Francisco Geraldes questions Sporting's passivity: Is it a case of... | OneFootball

Francisco Geraldes took to social media and, using some images from the Sport TV broadcast, raised a question linked to the derby against Benfica which, according to him, has not been talked about. In the video, the former Sporting explains that the Lions' players were not prepared for the second ball in either penalty.

"Still on Sporting - Benfica... I’m not here to talk about the 'it should have been disallowed'. There are rules I don’t even know. I wanted to talk about a situation I haven’t seen anyone mention and that left me a little bit... It’s passed now," he began by saying in a post shared on Instagram.

"People say big matches are decided by details. The small things, the details make the difference. Fair enough, but what does that actually mean? I like to understand how things happen, why things happen," highlighted the club’s former midfielder, who currently plays for South Korean side Seoul E-Land.

"Luis Suárez takes the penalty and not a single Sporting player is ready for the second ball. There is always the possibility of a player missing. And on the potential rebound there are seven [later he says eight] Benfica players against just one Sporting player, who is not even in a very favorable position. But the same thing happens in the opposite situation, when Schjelderup goes to take the penalty," he stressed.

"The reaction of the Benfica and Sporting players also points in the same direction. If Rui Silva had saved it, there were three Benfica players with the chance to score on the rebound. 'Ah, but the Benfica players entered [the box] early'. At the moment Suárez strikes the ball, there are two Benfica players one step inside the box. In other words, they didn’t enter that early. And it’s not something the Sporting players shouldn’t have done," he pointed out.

In the same video, Francisco Geraldes also left some written notes. In one of them, the former Sporting player asked: "This image is excellent because of the number of Benfica players. I don’t know if it shows greater desire and determination to win, but it shows something." And he ends: "The question is: how do you explain the 8-to-1 on the rebound? Is it a matter of determination? Overconfidence in the taker? Fatigue (19th minute)?".

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