Hey Adrian. I love your football content man. Please consider doing a video on the Soweto Derby (i.e. Orlando Pirates vs Kaizer Chiefs). It is one of Africa's biggest football derbies.
It was blast talking with you again! I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best part of this club is not the people inside it but all the people around it! The fans are what make it truly amazing!
Great content guys. However, I must say that this topic should be addressed in Portuguese as a large majority of the fan base (especially those with 50 votes) does not have the English skills required to understand you. Keep it going!
As a Sporting supporter its strange to see a Benfica team with so much talent combined with decent veterans look so average. Portuguese teams lately have had too many issues in the board/backroom. Rivalry aside Portuguese teams need to step up and compete especially on a continental stage. Finances aren't helping anyone these days obviously but maybe its time for us to go back to the days of pushing the gritty academy players.
Gritty academy players won't make a difference if they're just being window-shopped and then sold after 12 months. The biggest issue in all of Portuguese futbol is talent retention. I think the league needs to come up with a way to curb the selling mentality of the Liga teams.
@@cdb5001 i agree if you look at Sportings sudden take over of first place after years of Benfica/Porto domination you can see that the squad is filled with young, hungry youth looking to prove their worth while Benfica and Porto field “superstars”. The issue in Portugal right now is money retention which is what is driving the sales of these promising players. Clubs have to realize that results bring financial success and a switch back to the youth format instead of viewing them as commodities can solve much of these issues at least domestically.
I just found this video and this was great to learn about the insides of benfica because its a club that deserves to be among the elites and recognized and it always saddens me when i see people not even know who benfica is when in the champions league and its baffling to me.
@@sosolawson6587 its not like that.. Some players wouldn't mind one or two seasons at benfica before leaving, but they literally get put aside until they """"want""" to leave and then JM sells them for 15M€ and the club receives like 5 if so
I've been a Benfica fan since 2004. Back when in career mode it was the 1st decent European Club that would offer me a job after picking a Liga MX team to start off career mode lol. Since then I've followed the team. Watch their games and learned the team history. Wish Benfica could become a power house in Europe like the 60s again.
I promise you this. Bring a Manager like Rangnick(also Sport director), Guardiola, Ten Hag or Klopp/Tuchel to Benfica and stay with those talented Players...We gonna win everything!! Benfica has the quality to reach Top Level
Glad you're addressing this situation. Vieira did a lot for the club but has unfortunately become a greedy asshole who damages not only the club but an entire country for profits. Saddening that the club I support has dipped this low and how some still believe this man's lies enough to re-elect him. Benfica's current situation is the best example that shows that money isn't what solves problems. It's character and dedication. #VieiraOut
greedy asshole? lol that "greedy asshole" has been working his ass off for the last 17 years doing more for this clube than anyone has ever done, being attacked by everything and everyone exactly because he put Benfica back on the map and yet there are still stupid people like you who act as if everything it's his fault when the male football club does a bad season. And you think you know something? people like you don't know shit about what this club is about and the amount of work that goes behind the results to make this club bigger and bigger everyday in every single possible way. Don't be an ass, I'm so glad it'll be 4 years until people like you try to ruin this club again
@@SaintJimmy72 He's not gonna suck you off, no need to defend him. And read my comment again, you clearly didn't read it judging by your comment. I said he did a lot of good things in the past, and I know what he did for the club. Now, he is only hurting it (when it comes to the male football team) and only a blind person wouldn't see where the problem comes from.
@@r13p13 controla te tripeiro de merda. O teu clube é o símbolo de tudo aquilo que está errado no futebol. O teu presidente é um mafioso corrupto e se morresse o futebol português ficava melhor
at this moment the harm Luis Filipe Vieira does to Benfica is equal as worse as Vale e Azevedo. the talented players we have in the reserves team don't get playing time, we have have prima donnas like Pizzi who are intoxicating the dressing room in the inside. we have a coach that in every press conference talks about Flamengo (his previous club) and how happy he was in there, like a guy who keeps talking all the time about is ex-girlfriend. our european perfomances in the last 10-12 years have been embarrassing to say the least, and Benfica TV is no more than a propaganda channel who insults everyone that dares to criticize the president. thank you for the fantastic work, i subscribed to your channel :) greetings from a Benfica supporter.
@@hetiolic Sim é a tua prima ó otário. Não é só o Benfica que tem máfia. Aliás, toda a gente sabe que os clubes do norte são os mais ricos nessa matéria. E depois há a máfia dos bancos e do governo. Muita máfia, e ainda mais otários, como tu.
@@lukehunnable you’ll have to choose a language mate... Probably you are a Benfica fan and you like to shuffle the languages like Benfica shuffled the refs.
Obrigado Adrian. It's sad to see my club going through such a tough patch with mismanagement and corruption cases all over, but we are Benfiquistas and we'll always have hope for a better day and that we'll come out of this situation stronger than ever. CARREGA BENFICA
Benfica is one of the great clubs of Europe. With a fabulous history, producing fabulous world-class players like Eusebio. I wish them every sucess now & into the future.
So many top clubs have Benfica players at their core, but a club as massive historically as Benfica shouldn't just be a gold mine for bigger clubs, but a European powerhouse by itself.
@@grievuspwn4g3 I appreciate clubs need to sell to make money, but the Champions League is such a gold mine that you need to strike the balance between selling and keeping players.
Vieira sold a whole Benfica’s golden generation from its academy of what would be the Benfica’s Champions League Project . That’s the perfect example of someone who loved more the money than the club .
Such a great video. Made me write notes as I was watching as if it was a class lecture haha! I have a Benfiquista friend who is seriously stressed out about the state of Benfica & how LFV is still @ the club. Your content makes me learn more about the footballing world and I appreciate that. Y'all @ Benfica deserve better than what's currently happening fr
Amazingly accurate, fair and timely video. Some very important things were left out, probably due to the duration of the video (eg. Mendes having 10% commission by default in academy players, LFV’s rigged associate number, LFV’s issues with justice, LFV’s aggression to a supporter in the club’s general assembly, lack of investment for the penta, 100M€ pre-election investment a month after statements of financial caution due to covid, lack of investment in other sports and a few more). However, for me, the main missing piece is that the voting system used is developed and managed by the IT department of the club, which reports to DSO, LFV’s right arm (Sporting fan also with a rigged number). Furthermore, it was found out that, unlike what the club stated, the system has not been audited by the CNE since 2006! I was there on election day, with 4-hour queues in the middle of a pandemic and a majority of supporters talking (and singing) about change. I have no doubt the election was forged. I am sure time will put LFV in the right place. I just hope there is some Benfica left when that happens. Great great work, congrats to everyone involved.
I wish you were right about time putting LFV in the right place but nothing is ever going to happen. He's too rich and influential here in Portugal... Just like the remaining corrupt elites that fuck up our country in government, banks, etc. nothing ever happens to any of them.
I think the biggest problem at benfica is fear of change, the days of manuel damasio and vale e azevedo are still fresh in alot of supporters memories. Although vilarinho began to send the club in the right direction it cant be forgotten that he refused to keep mourinho who was making the most of what he had, even had dani starting to perform, and let him go to bring in toni which lead us to our worse finish ever. I have always supported vieira and what he done for the club, but bringing back jesus this season has me thinking that it might be time for new leadership.
I'm a Porto fan, and I believe Eusebio was the greatest of his era. Pele gets all the hype, but he isn't even the best Brazilian from that time (Garrincha is). Eusebio took Benfica to 7 European Cup finals. How can you argue anyone is better than that?
@@cdb5001 7 international finals, not european. However, Pele beat him in the 2 intercontinental cups they went to, so theres a case for that. Also, the brazilian league at the time was great, not like now. Its an opinion debate forever though.
