All set in Athens

Football

Benfica's squad performed the adaptation training session at the OAKA Spiros Louis Stadium on Monday afternoon.

The 22 players called up by the coach Rui Vitória for the match against AEK, in Greece, carried out on Monday afternoon an adaptation training session at the OAKA Spiros Louis Stadium, the stage of the encounter from matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage.

In the 15 minutes of training open to the Press, the pitch of the venue appears to be in reasonable, withstanding the rain which felt in Athens on Sunday.

The OAKA Spiros Louis Stadium has the capacity for 68 069 spectators, but, according to the forecasts, there are expected nearly 40 thousand AEK supporters in the match against Benfica, which in turn, will have the support of around 1000 fans, ready to give every in the stands and help the team.

Pics: Isabel Cutileiro / SL Benfica