The Benfica has collapsed after the shipwreck of the Barça in Lisbon

This Tuesday (21:00h.) By the fifth day of the UEFA Champions League, the new Barcelona trainer, Xavi Hernández, will première in Europe in front of the Benfica. The Portuguese won the first duel by goleada (3-0) and expect to repeat the dose this time in the Camp Nou, to prevent the classification of the Barça to the following phase of the tournament. Everything to fault of a day, since a triumph culé would leave them to the Portuguese out of the scope of the Catalans and also of the Bayern Munich, group that situates in the first square of the group And.

A total 10 victories, two ties, 25 goals in favour and five goals against was the balance of the Benfica before receiving to the Barça in the second day of the phase of groups of the Champions. These good registers extended after golear 3-0 to the team of Ronald Koeman. However, since, the dynamics of the lusos has collapsed , a situation that concerns them, with regard to the classification to eighth of final of the maximum continental competition in field of clubs.

The Benfica had not added any defeat before the party against the blaugranas, but, later, has harvested three: in League against the Portimonense (0-1) and the double clash in front of the Bayern of Munich (0-4 and 5-2). In the last duel in front of the germanos, annotated: Serge Gnabry (32), Leroy Sané (49) and a hat trick of Robert Lewandowski (26 – 61 - 85) sealed the been bulky result. By the Portuguese annotated Morato (37) and Darwin Núñez (74).

Defensive fragility

To add to all the evils, the Benfica was leader of the Primeira League with a plenary of seven victories, but at present occupies the third position with 28 points, one less than Carry and Sporting of Portugal after 11 days. The defence has been the main headache. Afterwards of the party in Lisbon in front of the FC Barcelona, the team, in the last nine meetings, has invoiceed 19 goals, but has received against 17.

Before the duel of 29 September, in front of the ones of Koeman, had record of 25 goals in favour and five against in twelve parties. The FC Barcelona, team that attained to sign two worked victories in front of the Dynamo of Kiev - both by the minimum (1-0, 0-1), to situate right now in the second square of the group And, with six points, product of two triumphs and two defeats - expects to take advantage of this Tuesday the defensive fragility of the Benfica to be able to surpass them.