Former United went to sleep at the Benfica-Celtic break: “I couldn’t see”

Alan Brazil, a former international advance in Scotland and now a sports commentator, did not spare in the criticisms of Celtic after the 4–1, suffered in front of Benfica, last Thursday, on the second day of the single league phase of the Europa League

Historical name of clubs such as Manchester United, Tottenham or Ipswich, Alan Brazil confessed that he stopped watching the game at halftime, all because of the domain evidenced by Marco Silva's elected.

“I went to sleep on the break. I thought: ‘I won’t watch, I can’t watch this’. On break, I went to bed, went to sleep. They [Celtic] were absolutely overtaken”, first said the former player, in statements given to the British radio station TalkSPORTAbout Benfica winning by three goals without response to the interval.

Brazil also praised Gianluca Prestianni. “The boy on their left, Italian name, with blond hair, was of another class,” he shot the Scots before finishing his analysis: “We looked at Celtic and it was horrible. Benfica looked like a Premier League team against a third division team.”

In the same podcast of the British radio station talkSPORT was Dean Saunders, a former Benfica and international advance in Wales, who also highlighted the very positive display of the club that represented at the 1998/99 season.

“ Sometimes it seemed like a Premier League team against a League One team (the third division in England), for the way Benfica made the circular ball ", he stressed the Welsh, before talking about the great penalty that was converted by Jhon Durán and that opened the score of the scorer at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon: “They were completely dominated. They granted a ridiculous penalti.”

Saunders left a brief analysis of Sunderland's victory in Leiria before Torreense, admitting that he had never heard of the formation of the city of Torres Vedras.

“And Sunderland fans, don’t get upset, but Sunderland was not well. They weren't well because that was a team I'd never heard of. I even thought they might lose...”, finished the former player.

Remember that, in the end, Benfica swung for 4-1, with Jhon Durán a bisar and Alexander Bah and Vangelis Pavlidis signing the remaining goals of the eagles in the Stadium of Light. On the Celtic side, Camilo Durán, who had already been executioner of the incarnates in the defeat of last season before the Azeris of the Qarabag for the single league phase of the Champions League, scored the only goal of the Scottish team.

Benfica returns to action in the Europe League on Thursday in Cyprus, in front of Omonia, which has initial whistle scheduled for 20 hours.