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Special night for Pizzi. The League Cup match began with Vitória de Guimarães on the bench, the match was already advanced in the second half and ended up being decisive for the final result. But also special, because upon entering the field, he fulfilled the 300th presence of an eagle on his chest. It was Jorge Jesús who, in 2014, launched it for the first time, yesterday it was also Jesús who allowed him to reach a mark within the reach of a few in the service of the eagles.
«It is a great pride to represent this club, I never thought in my best dreams to play 300 games with Benfica. I am grateful and I have to thank all the colleagues who helped me get here and the family for their support at all times. I wish I could play many more games and help the team win and win titles, that’s what I want.
Regarding the match, Pizzi highlighted “a complicated victory” and pointed out in congratulating the entire team for the “faith” it revealed.
«In the first part we could have done better according to my vision. I think we could have turned the ball around a bit more and had a better chance of danger. The truth is that Vitória approached our goal once or twice, but we did a very good second half. With a lot of ball, with patience, having the ball and changing it in the last third, creating goal opportunities. Unfortunately, we couldn’t turn the game around in 90 minutes. It was a victory of great faith, with a lot of quality in the second half. Congratulations to the whole team. Even on penalties we were very good. Whoever wins and even our goalkeeper, who must be given a lot of credit.
Pizzi pointed to the penalty that ensured the tie and also scored later in the tie: «I can’t give many predictions because if the opposing goalkeepers don’t know … but I always try to have my way of hitting, always looking at the guard. -networks until the last moment. I’ve scored goals and it’s about helping the team.
Two games follow in the space of a week, nothing that bothers Pizzi: “We are used to competing every two, three days. We want to play, we are confident ».
