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14/15 Roadmap
This past Sunday the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profisional (LPFP) held the drawing for this upcoming season’s fixtures. Along with the drawing, the LPFP also announced last season’s award winners. Jorge Jesus won the Coach of the Year award, Enzo won the Most Valuable Player award, Jan Oblak won the Best Goalkeeper award, and to round off the awards, Bernardo Silva won the Revelation Player of the Year for the second league. Quite a memorable night for Benfica, but the center piece of the night was the drawing, and announcement...
read morePre-Season Day 4
After having Sunday off, the squad reported back to work this morning at the Seixal. Certainly the biggest news surrounding the team are the exits of Markovic and Jan Oblak. The two players had orders to report to the Seixal this morning and only one of them showed up. Markovic, who was all over the papers as having completed a move to Liverpool for a reported 25 million Euros this past weekend, reported to camp, and was spotted running on the training pitch. Markovic was only spotted in the afternoon session, and there was no word from...
read morePre-Season Day 3
After Friday’s completion of the squad’s physical and medical examinations, and an afternoon trip to the Sagres brewery in Vialonga, the squad had their first contact with the ball at the Seixal this Saturday. Saturday’s training session, which was closed off to the media, was the first official training session for new signing Luis Felipe. The 23 year old Brazilian right back signed a deal with Benfica for the next 5 years. Luis Felipe made his professional debut with Palmeiras, and went through a few loan spells before...
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Pre-Season Day 1
Benfica got their 2014/2015 started this Thursday. A mix of new faces, loan returns, and the majority of last season’s team, were all spotted at the Caixa Futebol Campus in the Seixal today. A total of 29 players reported to Benfica’s training facilities, the number is far from being the number of players that JJ will work with during the season, but seeing who reported allows us to have a good idea which players were actually off season acquisitions, or just media speculations. Returning Players The biggest surprises in the...
read moreNational Team Podcast # 5
In this week’s episode… We wrap up Portugal’s participation in the World Cup. First we look back at Portugal’s game against Ghana, where Portugal created enough chances to erase their negative goal differential, ye,t were not able to put the chances away. Next up, we look at Portugal’s World Cup showing, while referencing some of what Paulo Bento said in this week’s interview to Portuguese TV. Lastly we look ahead to the National team’s supposed renewal as mentioned by Paulo Bento. Thanks for...
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Youtube Scouting : Pawel Dawidowicz
Name: Pawel Dawidowicz DOB: 5/20/95 Pos: Defensive midfielder Height : 1,88 (6’2″) Weight: 168lbs / 76kg Preferred Foot: Right foot The first time you see Pawel Dawidowicz on the pitch you can’t help but to make a comparison with Nemanja Matic. His slender build, tall stature, short hair, and fair complexion are all physical traits they both share, but the similarities don’t end there. It’s easy to find footballing bits and pieces of Matic in the 19 year old Dawidowicz, albeit at an early level of...
read moreBenfica confirms Garay exit
Benfica confirmed this Wednesday that they have sold Gary to Russia’s Zenit for 6 million Euros. Benfica only held 40% of Garay’s rights. No details were given if the 6 million were for the 40% that Benfica owned only, but the values involved lead us to believe that was the case. 2013/14 stats – All competitions 49 Games – 48 starts – 3917 Minutes – 6 goals – 3 yellows Garay is currently on National team duty with the Argentinean national team. ...
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