused on domestic competitions, getting the extravagant Gil Vicente in Pedreira.
In the Champions League, there is a new clash between Chelsea and Real Madrid, just like last season – then luck smiled at the meringue.
In the transalpine lands, Napoli and Milan will battle each other to find the next Benfica or Inter rival in the millionaires’ competition.
Europa League: old fearless lion
Thursday, April 13, 20:00
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Hint: Sporting – total goals over 0.5.. Leao has proven he can score anywhere, and Juventus have the ability.
Sporting’s amazing performance in London against Arsenal showed that the lion does not need to be afraid of “ghosts”, and the current Juve is nothing like Benfica have already lost twice to the Portuguese team this season, losing even two goals in Turin.
Sporting CP are experts in learning defensive spaces and should do so this Thursday.
The Portuguese team must score at least one goal, although doubts about the use of Paulinho do not allow cherishing dreams of many goals. However, the fact that Vecca Signora scored 24 goals conceded in 29 Serie A games tells us that Alvalade’s men have everything they need to win.
Portuguese League: what an eagle after losing the derby?
Saturday, April 15, 18:00
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Tip: Benfica and over 2.5 goals. Agia wants to react to the loss to Porto. House keys are fragile.
We have already seen how teams with a large advantage in the championship lost the title in the last stretch. This has already happened to Benfica and Porto, who lost a seven-point gap, albeit in the earlier stages of the season.
Last weekend the dragon went to win the house against the theoretically stronger eagle and the two teams were separated by exactly seven points with seven rounds to go.
Will Benfica withstand the psychological pressure and stay ahead until the final?
A visit to Chaves in this context seems to be fundamental to Benfica’s aspirations and there are signs that are encouraging people from Lisbon.
Chaves insists on being unconvincing at home, with only three wins, five draws and the same number of losses in 13 matches, and the Reds are the best team away. In addition, Luza’s team scores an average of 1.9 goals per visit. Flavians at home tolerate 1.3. Trás os Montes is the fifth team to allow the most shots from a cross (1.5), while Benfica are far ahead in the number of shots they make in those shots (2.4).
The Eagles winning a game with over 2.5 goals has an excellent odds at Betclic.
Portuguese League: Ruthless Warriors of Wasteful Gil
Sunday, April 16, 18:00
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Tip: Braga and over 2.5 goals. Gil did not score in four matches, conceding 1.6 away goals and Braga scoring 2.1 on Pedrera.
And it’s true. Gil Vicente went to beat Dragao and ended up pushing a clean sheet for Sporting in Barcelos. The Roosters are made for big games and last season they went to Braga to beat Arsenal 1-0. However, this doesn’t seem to be the best time for guilists to throw a surprise at the Quarry.
Braga have a great run of six wins and a draw (against Porto) in seven home matches, while Barcelos have lost their last two visits and not won in four games, scoring only one goal in this series. , and it was the opponent’s own goal.
Gil is the most wasteful team at this stage of the season, which extends to their great attacking figure Spaniard Fran Navarro having a crisis of confidence, so Braga are the favorites to win..
The hosts average 2.1 goals per game at Pedreira. Roosters suffer 1.6. It smells like a home triumph and more than 2.5 goals. The Betclic coefficient is strong.
Portuguese league: full brake to surprise Aroca
Sunday, April 16, 20:30
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Hint: correct score – groups: 1-0, 2-0 or 3-0. Leau must not concede goals and averages 2.7 goals in Alvalada.
The Portuguese league has advanced, sensational teams have fallen in performance, but there has been one that, apart from a few ups and downs, looks to be in top shape at this point in the season. We’re talking about Aroca, a team that went unbeaten in six rounds, won four of them and finished in a spectacular fifth place, qualifying for the UEFA Conference League. But then comes Sporting.
Leo is busy with European affairs, it’s true, but he can’t lose more points in the fight for third place in the Champions League, so it must not be easy.
Ruben Amorim’s side have won 11 of their 13 home games and have yet to draw. In addition, the track record with Aroca in Alvalada points to five defeats in five matches, 16 goals conceded and only two scored.
After Amorim’s “sweep” in his defense after the game with Casa Pia, It smells like a lion’s triumph without conceding goals (in Alvalada they conceded only 0.5 per match), but without big goals either.
Champions League: Real Madrid will leave Chelsea blue in shame
Tuesday, April 18, 20:00
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Hint: Real Madrid will win. Merengues won 3-1 at Stamford Bridge last season and Chelsea are in crisis.
It’s the feeling of this draw, including the second leg in Madrid.
Even the departure of Graham Potter and the arrival of Frank Lampard as interim manager has not changed the fortunes of the blues Joao Felix and Enzo Fernandez, who have not won four Premier League matches and are now in 11th place.
Nobody forgets what happened in last season’s quarter-final – the meringues went to London to win 3-1 with Karim Benzema’s show. Chelsea’s 3-2 triumph at the Bernabéu was not enough.
At that time, the Blues were much stronger than they are now, and this did not prevent a home defeat.
This time, with so many problems it’s hard to imagine them going up against the power of Real Madrid and Karim Benzema. Our advice goes even to the victory of Madridista.
Champions League: Napoli want to make history
Tuesday, April 18, 20:00
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Hint: Napoli win.. No two games are alike and Napoli will avenge their 4-0 defeat in Serie A.
A few weeks ago, Milan traveled to Naples to thrash the outstanding Serie A leader and most likely the new Italian champions 4-0.
However, there was a lot of Neapolitan initiative in the game and huge efficiency from Rafael Leão and company, so it was in the air that it was an atypical game (despite the fact that the Rossoneri had beaten Diego Armando Maradona on numerous occasions).
This season, Napoli are cool, including in the Champions League, and this is a completely different competition.
In front of his audience and in a bright environment, Luciano Spalletti’s team must do their best to make history for the Champions League semi-final.
Champions League: Benfica beat AC Milan
Wednesday, April 19, 20:00
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Hint: both will score. Only once did Inter fail to score at home in the Champions League. Benfica has always won away.
We saw how difficult it was for Porto to score goals against Inter – they didn’t score a single one given the transalpine quality in the rear. It was also clear in that game that the Nerazzurri were within reach of the best Portuguese teams, even at Giuseppe Meazza, where they were pinned down by dragons until they were reduced to ten elements.
This Champions League dealer Benfica has the qualities to come to Milan and do damage.
It is natural for Inter to score at home, but also that Benfica is moving home nets, as has happened in all the Eagles’ trips this season to competitions, including to Italy, more specifically Turin, against Juventus.
Source: CM Jornal
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