Benfica will try on Thursday to win the third consecutive victory in the European Football League, before the Cypriots of Omonia, while the second Torreense will have a difficult trip to the terrain of the Hungarians of Ferencváros.
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20/10/2026
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Lusa
Aafter the illuminating triumphs against AC Milan (2-0), Ruben Amorim, in Italy, and before the Scots of Celtic (4-1), in Luz, the team commanded by Marco Silva occupies the group of 10 teams with six points, now traveling to Nicosia, where he will measure forces with a set that has also managed to add two victories in so many other games in the race.
Benfica and Torreense, of the II Liga, did not compete last weekend, especially in the third elimination of the Cup of Portugal, as well as Sporting, FC Porto and Sporting Braga, so they had a week to prepare the meetings of the third day.
Thus, there are not many changes expected in the initial ‘eighth’ of the ‘eagles’, which must be presented with the strongest team against Omonia, which also had a week of rest since the last game for the Europa League – victory over the Slovenians of the Celje (3-0).
Outside of the trip to Cyprus, is the Argentine Enzo Barrenechea, injured, and the Polish Jakub Kamiński and Daniel Banjaqui remain in doubt for the game at GSP Stadium in Nicosia, beginning at 20:00 (hours in Lisbon).
Earlier, from 5:45 pm, the emblem of Torres Vedras, holder of the Cup of Portugal, heads to Budapest, where one looks at a complicated duel with Ferencváros.
After the victorious debut in the field of the Norwegians of Lilleström (2-1), the team guided by Luís Tralhão overcame the first disengagement in the competition, at the reception to the English of Sundeland (2-1), in Leiria, and had previously lost in Tondela (1-0), to the II League.
In the Hungarian capital, there will be an opponent who adds six points in the league phase, although the internal results of Ferencváros are not the best, since he added three equals in the last three meetings for the championship, in which he is sixth positioned.
Paulo Fonseca, at the helm of Lyon's French, goes in search of the third victory in the visit to the Hoffenheim Germans, after the tangential triumph over Nice (2-1), on Sunday, in the match of Ligue 1, which leads together with Paris Saint-Germain, Paris FC, Lille and Monaco.
The other two Portuguese technicians on trial are looking for the first points, with Anderlecht, from Vítor Bruno, to visit the Poles of Jagiellonia, while Tulipa, at the helm of Ararat-Armenia, will receive the Dutch from AZ Alkmaar.