VS Venue: Estadio Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes, Portugal. Current Classifaction: Benfica 2nd Guimaraes 3rd Sporting play Porto so hopefully Porto lose points
Benfica needs to wins expect the White Angels to be in Full Force in Guimaraes. It will be very intimidating for our players so they need to be focused. Very aggresive game I am predicting. According to RTPi, Lazlo Sepsi gets the start
Wow, whata game! Cardozo was absolutely amazing. His free kick was fantastic, Ronaldinho type free kick. And his 2nd goal from way out was also good. 1st half Benfica dominated, but th 2nd Guimaraes was FULL FORCE! They scared me half to death with the way they were playing. After the 1st goal, I was definately afraid that the equalizw was on its way. Luckily Benfica picked things back up at the end and killed the game. Overall it was a morale booster and a much needed 3 points. Di Maria was very impressive as well. He definately needs to start more often. If Di Maria and C. Rodriguez team up on the wings together, Benfica will be much better off. I was dissapointed knowing Sepsi wasnt subbed in since both Nelson and Luis Filipe were playing poorly, bu hopefully we get to see him play soon.
Very important win for Benfica, lets hope they can build off of this. Everyone played well for the most part. Hopefully David Luiz's injury isn't serious and he's back in no time.
Dont get me wrong, Nelson's effort was all there. He was in the game and trying hard. I assume so because he's trying to keep his spot and not lose it to Sepsi, but I've seen him play better. Personally I love Nelson. He going to become a huge player. He very quick and can be helpful on offense. He didnt have a bad game but he was IMO in a condition to come off the field and give Sepsi a chance. He had givn it his all and was out of gas.