Thank you for the laughs, I will miss your humor and your Benfiquismo.
Keep them laughing
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
RIP Antonio Feio
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Jara and Gaitan Unveiled
After Fabio Faria joining the team for the two games Benfica played in North America, it was now the time to unveil the Second and Third signings of the new season, Franco Jara and Nicolas Gaitan respectively.
At 21 Jara arrives at Benfica from Arsenal de Sarandi, and is an acquisition for the front line. He is a player with similar characteristics to Saviola, and will be his natural back up. In 12 games of the 09 Apertura Jara scored 4 goals and assisted 3. He also collected his first senior cap during Argentina's preparation for the WC, as he was part of the large pool of players Maradona looked at.
Nicolas Gaitan was purchased from Boca and is an offensive midfielder than can play both out on the wing and as a supporter to the center forward. In the 10 games he played in the 09 Apertura, 6 of them were as a starter, as he collected 4 goals and 1 assist during that time. Gaitan comes into Benfica as a possible solution to DiMaria's exit, but not limited to that, quick lefty who plays from the final third up.
Wish them both luck
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Return to Sender
According to Aris Salonika's press secretary Freddy Adu will not be a part of Cuper's next season's team. Adu who had a loan deal until the end of next season, failed to impress Hector Cuper, despite some more regular playing time at the end of the season.
According to information that was given to me, the USMNT scouts traveled to Greece to observe both Adu and Eddie Johnson, but were unimpressed by Adu's progress, as opposed to Johnson's who earned a call up to the WC. Cuper has expressed Adu's lack of intensity in training and tactical understanding as one of Adu's downfalls.
Adu who made a name for himself at youth levels because of his raw talent, has now hit a major roadblock as he failed to step up to the next level in his maturity as a professional.
So what's next?
He could come back to Portugal and go on another loan deal(where he has failed before), or he can very well go back to his roots in the MLS, where he will most likely be used as an "attraction" for a league who needs to take advantage of the WC fever to bring more fans to the stadiums.
Nonetheless this will prove to be another headache for Rui Costa who will have to deal with another issue
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Fifa.com World Cup Fantasy
With the World Cup Fast approaching i decided to form a fantasy league at fifa.com
All are welcome, experience and unexperienced players can join the league.
Code to join is 290903-103815
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Amorim en route to South Africa
As a result of Nani's clavicle injury, Ruben Amorim has been called by Queiroz to sub the Man U winger. Shame for Nani that he couldn't be part of this team, unlucky for him.
Amorim might not be a true replacement for Nani, but his versatility, and his way to play the game are naturally an asset to this team.
Amorim will join the team on Wednesday, where he will start a specific program to be at the same level as the the rest of the team.
As for Nani, apparently the injury happened in Portugal before the team left to S.A., in an apparent bad fall following an acrobatic kick. National team physios and Queiroz made the decision to bring Nani, but decided that the winger could not give his contribute. '
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Sunday, May 16, 2010
Staying True to Our Colors
There is currently a movement to remove the ugly blue color from "tmn" logo from Benfica's jersey's. Although i have nothing against TMN and know that the sponsorship in front of the jersey is one of the biggest endorsements for Benfica, there's nothing wrong with having TMN change the logo to fit our color scheme.
I'm a supporter of this movement. There's already a Facebook Group for this cause.
Here's a video that illustrates the cause
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Benfica TV coming to North America
According to reports out of Portugal, Luis Felipe Vieira will be signing an agreement with Satellite provider Dish Network, that will make Benfica TV available to Dish Network subscribers.
The agreement is supposed to take place on the 20th of this month, when Benfica is in American soil.
Benfica TV is a 24/7 running channel with all kinds of programming about Benfica and aimed at the Benfiquista. News reports, documentaries, round tables, commentary shows, as well as game broadcasts and other Benfica sports are all part of the weekly programming.
As of this very moment Benfica does not have the rights to their league games, as their current contract ends in 2012, but it is very possible that Benfica TV will have exclusivity of Benfica games when the contract expires. Nonetheless the channel currently broadcasts the league games in a tape delay format. Benfica's european match rights, as well as friendly matches are all owned by Benfica, and broadcast live by the clubs' channel.
Here'a link to a sample of their weekly line up.
Programming Guide for Next Week
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