The last of this year in Europe League is assured of at least one of the Portuguese team Benfica, Braga how to deal with in the semifinals.
While Porto Villarreal must overcome to ensure a connection to all the Portuguese, its biggest rival Benfica wait book your ticket through a rescue mission underway for the season.
Back to death in the league, 19 points behind Porto, they finally recognized the title on home ground and indignity suffered a second loss to their hated rivals in three weeks, leaving the Cup Portugal.
Benfica saved some pride with a 2-1 victory over Pacos Ferreira in Portugal Taca-finals this weekend, but there is still work to do.
Now turn their attention toward the game, making 14 points - but only in one place - behind the league standings.
"The important thing is to be mentally focused," said the defender Maxi Pereira. "Our goal is to reach the final.
"We know it will be difficult because they want the same thing, but the European League is our next goal and we want to win.
"It restores confidence to win. We won another cup and I think in the future will be better for Benfica."
But they also know things are not so simple on the ground when they were on Saturday.
Benfica lost in the final meeting of Braga - 2-1 home league - and the pressure favorites "tag could work against them when they face the side Braga, who has already knocked the likes of Liverpool and Dynamo Kiev in this race.
There are also some bad blood between the two teams to beat in this league irritable meeting in March.
The winner was scored by Mossoro who took special joy that had a broken leg against Benfica a year before - a match in which he claimed he had been targeted because of an earlier tunnel brawl.
Braga will play with the freedom of an outsider who has bitten an opponent before, while Benfica will keep their attention because they perform one last chance to beat Porto to a trophy this season.
Braga, is Rodriguez Elderson and Kaka back from injury and suspension to improve the team, but Paulo Cesar is suspended while Vinicius Quim and remain in the treatment room.
Benfica miss Toto Salvio, Nuno Gomes and Ruben Amorim.