Benfica
Unbeaten and almost unbeaten in the Portuguese league, Jorge Jesús’s pupils also start the Champions League as leaders in the domestic competition. They have also knocked down both Spartak Moscow and PSV in the qualifying phase, conceding just one goal in all four games. The fact of having experienced players like Otamendi or Vertonghen is essential, but upstairs they also have pure dynamite with Seferovic, Carlos Vinicius, Yaremchuk or Darwin Núñez.
As to follow: Rafa Silva. The motor shaft of the Lisbon block. Capitals have been his two goals in the previous Champions League and his ability to make the team work.