Mystery solved! Benfica man in spat with Leonardo Jardim revealed | OneFootball

The friendly between Benfica and Flamengo, played at the Algarve Stadium, was marked by a more heated moment between the coaching staffs of the two clubs in the 39th minute, and there is one version of the incident involving Leonardo Jardim.

The tense atmosphere escalated when Gianluca Prestianni was on the receiving end of a heavy foul by Erick Pulgar, which resulted in a yellow card for the Flamengo player, and what followed was a heated moment between the two benches, with accusations exchanged and shouting.

It all allegedly began after Fernando Ferreira, Benfica’s goalkeeping coach, addressed the opposing bench asking them to stop the "manhunt", in reference to Prestianni, warning that they would be to blame if the situation ended badly.

Marco Silva’s coaching staff member then reportedly returned to the bench to sit down, in an effort to avoid being sent off. A moment of tension between Fernando and Leonardo Jardim followed, a situation that was patched up minutes later.

At the end of the match, Flamengo’s head coach explained the situation. "I am a very calm, very respectful person. Normally in football I am often criticized for my calm, respectful attitude, but I do not accept anyone disrespecting me or storming my bench to disrespect me when I hadn’t even said anything. I was there watching the match, which is my job, so I could make the best decisions. I wanted to go up to the person to respond, but cowards run away," he said.

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