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The (eg) coach of Benfica, Bruno Laje
The Benfica coach could not resist the bad results of the last two games of the incarnate team. Tonight, after the home defeat with Qarabag, Bruno Lage and President Rui Costa AcerThey terminated by mutual agreement.
The president of Benfica, Rui Costathis night announced the termination, by mutual agreement, of the contract with Bruno Laje.
At a press conference, around 1.20h in the morning, the president also announced that “Saturday, in Vila das AvesBenfica already will have a coach on the bank“Without having advanced the name of the chosen technician.
“I wanted to communicate to all the benfiquists that we just reached agreement with Bruno Lage, who Stop being Benfica coach Right today, ”he began by saying Rui Costa, who thanked the coach“ everything he tried to do, everything he did for Benfica ”.
“But Unfortunately the time has comeWe understood that it was time to change, ”he added. As for the profile of the new coach, Rui Costa said that it will have to be“A coach with winning profilecapable of this team levels that are required and give us the titles we want. ”
The departure of the Setubalense coach appears after the surprising defeat of the 3-2 incarnated team at Estádio da Luz, where he received the Azeris of the Traitor in the first round of Champions League, in a match where Benfica Wasted an advantage two goals.
Bruno Lage’s continuity was already being strongly contested after the Friday’s draw with Santa Claraalso in Luz, on the fourth round of the championship. Playing against 10 Since 38 minutes, the incarnates marked first, at 59, but They left a goal at 90+2.
In the game tonight, at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, the incarnates marked for the Argentine Enzo Barrenecheaat six minutes, and by the Greek Pavlidisat 16, but allowed Qarabag’s response.
The Azeri formation went around the result with goals of Leandro Andrade, 30 minutes, Duran, 48, and Kashchuk, at 86, who secured the three points to Qarabag.
After the game, Lage reaffirmed that It would never be a problem for Benfica. “I recover what I said for a while: I will never be a problem for Benfica. Benfica has already given me so many joys and a beautiful career.”
“When the president feels that he does not have the support of fans And that I am responsible for that, that I am the main cause of income of the team or that my message does not pass the players, the group is not with me and I am not the ideal person for the place, Benfica only pays me until that day”Said the 49 -year -old technician.
Apparently, in the antechamber of elections for the presidency of the incarnate club, and at a time when a recent poll do Noronha Lopeswith 34.4% of voting intentions, ahead of Rui Costa (30.6%), the incarnate president will make sense “that does not have the support of fans”To keep slab ahead of the team.
According to, the name of José Mourinho It is being pointed as Lage’s likely successor. The Setubalense coach had already been equated by the eagles at the end of last season, but the option eventually fell on the continuity of the incarnate coach to date.
In the current scenario, with elections scheduled for a little over a month, on October 25, the name of Mourinho, who came out of Fenerbahçe curiously after the defeat with Benfica in the Championship access playoff, playoff access playoff It’s really the strongest between the lot of coaches available at this time.
