There have been constant rumors during the off season that Nuno Gomes would be leaving Benfica.  And the fact that Benfica signed some heavy hitters for the forward spots gave some credibility to some of the rumors. The reality is that none have panned out.  First there was Galatasaray, Levante from Spain, West Ham, and [...]

The CLUJ Benfica game just ended with a 2 – 2 tie and  I wanted to weight with my thoughts about the game.  It was a friendly match, so it has to be taken in context, but it was Benficas´s first “real” game of the season. I am glad to see Simão is still with [...]

Over the last couple of days the name of Mauricio Isla (19 years old) and Benfica seem to be coming up together on the same sentence a lot. Mauricio Isla caught everyones eye playing for Chile in the Under-20 World Cup held in Canada. I must admit that I did not see one game from [...]

I just read on Goal.com that Simão is leaving SL Benfica for a reportedly 19.5 million Euros.  I am hopping that this is not the case, since Simão has been a pillar at Benfica for the last 3 or 4 years.  I would be very sad to see him go and Benfica would have to [...]