Real Madrid will look to punch their ticket to the Champions League round of 16 with a win over Benfica on Wednesday night in Lisbon, where the team famously claimed La Décima.
The 15-time European champions are slowly finding their form under new boss Álvaro Arbeloa, stringing together three consecutive victories in which the team scored a combined 10 goals and conceded only one. Los Blancos’ 6–1 rout over Monaco in their penultimate league phase match helped bring a swagger back to what was a floundering side.