Have I ever said that I love you Adrian!!! This is what i needed as a benfiquista. You gave voice to the voiceless, and brought forth the issues we are dealing with. Also, the ending with the unofficial Benfica Anthem in whistles was beautiful. As someone who's been an intern in the museum, and who loves this club i sincerely thank you Adrian!!! Abraço Benfiquista (A befiquista hug)!!!!
I'm a Benfica associate and voted several times for LFV, but I do agree so much with Mario wich has a very clever view about benfica strategies for the las 20 years. Thank you for that insight
Today is a wonderful day, thanks to the action of a Benfica supporter that triggered the a criminal investigation against Vieira for his schemes to steal money from the club and his wishes to sell the club to an american guy. After many years of fighting the management, we see Vieira falling out in disgrace and quitting the club. Unfortunately for the club to be back to the place it deserves, we need to kick-out all the management that supported vieira during all these years. It took a lot of time, but the revolution finally came and we can start bringing the club back to life.
"Luís Filipe Vieria ranks amongst one of Portugal's wealthiest people"... Right. Because nobody is in a rush to make him pay what he owes to the bank. BES bank has a hole in it that should be named after LFV.
My grandfather was a policeman and used to see Vieira at the station many times under the suspicion of drug trafficking. The guy has "criminal" written all over it, and the benfica elections keep saving him
Mate he owes 600M to BES, and also he’s known in Lisbon as “luis dos pós” which is basically luis of the powders ( the powder is cocaine if that wasn’t clear) xD and Benfica got a van caught leaving their stadium with a bunch of coke the famous porta 38
Futebol e o meu Benfica enchem me o coração de Alegria! Desde pequenino que com umas chuteiras da feira pretas com tiras vermelho laranja e a camisola feirex com o patrocínio da fnac era o maior ficava só no drible a tentar imitar o Rui Costa!
bruno lage first season was the best benfica i saw in years! although second season was really bad the team wasnt the same without joao felix he was the glue to the that team. in my opinion we lost because he was sacked very later. in portugal most people on the news said "i voted on luis filipe vieira" but i tthink its time for him to step away too many scandals
A equipa sem o Félix, fizemos a melhor primeira volta de sempre, os jogadores deixaram de jogar, o Lage foi fodido pelo LFV e Rui Costa ele já queriam o JJ.... Vergonhoso o que está a acontecer...
@@FranciscoSilva-xk4hg exato, vergonhoso o que certos jogadores fizeram tbm, a dar flash interviews a dizer que estavam a fazer o que lhes era pedido(culpando indiretamente o lage)e a livrarem se de culpas, na altura estava o lage a 5 pontos da liderança e foi despedido, amanhã podemos ficar a 13. Independente quer fôssemos ou não campeões este ano o Benfica precisa de uma estrutura nova, a começar pelo presidente.
@@FranciscoSilva-xk4hg achei sempre que a equipa nao estava a jogar bem. alias quem e que estava confiante quando fomos jogar as antas? mas tb concordo que no final os jogadores deixaram completamente de jogar
That’ s President Vieira for you. When selling becomes more important than winning titles, when you put incompetence and right out robbery of the Club by its leading figures, ahead of success on the pitch. A cancer that has spread throughout Benfica, for almost 20 years, turning what was a huge and extremely demanding supporter base, into a bland, amorphous band of lemmings, foolishly walking towards the abyss but still adulating Sun-King Vieira, in best North-Corean fashion. On day this nightmare will finally end, and as usual it will be up to us the REAL Benfica fans, to pick up the pieces and rebuild this magnificent and eternal Club. Benfica sempre! Vieira Rua!
My Vovô and great uncle were big fans of benfica, I own one of the trainer jackets of my great uncles. As I started getting into football last few years they have become that dream visit team. I love that you produce content for them great stuff!
I loved Benfica when I was in Lisboa for a few years. I always felt they played more attacking and expansive football than O Porto. I hope they can get back to their potential.
Awesome video bro, not so awesome subject. It's scary to think that only a few years ago we were aiming for Europe and now I am sat listening to you and Mario talking about a potential crisis at the club. Somehing has got to give and as soon as Covid eases, I can guarantee you, people will be heard. Stay safe brother. Carrega BENFICA!
@@lostinnepal7897 chegamos aos quartos de final contra o bayern e não levámos na boca, ao contrário de alguns. E chegamos a duas finais da liga Europa. Por isso, stfu
Bruno Lage is an extraordinary coach. He lost the dressing room cause the president made it clear to the press (and players) that Jorge Jesus, not him, was the future coach.
When you talk about Benfica, it shows that it hits closer to your heart. :) Hoping for a brighter future, dark days recently... BTW, nice seeing Sporting doing so well, from a Benfica supporter. Portuguese football needed them back on track.
Maybe Mendez was Financially Involved in developing the Benefica Youth Development Academy and he's exclusive transfers deal is hes ROI in the Benefica Development Academy,period.
So, Danilo Pereira was 2 years in Benfica's academy and is a Benfica made player. João Felixs was 7 years in Porto academy and is also a Benfica made player....
I’ve been waiting this for a while👀, it’s been a frustration watching Benfica, it feels like it has no project now, I’m grateful for Vieira but I think it’s time for him to go
Such an amazing video men, Im a Benfica fan from the north of Portugal, In zones where everyone is either from Porto or Vitória de Guimarães. I actually live in Guimarães. And its really hard to be a Benfica fan, i cannot show support to my club, I have twp Benfica Jearsys that i cannot use because IF i do I would be in A LOT of trouble with the Vitoria fans. When Benfica wins its constant jokes of how we buy the referees and nothing that we win is trully fair. But Im and always will be a Benfica Fanatic. But the current state of the club is just kinda making everything worst. The passion inside our club is dead and its more than time for a change. But it looks like we have to wait 4 more years. #countthevotes #epluribusunum
Lemme guess, the jokes are coming from porto fans. They dont want to look at themselves with apito dourado so lets try and forget and blame Benfica. Benfica "rules" everything but we have 0 pens and they have 9 in 18 games, love their logic.
@@saintssantos7633 I dont even bother with people who do not have proper eyes. Its just really anoying. The only club who have been convicted of buying referees, always acuse others of that.
@@zimbras7015 I'm a Benfica fan (also from Guimarães btw) and Porto being the only club convicted for that actually shows how deep Benfica corruption runs - to the point that everyone knows what they've done and there are never any consequences. Very sad that Portuguese football is rotten to this point and at the end of the day who suffers with this? The fans!
Clearly, like at my club (FCP), the directors and "middle-men" are siphoning off money from the transfers. You should do a video on PDC. Easily the most influential figure in Portuguese football from the past 40 years. (And I'm in Montreal too, I can help out ;) Tell Ash I said hello ;) )
I'm a Porto supporter and the mismanagement of benfica can really destroy the club, I mean what purpose is there in having a great academy like Seixal if you sell every talented player that come from there before they get in the first team. But I think there are underlying problems in portuguese football, some caused by the polarization of football globally and others by mismanagement of the clubs. In 2011 Porto could literally stand up to any team in world football and now we are swimming in debt. Sporting has probably the best academy in Portugal and they are even worse. There are serious structural problems in portuguese football but every fan is too busy fighting each other to see that if we stand united we could make portuguese football one of the great leagues again, but maybe its just wishful thinking. Im just tired of seeing bad performances in Europe and unexciting title races at home.
We have to be honest (fellow Portista here), Pintinho needs to go. His son has been running the club in the shadows, getting rid of Antero Henrique, who was then scooped up by PSG, and selling players and fudging numbers for their own profit. We need a new President and an overhaul of the finances. As for Sporting, Varandas was crapped on by everyone, but he's done an excellent job with what he was given. Sporting are in debt, but they have been chipping away and with a first title in 20 years, and potential Champions League football, their debt could be wiped in 1-2 years.
