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Everton Cebolinha and Odysseas Vlachodimos tested positive for Covid-19 and raised the number of infected and unavailable players to play with Nacional to ten. Not to mention André Almeida, who will only be back next season.
The Brazilian forward was a strong candidate for the title in the match on Matchday 15 of the League, and the Greek international goalkeeper would regain his place in goal.
Thus, Jorge Jesús has fewer options and will not make many changes (nor could he) to the eleven that started on Wednesday, with SC Braga, in the semifinals of the League Cup, in Leiria.
Without the ten infected players, 19 of the main team remain: Svilar, João Ferreira, Ferro, Todibo, Jardel, Pizzi, Gabriel, Chiquinho, Samaris, Weigl, Taarabt, Pedrinho, Tiago Araújo, Cervi, Darwin Núñez, Gonçalo Ramos, Rafa, Seferovic and Ferreyra.
Under-23 goalkeeper Samuel Soares has been working under Jesús, as has team B central defender Morato.
Benfica’s eleven likely: Svilar; Todibo, Weigl and Jardel; João Ferreira, Pizzi, Taarabt and Cervi; Rafa, Seferovic and Darwin.
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