Meet Zvezda's rival - Benfica

The giant from Portugal was founded back in 1904. In their rich history, they have won as many as 85 trophies, which puts them in second place for the number of cups in Portugal. In their showcases they have: two European Champions Cup trophies, 38 Portuguese National Championship trophies, 26 Portuguese Cup trophies, seven Portuguese League Cup trophies and nine Portuguese Super Cup trophies.

Crvena zvezda has met one of the most trophy-winning clubs only twice throughout its history. Both matches were played in the round of 16 of the European Champions Cup. The first match was played at Maracana, Zvezda won with a score of 3:2. The aforementioned game was marked by an incredible game by Rajko Janjanin, who brought our team victory with a hat trick. Unfortunately, in the second leg, Benfica won 2:0 and went to the next stage of the competition.

The new coach of Benfica is Bruno Laz. He signed a contract with the Portuguese giants just a few days ago, and has yet to lead the team in an official match. The previous head of the profession was Roger Schmidt, who insisted on a 4-2-3-1 formation. The game, with the now former coach of Benfica, was based on the individual quality of the players on the flanks. In the first four rounds of the Portuguese league, Benfica is only in seventh place in the table, with two wins, one draw and one loss.

Benfica usually plays in the following lineup: Trubin - Bach, Otamendi, Silva, Carreras - Barreiro, Florentino - Prestiniani, Di Maria, Kokçu - Pavlidis. Waiting for a chance from the bench: Bajrami, Araujo, Renato Sánchez, Rego, Artur Cabral... They have the greatest quality in the offensive, and players like Pavlidis, Di Maria, Arturo Cabral, Renato Sánchez represent the biggest threat to our team.