Experience is important. Not decisive, but important. In life and football. Even more in a classic like FC Porto-Benfica. The experience can be seen by the age, yes, but also by the number of games of this magnitude between the players of both teams. The squad of reds adds another 15 games between dragons and eagles (118/133), with André Almeida being the player who most often faced FC Porto: 19. The difference is registered, above all, by the presence of Otamendi at Benfica, because the Argentine played no less than 10 for FC Porto.
Who has the most games in the Porto squad against Benfica is the Mexican Jesus Corona: 14. Next comes Pepe, with only 12 because, between 2007 and January 2019, he was not at FC Porto. Otávio (11), Marcano (9) and Sérgio Oliveira (9) are in the top 5 FC Porto. On the Benfica side, after André Almeida, appear Pizzi (16), Rafa (13) and Seferovic (13), in addition to the aforementioned Otamendi.
There are 41 players from the two squads that have already been in matches between Benfica and FC Porto: 20 eagles and 21 dragons.
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