Benfica vs Chelsea: Line-ups revealed as Blues look to keep Club World Cup run alive
The Premier League side face a tough test against the Portuguese side.
Chelsea take on Benfica in a heavyweight Club World Cup knockout match this evening.
The Blues have been in good form so far in the competition, but the opposition has levelled up as we hit the latter stages.
Benfica have already beaten giants Bayern Munich in the group stages and will be hoping to tick off another heavyweight from their list.
Read on to see how both sides line-up.
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Benfica line-up
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The Portuguese side line up with the following…
Anatoliy Trubin is in goal, marshalling a defence of Fredrik Aursnes, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi and Samuel Dahl.
Then comes a three of Leandro Barreiro, Florentino Luis and Orkun Kokcu.
On the wings are Angel Di Maria and Andreas Schjelderup.
The striker is Vangelis Pavlidis.
Chelsea line-up
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The Blues have also unsurprisingly gone strong.
Robert Sanchez is in goal, behind Reece James, Benoit Badiashile, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella.
In midfield, a pivot of Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia.
Ahead comes a three of Enzo Fernandez Cole Palmer and Pedro Neto.
Liam Delap starts with Nicolas Jackson still suspended.
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