Marco Silva's debut: Benfica lose to Flamengo in heated clash (2-1) | OneFootball

Marco Silva’s new Benfica lost 2-1 to Flamengo this Saturday, July 11, in their opening match of the Algarve Trophy and also their first pre-season test open to the public, after two games behind closed doors. The match was marked by several fouls and confrontations.

Trubin; Bah, António Silva, Lenglet and Dahl; Enzo, Barreiro and Sudakov; Rafa, Jaden Umeh and Pavlidis were the players who made up Benfica’s first starting XI of this pre-season. During the match, the Reds’ coach also brought on Prestianni, Ivanovic, Manu Silva, Gabriel Índio, José Neto, Kamiński, Rui Silva, Banjaqui, Miguel Figueiredo and João Rego.

Playing at the Algarve Stadium, the first half was mostly controlled by the Brazilians, who kept putting the Reds under pressure with several physical duels. However, the goals only came in stoppage time: Flamengo scored through Samuel Lino in the 45+4 minute, but Pavlidis still had time to level the match from the penalty spot after a foul on Bah (45+6).

Benfica started the second half better. Marco Silva made the right adjustments and gave minutes to several players, but it was the Brazilian side that took the lead again. Samuel Lino broke down the right and crossed to the near post, where Wallace Yan got in front of António Silva and put Flamengo ahead (69’).

The Eagles will return to the pitch at the Algarve Stadium next Friday, July 17, at 7:45 pm, against Villarreal. This will be the club from Luz’s final test before the first leg of the Europa League second qualifying round against St. Gallen (July 23, 7:00 pm).

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