Chelsea aren´t Europa League favourites The London club will meet Jorge Jesus' men at the Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday for the showpiece fixture of Europe's second-tier competition.
And despite Chelsea going into the game having won the UEFA Champions League last term, Benitez has acknowledged that form goes out of the window in games of this nature.
"Always when you get to a final anything can happen, so as I said we know Benfica really well because they have a very good manager and good players and experience in Europe," he said.
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Premier League: Chelsea 2:2 Tottenham The hosts grabbed an early lead through their young Brazilian Oscar as he met a Gary Cahill header at the back post.
A wonder goal from Emmanuel Adebayor brought Tottenham level but sloppy defending just before half-time allowed Ramires to score his fifth league goal of the season.
Chelsea looked on course to seal the win but with 10 minutes remaining substitute Sigurdsson finished smartly to earn a share of the points.
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Serie A: Atalanta 0:1 Juventus Juventus won their ninth Serie A match in a row after edging Atalanta 1-0 in Bergamo on Wednesday.
Alessandro Matri scored the only goal of the game in the 18th minute for Juve, who have now won their last six matches at Atalanta.
The match was marred by first-half crowd trouble, with proceedings suspended for 10 minutes after fans were throwing flares at each other.
Juventus manager Antonio Conte and Atalanta striker German Denis were just two of the figures who tried to calm the tension at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia and play did resume, although the scoreline remained the same despite the best efforts of both sides.
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Serie A: Pescara 0:4 Milan Mario Balotelli netted two goals as Milan eased to a comfortable 4-0 victory against relegated Pescara on Wednesday.
The Italian striker grabbed the winning goal against Torino last time out and scored another important effort to put Milan ahead from the penalty spot in the 10th minute.
Pescara's relegation to Serie B was confirmed last Sunday with a 4-1 defeat to Genoa and the visitors were ruthless as Sulley Muntari and Mathieu Flamini added to Balotelli's double to tighten Milan's grip on third place.
Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri was without Kevin Prince-Boateng due to suspension and the injured Riccardo Montolivo and Bojan Krkic.
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Manchester United fans fear for future, says Drasdo Manchester United Supporters' Trust (MUST) head Duncan Drasdo expects "disquiet" among the club's support after Alex Ferguson's retirement.
The Scot revealed on Wednesday that he will bring his 27-year reign at Old Trafford to an end when the Premier League season reaches its conclusion on May 19.
And MUST chief executive Drasdo believes fans will harbour fear over life after the 71-year-old, who has lifted 38 trophies during his time at United.
"(Fans are) distraught, (there's) utter despair," he said. "People are immensely grateful to Sir Alex for what he has contributed and so first of all fans want to say thank you.
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Abidal´s Barca future unclear Eric Abidal is frustrated by Barcelona stalling on making a decision over his future at Camp Nou, the Frenchman's agent has claimed.
The 33-year-old returned to first-team action in April following a liver transplant, and has made four La Liga appearances so far this season.
But the Frenchman has not yet been offered a new contract with his current deal set to expire in the off-season.
"Abidal is starting to get disillusioned with how long it takes for Barcelona to make a decision about his future," David Venditelli told RAC1.
"It is not so much whether Barcelona want to continue with him or not, but t
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Mourinho ´not right for United´, claims Lowe Jose Mourinho would not be an ideal candidate for the manager's job at Manchester United, according to Spanish-based journalist Sid Lowe.
Alex Ferguson announced his decision to retire from football management on Wednesday, and Mourinho's name has been touted as a potential replacement.
But Lowe believes the idea was never seriously considered, with current Everton manager David Moyes the overwhelming favourite to take over at Old Trafford.
"The reality is of course that talk of Jose Mourinho potentially going to Manchester United really didn't last very long because everybody here (in Spain) quickly cottoned on to the fact that David Moyes was a very clear favourite," Lowe said.
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