Mourinho spoke to key Benfica player before first training session | OneFootball

José Mourinho was in conversation with Nicolás Otamendi before the start of the training session he led last Thursday, September 18. The Portuguese coach was officially announced at Benfica just after 3:00 PM, and immediately after the press conference for this purpose, he led the first training of the red squad.

Benfica shared a set of photos from José Mourinho's first training at Benfica, where it is possible to notice some interesting details. The first to catch the eye was the conversation that took place between the new coach and the captain of the eagles, before the start of the session, as can be seen from the images.

It is also possible to see a photo of with Mário Branco, Benfica's football director, walking around the pitches of the Benfica Campus, in Seixal. The coach also spoke with his technical team, as well as the entire red squad before starting the session.

Regarding the training, the images show the usual for this time of the season: the players did exercises with and without the ball, and the goalkeepers trained, probably without major differences to what they did before Mourinho's arrival, since the goalkeeper coach remains Nuno Santos, who was also with the eagles under Bruno Lage.

Benfica is, moreover, already preparing the match with AVS SAD. After the dismissal of Bruno Lage, and the hiring of José Mourinho, the Club da Luz tries to react in the best way to the sequence of two negative results, with Santa Clara and Qarabag. The match is scheduled for 6:00 PM next Saturday, September 20.

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