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Benfica won comfortably for two zero balls against Amadora team, but even so, half an hour from the end of the game, the Turkish did not want to leave and complained. Incarnate coach he didn’t let himself stay.
Expected and happy victory for Benfica this Friday, against the New Zealandes of (6-0). The incarnates are at one point on the round of 16 of the Club World Cup, on a seventh day of competition that qualified Flamengo and Bayern Munich. But despite the rout, the controversy was on the field, with Orkun Kökçü noise – once again.
The 61 minutes of play ran, won Benfica by two balls zero, when coach Bruno Lage decided to take kokçu from the field, surrendering him with Renato Sanches. The 24 -year -old did not like it and, visibly angry, began to gesture toward the incarnate coach – who did not let himself stay and had silent The player, with his finger going to his mouth to gestulate his intention.
“F *** You,” the player responds to Bruno Lage.
And just two minutes later… Renato Sanches scores goal, which made Bruno Lage address Kokçu again, already sitting on the bench. The midfielder did not like the attitude and threatened to go to the resort, having been locked by compatriot Kerem Akturkoglu.
At the end of the game, the Turk was still seen to secrete to the ear of the Portuguese midfielder, in which he seemed to be justifying his attitude half an hour from the end of the match.
The controversy ran the world. “What should have been a celebration more like a funeral“, Compares the newspaper:” Neither the Bis of Barreiro and the penalty of Di María managed to erase the controversy. “
“An exchange of words that was burning more and more Kokçu, which even pointed to the index finger [Bruno Lage]”, Le-se no.
In the reaction, Bruno Lage sought to devalue the moment of tension, and recalled. With you, it has “gift”.
“It was the desire to win. Kokçu stayed at the bench to the end. I wanted to score more goals and we understood that, for that, I would have to enter Renato Sanches that two minutes later scored the goal. Regardless of what the players want, I am the one who makes the decisions. In the first game, I felt that Renato had to go at the outset and Kokçu entered to refresh. Today I decided the opposite and Renato scored the goal. Everyone wanted to score more goals and we made the best decisions to happen, ”explained the Portuguese coach.
It is recalled that the one that is the most expensive reinforcement in the club’s history said in March last year being “disillusioned and frustrated” with the incarnate structure, and partly blamed the German at the technical height of the eagles.
“From the beginning they never made me feel important. Not even the coach.”
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The incarnate were isolated in second place in Group C And they set off for the third and last day on Tuesday, knowing that they will move on with the almighty Bayern, but they can also continue to test with a Desaire.
If you get lost, Benfica will have to be ahead of Boca Juniors in the difference of goals: part with seven advantage (8-2 against 3-4), but knowing that the Argentines face the New Zealandes, who had already been beaten by the Bavarians by 10-0.
