Marco Silva has already 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. Even though it is 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 eleven currently available to him. The match against Brazil’s Flamengo will be the first chance for fans to see Marco Silva’s new-look Benfica live. With that in mind, the coach wants to make 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 of the Eagles squad, and he wants to beat the opponent where Everton Cebolinha plays.

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

It is expected that the starting eleven 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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