Benfica won 3-0 on the road in midweek against a depleted squad that had previously played three consecutive away games in the league, and the team made a perfect debut with a three-game winning streak. However, it's clear that Benfica has played one more league game than Kasabia in the past week, and it was an away game, so naturally the schedule is very unfavorable.
If the thickness of the lineup is there, then the schedule-intensive team can be solved by rotation, but it so happens that the thickness of Benfica's lineup is also affected at the moment. Enzo was poached at the last minute of the winter window, and the team is trying to find a new player.
Wanted Sanchez back and was rejected, and now it's too late to make up for it, so we can only dig within. Judging by Enzo's performance yesterday, losing the champion midfielder will drop Benfica's midfield no matter what. Also, the reason for the late release of this match is that I've been searching for news about top scorer Ramos and second goal scorer Rafa Silva, and just now, the media released an article suggesting that the two are not recovering well, and basically won't be starting in this match. And with Benfica's next game being a Portuguese Cup clash against, Schmidt must also consider the Portuguese Cup. In addition, the attacker Draxler is also injured, because of tendonitis missed the midweek game, so the team's current midfield rotation space is very small.
