The Benfica president went into Chávez’s dressing room to demand total focus and reaction from the players in the upcoming meetings
Click to gather at Benfica. After the third defeat in a row, the thing that only found a match for it, for the last time, four and a half years ago, Rui Costa issued a warning in Chavez. And at the end of the match, he headed to the dressing room to demand that the players focus on their next commitments, starting with Inter Milan, in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
As far as can be known, the Benfica president, who is 51 years old, used to go to the dressing room, this time asking for a quick reaction, so that the crisis would not be prolonged, after three consecutive defeats, which allowed Porto to approach first place in the Liga. Bwin (in two days, the difference increased from ten to four points) and Inter took advantage of the draw (2-0).
Rui Costa and other members of the escort watched the challenge from the podium in the Estadio Municipal Ingo Manuel Branco Teixeira. The broadcast showed that the officials of the Reds team were excited and completely disappointed when, in extra time, Abbas defeated Flashodemus, to secure the victory for the Flavinenes.
Signs of impatience
like register It was reported in yesterday’s edition, that Rui Costa remained in the penalty area almost 30 minutes after Joao Pinheiro’s final whistle, and only then moved into the locker room. And he must not have missed the first signs of impatience from the crowd, who whistled for the team at the end of the match.
In the most difficult moment of the season, the manager wanted to be at the side of the team, so much so that he traveled with them the day before. Moreover, our newspaper said that the match was prepared as if it were a final. And the head of the eagle emblem tried to alert the team to respond immediately, without failing to motivate the players for the rest of the season, namely in the regularity test, after Benfica had already gained ten points. Among the last six league games, the reception of Sp. Braga on the 7th of May and visit Sporting on the 21st of that month.
A new defeat creates an abnormal series
In the event of his defeat against Inter Milan, Benfica will reach a series of four consecutive defeats, which has happened only twice in the club’s history. In 1996/97, with Manuel José at the helm, they lost to Porto (1-3), in Guimarães (0-2), Boavista (2-3) and Belenenses (0-1). In 1940/41, with Janos Peri, they fell against Belenenses (3-5), Bariense (0-1), Sporting (2-4) and FC Porto (2-5).
Click to gather at Benfica. After the third defeat in a row, the thing that only found a match for it, for the last time, four and a half years ago, Rui Costa issued a warning in Chavez. At the end of the meeting he went to …
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