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Pre-match review Boca Juniors vs Benfica
One of South America's most famous clubs, Boca Juniors, will look to qualify for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup group stage when they open their campaign against Benfica. Boca Juniors are far from their glory days, having failed to win a trophy in the past three years. Last season, Boca finished sixth in the Argentine league. Their best result at the FIFA Club World Cup came 18 years ago, when they reached the final, losing to AC Milan.
In fact, Benfica are not doing much better. The team has just gone through a season without any trophies, losing to Sporting Lisbon on all domestic fronts. It can be said that this is a confrontation between two giants in decline.
Fans wonder, both teams are far from their peak, so why are they participating in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup? Boca Juniors qualified as the second-placed team in the four-year ranking of the South American Football Confederation. Accordingly, the achievements of the last four seasons will be counted and Boca gets high points because they often go deep in the Copa Libertadores. However, Boca often come up empty-handed. Their best result is reaching the final of the 2023 season, where they were defeated 2-1 by Brazil's Fluminense.
Likewise, Benfica have also accumulated the necessary points thanks to their strong performances in the Champions League over the past four seasons. Benfica and Boca have not reached the top, but their consistency over the years has allowed them to participate.
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Form, head-to-head history Boca Juniors vs Benfica
In terms of form, both teams bring a sense of insecurity to fans. Boca and Benfica have not won in the last three matches (2 draws, 1 loss). However, Benfica is still considered to be the stronger team. Firstly, as a team from Europe, this club is considered to be stronger. Secondly, the Argentine representatives are always afraid when meeting UEFA clubs. In the previous 4 encounters, the Tango clubs lost all 4.
In theory, Brazilian or Argentine clubs are the strongest compared to the rest of world football, but that is still not enough for them to dream of overthrowing the powers from the old continent.
Every time Argentine clubs meet European opponents, it ends with a victory for the European team, a detail that shows that there is a big gap between the two strongest football nations in the world. And tonight, perhaps that will happen again, Boca will be empty-handed again, regardless of Benfica no longer being the fearsome force it once was.
Expected lineup Boca Juniors vs Benfica
Boca Juniors: Marchesin; Blondel, Battaglia, Rojo, Blanco; Delgado, Herrera; Zeballos, Palacios, Zenon; Merentiel.
Benfica: Trubin; Araujo, A. Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Luis, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis, Akturkoglu.
Score prediction: Boca Juniors 1-2 Benfica
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