Benfica vs Atlethic Bilbao

This match was played only 24 hours after the match against FC Sion.  The players for Benfica were clearly exhausted and several of the World Cup players are still not in top shape as they joined training late.
Noteworthy was Talisca - his worst game so far.  His passing was off and he made several dangerous turnovers.  Its common for Brazilian players to make such mistakes when they come to europe.  Bilbao has been training for a month already and played typical european football of pressing deep in the zone of construction.   Brazilian players aren't used to such advanced levels of strategic play so this should have been a good learning experience for him.
Bernardo Silva once again showed his total lack of quality.  Cesar played poorly as well.  Its hard to take conclusions from a team who played 24 hours ago.  But not a good game, and also not disastrous.  Bilbao took advantage of their opportunities and didn't make a sub until well after the 70th minute.
The next match will be more revealing as it is against top competition and will feature the likely starters minus those who are still injured.  Lets bear in mind that Benfca has played the entire preseason without their two starting central defenders and their starting defensive midfielder Fejsa.