Lukebakio injured at Benfica? Some say: all or nothing | OneFootball

Luís Pedro Ferreira argues that Dodi Lukebakio's serious injury is an opportunity for Andreas Schjelderup – who faces significant challenges ahead – and Gianluca Prestianni have shown their worth at Benfica. The journalist also considers that the need to enter the market for a winger has become particularly urgent.

“The last few days have made it clear, in any case, that the need to invest in the January market can no longer be seen as a whim of Mourinho, but rather an absolute necessity for Benfica,” begins Luís Pedro Ferreira in an opinion piece in the newspaper A Bola.

The journalist argues that the prolonged absence of the former Sevilla player requires urgent measures: “If the limitation of wingers already seemed undeniable when there was full availability of Dodi Lukebakio, the serious injury now suffered by the Belgian international forces the board led by Rui Costa to look for someone in the market with similar characteristics.”

“Due to the unpredictability and speed that the left-footed former Sevilla player brings to the game, being a player who disrupts like no one else in the squad, even though his distinctive profile is often hindered by a lack of effectiveness in decision-making,” adds Luís Pedro Ferreira, discussing the characteristics of Dodi Lukebakio.

“Andreas Schjelderup might even have an unexpected opportunity here to prevent this conviction in a Copenhagen court from also confirming a sporting sentence to be fulfilled in the reopening of the transfer window. For Gianluca Prestianni, who comes from his debut in Argentina's main team but is also slow to make a qualitative leap, the moment of all or nothing may have arrived,” concludes Luís Pedro Ferreira.

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