Liverpool returns to Portugal, now to force with Benfica
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English team is the equipment of the eagles in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In the group stage they faced FC Porto.
Benfica will face Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in football, dictated the draw held this Friday in Nyon, Switzerland.
The team led by Nélson Veríssimo will play the first game at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, on 5 or 6 April, and the second at Anfield Road, on 12 or 13 of the same month.
The reds, two-time champions 196061 and 19 AC, in 1992/93, never love” the quarter-finals of 1992/93 (since 1992/93 AC Milan), 2005 (Barcelona) ), 2011/12 (Chelsea) and 2015/16 (Bayern Munich).
Liverpool were opponents of FC Porto in Group B of the competition, having won at Dragão 5-1 in England by two unanswered goals.
If they manage to eliminate the Reds, Benfica will face the winner of the tie between Villarreal and Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, also with a first leg at Luz, on 26 and 27 April, and a second leg in Spain or Germany, on 3 or 4 of May.