Luís Freitas Lobo highlights Benfica's weakness: they just aren't there | OneFootball

Luís Freitas Lobo believes that the secret to the victory in the Nacional – Benfica match was the changes made by José Mourinho. In an opinion article in the newspaper O Jogo, the sports commentator highlights the absence of pure wingers in the Eagles' squad but praises Gianluca Prestianni and Andreas Schjelderup.

“After a European match against Ajax, where the control to win had to be based on strong interior play, a different internal challenge, against Nacional, where to dismantle the opponent's 5x4x1 trench, it was necessary, instead, to have a disruptive exterior play, on the flanks, to win,” begins Luís Freitas Lobo.

“Only in the final part, even without pure wingers (which do not exist today in the Benfica squad) but with a one-on-one flank breaker (Prestianni) and a flanker (Schjelderup) did Benfica finally manage to make that defensive wall dance, adding a second mobile striker (Ivanovic),” adds Luís Freitas Lobo.

“Benfica turned the result around in a match where they were always in continuous attack (suffering from the only construction error from the back they committed) but only won when they widened the field with the right individual-collective coordinates (facing the opponent's fatigue),” concludes Luís Freitas Lobo.

Benfica will be back in action against Sporting, in a match scheduled for next Friday, December 5th, at 8:15 PM, at Estádio da Luz, and the Eagles have already started preparing for the duel. The match, valid for the 13th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, will be broadcast on BTV and is essential for the aspirations of the team led by José Mourinho in the fight for the title, currently being in third place.

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