Confirmed! Prestianni bids farewell to Benfica, next move already decided | OneFootball

Gianluca Prestianni has left Benfica and has already headed to Chile, where he will represent the Argentina team in the U-20 World Cup. The forward will miss the trips to Chelsea and Porto and, depending on his country's performance, he may miss the match with Chaves.

Argentina is included in Group D, along with Cuba (September 29, at 00:00), Australia (October 2, at 00:00) and Italy (October 5, at 00:00). At this stage of the competition, the top two finishers and the four best third-placed teams move on to the round of 16.

The decision to go to the World Cup depending on Bruno Lage, Benfica's coach at the time of the call-up. However, José Mourinho took over and gave the green light to the young player.

“Prestianni is going to the U-20 World Cup. It's important for him and important for Benfica too. It's a position for which we have more solutions. Forcing him to stay and giving him few minutes was not fair, everyone likes to go to the national team and South Americans, with the culture they have, even more. So he's going to the U-20 World Cup,” revealed José Mourinho, in the preview of Benfica - Gil Vicente.

This season, with the Benfica jersey, Gianluca Prestianni - valued at 8 million euros - played nine matches: five in the Liga Portugal Betclic, three in the Champions League and one in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In the 200 minutes he was on the pitch, the winger scored one goal (Tondela).

See some of Prestianni's plays:

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