VIDEO: Jubilant Benfica fans welcome team home after European success
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Hundreds of Benfica supporters welcomed their side back to the Iberian Peninsula at 3 a.m. Thursday after the Portuguese giants advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals following an aggregate victory over Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia.
Twice European Cup champs in the 1960's, the 34-time Portuguese victors will await the quarterfinals draw on March 18 to determine who it plays with a shot at the last four on the line.
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