João Moutinho did not train yesterday with the National Team and is a confirmed low for this Saturday’s game against Serbia, in Belgrade, the second in the qualifying phase for the World-2022. The Wolverhampton player was not seen during the 15 minutes of the session open to the media yesterday. He started in the game … Read more
Andreas Samaris, 31, underwent surgery on the right Achilles tendon yesterday and is no longer playing this season. The recovery will take at least three months and the Greek international midfielder also has the start of the next season compromised. Probably even more than that. Samaris’ future at Benfica is at risk and continuity will … Read more
The Cape Verde national team beat Cameroon 3-1 on Friday, in a match for the 5th and penultimate round of the F-qualifying group for CAN-2021. The Blue Sharks took a precious step towards CAN – goals from Kuca (U. Leiria), Bagnack’s own goal and Ryan Mendes (Al Nasr), after Malong scored first for Cameroon – … Read more
The Vitória de Guimarães SAD announced that it had reached an agreement with Sérgio Dutra, a 19-year-old goalkeeper, to extend the contract for another three years, that is, until June 2024. In this new bond, a termination clause was established fixed at EUR 30 million. Sérgio Dutra, who is a native of the Azores, is … Read more
The Andalusian Superior Court of Justice ordered Granada to pay 200,000 euros to Guilherme Siqueira, in debt since 2013, agreed upon when the Brazilian side was loaned to Benfica. According to news agency EFE, the left-back should have received the amount by way of compensation for the transfer to the club of Luz in the … Read more
Benfica is carefully following goalkeeper Luiz Júnior, 20, left-back Rúben Vinagre, 21, and defensive midfielder Manuel Ugarte, 19. The reds have several referenced players and the three from Famalicão – Rúben Vinagre is in Minho on loan from Wolverhampton – are considered potential footballers. Luiz Júnior has 15 games (13 in the League and two … Read more
Rui Jorge, coach of the U21s, was satisfied with the victory of Portugal in the debut in the European Championship, against Croatia (1-0), but acknowledged that he expected more offensive game. “We were very well, very aggressive, we defined the moments of pressure well, which is not easy to do against Croatia. Two technically evolved … Read more
The 2021 Brazilian Championship will go down in history, as the clubs have approved a limit for changing coaches during the competition. In fact, each club can only have two coaches during the championship, starting on May 29 and ending on December 5. At the same time, each coach can only coach two different clubs. … Read more
The Spanish team conceded a draw at home, more precisely in Granada, against Greece (1-1), at the start of the qualifying phase for the World-2022. With Pedro Porro (Sporting) on the bench, the Spaniards even started well, opening the scoring through Álvaro Morata, in the 33rd minute, appearing in the area beating the ‘Benfica’ Vlachodimos, … Read more
England scored a comfortable victory in their debut in qualifying for the World-2022, scoring five unanswered goals against San Marino in a Group I game. James Ward-Prowse, Calvert-Lewin and Sterling put the English team to a 3-0 win in the first half hour of the game. Calvert-Lewin scored twice in the second half (53 minutes), … Read more