Schmidt on Flachodemus: “After Monday it was clear he wanted new energy in goal.” – Benfica

Benfica coach comments on the departure of the Greek goalkeeper

Roger Schmidt said he decided to make changes to Benfica’s goal immediately after the defeat to Boavista. Asked what happened with Flashodemus – how register Noticed, it was the Greek goalkeeper He was removed from the team after an argument with the coachSaturday – , the technician justified the departure of the Greek international to the bench by the need, in his opinion, to “increase competition in this position”.

“After Monday, it was clear that I wanted new energy in this position, and now we have three senior goalkeepers. The performance wasn’t good and I decided to make changes. I wanted to increase the competition in this position. I decided to give Samuel Soares an option, who has done well in his period. Pre-season, which I’m happy with. Trubin has the potential to become a goalkeeper for Benfica but he only has 9 days of work here, and he’s still adapting. It was a good decision to put Samu, who has proven to be a good goalkeeper. If Flashodemus asks me for clarifications? I will not comment further on the matter,” said the German coach, refusing to go into what happened in the conversation with the goalkeeper who was replaced today. by Samuel Soares with the red goal – Tropin was a substitute.

Schmidt concluded, “Is this the end of Flashodemus? Of course not, we have three good goalkeepers.”

According to the log