I am extremely pleased with Nelson Oliveira, says Jorge Jesus
Benfica coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jorge-c19120 Jesus, claims that he is extremely pleased with Nelson Oliveira’s performance in the Bwin Cup.
The Reds took on Vitoria Guimaraes at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques and emerged with a relatively easy 4-1 win. Jorge Jesus made some changes to ensure freshness in the squad and fielded the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Saviola-c18090, Nolito and Nelson Oliveira in the starting
line-up.
Benfica hit the ground running with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Axel-Witsel-c7029 scoring the first of the night on 11 minutes. Nolito crossed a low ball to towards the Belgian, who made no mistake in controlling the pass and sending it towards goal.
After conceding, Vitoria stepped up their game and piled pressure on their rivals, keeping them restricted to the majority of their own half. While the home side sent wave after wave of attack at the Eagles’ goal, it was to no avail as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eduardo-c12034 was equal
to the task and ensured that his team ended the half above the opposition.
However immediately after the break, the Seleccao International shot-stopper was helpless as Joao http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santana-c32502.
The away side, however, showed their attacking prowess and shortly after again took the lead, this time through Paraguayan International, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oscar-c28720 Cardozo. The forward came off the bench in the second period and demonstrated his mercurial ability by calmly
finishing with a pin point strike.
As Vitoria were down to 10 men following the red card of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-Mendes-c29617, the Lisbon giants took advantage of their numerical superiority and Cardozo doubled his tally with a well taken header on 77 minutes.
The in-form http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rodrigo-c31437 also got in on the act on 88 minutes and placed the icing on the cake.
While the whole Benfica team had performed admirably, Jorge Jesus reserved special praise for Nelson Oliveira and said that he was extremely pleased with his display.
"Nelson is adapting to the demands of Benfica. He is a very young player and we believe in his qualities. During the first 45 minutes, he played in two positions but he did not play so well when he was moved to the flank.”
“But he did what was expected of him. Maybe if he played longer, he could have justified his quality but I am extremely pleased with what he did, “the trainer was quoted as saying.
While the talented 20-year-old has impressed the manager with his abilities, it will still be difficult to cemented his place at Estadio da Luz.
The club boasts an array of attacking players and moving up the pecking order will be quite difficult, but not impossible if Nelson Oliveira continues to churn out performances like these in the future.
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