António Silva and the Benfica-Braga disappointment: It was a shock | OneFootball

This Monday, Benfica could only manage a 2-2 draw at home to Braga and moved further away from securing a place in the Champions League. António Silva admitted that the team felt Braga’s first goal, which came one minute after Rafa Silva’s strike.

"It was quite a big shock because we had just scored. I think we were going to become a little comfortable in the game. Braga were going to have to push forward more and they were coming off a game on Thursday... They were going to press more, and in the end open up more spaces... Unfortunately, we ended up conceding a goal right after that and then we had to chase the game. They ended up making it 2-1. We chased the result until the end, but it wasn’t possible," he said in comments to BTV.

The 22-year-old centre-back believes the players did everything they could to win, but it was not enough. "We did everything to win the game. A balanced first half, a second half in which we started well by scoring and then ended up conceding right after. We tried to make it 2-1, the goals kept being disallowed. The team tried until the end, but it falls short because we didn’t win the game," he said.

This share of the points was another negative result at the Estádio da Luz. According to Playmaker, Benfica recorded their sixth draw at the Cathedral in a Liga Portugal Betclic match, equalling the mark from 2007/08 .

The team in red return to action next Saturday, May 11, against Estoril. The match, part of the 34th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the side managed by Ian Cathro, will be played at 8:30 pm at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota.

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