Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Benfica
Match Time & Date:
23/08/2022
12:00 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Dynamo Kyiv
Estadio da Luz will host Tuesday’s Champions League game between Benfica and Dynamo Kiev. The Eagles won the first leg 2-0, and, as a result, they are with one foot in the group stages. Goncalo Ramos should continue to lead the line for the Portuguese outfit, while Nicolas Otamendi is back from a domestic ban. Lucas Verissimo is likely to miss the game with injury.
The Ukrainians, on the other hand, failed to make life difficult for Benfica on a neutral location, and they face yet another uphill task in the reverse fixture. Considering that the Eagles have turned their Estadio da Luz into a real fortress, yet another home win is on the horizon. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the trip to Lisbon, but Oleksandr Karavaev is pushing for a start.
Highlighted Player (Jan Vertonghen):
After spending four years at Ajax, in 2006 Jan Vertonghen signed a loan deal with RKC Waalwijk. The left-footed defender spent one season at Mandemakers Stadion and he returned to Ajax for the 2007/2008 season. The highly rated footballer, who is capable of playing as both centre back and left back, signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur on 8 July, 2012 and he has been playing for the Premier League outfit ever since.
The Belgian defender scored four goals for the Spurs in the 2012/2013 Premier League season and he made 34 league appearances for the White Hart Lane outfit back then. In the 2015/2016 season Jan Vertonghen and his teammates were producing brilliant displays with Tottenham, but the Spurs eventually finished the campaign in third place in the standings.
Speaking of his international career, Vertonghen made it to both World Cup (2014) and Euro (2016) quarter-finals with the Belgian national team. Jan was born on 24 April, 1987 and his shirt number is 5.
Highlighted Team (Dynamo Kyiv):
The most successful football club in Ukraine, Dynamo Kyiv has not been relegated to a lower division since its inception in 1927. First founded as a part of the Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, Dynamo Kyiv became a member of the Ukrainian Premier League after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Over the course of its rich history, Dynamo Kyiv has won the total of 28 national titles, 13 of which came during the Soviet era. In addition, Dynamo Kyiv won 20 national cup competitions, while it also grabbed 3 major continental trophies, including two UEFA Cup Winners’ Cups. Oleh Blokhin remains to this date the most successful player of the Ukrainian giants with his 266 goals scored for the Kyiv club.
However, current Ukraine national team head coach Andriy Shevchenko is arguably the most recognisable player in Dynamo Kyiv history. Former Milan and Chelsea star scored the total of 124 goal during his two stints with the Ukrainian club.
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