Portuguese “Benfica” ceased cooperation with head coach Jorge Jesus.

The contract was terminated by mutual agreement of the parties, according to the official website of "

The Lisbon club thanked the 67-year-old specialist for the work and noted that they will continue to pay Jesus' salary until the end of the current contract or until Jorge finds a new club..

Nelson Verissimo, who previously coached the Eagles' second team, will serve as Benfica head coach until the end of the season..

We add that the Lisbon team includes 26-year-old Ukrainian forward Roman Yaremchuk.

This season he has 10 matches in the Portuguese Championship, 5 goals and 2 assists..

Jesus headed Benfica from 2009 to 2015 and from July 2020. However, the Portuguese specialist did not have a relationship with the team, it was the quarrels with the wards that became the main reason for his resignation..

Now the Lisbon club occupies the 3rd place in the Portuguese championship table, lagging behind the leaders - Porto and Sporting - by 4 points.