Eagles won the fourth championship title in a row, and Football. Ua names the reasons for success.
Recently, Benfica celebrated the champion title, which the team won over the tour before the end of the Letters. Is it worth doubting the deserved success of this, if in the championship match of the Eagles sent five goals in the gate Vitoria Gimarayesh - the fourth team of the league?.
Franco Servi, Raul Jimenez, Pizzi and Jonas signed at the gates of Vitoria in the first half, and all the same Jonas recorded at his own expense double in the second half.
The title of the championship was for Benfica the 36th in history, but another statistic is impressive: never before the team won the league four times in a row! Even in the glorious 60-70s, when Benfica won the championship 14 times in 18 years, this did not happen.
What this time served as the reason for the championship of Benfica? Let's try to understand.
The fusion of experience and youth Portuguese clubs have long been known for their well-balanced transfer policies, which provides good earnings. Benfica is no exception, but Orlam also manages to maintain the balance and at times keep in the players who later personify the club.
Of course, this is primarily the eternal Luisao, who in his 36 years played 38 matches in all tournaments! Jonas and Mitroglou have not disappeared anywhere.. Both came off the accounts of players, and became the leading goalies. It seems that Pizzi and Salvio are not in a hurry and the leadership is smoothly passing into their hands.
But against the background of veteran veterans, Benfica has several valuable assets. First of all, this is the Swedish center Viktor Lindelef, who has already been hanged an expensive price tag. There will be a struggle this summer for both Ederson and Nelson Semed. All these guys put their success and helped the team to win the title.
Failure of competitors No offense to the Portuguese championship, but the state of things there can be compared with our ULL. Applicants for high places are few, and only once in 5-10 years the conditional Braga can break the balance that has settled for decades.
In such a situation, not only their successes are important, but also the failures of competitors. In this season, Porto made Benfica easier, and Sporting was not able to impose a fight for the title.
Porto this season is very much like Manchester United. The team lost in the championship only once (in August Sporting), but just 10 times played in a draw. In autumn there was a segment of three draws in a row - with Setubal, Benfica and Belenenses. Do I need to explain that in such a situation already the title may not go? It is characteristic that Porto was losing points with not the strongest teams, but by and large the Autiders. The same Tondela played a draw with Porto, and now it is quite possible to issue a takeoff.
As for Sporting, the team was in a fever all season and there was no stability at all. So the Lions can forget about this season as a terrible dream (although in recent years it has been worse).
Stability The leadership of Benfica does not like to take hasty decisions, which saved the club from coaching leapfrog and dozens of new incomprehensible persons in the team. When the team formed their title, the fans hung a banner with the image of five players. The choice fell not accidentally: five players are directly involved in all the championships of recent years.
At the same time, there was not a single player left in Porto who took the championship with the team! But it was only in 2013! For this stretch on the coaching bridge led by five different coaches. It is unlikely that this approach can be expected to succeed.
A similar situation in Sporting, where from 2012 to 2015, changed 8 coaches. Experienced Georges Jesus has become entrenched in his place, but every year he is forced to lead new players.
Benfica is just stronger Benfica has a balanced line-up where all the lines are equally strong. At the gate stands Ederson, who already and for the Brazilian national team made his debut. On the line of defense with the experienced Luisao and Lindelof, we already recalled. Well, in the midfield options are many options: Semedu, Feysa, Samaris, Pizzi, Rafa, Servi, Salvio, Carillo, Zhivkovic.
In turn, the leaders of Porto has a clear decline. Laiyun, Herrera, Andre Andre, Braimi - all these players had a mediocre season and failed to show their best qualities.
Well, Sporting's management in general decided to go on an adventure and invited frankly "downed pilots". The figures of Segelaar, Coates, Skelotto and Douglas on defense do not inspire confidence. Do not live up to expectations and Joel Campbell, while the career of Luke Kastainos in some 24 years went under a complete slope. The only bright spot was Bas Dost, then Sporting guessed. 31 goals in 30 matches of the championship, but this did not help the Lions.
Undefeated home and the best away Native Estadio da Luz became a real fortress where Benfica does not know defeats. 14 wins, 3 draws and 49 goals - that's how the team of their loyal fans. And if you digress from Primera, then in European competition, few people like to play in Lisbon.
But Porto has absolutely the same indicators on Dragau! And here it is worth noting the game Benfica away, where the team only 3 times drawn and lost 2 times in 17 games.
It was in other stadiums wards Rui Vitoria forged another championship.
Summing up, we can only say that Benfica really deserved success in recent years. Well-balanced solutions without haste, competent transfers, trust to the leaders and the coaching staff allowed Benfica to break away from the competitors for a step forward. Well, Porto and Sporting it's time to stop playing FIFA in real life, to return to the winning track.
Sergey Petrov, Football. Ua Author: Сергей Петров.