Pizzi on Benfica sacking title-winning boss and his return: My goal | OneFootball

Pizzi believes that the dismissal of Bruno Lage from Benfica was natural – just like Ferro –, since the team was going through a bad run of results. The 36-year-old midfielder, who was very important during the coach’s first spell at Luz, also explained that he had always planned to return to Portugal.

“Football lives on results and, when the team doesn’t win, the first to suffer is always the coach, it’s part of the game. I really like mister Bruno Lage, he was a coach who helped me a lot at many moments, it was with him that I had the best seasons of my life. When you don’t win, people choose to make changes and, as coaches, they have to be used to it,” he told TSF.

Currently at Estoril, Pizzi spoke about his return to Portugal after a season (2024/25) with APOEL, in Cyprus: “My goal from the beginning was to return to Portugal, also to be more at ease and closer to my loved ones.”

“And when the opportunity at Estoril came up, I didn’t think twice, because it’s a club that, as everyone knows, is growing, a club with very good people working, that wants to grow, wants to evolve as a team, as a club,” said the former Benfica player.

To conclude, Pizzi also explained how long he intends to continue his career: “As long as my body can take it! I still have a lot of passion for training, for the game, for coming to work every day, for being competitive every day. I can’t set a limit for when I will end my career, I want to enjoy my day-to-day and help Estoril win even more points. I want to stay connected to football, whatever the area, I want to remain involved in football, but we’ll see about that later. The important thing now is football and being on the pitch.”

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