Brugge is imo the weakest team in this round of the Champions League. They were already one of the weakest sides in the group, but somehow managed to qualify to ⅛ finals for the first time in more than 30 years. So the lack of experience is obvious.

Les Bleu et Noir made a strong first-leg impression by winning three matches: 1-0 at home against Leverkusen, 4-0 at Porto, and 2-0 against Atlético de Madrid. They fell behind and no longer took first place as this stroke of luck had little bearing on the final standings, finishing in second place behind FC Porto.

They were lucky with their strong start of the season and the bad start of the campaign of their rivals in the group stage (Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico).

Led by goalkeeper Simon Mignolet's 31 saves in the group phase, Brugge produced five clean sheets while developing clinical efficiency up front as prolific striker Ferran Jutgla blossomed into the team's attacking leader.

But like the rest of his teammates, the up-and-coming Spanish forward got trapped in a domestic downward spiral that started in November and has yet to be stopped. The current Belgian champions, however, are not in a good position to defend their national title. They now sit in fourth place in the regular season, 21 points virtually insurmountably behind leader Genk. The match against Union Saint-Gilloise ended in a 1-1 tie on Friday, after hanging on the field of Antwerp at 0-0.

The absences of magnitude that influence Club Brugge’s staff can be used to explain its current problems. When it comes to this double matchup, the powerful Danish striker Skov Olsen and his attacking partner, the Spaniard Jutgla, are indeed out of shape. The attacking threat should be filled by Lang, a Dutch international, and Vanaken, a highly useful midfielder.

On the other hand, Benfica has been one of the best teams in the group stage and in Europe, and they are still in amazing form. They managed to keep the high level after the WC break, and now are the solid leaders in the Portuguese league, and made an amazing group stage. They managed to beat and kick out of the tournament Juventus, while also managed to end above (with same points) title contenders PSG, achieving two impressive draws 1:1.

Despite losing Enzo Fernandez following his high-profile move to Chelsea, German coach Roger Schmidt still can count on forward Goncalo Guedes, and also possibly on new signings Casper Tengstedt and Andreas Schjelderup. The former Parisian Draxler must be pleased with a substitute role for Enzo Fernandez.

Out injured is left back Mihailo Ristic. The world champion Argentine Otamendi and the excellent Antonio Silva should line up in front of the Greek international goalie Vlachodimos in the goal, with Alexander Bah and Alejandro Grimaldo undoubtedly occupying the flanks.

Last but not least, Benfica possesses outstanding offensive weapons like the successful Gonçalo Ramos, Rafa, and Joao Mario.

Brugge made two very different games against Oporto. Managed to beat them 0:4 (although the result should have been tighter in my opinion), and then lost 4:0 in a solid performance by the Portuguese team who outplayed them. The level I’m expecting by Benfica is at least (if not better) the same as Oporto showed in the victory 4:0, when also Brugge was in much better form than now.

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布鲁日在我看来是本轮欧冠最弱的球队。他们本来是小组中最弱的球队之一，但却在30多年来第一次设法进入了决赛。所以经验的缺乏是显而易见的。

蓝黑军团在首回合取得了三场胜利，给人留下了深刻的印象:主场1-0勒沃库森，4-0波尔图，2-0 Atlético德马德里。他们落后了，不再是第一名，因为这一运气对最终的排名影响不大，他们排在波尔图之后，排在第二位。

他们很幸运，本赛季开局强劲，而他们的竞争对手(勒沃库森，马竞)在小组赛阶段开局糟糕。

在门将西蒙·米尼奥莱的31次扑救的带领下，布鲁日在小组赛阶段完成了5次零封对手，同时在前场提高了效率，高产前锋费兰·尤特格拉成长为球队的进攻领袖。

但就像他的其他队友一样，这位崭露头角的西班牙前锋陷入了从去年11月开始的国内低迷，至今仍未停止。然而，目前的比利时冠军并没有很好地捍卫他们的全国冠军头衔。他们现在在常规赛中排名第四，落后领头羊根克21分，几乎无法逾越。周五与联合圣吉卢瓦的比赛以1比1结束，此前他们在安特卫普球场以0比0战平。

影响布鲁日俱乐部员工的重大缺位可以用来解释目前的问题。在这场双人对决中，强大的丹麦前锋斯科夫·奥尔森(Skov Olsen)和他的进攻搭档西班牙人尤特格拉(Jutgla)确实状态不佳。进攻威胁应该由荷兰国脚朗和非常有用的中场瓦肯来填补。

另一方面，本菲卡一直是小组赛和欧洲赛场上最好的球队之一，他们仍然保持着惊人的状态。他们设法在WC假期后保持高水平，现在是葡萄牙联赛的稳固领导者，并在小组赛中取得了惊人的成绩。他们成功地击败并淘汰了尤文图斯，同时也成功地在冠军争夺者PSG之上结束了比赛，取得了两场令人印象深刻的1:1平局。

尽管恩佐·费尔南德斯在高调转会切尔西后失去了他，德国教练罗杰·施密特仍然可以指望前锋冈卡洛·格德斯，而且可能还会有新签的卡斯珀·滕施泰特和安德烈亚斯·施耶尔德鲁普。前巴黎人德拉克斯勒肯定很高兴能成为恩佐·费尔南德斯的替补。

左后卫米哈伊洛·里斯蒂奇因伤缺阵。世界冠军阿根廷人奥塔门迪和出色的安东尼奥·席尔瓦应该排在希腊国脚弗拉科迪莫斯的前面，亚历山大·巴和亚历杭德罗·格里马尔多无疑占据了两翼。

最后但并非最不重要的是，本菲卡拥有出色的进攻武器，如成功的Gonçalo拉莫斯，拉法和若昂马里奥。

布鲁日对波尔图打了两场截然不同的比赛。以0:4击败他们(尽管在我看来结果应该更接近)，然后葡萄牙队以4:0输掉了比赛，他们表现出色。我所期待的本菲卡的水平至少(如果不是更好的话)和波尔图4:0的胜利一样，当时布鲁日的状态也比现在好得多。