@@ugandakfc5468 Lopes-tegui, at the time was a bad signing, not to mention the money spent on making the team FC Puerto. At the time, Lopes-tegui was a specialist in tournament footy at the U-19 level, and was unproven at senior level. He also had a massive chip on his shoulder. I don't like the guy, but he's proving himself at Sevilla. Porto just took a huge gamble and it did not pay off.
Lol if there wasn t for the betting and drug business Benfica would be a middle table club after the previous president Vale e Azevedo been arrested for corruption...
I'm a FCP fan, but I really enjoyed the work put into this video. You remained unbiased, while still being a fan, which is damn near impossible for most people. However, I still laughed in 2 situations, first a minor one, when you put Danilo Pereira in the list of stars from Benfica's academy (sure, he might have started there, but he never did anything relevant, only in Marítimo and later in Porto. So if you include him there, you have to remove João Félix, because he also started in Porto's academy...); the second one was when you call LFV a brilliant businessman...he was brilliant in manipulating the corrupt world of rich people, having multiple businesses fail, file for bankruptcy, creating new ones in the name of his family members and, as the cherry on top of the cake, owing around 300 million euros to a bank that eventually also failed, was bankrupt and had to be saved by the government, making that debt "disappear" (aka paid by the common taxpayer...). That being said, again, congratulations on the video.
I’m new to the podcast world, but any time you like another insight,and opinions on the Portuguese league, and more so benfica I would love to voice my input I would love to dispute a round table conversation someday ...viva benfica
One thing overlooked regarding the elections was the vote weight per member. Depending on how long you've been a member, your vote has more weight and the biggest value is after 25 years translating to 50 votes. Very normal in club elections, but the catch here is that after Luis Filipe Vieira rose to power, he altered slightly the rules and gave voting power to the Casas do Benfica, were each president of a Casa do Benfica would be able to vote for a total of 50 votes. There was no restriction to who could be a president of a Casa do Benfica and being a member you could vote as an individual and as a president. Luís Filipe Vieira inaugurated a lot of Casas do Benfica throughout Portugal and some foreign countries, ensuring that the presidents would vote for him. So imagining that a president was also a +25 year member, he could give 100 votes to LFV... Those 62% win, in every age category is kinda fishy, but using this tactic of "controling" teh Casas do Benfica, he would always ensure he woul not be kicked of the presidency of Benfica
I especially agree with the point of selling players instead of performing in CL. if you just win a few games and make the round of 16 and the quarters every once in a while you'll make about the same money and vet to keep your players. Makes no sense to me
Been to Lisbon and to the estádio da luz a few years ago. Benfica has the history and the energy of a big european club. Club-Management is really a problem though
You should do a video on how Sporting is on track to win its first league title in years, I think it would be interesting to see your pov on Sporting's season
Its easy! In Ruben Amorim Era sporting are not allowed to hide behind "referring errors"... face it! This sporting attitude has nothing to do with previous sporting. Now they actually have a competetive attitude insted os that cucking bitch the refs are against us atitude.
As an outsider looking in, it looks like benfica is developing the businesses model of the Brazilian league. Hopefully it can get turned around and they can keep some of their great players.
The problem is not just lack of investment (particularly this season!), is how we spend the money when we do decide to invest, and Vieira's antidemocratic practises. Raul Jimenez was a successful transfer for the club, but we can't forget he was sold by Atletico for twice what they paid for him after he FLOPPED in Madrid. All the big €20M+ transfers are dodgy, from Pedrinho (I know many Brazilians, they all think he's not worth that kind of money), to Darwin (€25M for a guy from Almeria? He might be good but seriously?), to the Silvio and Pizzi Braga/Atletico/Benfica carrousel, to Raul de Tomas who stayed for less than 6 months. And what about the insane decision to renew Adel Taraabt's contract?! Vieira claims there is no money for quality signings, but the chequebook is always open if the player is managed by Mendes or sold by a club in Mendes' orbit. Given the insane amount of money spent and earned through Mendes, the ridiculous commissions generated, and the back-and-forth of players between clubs in his orbit, it is honestly hard to think that this is anything but an elaborate money laundering scheme. People like Mendes and Vieira are a cancer in modern football. Vieira has taken downright autocratic measures to keep himself in power, including giving the Casas do Benfica overwhelming voting power, knowing most if not all of them are his loyal supporters; running BTV as a propaganda outlet; and setting the membership time requirements for candidates so high that he himself wouldn't have qualified when he first ran. That he refuses to even debate his rivals is to me absolutely cowardly and disgusting. How can anyone take someone who refuses to debate seriously? Vieira could be the most successful chairman in football history, the way he grabs on to power alone is enough for me to want him out. If you're honest and you're doing a good job you don't need to grab on to power, people will willingly give it to you.
Porto fan here. This video shows the horrible management of Benfica. Considering the talent they have in their academy and the financial superiority of Benfica, the rivals should have no chance. Porto has also been managed horribly for about a decade now (worth of a video in itself), and still managed to Benfica two times in the last three years. It's absolutely disgraceful for a Benfica fan. And, in a way, has been damaging my own club by allowing our terrible management to be forgiven because we still win every now and then
@@hugoumero9723 I wanted Noronha Lopes for president, 62% of the fans want Vieira in because they're stuck in the past and don't see that he's our biggest problema rn. Besides the physical votes werent counted, only the virtual ones that can be easily manipulated
That's what I mean when I say that the votes could be easily manipulated, we'll never know if Vieira actually won because Benfica is a dictatorship and the votes are hidden. I'm not saying he didn't win, but why would they hide the votes? Now we're gonna have to deal with 4 more years of this because the older fans can't let go of the past (trusting that the votes weren't manipulated). We all appreciate what he did for us in the past, but it was clearly time for a change
Important to notice that since the VAR is in use Benfica's win rate went down the pipe. And there's no mention to the inumerous trials that the club, the president and some of the directors are facing in portuguese justice.
This is so unfortunate.. And its becoming a common line of story among football clubs..! Villainous businessmen milking the hell out of FCs manipulating the fans and the brand value. I wish there is something we as fans of a great game could do to smoke these pests away. This is happening in all major clubs today..! Exceptions are obviously the bundesliga clubs. Earlier players were made popular legends thanks to their grit and skill in their game. Nowadays and in the future players are been tried to made popular for enhancing brand values of their teams. Look at Xavi Simmons.
You mentioned they made around a billion euros from sales but you forget that the club doesn't see all that cash. You need to factor in high commissions for agents and transfer brokers, player passes being divided, debt payments to banks, and many other things. Unfortunately, people are greedy and they all want a slice of the pie, especially in Portugal. A lot of parties are involved when Portuguese teams are about to sell players so there is a huge amount of pressure on the leaders to make a deal as fast as possible. Especially from shareholders. The club is lucky if they see close to 50% of a transfer fee. Also, the money never comes in all at once. Some teams won't start paying for a player until a year or two after the player made the move. Money is constantly coming in and out of clubs like Benfica, almost like a river. The economic state of the big three in Portugal requires them to sell in order to keep the lights on. They don't generate enough money to stay alive without transfers. SL
Simply put, Benfica forms great players for the use of others. When a player is a finished product, as in, is ready to compete, maybe, maybe he makes 6 great months at Benfica A and then is sold. I mean, I get that players like João Félix - after a great season - are bombarded by proposals of other big clubs, but with a little more ambition from the president and the so called 10 years ahead "structure", shouldn't we be doing much more to retain the great players for at least 1 more year? We have pictures of our president holding another club's jersey after selling a Benfica player, celebrating. His business isn't winning, is business. If we win trophies, great, if not all good - it's the same for him - that was never his priority. He uses Benfica as a shield, he doesn't serve Benfica. Another thing worth mentioning, never in our history we invested so much as the 20/21 Season. Why is that? Why would we decide to invest 80M€ in a time like this? Every company is lowering budget, and Benfica decides to invest at a time like this? You might think it would be to form a super team, but no. It was simply to win elections, as Vieira is being very contested, and I'm not even sure if he won, because nobody counted the physical votes, among other reported "issues". We are tired of lies and demagogy and shadiness in pretty much every area of the club.
