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Benfica will find in Group D of the Europa League the Belgians from Standard de Liège, the Scots from Rangers and the Poles from Lech Póznan. The group stage starts on the 22nd of this month and Jorge Jesús’ team is one of the favorites to advance in the competition.
Standard de Liège is the current fourth-placed team in the Belgian League and has striker Mehdi Carcela on the squad, who represented the incarnated four years ago, having scored three goals in 29 games. The player with dual nationality (Morocco and Belgium) returned to Liège, where he trained two years ago and has been one of the main figures of the team.
Rangers is a well-known Portuguese club and in the previous edition they played against FC Porto and Braga. They beat the Dragons at home (2-0) and drew (1-1) in Dragão and eliminated Braga from the round of 32 with a victory (3-2) in Glasgow and another (0-1) in Pedreira. Now, the team led by Steven Gerrard, a Liverpool legend, returns to Portugal but to measure its strength with the club de la Luz. Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos is a devil on the loose in attack.
Finally, Lech Póznan is the team drawn from pot 4. It is, in theory, the weakest team in the group, but it reaches this stage after having beaten four rivals: Valmiera at home (3-0), Hammarby away ( 0 -3), Apollon Limassol out (0-5) and Charleroi, out (1-2). The Portuguese Pedro Tiba, who stood out with the Chaves and Braga jerseys, is in his third season with the Polish team and is the head of the midfield.
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