World Cup winners and Europe's next superstars await Rangers

The 'Black Panther' was one of the greatest footballers the world has seen and in the 1960s and 70s, Benfica supporters had the privilege of watching him score more goals than the number of games he played in for the Eagles.

The pair met in 1964 as part of a 'Rest of the World' select for a friendly in Denmark and were close up until Eusebio's death just over a decade ago.Like Eusebio's hat-trick of final defeats, Henderson had his own European heartache. He lost in the 1967 Cup Winners' Cup final to Bayern Munich, and left the club just before they got their hands on the trophy in 1972.

The latter was just their second Primeira Liga defeat of the season - and the first since the opening day of the campaign when they lost to Boavista. And despite their very recent ills, the Lisbon side boast two World Cup winners and some of European football's most promising talent in their squad. Silva, along with Otamendi, are the only players still at Benfica from their previous tussles with Rangers.

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