@@borisnegrarosa9113 As if that was the only issue... From gaining years out of nowhere that allowed him to be President, to tighten the neck to a "member" (sócio in Portuguese) in a general assembly, that almost seems irrelevant ehehe.
The problem is the constant change of policy inside the club. First they bought lots of foreign players at a "low" price Then they started to look at the academy and came big names like oblak ederson lindelof ruben dias João Félix. They all played at the main team. In fact, with Lage Benfica had 4 academy players in the XI eleven and had done the best second half of the league in his history. I think that it says a lot... then they fired Lage and went for JJ and good individual players but at an high cost... Is all about money, not about results. The policy should be like ajax which is 2 or 3 academy players in the XI eleven followed by 2 or 3 veterans that can help them and be the liders and the rest by good/decent players that have quality and experience. But unfortunately, football is a business...
Nelson Semedo did not come from Seixal. He was made in Portela de Sintra by Sintrense, Benfica bought him in his 2nd Senior year and loaned him to Fátima, they did not own him
Sometimes clubs need a shakedown, Benfica is needing one. Cut ties with the present, new blood, a new managerial vision. We need to be smarter in the market, a portuguese club cannot spend 100M€ and fail!
The problem with Benfica is simple, the president LFV sells everything and his vision is not to pay what the club owns €300 million deficit, until then more Di Maria, Emerson, Oblak and Ruben Dias will continue being sold at a discount rate. We can’t compete with top teams in Europe until we got our finances right and that means paying the 300+ million deficit.
Had he stepped away when you said, during the league dominance, LFV could have been remembered as a saviour by the fans. From the perspective of that time, all he'd done had resulted in real amazing moments, even the shady stuff didn't feel as shady. Him staying until now took away that meaning, and added a layer of murk. It makes some of the earlier decisions look insincere. In 4 years he goes from hero to villain basically.
We should shed some light on why Mourinho left Benfica. It's not like Vilarinho made a completely irrational decision - who was Jose Mourinho at the time? Nobody could've foreseen what he'd become. Vilarinho took over under two promises, 1. signing Mario Jardel and 2. bringing back *club legend* Toni, the last guy to win a league title for Benfica. When Mourinho, brought in as a caretaker manager before Vilarinho took over, led Benfica to a 3-0 win over Sporting, he marched into Vilarinho's office and demanded he be made permanent over none other than Toni. He was shown the door. Would anyone else have done differently?
the only thing i cant agree with is the business mentality that the club has, of the investment made thinking like man city, psg, chelsea, liverpool, man utd and so on, and the reason is that the portuguese league does not provide enough revenue to pay these type of players and to make this strategy sustainable, and that's also the same reason why the clubs cant keep the absolute superstars that we manage to find and produce (in every club) . so wen we are looking at the players that benfica had and if we come with the argument of "if we had kept them all we would be such and such" that' is such non realistic thought because of the numbers that are involved in football right now. just imagine that team, now imagine having to pay at least, 2million clean per player , that would amount to roughly 100million in salaries per year, and this is completly not sustainable in portuguese football.
M8 do a video about the sustainable grow of Braga. If you do some research you can see how much they grow up,by investing in one of the most promess football academy's and the continuous presence on european competition and also the sales of big future players like Francisco Trincão and Pedro Neto, and many more.
Be sure to show some love to Mario & Benfica After 90 who helped make this video: th-cam.com/users/BenficaAfter90
Hey Adrian. I love your football content man. Please consider doing a video on the Soweto Derby (i.e. Orlando Pirates vs Kaizer Chiefs). It is one of Africa's biggest football derbies.
It was blast talking with you again! I've said it before and I'll say it again, the best part of this club is not the people inside it but all the people around it! The fans are what make it truly amazing!
Mario is a Benfica legend
Great content guys. However, I must say that this topic should be addressed in Portuguese as a large majority of the fan base (especially those with 50 votes) does not have the English skills required to understand you. Keep it going!
@@Viper919 What make it truly amazing is corruption on your club with 600M from Novo Banco
As a Sporting supporter its strange to see a Benfica team with so much talent combined with decent veterans look so average. Portuguese teams lately have had too many issues in the board/backroom. Rivalry aside Portuguese teams need to step up and compete especially on a continental stage. Finances aren't helping anyone these days obviously but maybe its time for us to go back to the days of pushing the gritty academy players.
Pushing academy players has been a big reason for our sucess so far
Gritty academy players won't make a difference if they're just being window-shopped and then sold after 12 months. The biggest issue in all of Portuguese futbol is talent retention. I think the league needs to come up with a way to curb the selling mentality of the Liga teams.
Problem is everywhere! Bad player are getting their contracts extended while good good player are always sold.
Thanks for BRUNO😍😍😍
@@cdb5001 i agree if you look at Sportings sudden take over of first place after years of Benfica/Porto domination you can see that the squad is filled with young, hungry youth looking to prove their worth while Benfica and Porto field “superstars”. The issue in Portugal right now is money retention which is what is driving the sales of these promising players. Clubs have to realize that results bring financial success and a switch back to the youth format instead of viewing them as commodities can solve much of these issues at least domestically.
I just found this video and this was great to learn about the insides of benfica because its a club that deserves to be among the elites and recognized and it always saddens me when i see people not even know who benfica is when in the champions league and its baffling to me.
Jorge Mendes might be helpful to Portuguese players and the Portuguese national team but he's destroying Portuguese clubs
It's not his fault, the players want to leave, if it wasn't mendes someone else will do it
@@sosolawson6587 the players want to leave because they know they can with him, without him some players might actually stay at their club for once
Exactly
@@sosolawson6587 he also takes a large amount of money from the deals 10 million of the 40 million Fabio silva cost wolves was directly sent to him
@@sosolawson6587 its not like that.. Some players wouldn't mind one or two seasons at benfica before leaving, but they literally get put aside until they """"want""" to leave and then JM sells them for 15M€ and the club receives like 5 if so
It feels like Adrian is trying not to cry when doing this video. Respect to the dedication.
I've been a Benfica fan since 2004. Back when in career mode it was the 1st decent European Club that would offer me a job after picking a Liga MX team to start off career mode lol. Since then I've followed the team. Watch their games and learned the team history. Wish Benfica could become a power house in Europe like the 60s again.
where are you from?
Great video!!! Congrats 👏
Omg Benefica could have become like an all stars team if these players stayed around
@Neyodan 34 especially Ajax!!!
Money is more important
Dortmund as well
Universities could be as big as Google or Amazon if they kept all the students
@@Friendroid lol
I promise you this.
Bring a Manager like Rangnick(also Sport director), Guardiola, Ten Hag or Klopp/Tuchel to Benfica and stay with those talented Players...We gonna win everything!!
