On October 20, the match of the third round of the Champions League group stage will take place, in which Portuguese Benfica will play at home with German Bayern Munich. The forecast for this match is given by the well-known commentator of "Match TV" Sergey Krivokharchenko.
The Bavarians started the current European Cup campaign with two bright and convincing victories, first away with Barcelona (3-0), after which they defeated Dynamo Kyiv (5-0) at home. In total, this season the Munich team won 10 victories in 12 matches, losing only once.
Benfica failed to beat Dynamo Kyiv in the opening match of the group stage (0:0), but two weeks later they were also able to defeat Barcelona (3:0), delighting fans at their stadium. Last weekend, the Lisbonians almost crashed out of the Portuguese Cup at the 1/32 finals stage, but still passed the "Trophy" in extra time (2:1). But this result is hardly worth taking seriously – the Eagles were all thoughts on the upcoming battle with Bayern.
Julian Nagelsmann's team approached the departure to the Portuguese capital in a great mood, having defeated Bayer this weekend (5:1), and before this match Leverkusen were level with the champion in the Bundesliga. Moreover, the Bavarians scored all 5 goals in the first half, after which they could just rest, switching to training mode.
Sergey Krivokharchenko notes that Bayern have been regularly missing in their goal lately. Nagelsmann's team is gradually trying to work in high pressure immediately after losing the ball, but it is not always possible to succeed, although progress from match to match is still felt. The expert does not believe that Benfica is now able to stop the Bundesmachine, which demonstrates incredible performance. In addition, the Eagles will not be able to count on Lazaro and Seferovich in this match.