Former Benfica VP Varandas Fernandes Calls for Roger Schmidt’s Departure After Europa League Failure

Varandas Fernandes, who was the vice-president of Benfica, did not like the way in which Benfica fell in the Europa League and he blames Roger Schmidt.

“Obviously, this is a failure with several issues, for example the wrong choices. This coach is, of course, a big problem for Sport Lisboa and Benfica. I want stability, but this has crossed her all possible line and imagination. . He gives the impression of being tired. “If he likes Benfica, he should leave”, said the former manager ‘ liked the lack of opportunity for the coach to justify the choices he made against Marseille at the end of the game.

Varandas Fernandes says he is “shocked”. “He is an employee of the club, he is paid by all of us, by all the members, by the Benfica family. He has to give justification because he has certain preferences. If he does not want to give them and say. he doesn’t want to give it to them, it’s against the balls”, he defended, passing the ball to Rui Costa. “You have to have the courage to change to take the right steps and stop making choices wrong. Obviously, everyone can suffer, that’s not the point. Now, there are some opinions that are not favorable, and don’t, for now, rejoice. right now we are experiencing at Sport Lisboa e Benfica.”

So Varandas Fernandes wants Schmidt to leave and is moving forward with a figure he believes is the right man to lead the Reds’ technical team next season, fearing the worst if nothing is done.

“It is a question of adapting to Benfica’s current situation. That is not what the members want. We want a coach with fire, determination, who understands what is happening on the field. The shows we had went in the other direction”, he said. “If we continue in the same way and we don’t start preparing for the next season now, we are going to go down a bad path, because it is clear that the results of sports will have an impact on financial management and I would not. I want to see my club bounce back so badly. There is none.