Benfica has the quality to reach Top Level
Glad you're addressing this situation. Vieira did a lot for the club but has unfortunately become a greedy asshole who damages not only the club but an entire country for profits. Saddening that the club I support has dipped this low and how some still believe this man's lies enough to re-elect him. Benfica's current situation is the best example that shows that money isn't what solves problems. It's character and dedication. #VieiraOut
greedy asshole? lol that "greedy asshole" has been working his ass off for the last 17 years doing more for this clube than anyone has ever done, being attacked by everything and everyone exactly because he put Benfica back on the map and yet there are still stupid people like you who act as if everything it's his fault when the male football club does a bad season. And you think you know something? people like you don't know shit about what this club is about and the amount of work that goes behind the results to make this club bigger and bigger everyday in every single possible way. Don't be an ass, I'm so glad it'll be 4 years until people like you try to ruin this club again
@@SaintJimmy72 He's not gonna suck you off, no need to defend him. And read my comment again, you clearly didn't read it judging by your comment. I said he did a lot of good things in the past, and I know what he did for the club. Now, he is only hurting it (when it comes to the male football team) and only a blind person wouldn't see where the problem comes from.
@@SaintJimmy72 "for the clube"
Writting straight facts, Benfica is doomed to corruption ;P
@@SaintJimmy72 Mais um soldadinho do orelhas.
Bro. We have the same problem at Dortmund. Sell, sell, sell. I follow Benefica and it's a double sad day for me.
Damn this is close to your heart and it shows
Dats why he didn't tell the all story...so many crimes committed by his loved club....bias
@@r13p13 tu deves ser de um clube com uma história limpinha
@@nottiagomike His team donates fruit loops!
@@r13p13 controla te tripeiro de merda. O teu clube é o símbolo de tudo aquilo que está errado no futebol. O teu presidente é um mafioso corrupto e se morresse o futebol português ficava melhor
Crimes? He's not a Porto supporter. His club isn't the criminal organization.
at this moment the harm Luis Filipe Vieira does to Benfica is equal as worse as Vale e Azevedo. the talented players we have in the reserves team don't get playing time, we have have prima donnas like Pizzi who are intoxicating the dressing room in the inside. we have a coach that in every press conference talks about Flamengo (his previous club) and how happy he was in there, like a guy who keeps talking all the time about is ex-girlfriend. our european perfomances in the last 10-12 years have been embarrassing to say the least, and Benfica TV is no more than a propaganda channel who insults everyone that dares to criticize the president. thank you for the fantastic work, i subscribed to your channel :)
greetings from a Benfica supporter.
Hahaha a netflix series about the portuguese football mafia would be wonderful!
😂
Specially now since some of the game's high names got on a plane with cocaine valued in 45 million euros in Brazil 😂😂😂
“Benfica’s máfia” not portuguese you moron
@@hetiolic Sim é a tua prima ó otário. Não é só o Benfica que tem máfia. Aliás, toda a gente sabe que os clubes do norte são os mais ricos nessa matéria. E depois há a máfia dos bancos e do governo. Muita máfia, e ainda mais otários, como tu.
@@lukehunnable you’ll have to choose a language mate... Probably you are a Benfica fan and you like to shuffle the languages like Benfica shuffled the refs.
Excelente!
Last time I was this early Benfica was not cursed
If you like the league you should make a video about Sporting C. P. If we win this year! A lot of ups and downs in our story. Great video! SL
Obrigado Adrian. It's sad to see my club going through such a tough patch with mismanagement and corruption cases all over, but we are Benfiquistas and we'll always have hope for a better day and that we'll come out of this situation stronger than ever. CARREGA BENFICA
Benfica is one of the great clubs of Europe. With a fabulous history, producing fabulous world-class players like Eusebio. I wish them every sucess now & into the future.
So many top clubs have Benfica players at their core, but a club as massive historically as Benfica shouldn't just be a gold mine for bigger clubs, but a European powerhouse by itself.
@@grievuspwn4g3 I appreciate clubs need to sell to make money, but the Champions League is such a gold mine that you need to strike the balance between selling and keeping players.
Vieira sold a whole Benfica’s golden generation from its academy of what would be the Benfica’s Champions League Project . That’s the perfect example of someone who loved more the money than the club .
Such a great video. Made me write notes as I was watching as if it was a class lecture haha! I have a Benfiquista friend who is seriously stressed out about the state of Benfica & how LFV is still @ the club. Your content makes me learn more about the footballing world and I appreciate that. Y'all @ Benfica deserve better than what's currently happening fr
thanks
GOD BLESS 🙏🙌✝️!!!
Amazingly accurate, fair and timely video.
Some very important things were left out, probably due to the duration of the video (eg. Mendes having 10% commission by default in academy players, LFV’s rigged associate number, LFV’s issues with justice, LFV’s aggression to a supporter in the club’s general assembly, lack of investment for the penta, 100M€ pre-election investment a month after statements of financial caution due to covid, lack of investment in other sports and a few more).
However, for me, the main missing piece is that the voting system used is developed and managed by the IT department of the club, which reports to DSO, LFV’s right arm (Sporting fan also with a rigged number). Furthermore, it was found out that, unlike what the club stated, the system has not been audited by the CNE since 2006!
I was there on election day, with 4-hour queues in the middle of a pandemic and a majority of supporters talking (and singing) about change. I have no doubt the election was forged.
I am sure time will put LFV in the right place. I just hope there is some Benfica left when that happens.
Great great work, congrats to everyone involved.
I wish you were right about time putting LFV in the right place but nothing is ever going to happen. He's too rich and influential here in Portugal... Just like the remaining corrupt elites that fuck up our country in government, banks, etc. nothing ever happens to any of them.
Benfica is our academy from a city fan
Silva
Ederson
Dias
Cancelo
😇😇
I think city should have added Felix to that list. Instead he is being misused in atletico
@@mmasavant7731 imagine felix at city, he's like the perfect pep striker
@@bungeespeaks6081 I hope you sign Félix to replace Aguero.
I think the biggest problem at benfica is fear of change, the days of manuel damasio and vale e azevedo are still fresh in alot of supporters memories. Although vilarinho began to send the club in the right direction it cant be forgotten that he refused to keep mourinho who was making the most of what he had, even had dani starting to perform, and let him go to bring in toni which lead us to our worse finish ever.
I have always supported vieira and what he done for the club, but bringing back jesus this season has me thinking that it might be time for new leadership.
Eusebio what a legend. From Mozambique with love.
I'm a Porto fan, and I believe Eusebio was the greatest of his era. Pele gets all the hype, but he isn't even the best Brazilian from that time (Garrincha is). Eusebio took Benfica to 7 European Cup finals. How can you argue anyone is better than that?
@@cdb5001 We won against brasil and they had pele on the team. Go watch that match.
@@Enclosure_2k Pele is a legend in his own mind. I don't think he was that good and I think he's a horrible human being.
@@cdb5001 7 international finals, not european. However, Pele beat him in the 2 intercontinental cups they went to, so theres a case for that. Also, the brazilian league at the time was great, not like now. Its an opinion debate forever though.
@@Enclosure_2k they tackled him out of the game, wouldnt happen nowadays
Please more vidios on benfica 🦅🙏🙏
Have I ever said that I love you Adrian!!!
This is what i needed as a benfiquista. You gave voice to the voiceless, and brought forth the issues we are dealing with.
Also, the ending with the unofficial Benfica Anthem in whistles was beautiful.
As someone who's been an intern in the museum, and who loves this club i sincerely thank you Adrian!!!
Abraço Benfiquista (A befiquista hug)!!!!
I'm a Benfica associate and voted several times for LFV, but I do agree so much with Mario wich has a very clever view about benfica strategies for the las 20 years. Thank you for that insight
U could speak to 5 minutos a benfica
He is good actually
Today is a wonderful day, thanks to the action of a Benfica supporter that triggered the a criminal investigation against Vieira for his schemes to steal money from the club and his wishes to sell the club to an american guy. After many years of fighting the management, we see Vieira falling out in disgrace and quitting the club. Unfortunately for the club to be back to the place it deserves, we need to kick-out all the management that supported vieira during all these years. It took a lot of time, but the revolution finally came and we can start bringing the club back to life.
