damn, Benfica will play without Petit and Miguel, so it will be a tough game, i hope that J.Pereira plays as Right back, and Geovanni as right winger, cause Amoreirinha sucks as right back
I agree. Amoreirinha seems more comfortable as a center back (or on the bench ). Johnny can play right back and I actually think he'd do better there than as a winger. Geovanni should just play. I don't get why Trap keeps benching him. Geo can play Zahovic's spot, but since we have a few key players missing, play him on the right. This would be my lineup for Sunday: GK) Moreira RB) J. Perreira CB) Luisao CB) Ricardo Rocha LB) Fyssas CM) Manuel Fernandes CM) Paulo Almeida (not a big fan but who else is there? Aguiar hasn't been great either) RM) Geovanni AM) Zahovic LM) Simao ST) Karadas (on last game's merit but Sokota or Gomes starting won't bother me)
Aguiar hasn't being gr8 cause' Trapa puts him in the wings he's much better than Almeida, Fyssas sucks, Dos Santos should be in the lineup, and Zaho should be in the bench, Karadas and Gomes should play together upfront
Fyssas doesn't like to go up as much as Dos Santos. Fyssas is better defensevely and I'm just not a fan of Manuel. That's my honest opinion.
well Fyssas isn't taht good too in defensive role, Dos Santos is good in the defensive role, he's fast, and very good playin' with Simão, much better than Fyssas and Simão together
I like both Fyssas and Dos Santos, but I think Fyssas is a more solid defender. I don't mind Benfica playing with two strikers but when they don't have Zahovic or Geovanni in the middle they don't have anyone making runs or passes through the middle. Even with Miguel and Petit out of the lineup Benfica will still have a solid starting 11 and I believe they will defeat Gil Vicente.
I would agree with you guys. I would replace Petit with FA, but'n not possible anymore Paulo Almeida is like 'butter' on our midfield. He seems to be playing Handball or something - he doesn't pressure high and doesn't know how to make a defensive fault. He leaves the pitch with his 'shorts clean' Ok, so Fernando Aguiar would have been booked after 10 minutes, but he was way more protective for our defense. About Fyssas and Dos Santos, although different styles, they both seem to have alike quality; I would trust more Fyssas experience to takle Carlitos from Gil, but Dos Santos maybe faster.... Anyway, both can handle the job I am a fan of 2 strikers, Sokota and Kardadas, with Simão and Geo on the corners. Sokota and Geovani can keep the ball in the center way better than Zahovic alone. I bealive Zahovic's experience would be much more relevant in Thursday's game in UEFA. No to mention he's own attitude -Ricardo-
game to be televise live at 4:35pm/Ny time http://programas.rtp.pt/EPG/epg-dia.php?datai=-5&dia=31-10-2004&sem=e&canal=5&gen=&time=
Looks like Benfica is very lucky to come away with a point from this one. Gil Vicente almost made my day
Benfica didn't play it's normal but come away with one very luck point. However I feel that everything is working out for Porto. Just compare both of the games and it's seems that Porot gets all the breaks and Benfica is on the hsort end all the time. Benfica needs to play twice as hard as Porto to have a chance. I would be very careful with Sporting. They are coming out string and are very motivated
ahhha, Hurley now who's better the solid fyssas or Dos Santos? i think everybody now know that Dos Santos miles better, look at his mistake in Gil Vicente's 1st goal, what a bad marking, and the red card? he should be in the bench since long time now, about Amoreirinha, as i said before OVERRATED, this kid is a crap, Geovanni should had been in the starting eleven and Pereira as right back. Trapa is shite, no one can deny it, Karadas again in the bench, Zaho in the lineup!!! the Paulo "crap" Almeida playin' instead Aguiar, i can't understand this
my ratings Moreira 3 Amoreirinha 1 Fyssas 0 Luisão 4 Rocha 4 P.Almeida 1 M.Fernandes 2 Simão 3 J.pereira 2 Zaho 0 N.Gomes 1 subs Karadas 3 Sokota 1 Geovanni 3 Trapa 0 Referee 5