[ad_1] Jan Vertonghen was, on Tuesday, the player chosen by Belgium for the usual selection press conference. The Benfica central defender has moved closer to the Portuguese league and is confident in a good European season for the Eagles. «For me the ideal was to come to Portugal. You may …
Read More »THE BALL – Otamendi generates mistrust (Benfica)
[ad_1] He was one of Benfica’s most significant signings this season and, at first glance, the place of Rúben Dias would have been occupied at the highest level by Nicolás Otamendi. After six seasons and 210 games with Manchester City, the 32-year-old Argentine international has arrived in Luz. The past …
Read More »A BOLA – Equipment technician suspended and fined: “You are garbage” (Benfica)
[ad_1] João Valentim, Benfica equipment technician, was fined 3,825 euros and suspended for 23 days for criticizing the work of the referee team led by Artur Soares Dias at Benfica-SC Braga, which took place last Sunday, at the Estádio da Luz, and of which he was sentenced to expulsion from …
Read More »THE BALL – “Pogba costs a lot of money but he’s not a great player” (Manchester United)
[ad_1] Jamie Carragher disagrees with the view of Didier Deschamps, a French manager who believes Paul Pogba’s poor performance at Manchester United is due to the French international playing from the best position on the pitch. “After four seasons, we still wonder what the best position for Pogba is? For …
Read More »THE BALL – “Flamengo did what Benfica complained about” (Brazil)
[ad_1] Rogério Ceni was announced on Tuesday as Flamengo’s new manager, prompting criticism from the president of Fortaleza, the club where the former goalkeeper was driving in Brasileirão. “Flamengo did with Fortaleza what they complained about Benfica doing in the case of Jorge Jesus,” said Marcelo Paz, quoted by globoesportes.com. …
Read More »THE BALL – Discover the reasons to look for Benfica and Santa Clara (Football)
[ad_1] The joint searches carried out yesterday by the Public Prosecutor (MP), the Judicial Police (PJ) and the Tax Authority (AT) focus on suspicions of sports corruption, tax fraud and money laundering, among others, and go through several trials under investigation by the authorities, among others. their Mala Ciao. This, …
Read More »THE BALL – “Messi is the regime of terror: either you are with him or against him” (Barcelona)
[ad_1] Explosive statements by Éric Olhats, former manager of Antoine Griezmann, which explains the difficulties that the French striker has had since arriving in Barcelona. «Antoine (Griezmann) arrived at a club with serious problems, where Messi controls everything. He is an emperor and a monarch and did not see Antoine’s …
Read More »THE BALL – The Spaniards talk about the curse of Marcelo (Real Madrid)
[ad_1] The statistics seem to leave no doubt: with Marcelo on the pitch the risk of defeat increases exponentially for Real Madrid. The newspaper As underlines that, since Zinedine Zidane’s return to technical command, he has been a team merengue a total of 57 games for La Liga, after recording …
Read More »THE BALL – “I heard that Vlachodimos and Otamendi didn’t even speak” (SC Braga)
[ad_1] In an interview with Canal 11, Francisco Moura, hero of SC Braga in the match against Benfica, recalled the two goals scored in the Minho team’s 3-2 victory at the Estádio da Luz. “In the first one I saw Al Musrati, who has a great vision of the game, …
Read More »A BOLA – “It was only a matter of time before Renato Sanches ‘exploded'” (Lille)
[ad_1] João Tralhão, former youth coach of Benfica and today at the helm of Vilafranquense, gave a long interview to Radio Monte Carlo and took the opportunity to talk about Renato Sanches, the Portuguese international who played an extraordinary season at Lille. «What is happening to Renato does not surprise …
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