"Luís Filipe Vieria ranks amongst one of Portugal's wealthiest people"... Right. Because nobody is in a rush to make him pay what he owes to the bank. BES bank has a hole in it that should be named after LFV.
My grandfather was a policeman and used to see Vieira at the station many times under the suspicion of drug trafficking. The guy has "criminal" written all over it, and the benfica elections keep saving him
Mate he owes 600M to BES, and also he’s known in Lisbon as “luis dos pós” which is basically luis of the powders ( the powder is cocaine if that wasn’t clear) xD and Benfica got a van caught leaving their stadium with a bunch of coke the famous porta 38
@Francisco Ferreira, não é porta 38, é porta 18. Get it right! 😂
@@ravenclawelitetrainer6979 true xD enganei-me ahah
@@desporto6559 correção insignificante
Futebol e o meu Benfica enchem me o coração de Alegria! Desde pequenino que com umas chuteiras da feira pretas com tiras vermelho laranja e a camisola feirex com o patrocínio da fnac era o maior ficava só no drible a tentar imitar o Rui Costa!
o Rui Costa já se havia de ter desvinculado desta direção já algum tempo, assim vai acabar por ficar "queimado"
Podemos ter tido azares ao longo da história mas nunca vamos deixar de apoiar! Viva o Benfica❤️
Oh the sweet sweet irony of Vale e Azevedo's criminal charges being the same as Luís Filipe Vieira's...
bruno lage first season was the best benfica i saw in years! although second season was really bad the team wasnt the same without joao felix he was the glue to the that team. in my opinion we lost because he was sacked very later. in portugal most people on the news said "i voted on luis filipe vieira" but i tthink its time for him to step away too many scandals
A equipa sem o Félix, fizemos a melhor primeira volta de sempre, os jogadores deixaram de jogar, o Lage foi fodido pelo LFV e Rui Costa ele já queriam o JJ.... Vergonhoso o que está a acontecer...
@@FranciscoSilva-xk4hg exato, vergonhoso o que certos jogadores fizeram tbm, a dar flash interviews a dizer que estavam a fazer o que lhes era pedido(culpando indiretamente o lage)e a livrarem se de culpas, na altura estava o lage a 5 pontos da liderança e foi despedido, amanhã podemos ficar a 13. Independente quer fôssemos ou não campeões este ano o Benfica precisa de uma estrutura nova, a começar pelo presidente.
@@FranciscoSilva-xk4hg achei sempre que a equipa nao estava a jogar bem. alias quem e que estava confiante quando fomos jogar as antas? mas tb concordo que no final os jogadores deixaram completamente de jogar
The team without the priest s sucks...no penaltis anymore :(
Isto faz me lembrar uma cidade na Alemanha, Sömmerda
I bet the dislike is from Benfica TV!
AHAHAHAH GOOD ONE🤣🤣🤣
*VieiraTV
or vieira supporters
That’ s President Vieira for you. When selling becomes more important than winning titles, when you put incompetence and right out robbery of the Club by its leading figures, ahead of success on the pitch. A cancer that has spread throughout Benfica, for almost 20 years, turning what was a huge and extremely demanding supporter base, into a bland, amorphous band of lemmings, foolishly walking towards the abyss but still adulating Sun-King Vieira, in best North-Corean fashion. On day this nightmare will finally end, and as usual it will be up to us the REAL Benfica fans, to pick up the pieces and rebuild this magnificent and eternal Club. Benfica sempre! Vieira Rua!
My Vovô and great uncle were big fans of benfica, I own one of the trainer jackets of my great uncles. As I started getting into football last few years they have become that dream visit team. I love that you produce content for them great stuff!
I loved Benfica when I was in Lisboa for a few years. I always felt they played more attacking and expansive football than O Porto. I hope they can get back to their potential.
Awesome video bro, not so awesome subject. It's scary to think that only a few years ago we were aiming for Europe and now I am sat listening to you and Mario talking about a potential crisis at the club. Somehing has got to give and as soon as Covid eases, I can guarantee you, people will be heard. Stay safe brother. Carrega BENFICA!
Love bro, appreciate it. And I agree, COVID is giving them a free pass at the moment, but that won't last forever...
Só na cabeça dos benfiquistas é que achavam que iam ganhar a Liga dos Campeões 😂😂 nem a fase de grupos conseguem passar 😂😂
@@lostinnepal7897 aiming for europe 🤣🤣🤣
At least they can beat Arsenal...🤷🏻♂️
@@lostinnepal7897 chegamos aos quartos de final contra o bayern e não levámos na boca, ao contrário de alguns. E chegamos a duas finais da liga Europa. Por isso, stfu
Bruno Lage is an extraordinary coach. He lost the dressing room cause the president made it clear to the press (and players) that Jorge Jesus, not him, was the future coach.
When you talk about Benfica, it shows that it hits closer to your heart. :)
Hoping for a brighter future, dark days recently...
BTW, nice seeing Sporting doing so well, from a Benfica supporter. Portuguese football needed them back on track.
Seixal started with Vilarinho, not with Vieira. He just took the credit.
It is sad to see what Benfica has become. I hope this club will be prominent again in Europe.
Maybe Mendez was Financially Involved in developing the Benefica Youth Development Academy and he's exclusive transfers deal is hes ROI in the Benefica Development Academy,period.
Rabona and Mario together 👌
Vamos Benfica!
So, Danilo Pereira was 2 years in Benfica's academy and is a Benfica made player. João Felixs was 7 years in Porto academy and is also a Benfica made player....
I’ve been waiting this for a while👀, it’s been a frustration watching Benfica, it feels like it has no project now, I’m grateful for Vieira but I think it’s time for him to go
Vieira to Arsenal has that worry of Mendes sticking his nose in our trough. No rumours about that due to Mendes influence
Such an amazing video men, Im a Benfica fan from the north of Portugal, In zones where everyone is either from Porto or Vitória de Guimarães. I actually live in Guimarães. And its really hard to be a Benfica fan, i cannot show support to my club, I have twp Benfica Jearsys that i cannot use because IF i do I would be in A LOT of trouble with the Vitoria fans. When Benfica wins its constant jokes of how we buy the referees and nothing that we win is trully fair. But Im and always will be a Benfica Fanatic. But the current state of the club is just kinda making everything worst. The passion inside our club is dead and its more than time for a change. But it looks like we have to wait 4 more years. #countthevotes #epluribusunum
Lemme guess, the jokes are coming from porto fans. They dont want to look at themselves with apito dourado so lets try and forget and blame Benfica. Benfica "rules" everything but we have 0 pens and they have 9 in 18 games, love their logic.
@@saintssantos7633 I dont even bother with people who do not have proper eyes. Its just really anoying. The only club who have been convicted of buying referees, always acuse others of that.
@@zimbras7015 I'm a Benfica fan (also from Guimarães btw) and Porto being the only club convicted for that actually shows how deep Benfica corruption runs - to the point that everyone knows what they've done and there are never any consequences.
Very sad that Portuguese football is rotten to this point and at the end of the day who suffers with this? The fans!
Well. I guess you nailed it.
Their needs to be more respect for the Ajaxs, Dortmunds, and Benficas of the world. Where would football be without them?
Clearly, like at my club (FCP), the directors and "middle-men" are siphoning off money from the transfers.
You should do a video on PDC. Easily the most influential figure in Portuguese football from the past 40 years.
(And I'm in Montreal too, I can help out ;) Tell Ash I said hello ;) )
The Benfica anthem at the end was a brilliant touch!
Não conhecia esta versão assobiada. Awesome!
