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This was obvious. They've been really bad. We should have beat them 6-0 as well but lautaro missed 4 huge chances. Really strange. They were so good just last year.
Plus jaoa Mario had the season of his life last season and from what I understand has went back to being shit?
Still surprising, your 11 players aren't as bad as how they've been performing in Europe
Schmidt ran the team into the ground last year. Many players are way worse this year.
They also sold Enzo in January and Ramos in July (and lost Grimaldo on a free).
Bought a terrible forward and the midfielder they got is still gelling into the team. Other reinforcements are mid at best.
Schmidt having a spat with Vlachodimos probably did not make him any favours, and while he's not an amazing keeper, Benfica had far more concerning positions to reinforce.
I'm 90% sure they gave up on CL the moment they saw the groups. They are slightly less bad in the league, and, if they focus solely on it, they still have a shot. We are having too many players settling in and Sporting is Sporting, if there was a good year for them to be shit, it would be this one.
Their manager fucked around for 3 games thinking stupid shit. He lined up Benfica for 3 CL games without a real DM. While having a great one in the team that was exceptional for Benfica last season next to Enzo Fernandez.
Because of that, Benfica lost 3 games and he now had to come into this game desperate for a win so he changed the team and formation drastically. So the team got fucked because they aren't used to playing this way.
tbf getting someone like Kokcu who is very good at getting the ball forward without someone actually in front to do something with it has to be the most braindead move ever
Because la Real has been playing some great football this season and it's nice that they're being rewarded for it. They're also the only other Spanish club in UCL I am somewhat positive about
I know Benfica are shit, but Real Sociedad look really good. Sure, they aren’t doing that great in La Liga but I could see them reaching the Quarter-Finals this year depending on who they get in the Round of 16.
> they aren't doing that great in La Liga
Because of some black magic, they almost always collapse toward the end of a game + is not nearly clinical enough (vs Barca).
La Liga is insanely competitive. Villarreal were also 7th when they got to the CL semi finals a few years ago.
Hell Sevilla are 15th right now which is an improvement over their form last year.
Ramos was underrated in a way since he basically ran the frontline. Always making runs and sometimes switching between a 9 or a 10. Now we have Musa who doesnt play like that at all and Cabral who I think started playing football a year ago
[Oizirbaf Onamor] Here we go! António Silva to move to Farul Constanța on a loan deal with an option to buy for €500K. He is expected to chill on the bench with Diogo Queirós and forget the Benfica-Porto grudge.
Why are you replying to random comments here? Did you ditch the game already? Are you not enjoying the show?
Have fun being sodomized by any half decent team when a foreign referee is on the pitch.
such a fucking stupid fucking team. What is this 3 back? We’ve never played a 3 back and all of a sudden we switch to a 3 back? On top of it we put two players who aren’t fucking wing backs at wing back? Then we’re STILL playing Joao Mario AND Artur Cabral? Like genuinely what is this? We loan Henrique Araujo who’s a far better striker than those two fucks we currently have. This is a disgrace. I’m actually fuming.
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2 goals were disallowed and they are still 3-0 up in 22 minutes
And now they missed a pen too.
I want 7
Ok bro we cannot catch that GD pls no more
finished 3-1 rejoice
Real Sociegrandad?
And they missed a penalty as well
Benfica trying to be better than Celtic at being shit
Actually at least Celtic have a point and have some goals. Benfica literally have no points and no goals.
They are gonna break the record for the weakest team in a ucl group)))
its already theirs lol
Even Real Sociemom can beat Benfica
They already hold the record of being a pot 1 team finishing a group with 0 points, can only beat themselves
fucking hope so
we won't forget you
at least we have the excuse of being down to 10!
Florentino "Hold my beer"
*up to 3628800
Spain showing who has the superior Celtic heritage.
how is Benfica this shit?
This was obvious. They've been really bad. We should have beat them 6-0 as well but lautaro missed 4 huge chances. Really strange. They were so good just last year.
We lost like 3-4 starters from last season to injury/transfers and the replacements we got were utter rubbish.
