The UCL match between Barcelona and Benfica will take place tomorrow. Of course I personally support the Barcelona team in this match and willing to bet on their behalf. But before placing a bet, we need to do some analysis, Barcelona is ahead there meaning their performance is going well. It may be true that Benfica in the UEFA Champions League would not be an easy opponent for Barcelona, we saw that they were number two on the points table in their domestic league.
In the UEFA Champions League match between these two teams, that is, the match between the Barcelona and Benfica football teams, I am the most eager to watch the game of Di Maria.
Benfica and Barcelona also met in the previous stage, namely the preliminary round. And in that match many goals were scored. There were 9 goals scored. Both teams played equally well. It's just that in this match Benfica managed to take the lead first with the first goal in the 2nd minute, the second goal in the 22nd minute and the third goal in the 30th minute which made Benfica ahead in the first half with a score of 3-1 at that time. Although in the end Barcelona won with a score of 4-5 because they managed to turn things around in the second half. But in that match Barcelona managed to score 2 goals due to penalty kick opportunities. And the last goal was actually like luck because it happened in the 90+6 minute, and it was an extraordinary goal from Rapinha. But I call it luck because if there wasn't that much extra time then Barcelona wouldn't have had the chance to win. and will only produce a draw.
And now the two will meet again in the round of 16. And it is clear that this will still be a fierce match. But I expect Barcelona to win this match. because I think it's time for Barcelona to regain glory in the UCL after so long they have always failed to go further there.
They're both title contenders in their various league so it means they're strong teams and we know what happens in matches like this, it's almost very difficult to predict and also interesting too, though the bookies would favour Barcelona more cause of their good record in the Champions League and present form too but Benfica is not a club to look down on, i know Barcelona won't do that too, they've encountered them before and seen how tough they could be so they'll try a different approach this time around. It won't be so suprising if Benfica kick Barcelona out of the competition though, it's football and anything is possible so I won't doubt if someone says that moreover Benfica is not a very weak team they're one of the strongest in their league with lots of experienced players and youngsters, I can't wait for this match to see if Barcelona would be lucky again or be more serious not to win by luck this time around.