Almost felt like crying bro after hearing it😞
De manhã começa o diaaaa
I'm a Porto supporter and the mismanagement of benfica can really destroy the club, I mean what purpose is there in having a great academy like Seixal if you sell every talented player that come from there before they get in the first team. But I think there are underlying problems in portuguese football, some caused by the polarization of football globally and others by mismanagement of the clubs. In 2011 Porto could literally stand up to any team in world football and now we are swimming in debt. Sporting has probably the best academy in Portugal and they are even worse. There are serious structural problems in portuguese football but every fan is too busy fighting each other to see that if we stand united we could make portuguese football one of the great leagues again, but maybe its just wishful thinking. Im just tired of seeing bad performances in Europe and unexciting title races at home.
We have to be honest (fellow Portista here), Pintinho needs to go. His son has been running the club in the shadows, getting rid of Antero Henrique, who was then scooped up by PSG, and selling players and fudging numbers for their own profit. We need a new President and an overhaul of the finances.
As for Sporting, Varandas was crapped on by everyone, but he's done an excellent job with what he was given. Sporting are in debt, but they have been chipping away and with a first title in 20 years, and potential Champions League football, their debt could be wiped in 1-2 years.
I wish everyone was like you and me, for real!
Do you know when the financial problem Started? After Lopetegui where we wasted 80M in signings after we went 4 YEARS without a single title
That last sentence... so woke
@@ugandakfc5468 Lopes-tegui, at the time was a bad signing, not to mention the money spent on making the team FC Puerto.
At the time, Lopes-tegui was a specialist in tournament footy at the U-19 level, and was unproven at senior level. He also had a massive chip on his shoulder.
I don't like the guy, but he's proving himself at Sevilla. Porto just took a huge gamble and it did not pay off.
QUEREMOS O BENFICA ENTREGUE AOS BENFIQUISTAS.
Vieira is killing benfica
LFV the greatest football Mobster of Portugal!
The greatest is Pinto da Costa. Even Fergunson knows that.
Thank you so much from a Benfica fan!
Viera is killing the bigest club of Portugal.
It's sad
the biggest club of Portugal is only alive because of vieira, don't be ridiculous
@@SaintJimmy72 and so what? He is killing the club.
It's a end of a cycle
Lol if there wasn t for the betting and drug business Benfica would be a middle table club after the previous president Vale e Azevedo been arrested for corruption...
I'm a FCP fan, but I really enjoyed the work put into this video. You remained unbiased, while still being a fan, which is damn near impossible for most people. However, I still laughed in 2 situations, first a minor one, when you put Danilo Pereira in the list of stars from Benfica's academy (sure, he might have started there, but he never did anything relevant, only in Marítimo and later in Porto. So if you include him there, you have to remove João Félix, because he also started in Porto's academy...); the second one was when you call LFV a brilliant businessman...he was brilliant in manipulating the corrupt world of rich people, having multiple businesses fail, file for bankruptcy, creating new ones in the name of his family members and, as the cherry on top of the cake, owing around 300 million euros to a bank that eventually also failed, was bankrupt and had to be saved by the government, making that debt "disappear" (aka paid by the common taxpayer...).
That being said, again, congratulations on the video.
A wise man once said, “IT’S TIME TO GO.”
a wise man once said "ignorance is bliss", I look at people like you and I see why ;)
I’m new to the podcast world, but any time you like another insight,and opinions on the Portuguese league, and more so benfica I would love to voice my input I would love to dispute a round table conversation someday ...viva benfica
Already know video is gonna be a banger. Good to see you tackling Benfica's situation Adrian
One thing overlooked regarding the elections was the vote weight per member. Depending on how long you've been a member, your vote has more weight and the biggest value is after 25 years translating to 50 votes. Very normal in club elections, but the catch here is that after Luis Filipe Vieira rose to power, he altered slightly the rules and gave voting power to the Casas do Benfica, were each president of a Casa do Benfica would be able to vote for a total of 50 votes. There was no restriction to who could be a president of a Casa do Benfica and being a member you could vote as an individual and as a president. Luís Filipe Vieira inaugurated a lot of Casas do Benfica throughout Portugal and some foreign countries, ensuring that the presidents would vote for him.
So imagining that a president was also a +25 year member, he could give 100 votes to LFV... Those 62% win, in every age category is kinda fishy, but using this tactic of "controling" teh Casas do Benfica, he would always ensure he woul not be kicked of the presidency of Benfica
Voted in Noronha, not in LFV... today I'm sure I made the right decision
No you didn t , you should support the drug business and vote for LFV 😂 the prices of drugs are going sky high after the 21 trials on the courts
I especially agree with the point of selling players instead of performing in CL. if you just win a few games and make the round of 16 and the quarters every once in a while you'll make about the same money and vet to keep your players. Makes no sense to me
Been to Lisbon and to the estádio da luz a few years ago. Benfica has the history and the energy of a big european club. Club-Management is really a problem though
You should do a video on how Sporting is on track to win its first league title in years, I think it would be interesting to see your pov on Sporting's season
Ruben is killing it. Once we are further in the title race and Sporting are still going strong, I absolutely will.
@@RabonaTV i thought Ruben will help braga to win the title if he is doing bad at sporting but i was so wrong
I would love this!!
@@hugoumero9723 Rubén Amorim is actually benfiquista, played there recently.
Its easy! In Ruben Amorim Era sporting are not allowed to hide behind "referring errors"... face it! This sporting attitude has nothing to do with previous sporting. Now they actually have a competetive attitude insted os that cucking bitch the refs are against us atitude.
As an outsider looking in, it looks like benfica is developing the businesses model of the Brazilian league. Hopefully it can get turned around and they can keep some of their great players.
Great video! Just a corretion: in the dark ages of the club, we called it "Vietnam", the last title was in 1996 (the Cup) and not in 1994!
The problem is not just lack of investment (particularly this season!), is how we spend the money when we do decide to invest, and Vieira's antidemocratic practises.
Raul Jimenez was a successful transfer for the club, but we can't forget he was sold by Atletico for twice what they paid for him after he FLOPPED in Madrid. All the big €20M+ transfers are dodgy, from Pedrinho (I know many Brazilians, they all think he's not worth that kind of money), to Darwin (€25M for a guy from Almeria? He might be good but seriously?), to the Silvio and Pizzi Braga/Atletico/Benfica carrousel, to Raul de Tomas who stayed for less than 6 months. And what about the insane decision to renew Adel Taraabt's contract?!
Vieira claims there is no money for quality signings, but the chequebook is always open if the player is managed by Mendes or sold by a club in Mendes' orbit.
Given the insane amount of money spent and earned through Mendes, the ridiculous commissions generated, and the back-and-forth of players between clubs in his orbit, it is honestly hard to think that this is anything but an elaborate money laundering scheme. People like Mendes and Vieira are a cancer in modern football.
Vieira has taken downright autocratic measures to keep himself in power, including giving the Casas do Benfica overwhelming voting power, knowing most if not all of them are his loyal supporters; running BTV as a propaganda outlet; and setting the membership time requirements for candidates so high that he himself wouldn't have qualified when he first ran. That he refuses to even debate his rivals is to me absolutely cowardly and disgusting. How can anyone take someone who refuses to debate seriously?
Vieira could be the most successful chairman in football history, the way he grabs on to power alone is enough for me to want him out. If you're honest and you're doing a good job you don't need to grab on to power, people will willingly give it to you.
Never been this early!
