Nicolás Otamendi and Richard Ríos at risk of missing Benfica v Santa Clara | OneFootball

Nicolás Otamendi and Richard Ríos may be unavailable for Benfica in the Benfica – Santa Clara match. The Eagles’ home game against the Azoreans is scheduled for Friday, September 12, at 8:15 pm, and the players will still be on international duty in the early hours of the 10th.

Nicolás Otamendi’s Argentina will play away against Ecuador at 12:00 am on September 10. As for Richard Ríos’ Colombia, they will play away against Venezuela at 12:30 am, also on September 10. In this scenario, it is quite complicated for Benfica’s duo to feature against Santa Clara.

In addition to having less than 72 hours to recover, Nicolás Otamendi and Richard Ríos will also have to make a long trip back to Lisbon. Therefore, it is quite likely that Bruno Lage will choose to rest the Eagles’ duo, bringing in, for example, Tomás Araújo and Leandro Barreiro to take their places.

The Benfica – Santa Clara match is scheduled for September 12, at 8:15 pm, at Estádio da Luz, and a sold-out crowd is expected for the Eagles’ return home, after their victory away at Alverca. The match is part of the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic and will be broadcast on BTV.

After the first three rounds of Liga Portugal Betclic – remembering that the Club from Luz agreed to postpone the first round – Benfica has nine points from three matches: Estrela da Amadora (1-0, away), Tondela (3-0, home), and Alverca (2-1, away). The Eagles are in fourth place, with nine points. Porto leads (12 points from four games), Famalicão is second (10 points from four matches), and Sporting is third (nine points from four games).

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