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Ali Moreno

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1019 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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ESPN FC
Benfica Keeper Brilliance

Right?

ESPN FC
Benfica Keeper Brilliance

And the reason I say that is it's the sort of injury that you have to nurse, right?

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

And it gives you...

ESPN FC
Benfica Keeper Brilliance

a sense that maybe you're ready to get back.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

Maybe this is a moment in which you're ready.

ESPN FC
Benfica Keeper Brilliance

And then you go for a sprint, and it tears right back up.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

That's what Real Madrid are right now.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

You're merely mending.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

You're mending and nursing this injury.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

But you are one sprint away from going off again.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

And that's where we are.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

It felt like they were ready.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

It felt like they had turned the corner.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

It felt like Arbeloa had some sense of confidence with his team and that this team was responding to him.

ESPN FC
Benfica Keeper Brilliance

But it was, as we said over the weekend, a house of cards.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

Because there is, for this team right now, they don't know who they are.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

There is no identity.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

And so today they went in a back and forth with Benfica, which you don't want to do because that's exactly what Benfica won.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

They won this open game.

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Benfica Keeper Brilliance

There was no sense of control through the midfield.