Luís Pedro Sousa writes off Benfica player: chances are over | OneFootball

Benfica’s thrashing of Moreirense brought more than just three points to the Eagles’ tally. Marco Silva introduced something new in the starting eleven, leaving Georgiy Sudakov on the bench and opting for a solution that ended up delivering excellent results: Gianluca Prestianni played in a more central role, while Andreas Schjelderup took up the left side of the attack.

The duo responded with a high-level performance and showed promising signs for the future. For Luís Pedro Sousa, the display from both players could even mean Sudakov’s definitive farewell to the starting lineup: "Marco Silva’s chances given to Sudakov should now be over. And the Ukrainian cannot complain. He has had more than enough of them," he wrote in the newspaper 'Record'.

The Prestianni-Schjelderup solution, however, did not appear only against Moreirense. Marco Silva began testing the duo in the match against Marítimo, with the Argentine taking on a more inside role and the Norwegian international operating from the left. Luís Pedro Sousa believes the combination has already gone beyond the experimental stage and could become a regular option for the Benfica coach.

"There is no longer any doubt that both have reached, perhaps since the end of last season, a level of maturity that has exceeded expectations, at least if we take into account how quickly they went from being strangers to the team to absolutely decisive players," he highlighted, recalling the rapid development of both players.

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