Benfica Podcast - Talking To The Doll

On this week's podcast....No way to get around the global pandemic that is COVID-19, this week we welcomed back friend of the pod Patrick Kendrick to get a first person account of what has taken place in Italy, and how it as effected both society and  calcio. We then turn our attention to Portugal and discuss what will happen to the 19/20 season, how Benfica has approached this pandemic, and the possibly damaging financial consequences.

On this week's episode.....We answer a couple fan questions, we recap the Setubal game, and look ahead to the Tondela game, which will be played behind closed doors as a precaution to the COVID-19.

On this week's podcast.... It's hard to find the positives, after all  Benfica was on the verge of going 10 points clear, but fast forward 4  weeks and we see ourselves out of Europa League, and trailing by 1 point  in the championship race. We recap Shakhtar and Moreirense, while  offering our opinion on the team's moment. We also look ahead to the  Setubal game, Cristiano awards his Chicken Fingers award, and we share  what we learned on this week's episode.

On this week's episode.... We recap the Shakhtar and the Gil Vicente  games, introduce a new feature called "Cristiano's Chicken Fingers  Award". We then discuss what we can take away from a decisive month of  February, look ahead to the second leg against Shakhtar. Lastly we  preview the Moreirense game, and look ahead to the month of March.

On this week's episode.... We start this week's podcast by addressing  the sad situation that took place this past weekend. There was no way to  dribble around this topic, we offer our opinion and suggestions, on a  behavior that has no place in present or future society, racism. We then  recap Benfica's loss to Braga, preview the Shakhtar , and Gil Vicente  game that will take place this Thursday, and Monday respectively.

On this week's episode...we take a deep and lenghty look at the  Classico, from the coin toss to lubed up walls, we got you covered. We  also recap the Famalicao game, and look ahead to another important game  at Estadio da Luz against SC Braga.

On this week's episode.. We recap both the Belenenses SAD and the  Famalicao, two games with the same scorelines in which Benfica struggled  to put the games away and showed some defensive frailties. Lastly we  preview the big Classico at the dragao where Benfica can decide how  close the championship race will be until the end of the season.

On this week's podcast... We recap Benfica's win at the Mata Real, look  ahead to Belenenses Sad at Estadio da Luz this friday, and the first leg  of the Portuguese semifinal against Famalicao.On this week's podcast... We recap Benfica's win at the Mata Real, look  ahead to Belenenses Sad at Estadio da Luz this friday, and the first leg  of the Portuguese semifinal against Famalicao.

On this week's episode... We record our 350th episode, and what an  episode, as we got to recap Benfica's win at the Alvalade, which allowed  us to go up 7 points on porto in the table. On the second half of the  podcast we look ahead to Benfica's next Liga Nos match away at P.  Ferreira.

On this week's podcast... We recap both the Aves, and Rio Ave games, and look ahead to the Lisbon Derby against Sporting. P.S. Our audio crapped out at the end of the podcast and we had to cut it short.

On this week's podcast.... We catch you up with a brief recap of the  League Cup and Portuguese Cup games that took place before the end of  the year. We then look back at the difficult game in Guimaraes against  Vitoria, where Benfica was able to come away with the 3 points, despite  not being the best team on the field. Nonetheless the first half goal by  Cervi and a solid defensive effort in the second half was enough to  prolong our 16 game winning streal away from Estadio da Luz. In the  second half of the podcast we discuss Julien Weigl's signing and  transfer rumors that included RDT's possible permanent exit to Spain.  Lastly we look ahead to the month of January and Benfica's next Liga Nos  game against Aves.

On this week's podcast... We start things off by looking back at  Benfica's home match against Famalicao, we then turn our attention to  the two cup games, Braga for the Portuguese Cup, and Setubal for the  League Cup. Before we go we discuss the rumors about Benfica being  interested in Julian Weigl from Dortmund, and the chance to bring back  Nic

On this week's podcast... We look back at the game against Boavista at the Bessa, where Benfica rode the away support wave to get the three points. We then discussed Benfica's last game of the UCL group stages, where Benfica stamped their entry into the Europa League.  We discuss the change in approach by Lage in Europe, and ponder what could have been had this approach been used from the start. Lastly we look ahead to Benfica's home match against this years cinderella team of the Liga Nos, Famalicao. thanks for listening

On this week's podcast... We look back at the Leipzig, Maritimo, and Covilha games. throughout these 3 games Benfica hit peaks and valleys, the disappointing collapse in Germany after being 2-0 into the 90th minute, the trashing of Maritimo at the new pitch at the Luz, and the poor result against second division Covilha for the League Cup. We look at Lage's choices, and decisions, the affirmation of Vinicius as the #1 choice at forward, and Benfica's lack of competence to dispatch a second division team. In the second half of the podcast we look ahead to Benfica's visit to the Bessa, and UCL matchday 6 where Benfica will hope to get into the Europa League as a consolation prize for the miserable UCL campaign.

On this week's episode... With Black Friday upon us, we recap the Vizela  suffered win, the trip to Leipzig that will dictate Benfica's future in  Europe. We also catch up with some renewal news, and cap it off by  looking ahead to Benfica's next Liga Nos game in the new pitch at  Estadio da Luz.

On this week's episode... We look back at Benfica's game in the Azores,  against Santa Clara, discuss the struggles this team has had outside of  Estadio da Luz, ponder what this team's identity is, and how the news of  Mrs Lage's expectancy galvanized the team at half time against Santa  Clara. We also discus the possible incursion by Benfica into the winter  market, talk about the rumors surrounding Yonny Gonzales, and players  who are free that could be a good fit.  We will pause for international  break, and will be back in 2 weeks.

On this week's episode... We go from positive to negative recapping the  visible improvements in the last two games of the Liga Nos against  Portimonense and Rio Ave, to the the continued frustration with the poor  showing's in Europe. We talk about line up changes, conventional  knowledge head scratchers, squad rotation, and youth versus experience.  We finish up by looking ahead by previewing Benfica's next league game  against Santa Clara.

On this week's episode.... We look back at the Lyon and Tondela wins,  discuss the state of the pitch at Estadio da Luz, and look ahead to  Benfica's next games against Portimonense, Rio Ave, and matchday 4  against Lyon in France.

On this week's podcast... After a long international break, we are back  with another episode. This week we look back a Benfica's Portuguese Cup  match against Cova da Piedade, look ahead to UCL matchday 3 against  Lyon, where Benfica must win in order to keep their European hopes  alive, and we cap it off by previewing this weekend's Liga Nos match  away versus Tondela.

On this week's episode... We decided to give voice to the fans to discuss anything related to Benfica.