Benfica will face a PAOK reinforced with an 18-year-old star



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Left-back Christos Tziolis is one of the great Greek hopes and already has influence in the team led by Abel Ferreira

Benfica’s opponent in the Champions League third qualifying round, led by Portuguese Abel Ferreira, is a tough opponent, having eliminated Besiktas Turks, who won 3-1 in the previous round.

He is a chronic candidate for the Greek title, which has been reinforced, so far, with 9 players and was promoted to three U-19s because of the work of the main squad. He was runner-up in the League the previous season and champion in 2018/19 with Razvan Lucescu.

Four of their players have played in Portugal: the Brazilian Rodrigo Soares (Aves, FC Porto B and Chaves), the Portuguese-Cape Verdean Fernando Varela (Feirense, Trofense, Estoril), the Nigerian Anderson Esiti (Leixões and Estoril), the Greek Pelkas (V. Setúbal).

Portuguese international Vieirinha ended his contract with the Greeks a few days ago, but has yet to define his future.

The protagonist of the company is the Greek Esperanza Christos Tziolis, a left-back with only 18 years old, but who this season boasts of being one of the most influential of the team, being one of the sub-19s promoted by the Portuguese coach.

Note for entries from Nikoloz Ninua (ex-Dynamo Tiblissi), 21-year-old Georgian midfielder, Stefan Schwab (Austrian midfielder, 29, ex Rapid Vienna), Lazaros Lamprou (far left, 23, ex Twente) and Vasilios Fasidis (far right , 25 years old, ex-Xanthi).



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