Mourinho kicks off Porto-Benfica preparations with several surprises | OneFootball

He led another training session, with an eye on the match against Porto, and once again included several young players from the academy. As he has mentioned on several occasions, the Benfica coach is determined to bet on the young talents emerging from the Benfica Campus.

According to the newspaper A Bola, in its Friday, January 9th edition, the Portuguese coach worked with a handful of young athletes, with the bet starting right away in goal, through the presence of Arnas Votinovicius, who recently renewed his contract with Benfica.

In addition to the young Lithuanian, who has been called up to replace the injured Samuel Soares, José Mourinho also included defenders Rui Silva and João Fonseca, as well as defensive midfielder Martim Ferreira, who can also play as a central defender.

The call-ups didn’t stop there. The U-17 World Champion, Miguel Figueiredo, also took part in the training session, alongside names such as Tomás Soares and Stevan Manuel. Striker Jelani Trevisan was the last athlete to join the training.

It should be remembered that Benfica is looking to turn the page after being eliminated by Braga in the semi-final of the Allianz Cup. The Eagles’ next match will be for the Portuguese Cup, on January 14th, with a trip to the Dragão to face Porto.

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