Four confirmed casualties in Marco Silva's plans for Benfica-Celtic

O Benfica gave, at the end of the morning of Wednesday, the preparation work for the meeting of the second day of the League Europa league, before the Celtic, at a session held at Benfica Campus, in Seixal, whose first 15 minutes took place under the eyes of the media, in compliance with the UEFA regulations.

This session which ended up not giving great news to Marco Silva, who, as he looked forward to, could not count on the contribution of Daniel Banjaqui (to account with a muscle injury to the right thigh), Jakub Kaminski (to recover from a similar problem, but on the left leg), Enzo Barrenechea (which was operated on a rupture of the medial meniscus of the left knee) and Jaden Umeh (to resolve a severe muscle injury, contracted in the pre-season).

The four players performed individual training, on the sidelines of the remaining teammates, and are thus ‘letters out of the deck’ for reception to the Scots. However, not everything is bad news, since Alexander Bah he exercised without any limitation, after presenting signs of muscle fatigue, last weekend, in triumph over the Victoria SC, by 2-0.

To compose the working group, the Lisboner once again resorted to the training classes, this time, to ‘promote’ Tiago Freitas, a 20-year-old Portuguese average who has been a continuous bet on team B, and who debuted for the main, in the last sports season of 2025/26, when it was released by José Mourinho for the final moments of the victory over Napoli, by 2-0.

In this way, the young promise will be able to join the list of summoned for the duel of the Stadium of Light, which will have as a novelty practically guaranteed the inclusion of Clément Lenglet, who, remember, served punishment against the vimaranenses, after receiving expulsion order, in the first part of the defeat before FC Porto, on September 20, in the Classic of the seventh round of the I League, by 3-1.

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