92nd Cardozo with an empty net goal, as Cardozo picked off a poor pass from the GK, and then slotted it by the GK from almost the half field. Adu, I believe, had cleared the ball forward from the back line to the box and the GK just had a piss poor clearance. Cardozo will not find an easier goal than that FT
I don't know dilmo..he had 3-4 nice touches, compared to the the 5-6 touches he had for the whole game, not bad.
I thought he was pretty poor. It's probably a result of not playing much lately. The 10-15 minutes he gets will probably decrease as the new signings come in, so I wonder if they would consider sending him on loan to one of the lower sides to get some regular playing time?
Getting scraps of playing time recently showed today. That's OK, not every YA can be like Mike Bradley!
I would never have thought, six months ago, that I'd be nodding my head in agreement with this sentence.
Yes, play started with Adu clearing/passing? the ball...here is a clip http://futebol.videos.sapo.pt/O4SBGPsKT2b0MpYK7NFW
I thought the question mark meant you weren't sure, and were soliciting our opinions by posting the video link.
No men, if he was going to get loaned out he would have been already. We need him in the squad. [FONT="]I think he should have more time too, but if Camacho doesn’t feel the same way there is nothing we can do about it to change it. Well, maybe we could bitch about it in the forum but I doubt he speaks English Besides, it was just one game, no need to freak out.[/FONT]
A 32 year old Vitória de Guimarães fan was stabbed, but his life is not at risk. The author (a Benfica fan) was arrested. Another 3 non identified fans were hospitalized for being hit by rocks.
I'd call it a long pass - notice how Adu waits for the ball to arrive while keeping an eye downfield. If it was just a clearance he'd probably have moved to the ball, and it's unlikely that it would have ended up right in the path of the forward's run.
Di Maria was superb, wow. Setup a tap in for maxi to score with a ronaldo/quaresm-esque combined run, fantastic. Adu struggled a bit, but cant really fault him..didnt have much support considering how aweful our midfield is in retaining the actual ball and dominating and being creative in quick distribution..which is a big shame for a portuguese club. Still, the 3 points is what matters, and hopefully sporting shock porto tomomrow, although veloso, liedson, Polga, and moutinho alone will not be enough.
Video of the goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXlHyhFLEo8 ps: Somebody asked long ago if it was usual to have scouts in the league games. In this game there were some english scouts from Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool. Also there were scouts from Nuremberg, the team we'll face in UEFA, Sunderland, Celta de Vigo, Seville, Malaga, Espanyol, Fiorentina and Marseille along side with other scotus from Portuguese teams. So yeah, it's quite common to have scouts watching the league regularly.
Cannot agree. Di Maria had 1 good moment when he dribbled past 1 player and assists Maxi. I don't undestand why Di Maria is being so protected by the coach the media and some fans, I do hope he turns out to be a geat player but right now I'd like to see Adu (or even Bergessio as he says he can play there) be given a chance in his place.
This was one of Di Maria's best exhibitions so far! He played very well offensively in the position he plays best (left wing). And he is improving defensively from game to game, you should take notice of his work on defense, he didn’t just create the second goal out of thin air (which by itself was pretty good already).
Exactly, finally played his proper position and look how well he played. We just need someone who can do welll on the right.
Well, I don't think this is the thread to have this discussion but I just want to say that I still don't understand how can you say Di Maria had a good game, the fact that game was one of his best since he arrived only shows how much he needs to improve. Do well on the right? What about Maxi? He has not Di Maria flair but he his competent enough and even scores some goals. we should be concerned about a right back or a left attacking midfielder who can do well in the short term as Rodriguez as hinted he isn't very interested in signing a new contract.Also I'd be careful about who we let go for free, the other day Inter was playing Juve with 2 central midfielders fired by Benfica.That was depressing.
Very hard to show anything playing 15 minutes per match. Am assuming that Camacho's view of Freddy comes primarily from the training sessions, because there really isn't a whole lot that can be judged from 15 minutes.