The time is edging ever-closer to the Benfica vs Arouca Primeira Liga match which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the players are now available.
Here is the starting XI for Benfica which is confirmed as follows:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Álvaro Carreras #3
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Ferrol, Spain
Nicolás Otamendi #19
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
António João Tavares Silva #4
Also known as António Silva
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viseu, Portugal
Tomás Lemos Araújo #44
Also known as Tomás Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Famalicão, Portugal
Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís #61
Also known as Florentino
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lobito, Angola
Fredrik Aursnes #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Hareid, Norway
Orkun Kökçü #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Haarlem, Netherlands
Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Kocaeli, Turkey
Ángel Di María #11
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 37
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Rosario, Argentina
Vangelis Pavlidis
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
The team sheet line-up for Arouca has also been confirmed as follows:
Arouca
Nico Mantl #58
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Amadou Dante #3
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Mali
Boris Popović #13
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Serbia
Place of birth: Serbia
José Manuel Fontán Mondragón #3
Also known as José Fontán
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain
Carlos Alexandre Reis Pinto #78
Also known as Alex Pinto
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Guimarães, Portugal
Morlaye Sylla #2
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Guinea
Place of birth: Conakry, Guinea
Pedro Carvalho Santos #89
Also known as Pedro Santos
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 61kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
David Remeseiro Salgueiro #10
Also known as Jason
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: A Coruña, Spain
Alfonso Trezza #19
Forward
Height: 1.66m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Uruguay
Place of birth: Florida, Uruguay
Taichi Fukui #21
Forward
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Güven Yalçın #50
Forward
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany
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