Leonor Pinhão says Marco Silva humiliated Benfica player | OneFootball

Anatoliy Trubin's situation continues to attract attention. The Ukrainian goalkeeper has lost his starting spot to Samuel Soares and has been involved in controversial episodes. For Leonor Pinhão, Marco Silva is not managing the keeper well and is even humiliating him.

"It is not the fact that Samuel is the owner of the armband that affects Trubin. It is the fact that Samuel Soares, until proven otherwise, is the new owner of Benfica's goal. It is impossible for Trubin, the 25-year-old Ukrainian goalkeeper, not to feel humiliated by the promotion of Samuel Soares, 24, to Benfica's starting goalkeeper", she wrote in her opinion piece for the newspaper Record.

The columnist even recalled the "Vlachodimos" case, a situation similar to Trubin's. "The same humiliation, or even worse, must have been felt by the Greek Vlachodimos when he saw Trubin arrive at Luz and take his place in no time. Remember?", it reads.

The hierarchy of captains may also be part of the problem, according to Leonor Pinhão. "The appointment of goalkeeper Samuel Soares as Benfica's third captain can be seen as the most normal thing in the world – Samu was already the third captain last season – or as a slight against Anatoliy Trubin", she argued.

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