It was the perfect day for Schmidt to bet on the revolution. For two objective reasons: from Thursday to March 3, the Reds have four games (in Toulouse, at home with Portimonense, in Alvalade for the cup and in Dragao) and in this Sunday’s opponent, which is proven, especially in the first 45 minutes , be in last place in the table.
However, after watching the game in its entirety, it became clear that the revolution had worked, but it was only half done. Even so, given the tense election scenario in Portugal, the vote count will ensure that David Neres becomes prime minister. Or if he hadn’t scored two goals and assisted two more.
It was a shame then that the revolution only operated in the first half, a period in which Neres shone brightly, Rafa destroyed the type of opposing defensive wall (in attack it was a desert: he never entered the red zone!), João Mário and João Neves ruled ball, Thiago Gouveia was able to show himself, and Tengstedt looked in the starting lineup. Without Aursnes, Di Maria, Antonio Silva, Cocciu, Cabral or Florentino, the quality of the group is undeniable.
The problem is that without Rafa and his acceleration, even with Di Maria, the second half turned out to be boring. But there were moments: Essende’s goal, due to Trubin’s obvious mistake; a penalty that the Ukrainian stopped from that striker; and the goal of Marcos Leonardo, a new work by Neres. This Sunday afternoon in Luz.
Author: Jose Manuel Freitas
Source: CM Jornal
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