Benfica defensive midfielder Florentino Luis has sustained a right knee injury missing the clubs Week 5 game this weekend and could miss potentially more. Florentino looks to have suffered a slight tear to his meniscus according to reports coming out of Portugal, an injury that he picked up in his last appearance at Braga. The club announced that the 20 year old will not have a minor surgical procedure done to clean his right knee and could be out for more then a month. Florentino has appeared in every game this season for Benfica and the injury is a major blow to a club set to open their Champions League campaign. Florentino joins a growing list of Benfica casualties with Chiquinho, Carlos Vinicius, Gabriel and Gedson already in the infirmary.
Benfica have released their squad for
their upcoming home game today against Gil Vicente after the International break, the game will take place on September 14 at 7:00pm
WEST. They will select 18 players from the list below at game time to
dress.
Keepers- Vlachodimos, Ivan Zlobin
Defenders- Nuno Tavares, Ruben Dias, Ferro, Alex Grimaldo, Jardel, Andre Almeida, Tomas Tavares
Midfielders- Samaris, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Caio Lucas, Taarabt, Franco Cervi, Fejsa
Forwards- Seferovic, Raul de Tomas, Jota
Benfica midfielder Gabriel is closing in on returning to the squad after missing the last four weeks with a knee injury suffered in the Super Cup on August 4 against Sporting. Gabriel has began training with the club this week and could be an option for Bruno Lage in this weekends encounter against Gil Vicente. Lage may also chose to hold off in inserting the midfielder into the lineup as the club kicks off their Champions League campaign next week.
