Marco Silva has picked the XI for Benfica v Flamengo | OneFootball

Benfica will face Flamengo this Saturday, June 11, after the thrashing of Estrela da Amadora in Seixal. Despite it being a friendly, Marco Silva is approaching the match with the utmost seriousness and already knows which team he will use.

According to the newspaper Record, Benfica’s new coach will go with what he considers to be the strongest starting XI currently available to him. The match against Brazilian side Flamengo will be the first opportunity for fans to see Marco Silva’s new-look Benfica live. With that in mind, the coach wants to leave a good impression against a high-level opponent.

The manager is aware that the two friendlies in the Algarve (Flamengo and Villarreal) could serve as an assessment to gauge the team’s competitive level and the confidence within the Benfica squad, as he looks to beat the opponent where Everton Cebolinha plays.

Although he already has in mind the strongest XI he wants to use, Marco Silva will not give up on giving as many players as possible minutes, not least because he also wants to try out several options during the Algarve Tournament match.

The expectation is that the XI against Flamengo will be the same as against Estrela da Amadora: Samuel Soares; Alexander Bah, António Silva, Clément Lenglet and Samuel Dahl; Manu Silva, Leandro Barreiro and Gianluca Prestianni; Rafa Silva, Jaden Umeh and Vangelis Pavlidis.

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