Porto fan here. This video shows the horrible management of Benfica. Considering the talent they have in their academy and the financial superiority of Benfica, the rivals should have no chance. Porto has also been managed horribly for about a decade now (worth of a video in itself), and still managed to Benfica two times in the last three years. It's absolutely disgraceful for a Benfica fan. And, in a way, has been damaging my own club by allowing our terrible management to be forgiven because we still win every now and then
We had a chance to change this in October, we didn't...
i no wonder why benfica fans want vieira out when benfica fans are the ones who vote the vieira instead of another president
@@hugoumero9723 I wanted Noronha Lopes for president, 62% of the fans want Vieira in because they're stuck in the past and don't see that he's our biggest problema rn. Besides the physical votes werent counted, only the virtual ones that can be easily manipulated
@@Miguelfp "62%" in a dictatorial regime means nothing
The old 'socios' who have been members for 25 years have 50 votes each. That explains the "62%"
That's what I mean when I say that the votes could be easily manipulated, we'll never know if Vieira actually won because Benfica is a dictatorship and the votes are hidden. I'm not saying he didn't win, but why would they hide the votes? Now we're gonna have to deal with 4 more years of this because the older fans can't let go of the past (trusting that the votes weren't manipulated). We all appreciate what he did for us in the past, but it was clearly time for a change
Important to notice that since the VAR is in use Benfica's win rate went down the pipe.
And there's no mention to the inumerous trials that the club, the president and some of the directors are facing in portuguese justice.
❤️ best club in the world.
This is so unfortunate.. And its becoming a common line of story among football clubs..! Villainous businessmen milking the hell out of FCs manipulating the fans and the brand value. I wish there is something we as fans of a great game could do to smoke these pests away. This is happening in all major clubs today..! Exceptions are obviously the bundesliga clubs. Earlier players were made popular legends thanks to their grit and skill in their game. Nowadays and in the future players are been tried to made popular for enhancing brand values of their teams. Look at Xavi Simmons.
You mentioned they made around a billion euros from sales but you forget that the club doesn't see all that cash. You need to factor in high commissions for agents and transfer brokers, player passes being divided, debt payments to banks, and many other things. Unfortunately, people are greedy and they all want a slice of the pie, especially in Portugal. A lot of parties are involved when Portuguese teams are about to sell players so there is a huge amount of pressure on the leaders to make a deal as fast as possible. Especially from shareholders. The club is lucky if they see close to 50% of a transfer fee. Also, the money never comes in all at once. Some teams won't start paying for a player until a year or two after the player made the move. Money is constantly coming in and out of clubs like Benfica, almost like a river. The economic state of the big three in Portugal requires them to sell in order to keep the lights on. They don't generate enough money to stay alive without transfers. SL
Simply put, Benfica forms great players for the use of others. When a player is a finished product, as in, is ready to compete, maybe, maybe he makes 6 great months at Benfica A and then is sold.
I mean, I get that players like João Félix - after a great season - are bombarded by proposals of other big clubs, but with a little more ambition from the president and the so called 10 years ahead "structure", shouldn't we be doing much more to retain the great players for at least 1 more year? We have pictures of our president holding another club's jersey after selling a Benfica player, celebrating. His business isn't winning, is business. If we win trophies, great, if not all good - it's the same for him - that was never his priority. He uses Benfica as a shield, he doesn't serve Benfica.
Another thing worth mentioning, never in our history we invested so much as the 20/21 Season. Why is that? Why would we decide to invest 80M€ in a time like this? Every company is lowering budget, and Benfica decides to invest at a time like this? You might think it would be to form a super team, but no. It was simply to win elections, as Vieira is being very contested, and I'm not even sure if he won, because nobody counted the physical votes, among other reported "issues".
We are tired of lies and demagogy and shadiness in pretty much every area of the club.
Only morons believe LFV is a benfiquista. He is a con man, nothing else.
@@borisnegrarosa9113 As if that was the only issue... From gaining years out of nowhere that allowed him to be President, to tighten the neck to a "member" (sócio in Portuguese) in a general assembly, that almost seems irrelevant ehehe.
LFV owes 760 Million EUROS to one bank. If that is being a good businessman... Only in Portugal...
Day 8: Please do a ROR video about Sporting vs Benfica! The Segunda Circular derby deserves a video!!!!
The problem is the constant change of policy inside the club. First they bought lots of foreign players at a "low" price
Then they started to look at the academy and came big names like oblak ederson lindelof ruben dias João Félix. They all played at the main team. In fact, with Lage Benfica had 4 academy players in the XI eleven and had done the best second half of the league in his history. I think that it says a lot... then they fired Lage and went for JJ and good individual players but at an high cost... Is all about money, not about results. The policy should be like ajax which is 2 or 3 academy players in the XI eleven followed by 2 or 3 veterans that can help them and be the liders and the rest by good/decent players that have quality and experience. But unfortunately, football is a business...
As a fan of Benfica I just can't understand this club at all
Nelson Semedo did not come from Seixal.
He was made in Portela de Sintra by Sintrense, Benfica bought him in his 2nd Senior year and loaned him to Fátima, they did not own him
Sometimes clubs need a shakedown, Benfica is needing one. Cut ties with the present, new blood, a new managerial vision. We need to be smarter in the market, a portuguese club cannot spend 100M€ and fail!
Doesn't matter who you buy, we cannot afford FACTS Miguel
We got the chance to change all of that in October but the dictator still won the elections
@@paulobotas3597 long live the dictator.
@Paulo Botas “won”
@@luislima3476 nunca vamos saber pq os votos desapareceram
The problem with Benfica is simple, the president LFV sells everything and his vision is not to pay what the club owns €300 million deficit, until then more Di Maria, Emerson, Oblak and Ruben Dias will continue being sold at a discount rate. We can’t compete with top teams in Europe until we got our finances right and that means paying the 300+ million deficit.
Had he stepped away when you said, during the league dominance, LFV could have been remembered as a saviour by the fans. From the perspective of that time, all he'd done had resulted in real amazing moments, even the shady stuff didn't feel as shady. Him staying until now took away that meaning, and added a layer of murk. It makes some of the earlier decisions look insincere. In 4 years he goes from hero to villain basically.
We should shed some light on why Mourinho left Benfica. It's not like Vilarinho made a completely irrational decision - who was Jose Mourinho at the time? Nobody could've foreseen what he'd become.
Vilarinho took over under two promises, 1. signing Mario Jardel and 2. bringing back *club legend* Toni, the last guy to win a league title for Benfica. When Mourinho, brought in as a caretaker manager before Vilarinho took over, led Benfica to a 3-0 win over Sporting, he marched into Vilarinho's office and demanded he be made permanent over none other than Toni. He was shown the door. Would anyone else have done differently?
I really hope my club dortmund doesn't go on this path 😬
Benfica have the potential to make a 2017 Monaco & 2019 Ajax UCL run IF they can actually pull their weight and challenge the big boys.
Lets see a video on Sportings rise with youngsters
the only thing i cant agree with is the business mentality that the club has, of the investment made thinking like man city, psg, chelsea, liverpool, man utd and so on, and the reason is that the portuguese league does not provide enough revenue to pay these type of players and to make this strategy sustainable, and that's also the same reason why the clubs cant keep the absolute superstars that we manage to find and produce (in every club) . so wen we are looking at the players that benfica had and if we come with the argument of "if we had kept them all we would be such and such" that' is such non realistic thought because of the numbers that are involved in football right now. just imagine that team, now imagine having to pay at least, 2million clean per player , that would amount to roughly 100million in salaries per year, and this is completly not sustainable in portuguese football.
He’s been waiting to make this for so long
Jorge Mendes's whole network thing should be illegal
I was wondering when you were making a video about Benfica since you're a Benfica fan and they're going through a crisis
M8 do a video about the sustainable grow of Braga. If you do some research you can see how much they grow up,by investing in one of the most promess football academy's and the continuous presence on european competition and also the sales of big future players like Francisco Trincão and Pedro Neto, and many more.