As I sat at the
Faialense, and watched
Benfica lose to Porto 2-0 for the Portuguese Super Cup, I could not believe that I was watching the same team that just a few months ago was playing some of the best football in Europe.
Jorge Jesus must be wondering what the hell happened, coming into the game
Benfica were the heavy favorites, and Porto were suppose to be adapting to new coach Andre
Vilas Boas.
Benfica had a very good preseason, and Porto not so much.
Some people will say that
Benfica are missing
DiMaria and
Ramires, but Porto just sold Bruno
Alves, and Raul
Meireles who may be sold as well, did not play.
A couple of things that are obvious however are that
Benfica need to find replacements for
DiMaria and
Ramires. Nico
Gaitan is doing well, but he is not a true winger like
DiMaria is.
Another is that Roberto is proving that he is going to be an 8 million euro flop, for 4 million$ we could have had Eduardo.
Cesar
Peixoto should not be allowed to ever wear a
Benfica shirt again; This guy spent the entire game getting beat by
Silvestre Varela, when he wasn't getting beat it was because he kept fouling him.
Benfica needs an alternative to this guy. Ruben Lima surely could do better.
The season started with a loss, we begin the Portuguese
Liga next week vs
Academica, hopefully we will improve. I am sure Jorge Jesus will have plenty to say in practice.