Ajax and Benfica have launched their respective groups for his or her second leg conflict as every seeks a ticket to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
🗒️ TEAM NEWS: Onana replaces Pasveer, who has a damaged finger, within the Ajax purpose…@AFCAjax | #UCL
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 15, 2022
Ajax have performed Benfica eight occasions in European competitors earlier than this night and misplaced solely as soon as. Historical past is with tonight’s hosts, due to this fact, and following the 2-2 first-leg attract Portugal, they’re pretty heavy favourites to progress to the final eight.
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— SL Benfica (@slbenfica_en) March 15, 2022
Sebastian Haller scored at each ends in that first tie three weeks in the past – he cancelled out a Twenty sixth-minute own-goal simply three minutes later, earlier than Roman Yaremchuk’s second-half strike levelled issues up at Estádio da Luz and left issues properly poised for tonight.
Ajax: Onana, Mazraoui, Timber, Martinez, Blind, Gravenberch, Alvarez, Berghuis, Antony, Haller, Tadic.
Substitutes: Tyton, Schuurs, Klaassen, Danilo, Rensch, Brobbey, Labyad, Kudus, Taylor, Daramy, Tagliafico, Setford.
Benfica: Vlachodimos, Gilberto, Otamendi, Vertonghen, Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Weigl, Taarabt, Everton, Goncalo Ramos, Nunez.
Substitutes: Henrique Pereira Araujo, Meite, Yaremchuk, Goncalves, Joao Mario, Lazaro, Radonjic, Gil Dias, Andre Almeida, Bernardo, Helton Leite, Morato.
