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Benfica players celebrate Simao Sabrosa’s goal as they beat Liverpool in the last 16 of the 2005-2006 Champions League.
BOLASPORT.COM – Simao Sabrosa said Benfica’s victory over Liverpool in 2006 could be repeated when the two teams met in the 2021-2022 Champions League quarter-finals.
Liverpool will face Benfica in the 2021-2022 Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday (5/4/2022) local time or Wednesday morning at 02.00 WIB.
Leg Benfica will host first with the match being played at the Stadio da Luz.
Temporary leg The second will be held at Anfield, Liverpool’s home ground on Wednesday (13/4/2022) local time or Thursday morning at 02.00 WIB.
The last meeting of the two teams in the Champions League occurred in the 2005-2006 season in the round of 16.
At that time, Liverpool, who were defending champions, had to fall quickly after suffering an aggregate defeat with a score of 0-3.
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Benfica could be Liverpool’s stumbling block considering that in the round of 16, the team nicknamed The Eagle defeated one of the seeded champions Ajax Amsterdam with a 3-2 aggregate.
Previously in the group stage, Benfica joined Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Dynamo Kyiv.
