Bruno Lage slams refereeing in Alverca v Benfica, calls team warriors | OneFootball

Bruno Lage expressed his dissatisfaction with the refereeing team of the Alverca - Benfica match. The eagles triumphed 2-1, at the home of the Ribatejanos, in a tough game where the red team was reduced to 10 players at the 70th minute, after Amar Dedic was sent off. The Portuguese coach spoke, in the usual flash interview, to the microphones of Sporttv.

"Two distinct halves. With 11 clearly the better team. First half calm, we managed as we understood, we scored two goals and we started very well in the first half, with one more goal opportunity. Then the game changed, we committed six fouls, we got three yellows", began Bruno Lage, without forgetting to mention the refereeing team.

The Benfica coach continued, with the same tone: "What I take away is that while it was 11 for 11 we were clearly the better team on the field. Then we are a team of warriors, we had already done it with Fenerbahçe. But we closed the goal. The game was calm, there was no need for Dedic, especially the way he got the yellow".

He was then asked about the changes he made to Benfica's 11, compared to the last match: "Samu is in a great moment. Trubin is number 1, but when we understand it, Samu plays. Tomás was also a strategic choice that went well".

"It won't matter because several players play on Wednesday and we have a game on Friday", said Bruno Lage, to conclude, about the FIFA break for international football, which takes place in the next two weeks, when a large part of the red team will represent their national teams.

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