THE BALL – Three reinforcements in the starting eleven of Jorge Jesus (Benfica)



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The eleven that Jorge Jesús chose to face PAOK is already known (19 hours). The third qualifying round match will be played in one hand in Thessaloniki and will determine who will face Krasnodar in the Champions League play-off.

In what is the first official eleven on his return to Benfica, the Portuguese coach launched three reinforcements. Vertonghen (ex Tottenham) is paired in the center of defense with Rúben Dias, while Pedrinho (ex Corinthians) and Everton (ex Grêmio) accompany Seferovic facing the attack of the eagles.

Benfica: Vlachodimos; André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Vertonghen, Grimaldo; Weigl, Taarabt, Pizzi; Everton, Seferovic and Pedrinho

Substitutes: Helton Leite, Gilberto, Gabriel, Rafa Silva, Waldschmidt, Vinícius and Darwin Nuñez.

As for PAOK, the highlight is Zivkovic, who is on the bench of the team led by Abel Ferreira.

PAOK: Zivkovic; Ingason, Varela, Michailidis; Crespo, Scwab, El Kaddouri, Giannoulis; Tzolis, Akpom and Pelkas.

Substitutes: Paschalakis; Mihaj, Swiderski, Zivkovic, Biseswar, Esiti, Ninua.

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