On July 20, at 21:00, Benfica receives Mexican visitors from Chivas Guadalajara in a friendly match at the International Champions Cup. The game will take place on Levi’s Stadium, in Santa Clara, in an arena where “eagles” usually score many goals.
Guadalajara has begun at ICC with a defeat in front of Fiorentina (1-2), in which Simeone and Sottil’s goals have “canceled” Lopez’s success, which opened the score (’25). Guadalajara played a brave 4-3-3 system with high-quality attacking players such as Molina, Pulido, Peralta or Brizuela. Fiorentina lined up more reserves but played better.
Guadalajara had 53% possession of the Italians and 12 times at the goal, but Tuscany had 22 attempts, including 10 cadres. And Benfica has quality offensive players who can produce a significant amount of danger to the North American gate. This summer Benfica played two friendly matches with diametrically opposed results.
First, the Lusitans lost with Anderlecht (1-2), then defeating Academica Coimbra with a clear 8-0 after the goals of Silva, De Tomas, Conti, Pizzi, Seferovic and Taarabt. Guadalajara comes after failures with Fiorentina, Boca Juniors (0-2) and River Plate (1-5).
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,67
