Benfica and Nacional play in the late afternoon what remains of the meeting between the two teams, from the 8th round of the Primeira Liga, interrupted and postponed until today because of the fog that fell in Choupna.
Due to regulations, both teams are obliged to enter the field with the same teams that were on the field on October 6th. Changes are only permitted in the case of injuries to players who were in the 11 on the day of the game.
Now at Benfica are everyone that Bruno Lage had chosen on that 6th, so the 11th is the same. At Nacional, Tiago Margarido takes off, Nigel Thomas, injured, and Dudu comes on.
There are also new developments at Nacional’s bank. Labidi, Francisco Gonçalves and Dyego Sousa are options, Rúben Macedo, Adrián Butzke and Miguel Baeza are leaving.
Gustavo Correia, from AF Porto, remains the referee designated to direct this match. His assistants too, Inácio Pereira and Fábio Silva, Márcio Torres the 4th referee. Just one change, Iancu Vasilica takes Hélder Malheiro’s place at VAR, Bruno Jesus remains as AVAR.
National Eleven: Lucas France; Gustavo García, Ulisses, Zé Vítor and José Gomes; Soumaré, Matheus Dias and Luís Esteves; Appiah, Dudu and Isaac Tomich.
National substitutes: Rui Encarnação, João Aurélio, Bruno Costa, Laabidi, Penha, André Sousa, Francisco Gonçalves, Leo Santos and Dyego Sousa.
Benfica’s eleven: Trubin; Bah, Tomás Araújo, Otamendi and Carreras; Florentino, Aursnes and Kökçü; Di María, Aktürkoglu and Pavlidis.
Benfica substitutes: Samuel Soares, António Silva, Amdouni, Arthur Cabral, Leandro Barreiro, Schjelderup, Kaboré, Rollheiser and Beste.
Nacional-Benfica is scheduled for 5pm, mainland Portugal time. You can follow the game LIVE on SAPO Desporto, with videos of the main moves.
