Playing for Benfica? Jorge Jesus' former protégé reveals: Pressure | OneFootball

Roderick Miranda, a name that may not immediately ring a bell, shared some thoughts. In a recent interview, the former Benfica player, coached by Jorge Jesus, spoke about his current career phase and also took the opportunity to analyze the outcome of the elections, emphasizing that anyone involved is subject to the Club's pressure.

"It’s always a turbulent time. It’s never easy, and I don’t think it helps the squad at all, because even though the players want to stay away and have nothing to do with the elections, it always ends up affecting the group’s spirit and the silence and work that should surround the group, because everything gets unsettled by the outside noise," the footballer began, in an interview with the newspaper A Bola.

In the same conversation, the former protégé of Jorge Jesus – who also commented on the elections – stressed that it is always complicated to be at a club like this: "Benfica is a club with very big responsibilities. Anyone at the helm will always be under pressure, any coach will always be under pressure, any player who plays for Benfica will always be under pressure."

"That’s what happens when a club is this big, with so many fans, so many titles, and such an aura. Inevitably, this happens. It happens at other clubs in Europe and around the world, and it happens with Benfica in Portugal," emphasized the Melbourne Victory center-back, from Australia.

Finally, when asked by the newspaper A Bola, the former Benfica player revealed whether he has been keeping up with the national competitions: "Yes, I follow them, sometimes I manage to watch the games, other times, what saves us are the highlights."

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