Benfica youngster Luis Martins ready to his UEFA Champions League debut - Primeira Liga News
Benfica youngster, Luis Martins, has trained with the club’s senior team and is ready to replace http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Basel-c39079. The 19-year-old is held in high regard by Jorge Jesus and the coach is likely to give him a chance
in today’s high pressure match.
Having been plucked from the clutches of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diogo-c11329 Cão in 2007, it has been a long journey for Luis Martins in his Benfica career.This summer was his breakthrough as he was promoted from the youth ranks at Estadio da Luz and joined the first team set-up.
Already being capped by the Portuguese National team at U-20 level, the defender seems to have a bright future ahead of him and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jorge-c19120 Jesus is keen to give him a role to play as soon as possible.
The tactician is currently suffering from a major left-back crisis, as Emerson is not eligible to play against the Swiss opponents, due to his red card suffered in the previous UEFA Champions League game.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joan-Capdevila-c18631 is also ruled out of the key clash, as he failed to register his documents on time with the proper authorities. With two of his main wingbacks seemingly out for this one, Jesus has called upon Luis Martins to deliver.
The talented starlet trained with his senior teammates for the first time today and the manager was full of praise for the Seleccao International.
Speaking to reporters, the Benfica boss said that Martins had been nurtured through the ranks at the club and possessed similar abilities to those of former star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao.
"Luis Martins is a young man, who we have been working on for tomorrow. He may even play in the game. He is a player who realizes what we want defensively. He has the intensity and acceleration of Fabio Coentrao,” Jorge Jesus was quoted as saying.
With blistering pace in his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Junior-c39637 teams of the Lisbon outfit.
However in order to become a regular feature for the Portuguese giants, he will have to quell the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xherdan-Shaqiri-c37074 today and live up to his billing.
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