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THE BALL – Jorge Jesus removed Pizzi from the squad. Know why (Benfica)

On his return to Seixal, yesterday morning, Pizzi, one of the captains of the team, was informed by Jorge Jesus that he would have to train separately, away from the rest of the group. Yesterday, the first day of work after the defeat against the Dragons for the Portuguese Cup, it was like that, it remains to be seen if this will also happen in the next training sessions.

The measure, imposed by the 67-year-old coach on the red midfielder, follows the discontent expressed by the player still in the Estádio do Dragão dressing room after the defeat (0-3) to the Portuguese Cup, unhappy with the poor performance of the team.

Pizzi and Tiago Oliveira, one of Jorge Jesus’ technical assistants, ended up exchanging more heated words to the point of forcing Luisão, technical secretary, to intervene to calm the exacerbated tempers.

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