Leandro Barreiro: positives in Benfica–Leverkusen clash, very good | OneFootball

Leandro Barreiro argues that Benfica played an excellent match against Bayer Leverkusen, despite the defeat. At the end of the game, the midfielder – who suffered a penalty that went uncalled – highlighted the number of chances created by the Club of Light in the Champions League clash.

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“We played a very good match, but we didn’t score, and in football, if you don’t score, you concede. We created good chances, but without scoring it’s much harder to win,” Leandro Barreiro began by saying in statements to Sport TV, after another setback for Benfica in this edition of the Champions League.

“The positive is that we created many chances. We have to train so that in the next game we can score more,” concluded Leandro Barreiro, who was one of José Mourinho’s surprises for Benfica – Leverkusen. The 25-year-old midfielder started the match and was substituted in the 69th minute by Gianluca Prestianni.

This season, playing for Benfica, Leandro Barreiro – valued at 15 million euros – has played in 20 matches: 10 in Liga Portugal Betclic, seven in the Champions League, one in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup, and another in the Super Cup. In total, across the 670 minutes he has played, the midfielder has provided four assists.

Next Sunday, at 8:30 p.m., José Mourinho’s team will host Casa Pia at Estádio da Luz. The match is part of the 11th round of the National Championship.

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