Category Archives: football

Player Profile: Kika Nazareth

Teenaged sensation turning heads and making her name heard with Benfica and Portugal. In this first ever misterbenfica.com player profile I’ve chosen to spotlight one of the brightest rising stars within the club in any sport. Francisca Ramos Ribeiro Nazareth Sousa was born in Lisbon on 17th of November 2002. Fast forward 18 and aContinue reading “Player Profile: Kika Nazareth”

Don’t let “Experts” Tell You Otherwise…Benfica go into Super Cup as Underdogs

Key pieces missing as Benfica limp into Aveiro for Super Cup against Porto. Aveiro– just over 24 hours from kickoff and the biggest news to come from the Benfica camp today is that current top performer and key playmaker Pizzi will miss Wednesday’s Super Cup after testing positive for COVID19 and that will be aContinue reading “Don’t let “Experts” Tell You Otherwise…Benfica go into Super Cup as Underdogs”

Benfica Ladies make History

Brussels- It was a night that this Benfiquista certainly will not soon forget! This past Wednesday night our Women’s Football team faced the biggest the match in its history. On the road against the Belgian giants Anderlecht, Benfica’s Lady Aguias had 90 minutes to conquer their dreams of playing in the biggest club football competitionContinue reading “Benfica Ladies make History”

Benfica 1 Porto 2 Portuguese Cup Final #SLBFCP

A Painful comes to a humiliating end at The City of Coimbra Stadium. Benfica lose to 10 man Porto in the final of the “Prova Rainha”. Below you get my thoughts on the video version of the podcast Episode 74.

Now Over on the YouTube Channel Watch the Closing Segment of Episode 64 Before the Podcast Drops.

My Thoughts on Who’s Next and Where Do We Go From Here in the Post Lage era.

Benfica’s Root Problem is Cultural, Not Technical/Tactical

“…the only one to blame is me, I am the President” -Luis Filipe Vieira Lisbon, Portugal- Bruno Lage has stepped down as Manager of Benfica’s First Team, a post he’s held since January 3,2019. 2019 was in-fact a dream year for the now 44 year old former Benfica manager. His reign closed out with aContinue reading “Benfica’s Root Problem is Cultural, Not Technical/Tactical”