Episode #35 10/3/12

In this week's episode, Marco and I start off by talking about the events at Benfica's general assembly, where a group of fans contested Luis Felipe Vieira and called for his resignation, causing Benfica's president to leave under heavy security. With club elections taking place on the 26th, there is an emergent opposing movement to the current mandate, but no recognizable face or credible project has been made public. With the pressure mounting on the club's administration, only wins will tame the "angry mob", and that's what Benfica did when they traveled up north to face Pacos de Ferreira. New signing, Lima, was instrumental in the win, netting 2 goals and being the key figure of the match. Coincidentally a slip by porto allowed us to regain first place where we hold a goal average lead. We then looked at the Champions League clash against mighty Barcelona, where despite losing, and being dominated for the whole entire second half, Benfica has nothing to be ashamed of. Massive possession stats and the all too familiar tiki-taki style of the Catalans eventually did us in, as the fading legs, and the lack of possession and efficiency were the biggest factors for the negative result. We wrap up the pod by looking at this weekend's game versus last place Beira Mar. Thanks for listening, subscribe via Itunes, Stitcher radio or RSS feed

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