We’re counting down to the Benfica vs Chelsea FIFA Club World Cup clash which is scheduled to start shortly, and the players have now been announced.
Let’s look at the starting XI for Benfica which has been confirmed as follows:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Samuel Dahl
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Västerås, Sweden
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 Silva
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viseu, Portugal
Fredrik Aursnes #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Hareid, Norway
Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís #61
Also known as Florentino
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Lobito, Angola
Leandro Barreiro
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 25
Orkun Kökçü #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Haarlem, Netherlands
Andreas Schjelderup #21
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Bodø, Norway
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 starting line-up for Chelsea has also been confirmed as follows:
Chelsea
Robert Lynch Sánchez #1
Also known as Sánchez
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.97m
Weight: 90kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Cartagena, Spain
Marc Cucurella Saseta #3
Also known as Cucurella
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Alella, Spain
Levi Colwill #6
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 22
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Southampton, England
Benoît Badiashile #5
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 24
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Limoges, France
Reece James #24
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 87kg
Age: 25
Nationality: England
Place of birth: London, England
Enzo Fernández #24
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: San Martín, Argentina
Moisés Caicedo #23
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 23
Roméo Lavia #45
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium
Pedro Lomba Neto
Also known as Pedro Neto
Forward
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Cole Palmer #10
Forward
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 23
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Wythenshawe, England
Liam Delap #19
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 22
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Winchester, England
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