Draw of Benfica women’s football champions

The women’s soccer team of Benfica meets England’s Chelsea FC – 7th in the UEFA rankings – in the round of 16 of the 2020/21 Champions League, dictated by the draw on Tuesday in Nyon.

The Round of 16, remember, will be played at two hands (8/9 is 15/16 December), in an elimination in which Benfica start receiving the opponent in Benfica Campus.

The coefficients they are an important factor at this stage of the race, and this is also a parameter in which the class drove Luís Andrade has been highlighted in recent weeks. A rookie in the competition, Benfica have started occupying the 94th place in the standings after the victory in Thessaloniki against PAOK (1-3), and the triumph against Anderlecht (1-2) catapulted the incarnates into a 26 places uphill. This means they currently occupy the 68th place in the UEFA rankings.

IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS

• Round of 32: 8/9 and 15/16 December 2020 (two hands)

• To draw Round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals: date to be confirmed (Nyon)

• Round of 16: 3/4 and 10/11 March 2021 (two hands)

• Quarter finals: 23/24 March and 31 March / 1 April 2021 (two hands)

• Semifinals: 24/25 April and 1/2 May 2021 (two hands)

• The final: May 16, 2021 (Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg)

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