The Portuguese international has voiced his opinion regarding his side’s defeat at the hands of the Aguias this past Friday.
Real Madrid’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Coentrao has expressed that Benfica were worthy winners of the Eusebio Cup.
The match that took place at the Estadio da Luz on July 27 saw Portuguese Superliga outfit, Benfica, take on Los Blancos in the commemorative match.
The pre-season friendly was played to honour one of the greatest Portuguese footballers of all time, Eusebio, who was also present at the match to grace the occasion.
To the dismay of the newly crowned champions of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, they were crushed 5-2 by the hosts.
This probably was one of the biggest defeats conceded by the Spanish giants under the management of Jose Mourinho, however, it was not a competitive match, hence the damage will not be long lasting.
As the match kicked off, it was the Benfiquistas who took an early lead as they found the opener within the first four minutes. The first goal of the match was followed by an equalizer by the Whites, who scored two goals in two minutes to complete a blistering
comeback.
Jose Callejon struck in the 19th minute and in the 21st minute to provide the Spanish capital-based club an advantage of one goal. However, it took the home side only a minute to equalize as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Axel-Witsel-c7029 scored almost instantly after
Benfica conceded the second goal.
The first half ended with the score tied at 2-2. As the second half of the game started, the Glorioso began to show more intent as they regained the lead in the 53rd minute. From there on, the match completely became one-sided as the Encarnados
finished the night with a final score of 5-2.
While discussing the match, Coentrao was quoted as saying:
"It was a good game and a good spectacle. We did not expect this result, but we were missing many players and we had several others from the Castilla team. But Benfica deserved to win. I am a Benfica fan and I did not want to waste the opportunity to play
in my stadium once again."
Real Madrid are yet to compete in a few more pre-season matches before the start of the new season next month.
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