Belgian champions Club Brugge are facing an impossible mission this Tuesday when they are away in Lisbon. Benfica defends 2:0 from the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League. How difficult the task will be for the visitors is best shown by the fact that Benfica has not lost on their home field since May last year. On the other hand, Brugge is desperate on the road this season, and since the beginning of the year, it has not been much better at home either. Last year's champions achieved only two victories in 2023, against Waregem away and at home against Gent, both with 2:0. By all accounts, defending the title in Belgium is an impossible mission, although the competition system is such that half of the points from the regular part of the season are transferred to the playoffs. With six rounds before the end of the regular season, Brugge is already 21 points behind the leader Genk, and has not yet secured a place in the playoffs. That something in the team is not working is best shown by the result from the last round in the league, when Brugge convincingly lost 3-0 against Oostende, a team fighting for survival. The drop in form of this team is truly incredible, because the team did not undergo any significant changes in the form of transfers compared to last year. The club's management thought that by bringing in a new coach, Scott Parker, they would make a good move, but that turned out to be wrong. Since he has been leading this team, they have managed to achieve only two victories in 11 matches. As things currently stand, unless something drastic changes soon, he will be fired. Despite the pretty good result they achieved in Belgium, we shouldn't expect Benfica to give up their style of play. Their game is characterized by a quick flow of the ball and they are a team that has a great combination of experienced players and young talents. Also, it will be worth noting that they held PSG to a 1-1 stalemate both at home and away during the group stage. Unbeaten at home across all competitions, Roger Schmidt's men are big favorites to bag a convincing win over the ailing Belgian side. The guests will certainly have to play more attacking than they would like, which will certainly leave more than enough space for Benfica's dangerous attack. Benfica is dominant in the domestic championship and if we exclude the games against Braga, Sporting and Porto, the players and the audience are eager for high-quality games, so we should expect another sure victory of Benfica.

比利时冠军俱乐部布鲁日在本周二客场挑战里斯本时面临着一项不可能完成的任务。欧冠16强首回合，本菲卡2:0卫冕。自去年 5 月以来，本菲卡队在主场没有输过球，这一事实最能说明客队的任务有多么困难。反观布鲁日，本赛季在客场走投无路，年初以来主场也好不到哪里去。去年的冠军在 2023 年只取得了两场胜利，分别是客场对阵 Waregem 和主场对阵根特，都是 2:0。众所周知，在比利时卫冕是一项不可能完成的任务，尽管赛制是这样的，即赛季常规赛的一半积分会转移到季后赛。距离常规赛结束还有6轮，布鲁日已经落后领头羊亨克21分，还未锁定季后赛席位。团队中的某些东西不起作用上轮联赛的结果最能说明问题，当时布鲁日以 3-0 令人信服地输给了为生存而战的奥斯坦德。这支球队的状态下降确实令人难以置信，因为与去年相比，球队在转会形式上没有发生任何重大变化。俱乐部管理层认为引进新教练斯科特帕克是一个很好的举措，但事实证明这是错误的。自从他带领这支球队以来，他们在11场比赛中只取得了两场胜利。按照目前的情况，除非很快发生重大变化，否则他将被解雇。尽管他们在比利时取得了不错的成绩，但我们不应该期望本菲卡放弃他们的比赛风格。他们的比赛特点是球的快速流动，他们是一支拥有经验丰富的球员和年轻天才的完美组合的球队。此外，值得注意的是，他们在小组赛中主场和客场都将巴黎圣日耳曼逼成了 1-1 平局阶段。在所有比赛中主场保持不败，罗杰·施密特的球队是大热门，可以令人信服地战胜生病的比利时球队。客队肯定要打出比他们想要的更多的进攻，这肯定会为本菲卡的危险进攻留下足够的空间。本菲卡在国内联赛中占据绝对优势，如果排除对阵布拉加、竞技和波尔图的比赛，无论是球员还是观众都对高质量的比赛充满期待，本菲卡又一场必胜值得期待。