THE BALL – “I said I was going to make Benfica play twice, but for that I had to train them” (Benfica)



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Benfica face Farense, for matchday 20, between the two games with Arsenal for the Europa League and Jorge Jesús believes in his team, without saving money. Asked about the challenge of the fans because the team is 13 points behind the leader, the coach acknowledged the difficulties, highlighting the Covid-19 outbreak that crossed almost the entire squad.

«What I can say is that here the president, the coach, Rui Costa and the players are united, firm and we are aware of why we are 11 points away from the first [corrige para 13]. Another issue is the fans that want to win anyway, no matter what happened to the team, but we have the second round to improve, we no longer have these problems of a month and a half ago. It is natural that the expectations of the fans when I arrived in Portugal were high. I still remember what I said, I said that I was going to make Benfica play twice, but for that I had to train them and for two months I couldn’t train them, “he said, going on to other reasons. :

“It is one of the issues that we know, but there are other factors that happen in matches: on matchday 20, it is the only team that does not have a penalty, a super offensive team and there is no penalty in favor. I haven’t talked about it, everyone saw it, in this game only VAR saw it. These are also points. In these matches Benfica did not lose, they drew. There are many yes, but there is no doubt what has happened to us.

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