Martínez says António Silva made grave error; Benfica man under fire | OneFootball

He stated that António Silva revealed Portugal’s Euro 2024 starting eleven without authorization before the clash with Georgia. The Spanish coach considers the situation to be “very serious”, even though it was an accident.

“It is a very serious situation when there is a tournament and that information gets out. At that time, we investigated and it was an accident, it was not an act of indiscipline,” he said in an exclusive interview with the newspaper Record, speaking to journalists David Novo and Sérgio Krithinas.

However, the 52-year-old coach said that this case had no impact on the choices for the World Cup, from which António Silva was left out. “That already happened at Euro 2024, that is not part of the choices being made now. We are already two years ahead and António has learned from it”, he said.

from Portugal’s list of call-ups for the 2026 World Cup. “One of us,” wrote the Eagles, accompanying the phrase with a photograph of the Portuguese international dressed in red.

In the 2025/26 season, playing for Benfica, António Silva – valued at 28 million euros – made 41 official appearances: 25 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, 10 in the Champions League, four in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup and one in the Super Cup. In the 3,118 minutes he was on the pitch, the defender scored one goal and provided one assist.

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