The ball – Benfica will have the best Neres ever (Benfica)

Brazilian striker David Neres has undoubtedly been one of Benfica’s best players in recent weeks. He scored three goals in the last two matches. One in the 5-1 victory over the Belgians from Club Brugge (the challenge that confirmed the Reds’ qualification to the quarter-finals of the Champions League) and two last Sunday, at the Maritimo stadium, where the Eagles won 3-0 in the 24th round of the tournament.

Neres has played 36 matches this season in various competitions. He scored 12 goals and provided 12 assists, which means that the 26-year-old Brazilian had a direct role in 24 of the 107 goals scored by Benfica at this time, not counting the quality of many of his performances and those who have attributed to him the status of creativity, the outstanding player in Roger Schnmitt Team. Looking at the Brazil international’s career (he has seven caps and one goal with Canarinha), there are only two goals left to equal the best season ever, in 2017/18, in the Dutch shirt of Ajax. In that campaign, the forward scored 14 goals and provided 12 assists in 37 matches. This season isn’t over yet and it’s no rush to expect the fans to have the best Neres ever in the squad, numbers-wise.

David Neres started playing for Benfica as a right winger, he used to be a left winger, but lately he has been playing as a second striker, with a lot of freedom of movement in attack. “He worked really hard for the team. Normally, he plays more on the wings, but today [anteontem] He played more as a second striker. But even in this role I think he plays very well and shows a lot of flexibility in finding attacking spaces. He gave us depth.” This is how Roger Schmidt analyzed his striker’s performance last Sunday against Madeira. Schmidt talks a lot individually with Neres (as well as with other players) and the striker is delighted in his first season at Benfica. What he showed justifies the hope he has of being called up. again for the Brazilian national team.