Real Madrid vs SL Benfica Tickets

Real Madrid, as 14 times winners of Europe’s premier club tournament, are always going to draw a great deal of interest, and their home ground is consistently packed to the brim for all major games. However, at SeatPick, you’ll still be able to find tickets for great games, such as this exciting UEFA Champions League tie with Portuguese giants Benfica.

The dominance that Real Madrid have achieved in the competition is near total. No club gets near to Los Blancos in terms of their achievements in the tournament, both in its original form, the European Cup, and its successor, the UEFA Champions League.

The Spanish giants won the first five editions of the tournament, slaying Reims twice as well as Fiorentina, AC Milan, and Eintracht Frankfurt from 1955/56 to 1959/60.

Other titles followed, but the next extended period of success came between 1998 and 2002 when Real Madrid won three UEFA Champions League titles, the final one of the three coming via a delicious volley from Zinedine Zidane, whose winner saw off Bayer Leverkusen in Glasgow.

Zidane was then instrumental in their third era of prolonged triumph. As manager of Real Madrid, the French legend led the team to an unprecedented run of three successive wins in the tournament.

Those wins came at the expense of Atletico Madrid, after penalties, Juventus following a convincing 4-1 win, and Liverpool, Gareth Bale netting twice past the hapless keeper Loris Karius.

Their opponents, Benfica, are no strangers to silverware themselves. The Estadio da Luz side has won 38 domestic crowns and has also achieved a great deal in Europe.

Real Madrid vs SL Benfica Head-to-Head

The Lisbon-based side have won two European Cup titles, those coming in 1961 and 1962, the second of those coming at the expense of Real Madrid.

The final of the 1961/62 season took place in Amsterdam and was something of a barnstorming affair. By half-time, Miguel Munoz’s Real Madrid side were 3-2 ahead thanks to a hat-trick from Hungarian legend Puskas, but it was Benfica who came roaring back with Eusebio scoring twice to give Bela Guttmann’s side a famous 5-3 win.

The two teams met again in the 1964/65 season in the Quarter-Finals. Eusebio netted twice again to give Benfica a healthy 5-1 home-leg win to take to Madrid. Both Puskas and Eusebio scored again as the La Liga side won 2-1 but lost 6-3 on aggregate.

Real Madrid vs SL Benfica Connections

A host of stars have played for both Real Madrid and Benfica over the years, and these include wing-back Fabio Coentrao, Luka Jovic, and Angel Di Maria.