Benfica star on Franjo Ivanovic's situation: We need him | OneFootball

Vangelis Pavlidis showed complete confidence in Franjo Ivanovic’s abilities, and asked for time for the Croatian forward to adapt to Benfica’s reality. The Greek striker spoke to journalists at the end of the Ajax - Benfica match and commented on his teammate’s situation.

“I don’t think I’m the right person to talk about Ivanović. You have to ask the coach. He’s a great player, he’s part of the team and we need him. He’ll find his moment, just like I did last season. He needs more time, it’s not easy to come to a club like Benfica, a big club, with pressure, where the team doesn’t play to help me. He needs time,” Vangelis Pavlidis began by saying.

“If you finish with three points, it’s always better. Mourinho didn’t say much after the game. We didn’t give Ajax much space, because we know how well they play with the ball. The first goal helped us a lot, we controlled the game defensively, but we had counterattacks, like the second goal,” analyzed Vangelis Pavlidis about Ajax – Benfica.

“We got the three points. It was tough, in the first four games we didn’t get any points. Today we defended more, but we took the three points, that’s the most important thing and now it’s about focusing game by game. Napoli will be another final for us, we want to stay in the Champions League,” Vangelis Pavlidis concluded.

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