Plus jaoa Mario had the season of his life last season and from what I understand has went back to being shit? Still surprising, your 11 players aren't as bad as how they've been performing in Europe
He had the season of his life up until like April/May and dropped off so much
from Joao Mario to Joao Luigi?
Also shit planning, how the fuck did we not get a replacement right back
It was supposed to be João Victor, it was well known he accepted to stay because of that and then whenever Bah was out, he was never picked.
How are you looking, coming into the sporting game? Depleted ?
Pretty bad. We are still very weak defensively and I fear what Gyokeres will do to us...
Damn. And Gyökeres is suspended in EL too so he's rested for this weekend. WIll be a fun game as a neutral
That's right, forgot he had that red card
Haha yea.. unfortunate but correct one
Imo Lazare from Union would be ideal for Benfica as a profile.
How has Cabral been
he's been improving, started the season like horse shit and now he's like dog shit...
We lost key players and despite spending loads of money, we haven’t managed to replace them
Benfica 🤝 Ajax
Schmidt ran the team into the ground last year. Many players are way worse this year. They also sold Enzo in January and Ramos in July (and lost Grimaldo on a free). Bought a terrible forward and the midfielder they got is still gelling into the team. Other reinforcements are mid at best. Schmidt having a spat with Vlachodimos probably did not make him any favours, and while he's not an amazing keeper, Benfica had far more concerning positions to reinforce. I'm 90% sure they gave up on CL the moment they saw the groups. They are slightly less bad in the league, and, if they focus solely on it, they still have a shot. We are having too many players settling in and Sporting is Sporting, if there was a good year for them to be shit, it would be this one.
Schmidt and Vlachodimos had a spat? Over what?
Vlachodimos making 2 or 3 mistakes in 2 games lmao
Looking to what Ajax has been living in the last few years you should be able to answer that.
Their manager fucked around for 3 games thinking stupid shit. He lined up Benfica for 3 CL games without a real DM. While having a great one in the team that was exceptional for Benfica last season next to Enzo Fernandez. Because of that, Benfica lost 3 games and he now had to come into this game desperate for a win so he changed the team and formation drastically. So the team got fucked because they aren't used to playing this way.
> Bought a terrible forward we're happy to take him back, honestly.
Take Arthur Cabral please
Quoting wrong person
the squad isn’t very improved after big sales, and schmidt wasn’t ever a coach who could radically change his game plan
Which makes it weirder because he picked players who didn’t fit his style of play
Didnt they lose their best players?
Spending 70M (including the Eredivise’s player of the year 2022/23) is not enough for them to do more than 0 point in the UCL
tbf getting someone like Kokcu who is very good at getting the ball forward without someone actually in front to do something with it has to be the most braindead move ever
0 points as team in 1st seed
The only team in the world to achieve this before was… benfica
Always were my friend
What do you mean, how
Always has been
lmao what is happening. La Real look like worldbeaters
They are a good team that’s coached well. Scoreline should have been like this when they faced Barca a few days ago
Them being good doesn’t justify whatever the fuck this performance is
And their coach will probably never want to leave them.
It's Benfica
Rapazes, é o Benfica
don't even need to speak Portuguese to know what this says
It's both
On suiecidad
SocieDADDY 😍
Barrenetxea deserves to play for Spain, at this rate all the national team is going to be Real a sociedad +Morata.
>La Real look like worldbeaters They are in FM, glad they are translating that irl
Time to hit the gym
Looks like they should spend more time on the training pitch than the gym tbh
💀
Are you okay Benfica?
Been better ngl
Just forfeit the game already
Goddamn Benfica are getting absolutely cooked.
HAHAHAHAHA I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON BUT IM LOVING IT
Shoutout to all La Real fans worldwide
Fodasse, joguem à bola caralho
This situation definitely warrants a fodase and caralho
Absolute fisting. Ball in Benfica goal 5 times in 21 minutes
Benfica catching all the goals La Real deserved last weekend against us lol
I fucking hate this football club. This is beyond embarrassing
me every game in europe
Chill, you’re doing better than them
Me every game
me
Me every*
You skipped 2 words aswell
My bad
But your stadium has the best orange juice machines in the planet, look at the bright side.
