This Tuesday, AS Monaco plays its survival in the Champions League. After bowing at home last week, the Monegasques move to Portugal to face and overthrow the Benfica Lisbon (1-0 after the outward journey). A reaction is expected by Adi Hütter.
The knockout stages or elimination. AS Monaco has 90 minutes to overthrow the Benfica Lisbon, Ogre of Portuguese football after the LisBotian victory in the first leg (1-0). During a meeting where the two teams could have prevailed, the Monegasques lacked efficiency before being unruly. Reduced to ten after the expulsion of Al-Musrati, the players of Adi Hütter took a bad start in these dams from the Champions League. But the Austrian technician believes in it, as he confirmed at a press conference: “We will miss players, but we are warriors, we are fighters and we will deliver our best performance on the field. “ For this poster, ASM will have to do without Al-Musrati, Zakaria and Vanderson, suspended while Golovin, Magassa, Teze and Balogun are uncertain for this meeting.
Benfica does not succeed in French clubs
In history,No French club has beaten Benfica at home in 18 European Cup games, since the creation of international competitions (13 defeats, 5 draws). Nevertheless, the Monegasques are forced to prevail and break this bad series. A statistic far from making Adi Hütter doubt: “I know this statistic against the French teams but tomorrow will be a new opportunitysaid Hütter. Benfica has the advantage of the result. But we are there, focused on the game. It is a direct elimination match and we are here to do everything we can to win this match, in this stadium, with this atmosphere. It will be difficult. But we must be convinced that we can win. For this, we need a very high level performance!“”
Arbitration pressure
If Zakaria and Vanderson received a yellow card at the outward journey, synonymous with suspension for the return, Al-Musrati was expelled during the poster. At a press conference, the ASM coach did not seem to have digested the arbitration of the first leg: “”The situation is clear. We lost the first leg. We made a decent match in the first period. On the first two games we were not treated with equality. We had severe reds. Carreras escaped there every time. It was too severe for Singo and Al Musrati. I hope we will finish the match in eleven. We know the atmosphere here. We are convinced that we can change the result and reach the next round. For that we have to make a fantastic match. We are ready “. In the event of reversal and qualification for the next round, AS Monaco would play Liverpool or FC Barcelona.
What time Benfica – Monaco begins?
The kick -off of the Return of the Champions League dam opposing Benfica to Monaco is planned Tuesday February 18 at 9:00 p.m. At the Luz stadium in Lisbon (Portugal). The Swedish Glenn Nyberg will be the whistle.
What channel is Benfica – Monaco on?
TV rights holder of the Champions League, Canal+Foot will broadcast the meeting between SLB and ASM.
How to follow Benfica – Monaco streaming?
If you want to look at the return poster of the Champions League dam between the Eagles and the Monegasques on your computer, smartphone or tablet, you will have to subscribe to a subscription on Mycanal.
What are the likely compositions of Benfica – Monaco?
Benfica: Trubin (G) – T.Araujo, A.Silva, Otamendi, Carreras – Akturkoglu, Barreiro, Kokcu, Schjelderup – Belotti, Pavlidis.
Monaco: Majcki (G) – Diatta, Kehrer, Singo, C.henrique – Akliouche, Diop, Camara, Ben Seghir – Embolo, Biereth.
What are the predictions of Benfica – Monaco?
- Betclic: Benfica: 1.85 / zero: 4.02 / Monaco: 3.85
- Bwin: Benfica: 1.82 / zero: 4.00 / Monaco: 3.90
- Online sports betons: Benfica: 1.82 / zero: 4.00 / Monaco: 3.90
- Unibet: Benfica: 1.80 / zero: 3.98 / Monaco: 3.80