Before them stands the opportunity for a first ever qualification to the UEFA Champions League group stage – and achieving it through the most difficult journey.

The encounter against SL Benfica will be an ever harder test, after the ones against FC Basel and FC Spartak Moscow earlier in the summer. But they remain unbeaten! With the home factor in their favour, the mettle and the quality of their players, the “Double-Headed Eagle” will attempt to overcome yet another obstacle.

Răzvan Lucescu counts on his team’s mentality and personality and believes, as he said in his press conference, that his players “are ready die on the pitch in order to qualify”. The last training session on Tuesday focused on tactics, deployment as well as the usual practice of defensive and attacking set pieces.

The 18 players at the disposal of the Romanian tactician: Rey, Paschalakis, Matos , Kitsiou, Vieirinha , Crespo, Varela, Khacheridi, Shakhov, Maurício, Cañas, Pelkas , El Kaddouri, Limnios, Warda, Jabá, Prijović, Akpom.