Firstly I want you to read my preview of Barcelona v Levante last weekend so you know get this view from:

https://expert.hongcai.163.com/index.html#/details/1715834

I was expecting a lot of difficulties to Barcelona, but with the help of an early goal, the weakness of Levante and the skill of teenage midfielders Gavi, Nico and Fati Barcelona made me and Levante look like fools.

Today they have a bit better squad available as Frenkie De Jong is available, but in a bigger picture I am not yet ready to change my mind over Barcelona.

The worry I had for Dest as a left back cover so far also seems to have been unjustified, he has defended well and given a lot more support to attack than on his favoured right side. On the right there is probably Mingueza also tonight, and in fact Barcelona finished the last game with a 4 centreback defense line in the absense of fullbacks.

Still the biggest problems are in the attack. I can not accept Luuk De Jong in a team like this, but the improved performance of Coutinho helped them last time. Was it a one-off?

However Barcelona these days is still interesting to see, there may be huge variance in performances.

Benfica are strong!

They dominated away in Kiev despite settling to a 0-0, the coach Jesus likes to have a 3-man defense and pressure high up to create goal chances fast. When needed a slower attack the focus is in the wingers Grimaldo and Gilberto. This time Benfica are not underdogs at home as Barcelona are not a top-4 team currently in Spain, but somewhere between 6th and 10th!

This season they are unbeaten in CL including the qualification round games vs Spartak and PSV, the same can not said of Barcelona who barely got a shot against Bayern at home, and could had been beaten by more than 0-3.

There is still skill in Barcelona, especially Memphis Depay is a threat, but never has there been a Barcelona side this short of options and this is a 50/50 game in my books.

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首先，我希望您阅读我上周末对巴塞罗那对莱万特的分析，以便您了解以下观点： https://expert.hongcai.163.com/index.html#/details/1715834

本来以为巴萨会遇到很多困难，但是在早进球的帮助下，莱万特的弱点以及巴萨小将加维、尼科和法蒂的技术让我和莱万特看起来毫无抵抗。

今天他们有了更好的阵容，因为弗兰基·德容（Frenkie De Jong）回归，但从更大的角度来看，我还没有改变对巴塞罗那的看法。

到目前为止，我对德斯特作为左后卫的担忧似乎也是没有道理的，他防守很好，并且比他偏爱的右侧提供了更多的进攻支持。今晚右边可能也有明格萨，事实上巴塞罗那在没有边后卫的情况下以4中卫的防线结束了最后一场比赛。 最大的问题仍然是攻击。我不能接受 Luuk De Jong 在这样一支球队上次库蒂尼奥的表现帮助了他们。是一次性的吗？ 然而，如今的巴塞罗那仍然很有趣，表现可能存在巨大差异。

本菲卡很强！ 尽管他们以 0-0 的比分在基辅客场占据主导地位，但主教练赫苏斯喜欢 3 人防守和高位施压以快速创造进球机会。当需要更慢的进攻时，重点放在边锋格里马尔多和吉尔伯托身上。这一次本菲卡在主场不是弱者，因为巴塞罗那目前在西班牙不是前四，而是在第 6 和第 10 之间！

本赛季他们在欧战中保持不败，包括对阵斯巴达克和埃因霍温的资格赛，同样不能说巴萨在主场对阵拜仁几乎没有射门，可能以0-3以上被击败。

巴塞罗那仍然有技巧，尤其是孟菲斯德佩是一个威胁，但巴塞罗那从来没有像现在这样人手紧缺，在我看来这是一场 50/50 的比赛。

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