Rodrigo Pinho: What Benfica lacked against Sporting | OneFootball

Rodrigo Pinho was the spokesperson for Estrela Amadora’s disappointment. The Brazilian forward – who played for Benfica – commented on the tricolors’ defeat last Sunday, November 30, during their visit to Sporting. In his opinion, the canarinho admitted that the team had many difficulties with set pieces.

Speaking to Sport TV, the former striker, who had a brief spell at Clube da Luz, began by acknowledging that the team struggled against a superior opponent: “We knew it was going to be a difficult match. They are the current champions, they have a great team.”

“We conceded two goals from set pieces, which complicated and conditioned our game, but now we have to focus on the next match,” added Rodrigo Pinho, in the flash interview that took place at the end of the match at Estádio José Alvalade, where the tricolors lost 4-0.

“We had to be more focused on set pieces, many games are decided that way. They were more aggressive on set pieces. Now we have to think about Arouca,” concluded the forward who once wore the Eagles’ colors.

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