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Tuesday 22 September 2009

Liga Sagres: União Desportiva de Leiria 1-2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica‏

Portuguese Football is about referees.
The referees who should be small intervenient on a big show became the big game protagonists. While other Europe Countries talk about Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Kaká, Ibrahimovic, Ribéry, Kiessling, Ozil, Zé Roberto, Diego, Ronaldinho, Luís Fabiano, Nani, Rooney, Fernando Torres, Drogba, Fàbregas, Lisandro, Giuly, Niang and so much others, referees are talked about here in Portugal. It’s not difficult to understand why? That’s because there are to many interests around the games.

Measures are being awaited for a long time, but few have been done until now. We all know that things aren’t easy to change. But occurring these situations every weekend are a bit too much. The Champion of a European League can’t be chosen and decided on the backstage.

Benfica won the international home game. Benfica beat BATE Borisov on Luz stadium last week. Two null was the final result and our Captain Nuno Gomes played very well, scoring a great goal. Cardozo scored the other goal and helped Benfica entering with the right foot on the group phase. The new referees system was positive in a global way and expected rapidly on our National League, Sagres.

Now is finally time to talk about the quality of the players and not about the simulations they eventually made or the fault they may have not committed. Portuguese Liga Sagres returned this weekend and a victory smiled for the reds. The difficult Leiria team almost robbed us points that can be important.
The Leiria team is well oriented by the very experienced old football player Manuel Fernandes. Players like Panandétiguiri, Ricardo Pateiro and Silas did a very good game and are very preponderant on Leiria’s team. On the other side was our team with some alterations on the initial line up. Jesus had already introduced on the European game against BATE players like Júlio César and Felipe Menezes, now in Leiria was the moment of Keirrison. These players may be crucial on the Benfica’s future and that’s precisely on what Jesus is thinking. Cardozo scored a goal on a penalty shoot and earlier Saviola had responded with a fantastic goal to a cross from is companion Pablo Aimar.

On the first round of the Portuguese Millenium Cup, Benfica will play against Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo de Monsanto. The visit to Monsanto must occur on the eighteen of October.

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