Pre-Season Math

04:24 PM, Wednesday, 23 July 2008

You can find my main blog at www.talkingtothedoll.com With all the players having returned from their vacations it's time to start taking a look at the squad and Quique's desired number - 25. Despite the squad being far from being closed, we can already start seeing a... Posted by afumacas · Comments (0) Topics: Benfica

Freddy Adu Loaned to AS Monaco

02:13 AM, Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Soccer by Ives is reporting that Freddy Adu has been loaned to AS Monaco of the French Ligue 1. Rumors of the move, which also linked Michael Bradley to the French outfit, had surfaced in early July. Adu's loan comes with an option for Monaco to buy the young American if he... Posted by Maitiu · Comments (5) Topics: Freddy Adu,U.S. Soccer Federation,USA,Benfica,AS Monaco,Ligue 1,Michael Bradley,Jérémy Menez,Pablo Cesar Aimar,Rumours and Transfers

Benfica Close To Aimar

04:43 PM, Monday, 14 July 2008

To the shock of many Real Zaragoza was relegated last season to the Spanish second division, despite having the likes of Diego Milito, Sergio Garcia and Pablo Aimar in their lineup. This just goes to show how competitive La Liga is and that the power balance within the league is spread... Posted by Alleagues · Comments (2) Topics: Pablo Cesar Aimar,Benfica,Real Zaragoza,Rumours and Transfers

Why a Blog on SL Benfica?

04:11 AM, Saturday, 05 July 2008

Blog on Benifca  Though I now live in the United States, in the past, I lived in Europe for 18 years.  I love soccer (football, futbol, futbole, ...) and follow many of the great European and South American teams.  In... Posted by aztrueblue · Comments (0) Topics: Benfica,youth academy,professional

Rui Costa retires

03:28 AM, Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Legendary Portuguese midfielder Rui Costa has brought an end to his illustrious career at the age of 36. The Lisbon-born Rui Costa impressed Benfica legend Eusebio at the age of ten to win a place in the capital club's youth setup. In 1991 Costa won the youth world cup with... Posted by Bobby · Comments (0) Topics: rui costa,Serie A,SuperLiga,Portugal,Benfica,AC Milan,Fiorentina,UEFA

Manuel Rui Costa - One of the most elegant players

12:30 PM, Monday, 12 May 2008

Manuel Rui Costa, one of the most elegant players I have ever seen, announced he would retire from professional soccer after his last game. Posted by nztoshi · Comments (0) Topics: Benfica,Portugal,Manuel Rui Costa,AC Milan,Fiorentina

Valencia, my eye.

10:36 PM, Monday, 31 December 2007

Valencia, my eye. Others have noted that it has been a rough week for former Dutch international Ronald Koeman, Barcelona dream-teamer under Johan Cruyff, and ex-manager of Benfica, PSV Endhoven and current top man ... Posted by forzafutbol · Comments (0) Topics: Spain,La Liga,Barcelona,Benfica,Valencia,PSV Eindhoven,benfica,champions league,David Albelda,joaquin,La Liga,mallorca,psv,valencia,Vicente

Daily Round-up: Rooney out for 8 Weeks, Sneijder and Drenthe introduced at Real, Adu Makes Champions League Roster, and van der Vaart to Valencia?

01:01 AM, Wednesday, 15 August 2007

Here's a round-up of the news across Europe from Monday, 14 August. Yep, not just a flesh wound. (1) Rooney out 2 Months with Fractured Left Foot Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed in a press conference that star forward Wayne Rooney suffered a hairline fracture in his left foot in t... Posted by fredtjane · Comments (4) Topics: Manchester United,Real Madrid,Benfica,Hamburger SV,Transfer Rumours,Valencia,benfica,Daily Roundup Wayne Rooney,Freddy Adu,Hamburger SV,manchester united,Rafael van der Vaart,Royston Drenthe,uefa champions league,valencia,Wesley Sneijder

The sleeping beauty is (finally) awake

01:35 PM, Wednesday, 28 February 2007

It was December and it looked like Porto was destined to win the Superliga, again. Then Sporting started to lose points with disappointing draws, last one just on Friday against Desportivo das Aves, placed last in the Superliga, when the two teams offered a quite boring performance. After this dr... Posted by LaViz · Comments (3) Topics: SuperLiga,Benfica,FC Porto

Portuguese Liga: the battle for the 2nd place

09:03 PM, Wednesday, 21 February 2007

Stadium Mata Real: Paços de Ferreira – Sporting 1 – 1 Paços de Ferreira obtains a suffered draw, while Sporting wastes a lot in the last 40 meters. This game could have ended in an easy victory for Sporting, if only its strikers would have taken advantage of the many errors of Paços de Ferreira... Posted by LaViz · Comments (0) Topics: Portugal,SuperLiga,Benfica,FC Porto,portugal