Benfica face five games in 15 days, manager says there’s no rotation at all | OneFootball

Ivan Baptista highlighted the challenge that the Benfica women's football team will face in the next two weeks. The coach of the "eagles" spoke to the official media of the Clube da Luz, where he previewed the upcoming match against Braga, one of the toughest rivals in the national calendar.

"Back to work, with the full group. These breaks for national team commitments are always challenging, especially for us. We were without 13 players from the main squad, and that naturally affects the preparation for a very important match, a match of a very demanding nature. Only 2 days before the game could we have the full group back. This requires very meticulous and careful planning," Ivan Baptista pointed out.

The Benfica coach continued: "We expect a high-level game, against a team that is willing to play good football, that is also willing to have its moments in the game, and I think this will be good for the spectacle. Two teams that I believe are in a good moment. I see Braga as a team that is on the rise, especially in the Championship. They have already demonstrated this in the last rounds they had in the past month of November, so I think the ingredients are here for a great spectacle."

He then spoke about the workload Benfica will be subjected to: "There is no management to be done. We know very well the schedule we have. We have an extremely demanding December, we are talking about 5 games in a period of 15 days, until the 21st we will have these 5 games for the players who were exposed to 180 minutes in the last 3 days with the national teams. We are talking about 7 games in 22 days. It's brutal! It's a brutal demand for them, and it's certainly something we have to consider, because we care a lot about the players, we care a lot about how they can perform in all commitments, but our focus is currently solely on SC Braga."

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