Pulpis, Benfica coach, analyzed the Eagles’ loss in the 1st playoff game (5-4) against Sporting. “We were better in the first half. We made good use of Sporting’s mistakes. This is a team that uses them well and rarely commits. We were close to making the score 4:1. We failed to do so. The truth is that we did not start the second half very well, as we have done throughout the season. We conceded three goals from set pieces. We responded well. It was a five-four penalty. In extra time, the game was decided by the details. Not for the first time we started the second half badly. Today we assume that Sporting reached 3-3. Then we played again. We need to be more stable in the game. This has already happened twice with Sporting “and in the Champions League against Barcelona,” he repeated, pointing to the next game of the final on Wednesday. “Now we hope to win at Luz and equalize in the playoffs. The futsal match between Benfica and Sporting is truly the best in the world. In Spain, there is no game with such an atmosphere. I have never seen anything like it. America, but I have never seen it,” he praised.
