The Portuguese club will fight in the playoff matches for a place in the 1/8 finals.
“Benfica" beat “Juventus" away in a match of the last round of the main stages of the Champions League for the 2024/25 season. The match in Turin ended with a score of 0:2.
The score in the match was opened in the 16th minute by the “eagles” Greek forward Evangelos Pavlidis.
In the 80th minute, the Lisbon team strengthened their advantage – an accurate strike was made by the Turkish midfielder Orkun Kekcu.
Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin came out in the starting lineup of “Benfica” and played reliably throughout the match, keeping a clean sheet.
Review of the match “Juventus” – “Benfica”
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With 13 points, “Benfica” finished in 16th place in the overall standings of the main round of the Champions League. Juventus (12 points) took 20th place. Both clubs will play in the play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals.
Recall that in the updated Champions League format, 36 clubs played in a single league, where they played against eight different opponents (four matches at home and four away).
The eight best teams of the main stage of the Champions League reached the 1/8 finals. The clubs that took places from 9th to 24th in the overall standings will play paired play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals. The rest have finished their performance in European competitions.
The draw for the Champions League play-off matches will take place on Friday, January 31. The first matches of this stage will be played on February 11/12, and the return matches – on February 18/19.