Henrique Pereira on Chaves debut: Facing Benfica is always... | OneFootball

Last night, Henrique Pereira once again crossed paths with his boyhood club. The 23-year-old player was brought on by Filipe Martins in the match between Chaves and Benfica, which ended with a victory for the Eagles. Afterwards, the player revealed that it is special to face a club that means so much to him.

At the end of the match, the former red and white player acknowledged Benfica’s favoritism, but stated that Chaves still had something to say: “Although Benfica is a great team, as we all know, one of the best teams in the Primeira Liga, we still managed to create some dangerous situations. In the first half, we could even say we created more dangerous chances.”

“Although we were compact defensively, the individual quality of Benfica’s players, which is clearly on another level, ended up determining the final result. In this case, Pavlidis had two chances… they weren’t defensive errors on our part, but he managed to turn and score two great goals,” added the former Benfica player.

“Yes, of course, it has always been my main goal and my dream: to play with that shirt. I was there for 18 years, I joined Benfica when I was 4 years old. This is the first year that I am no longer tied to Benfica, and for me, it is always a pleasure and an honor to play against Benfica,” the player said about the reunion with the Eagles.

Meanwhile, Pedro Pinho, speaking to RTP3, analyzed the Flavienses’ match: “The early goal shook us up a bit, but we knew how to react well. We created some chances. If we had been more clinical, we could have created more instability for Benfica. We could have made the result more competitive. Unfortunately.”

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