The time is edging ever-closer to the Benfica vs Porto Primeira Liga game which is scheduled to start shortly, and the team sheets have now been announced.
Here is the starting XI for Benfica which has been officially confirmed as:
Benfica
Anatoliy Trubin
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.99m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Ukraine
Place of birth: Donetsk, Ukraine
Samuel Dahl
Defender
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Västerås, Sweden
Nicolás Otamendi #19
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 38
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tomás Lemos Araújo #44
Also known as Araújo
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Famalicão, Portugal
Rui Pedro Ferreira da Silva #94
Also known as Silva
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Portugal
Amar Dedić
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 23
Place of birth: Zell am See, Austria
Enzo Barrenechea #5
Midfielder
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Villa María, Argentina
Richard Ríos
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 25
Andreas Schjelderup #21
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Bodø, Norway
Gianluca Prestianni #25
Forward
Height: 1.65m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Vangelis Pavlidis
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Greece
Place of birth: Thessaloniki, Greece
The starting line-up for Porto has also been confirmed as:
Porto
Diogo Meireles Costa #99
Also known as Costa
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Santo Tirso, Portugal
Jakub Kiwior
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Tychy, Poland
Jan Bednarek
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Poland
Alberto Oliveira Baio #20
Also known as Costa
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Santo Tirso, Portugal
Martim Moreira Moutinho #52
Also known as Fernandes
Defender
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Portugal
Place of birth: Valongo, Portugal
Alan Varela #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: Argentina
Gabriel Veiga Novas #10
Also known as Veiga
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Spain
Place of birth: Porriño, Spain
Victor Froholdt
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Denmark
Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Costa #11
Also known as Pepê
Forward
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Oskar Pietuszewski #77
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 17
Nationality: Poland
Place of birth: Białystok, Poland
Deniz Gül #27
Forward
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Turkey
Place of birth: Stockholm, Sweden
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