Schmidt gave minutes to lesser-used players (and Marcos Leonardo) in a training match featuring players from the second team – Benfica

Roger Schmidt played a training match to give minutes to the less used players in the team, and to this end, he called up several members of the B team. This happened on Thursday, the day after the Eagles beat SP Braga, 3-2, a victory that ensured the Reds' place in the quarter-finals. Final of the Portuguese Cup. On a day when the starters for the match with the arsenal were limited to doing recovery work, our newspaper learns that several players of the reserve team were called up by Roger Schmidt, who recently confirmed that the doors of the main team are open to young people. Training players. In this regard, register Did you know that central defenders Gustavo Marquez, Bajrami and Lacroix, full-backs Joao Tomé and Diogo Spencer, as well as Pedro Santos had the opportunity to participate in the aforementioned training session, which the German coach also wanted to give competition to players who do not have much time, as is the case for the goalkeeper Samuel Soares, Tomas Araujo, Jurassic, Chiquinho, Thiago Gouveia, Goncalo Guedes, or Marcos Leonardo himself, who recently arrived at FC Luz.

The Brazilian striker has already been called up for the final match, but he has not left the bench and is still waiting for the moment when he will make his official debut in a Reds shirt. Currently, he showed his qualities to the coach, in a match in which the German coach invited some young players to form two teams.