From Coach Roger Schmidt under siege at Benfica

After the bad start of the season Roger Schmidt is no longer Coach at Portuguese Football Record Champion Benfica Lisbon. On the website of the association Benfica says that the man with Schmidt has such an easy Auflösung that Vertrages have advanced. We spoke to President Rui Costa about the Trennung.

“The coach wouldn’t mind, he’s not the coach of Benfica anymore”, he said. “We want stability. After four games, our achievements and performances have come to an end, the coach is gone. We want to introduce the new coach again.” Whoever receives the Sportblatt “Een Bola” report, will see Benfica’s ex-coach Bruno Lage as a favourite on the next page.

In the free war, the big team of the 57-year-old Schmidt has now come a 1:1 at Moreirense. From the first four Meisterschaftsspielen, the Traditionsclub now emerged as a punk. Schmidt was a trainer at Hauptstadt-Club since July 2022 and still had a contract until June 30, 2026.

In the past season, Schmidt had not been able to claim any major title honours with the Benfica team that heirs had hoped for. Damels has given the German Bundesliga coach a sharper criticism of the Benfica fans, neither the backing of president Rui Costa nor the quality of the coaches. In Schmidt’s first year, Benfica has started its football game during the first season of 2019.