The disasters are beginning to add up for Benfica this season. This weekend Benfica had a scoreless tie against Portuguese League newcomer Leixões at Stadium Luz. In the first round Benfica also tied against Leixões, but at least that was considered an away game.
The score could have even been worse. Leixões created […]

On Saturday I went to Lisbon with three other friends the see the game.  We were hoping to see a good game and hopefully a Benfica win.  Well, not only did we not see Benfica win, but we saw Benfica play a very sub-par game.
With over 60000 fans on hand to see the game, Benfica […]

After five games without a win, and several of these without even a goal, Benfica gets a very important 2 to 1 win at Leiria. Its not that Leiria is a very good team, its not even that Benfica played a very good game, but it´s none the less a very important win. Benfica […]

Another game another tie.
The Benfica - Sporting derby ended with a nil - nil tie on Saturday.  It was a lively and exciting game, where the only thing missing were goals, especially from our side.  But like I had predicted yesterday the game ended with a tie, and at least for the time being Benfica […]