The Champions League round of 32 kicked off with great fanfare. Real Madrid travel to Benfica in the first leg, having been soundly beaten by the Portuguese side just a few weeks ago, one of Real Madrid’s worst teams of the 2025-26 season. Arbeloa’s side cannot afford such a result tonight and will try to take care of business in order to enjoy a manageable return trip to the Bernabeu next week.
Predicted lineup
Real Madrid’s predicted eleven: Courtois; Trent, Rudiger, Huizen, Carreras; Chumeni, Valverde, Camavinga; Guler; Vinicius, Mbappe.
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Benfica’s predicted eleven: Trubin; Dedic, Otamendi, T. Araújo, Dahl; Olnes, Barreiro; Prestani, Sudakov, Kjedrup; Pavlidis.
How to watch and live stream the Champions League
date: 02/17/2025
time: 21:00 CET, 03:00 pm EST.
site: Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal.
TV available: Movistar Liga Campeones (Spain)
Available streaming media: Paramount+, DAZN, Amazon Prime Video (US)
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