First leg score: Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Benfica
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Following Wednesday night’s comfortable victory at Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Benfica are firmly in control of this one.
Gilberto and Gonçalo Ramos both scored in the first leg in Łódź, the latter pouncing on some calamitous defending, as Benfica won 2-0.
Back in Lisbon, the Portuguese giants will be looking to rubber stamp their group stage spot.
The Eagles won this competition in 1961 and 1962, subsequently losing in the finals of 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988 and 1990.
More recently, Benfica have qualified for 16 Champions League group stages, including five-in-a-row, a streak ended in 2019.
Now under Roger Schmidt, they’ll be dreaming of something similar, first and foremost looking to complete the job here.
Dynamo Kyiv meanwhile, given the ongoing conflict in their homeland, have done remarkably well just to get this far, beating both Fenerbahçe and Sturm Graz en route.
To date, the Blue and Whites have qualified for 19 Champions League group stages, including in each of the last two seasons.
Now though, Mircea Lucescu looks set to lead Dynamo into their eighth Europa League group phase campaign.
Will Benfica claim the required result at Estádio da Luz?
