“Eagles” lost to “Sporting” in a two-match duel. Advertising “Benfica” Ukrainian goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubina could not make it to the finals Cup of Portugal. In the return match of the 1/2 finals, the “Eagles” drew 2:2 with “Sporting” on their own field. In the first match, “Benfica” suffered a defeat with a score of 1:2. … Read more
Will Vítor Pereira be the great worker at the end of Jorge Jesus’ record-breaking series? This is the great expectation for this Saturday’s game. For the first time since that night when Kelvin donned the hero’s cape (unlikely), the two Portuguese coaches will face each other again. The reality of the duel on Saudi soil … Read more
FC Porto beat Benfica (78-81) and won the Portuguese Cup, after also beating Imortal in the semi-final. The Reds’ coach, Norberto Alves, made a point of congratulating the Dragons, but stressed that his team “is only satisfied when they win” and defeat “is always a failure.” “We started the game very badly. We improved a … Read more
Dallinga explained that Toulouse has quality, as shown in the group stage and in the tie against the Reds Thijs Dallinga spoke after the turnaround in the score, at home, against Nice (2-1), explaining that the team has quality and that this was demonstrated in the Europa League, where they were eliminated by Benfica, in … Read more
Information contained in the Disciplinary Council ruling The Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation revealed, this Friday, the ruling regarding the archiving of the process that investigated alleged grooming of players from Rio Ave, Marítimo and Boavista, before games with Benfica, in the 2016/17 and 2017/18. The document states that, in addition to César … Read more
Pedro Gonçalves, Sporting player, speaking on Sport TV’s flash-interview, after the lions’ 2-0 victory over Moreirense «I would like to send, on behalf of the Sporting group, a hug to João Neves and António Silva, on behalf of everyone. Our feelings, there are more important things in life than football. It was a difficult game, … Read more
Benfica hosts Toulouse, this Thursday, in the 1st leg of the play-off for access to the round of 16 of the Europa League. After the defeat in Guimarães, where they had an eleven without a full-fledged striker, Roger Schmidt assumed that «goals are good arguments for playing» and, therefore, the Reds should return to the … Read more
The big three will play on Sunday, February 25th, the matches of the 23rd round of the League. Exactly three days after the Europa League, for Sporting and Benfica, and four days after the Champions League, for FC Porto. Interestingly, they all play four days before the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, which … Read more
This Sunday, ‘AS’ analyzes the beginning of Álvaro Carreras’ career at Benfica, highlighting that the Spaniard is being shaped as a “Grimaldo project”, a winger who left the Eagles at the start of this season to head to Germany, to Bayer Leverkusen. The same source begins by highlighting precisely the “big mark” that Grimaldo left … Read more
In keeping with electoral tradition, the president of the Reds will delve deeper into each of the operations Benfica’s signings and departures in this winter market will be discussed in depth by Rui Costa, president of the club, this Friday, at 7pm, on the club’s television. More than €40 million spent on reinforcements that arrived … Read more