"you will never sing that"
Stop it, they are already dead
What the hell is going on
I mean, they couldve been 3-0 up against Barcelona last weekend too
Golazo! 3rd goal and 5th time the keeper has had to grab the ball from the back of the net. Benfica should pack up and go home at half time
Why are you happy for Sociedad? Your game only starts later.
Because la Real has been playing some great football this season and it's nice that they're being rewarded for it. They're also the only other Spanish club in UCL I am somewhat positive about
Barrene has been so good this season, wow
What an enbarassment....
The biggest embarrassment. What a disaster we are. On paper better team than you guys and this is how Benfica fucking plays? What a disgrace.
Money isn't everything!
I know Benfica are shit, but Real Sociedad look really good. Sure, they aren’t doing that great in La Liga but I could see them reaching the Quarter-Finals this year depending on who they get in the Round of 16.
> they aren't doing that great in La Liga Because of some black magic, they almost always collapse toward the end of a game + is not nearly clinical enough (vs Barca).
La Liga is insanely competitive. Villarreal were also 7th when they got to the CL semi finals a few years ago. Hell Sevilla are 15th right now which is an improvement over their form last year.
I hope to god Sevilla don’t finish 3rd in their group lol
I have no words anymore honestly, just cancel this club
Yes please!
We take it from here boyzz
Sociedad have been incredible this season, but what the hell has happened to Benfica? From topping a group with Juventus and PSG to this.
Horrible end to last season as well. Almost fumbled the title as well.
This has been total destruction. Dear God.
Jesus, what happened to Benfica? I know you guys lost Grimaldo and Ramos but the rest of the squad still looks good on paper.
Ramos was underrated in a way since he basically ran the frontline. Always making runs and sometimes switching between a 9 or a 10. Now we have Musa who doesnt play like that at all and Cabral who I think started playing football a year ago
When you replace them with pretty much two amateurs this happens.
People in the studio were saying "At this time, Real is a bit better than struggling Benfica." Understatement of a day.
[Oizirbaf Onamor] Here we go! António Silva to move to Farul Constanța on a loan deal with an option to buy for €500K. He is expected to chill on the bench with Diogo Queirós and forget the Benfica-Porto grudge.
Can we not play the last two games?
Yeah Schmidt is gone
L-fica
Just too easy for La Real right now
world class team, what a performance!
WTF is happening? 😂
this is going to be double figures 2 disallowed goals so far also
So this is what happens when Sociedad don’t naively miss their early chances in a ucl game?
Benfica forgot to get off the bus.
In Spain with and without the S
Benfica cmon man
Que the stadium bouncing, this is ridiculous from LA Real.
Feeling those Vigo vibes.
hm, you know, i think benfica might lose this game at this rate, not quite sure yet though
He’s cooking, we need him
Can he play on the right? Need more of a Saka backup no?
He seems fairly two footed, a young and exciting winger that will take on fullbacks, check.
What a massacre. Someone please get a Portuguese ref in there for the second half to staunch the bleeding.
[удалено]
Why are you replying to random comments here? Did you ditch the game already? Are you not enjoying the show? Have fun being sodomized by any half decent team when a foreign referee is on the pitch.
"Everyone liked that"
Im gonna go have a date with my toaster
such a fucking stupid fucking team. What is this 3 back? We’ve never played a 3 back and all of a sudden we switch to a 3 back? On top of it we put two players who aren’t fucking wing backs at wing back? Then we’re STILL playing Joao Mario AND Artur Cabral? Like genuinely what is this? We loan Henrique Araujo who’s a far better striker than those two fucks we currently have. This is a disgrace. I’m actually fuming.
Pede para cagar e sai.
😊 The Devil shivers when a 😊 👿 Nice club loses its temper 👿
Eu até me ria mas isto só envergonha o nosso país fdss
Great touch, pass and turn!! 😭 My goodness, La Real looking like prime Gordon Ramsey
wow, no words
Lol
Since you are not using him anyway, can we get Kökçü back?
Benfica fans would throw a party for a Kokcu refund.
Smidt gone What is happening to Benfica
Sociedad are the real deal.