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In epic flash interview after the triumph with Famalicão, Jorge Jesus added two more interventions of those when he talked about football and everything that happens around him, he explains how, when and why and after the covid-19 as if he said he was back – and shoots that they had found him too passive in certain circumstances, friends, “already They know what it is to suffer ”.
Obviously, the strong consequences of covid-19 are not discussed here, which left him and many players out of Seixal for days and days with natural sports consequences. But, on the other hand, it should be remembered that before the storm began to form on the horizon, Benfica had already lost with PAOK (failed Champions League qualification), Boavista, Braga and FC Porto (Supertaça), and tied with Santa . Clear.
So, okay, the covid-19 was bad, but in addition to the pandemic there is the pandemonium in which the incarnated have been for months, a confusion that the triumphs with Famalicão and Estoril (Taça de Portugal) had masked and that today’s draw with Moreirense was uncovered again.
In the specialty, the game was different in details: the reds created enough chances to win with some interesting collective details and really intense moments.
In general, it was similar to the others: Benfica started again better than the rival, scored, allowed themselves to be tied in an individual error, trembled, lost control and broke. If it is fair to admit that he could have made the second, it is also to say that Moreirense had his chances in the second half.
A nuance
Benfica entered Moreira de Cónegos with an individual nuance: Helton Leite was the first goalkeeper to score. As Vlachodimos was a starter with Famalicão and nothing significant has been communicated since then about the player’s condition (unlike Gilberto, who we were informed that he had accused of muscle fatigue), we can infer that Jorge Jesús may be inclined to change his goalkeeper; At the beginning of the season, by the way, the coach had asked for a guard as he considered Vlachodimos excellent between the posts, but little assertive in the centers.
In addition, the eleven of Benfica was normal and the model was also the normal, with Weigl going down a bit, the sides going up and opening on the line, the ends in looking for breaking moves, the spearheads in positional play, going down or tabulating.
Anyway, the usual game, played at high speed and with the back properly protected, is a workhorse for any opponent.
This worked particularly well for much of the first half: in the 5th minute, Darwin fired at Positano’s defense; at 21 ‘Rafa failed spectacularly after a good vertical pass from Otamendi; In the 25th minute, Taarabt put Fábio Pacheco ahead with a hip trill, he made a deep pass to Seferovic who kicked in the past 1-0; and at 29 ‘. Darwin shot on goal and the ball didn’t reach that far from the post to the left of the Moreirense goalkeeper.
Apparently, Benfica à Jorge Jesus was back, with some tables at the entrance of the area – and especially the explosion and Rafa’s short feints – causing imbalances in the structure of five defenders of Vasco Seabra.
Except, at 40 ‘, almost out of nowhere, Walterson reached the bottom line of Helton’s goal and turned Grimaldo into a nasty boxer shorts that corresponded with a silly foul: an unnecessary penalty by Yan Matheus. From there to the end of the first stop, two inconsequential shots from Taarabt were added.
The imbalance
At the end of the break, Benfica wanted to quickly dispatch the file, by Rafa and then in a slalom Alpine by Diogo Gonçalves, whose attendance at Everton was well cut by Ferraresi for singing; seconds later, the extreme deflected and Pasinato saved; and minutes later, the same adapted defender kicked Abdoulaye.
In this sequence, there was nothing to believe, therefore, that Benfica would lack the adequate arsenal to get ahead of the scoreboard again.
But, again, something happened: after a penalty canceled by the VAR for an alleged foul on Weigl, the German saw the yellow card and was replaced by Pizzi. It is possible that Jorge Jesús imagined two things: first, avoiding expulsion, since the German would have to fight more individual duels as the game progressed; second, to make Benfica more offensive.
Turns out, putting Taarabt in position six is like putting Hugh Hefner running a Presbyterian religious channel – at some point, it’s inevitable that something unexpected could happen, and it’s not your fault, it’s just the nature of things.
At Benfica, this metaphor translated into the team’s pornographic lack of control at the time of the defensive transition, which finally allowed Moreirense to find different solutions at random to reach Helton’s goal; In this sense, Grimaldo also provided voluntary help, specifically at 74 ‘, when he delivered a sung goal to Rosic.
Jorge Jesús, in his eagerness to find new schemes, also removed the wingers Everton and Rafa, placing Pedrinho and Waldschmidt in their respective places, the German having found Darwin’s head in a move defended with superiority by Pasinato.
I think this was the best chance for Benfica to come out of the north with more than one point, I’m sure this was the first time Moreirense did not lose at home to red – and the estimable Zerozero.pt will not. Let me lie as I write this: in round 19, the Lisbon club has the worst score since 2008-09, the time that preceded the first life of Jesus in the Light.
