Exciting! Benfica release Nicolás Otamendi's speech (video) | OneFootball

In the last few hours, Benfica released a video showing Nicolás Otamendi speaking to the squad. In the footage, the captain, visibly emotional, explains that the match against Estoril was his last wearing the Sacred Mantle. Amid a mix of emotions, the Argentine center-back paid glowing tribute to the Club he represented between 2020 and 2026.

"This was my last game for Benfica… I will cherish beautiful memories. I arrived at a difficult moment, because I was coming from a rival club, but I have not regretted it since the very first day I came to this club and put on this shirt. They were years of wonderful competition, with fantastic groups. Many of you I have known for quite some time, others only this season, but they were wonderful groups with whom I loved competing every season and experiencing football in a very competitive way," the Argentine began.

"I would have liked to have won more trophies in this shirt, because it was this shirt that gave me the opportunity to compete to win a World Cup and a Copa América. Being here kept me demanding and happy, sharing those moments with you. Even if sometimes things do not work out as we want and hope, I take with me the best moments and memories," he added.

"I am eternally grateful to a club that opened its doors to me and treated me wonderfully from day one. Thank you all for supporting me at all times, for being with me at every moment of my career," said the number 30, who leaves the Luz after six seasons.

"Today it is my turn to follow another path, but I will be supporting you, I will be one more Benfica fan, and I wish you all the best — believe in yourselves. This is a wonderful club, which will give you so much, I only ask that you believe in yourselves because good things happen to good people. . It is the day. Home," Nicolás Otamendi concluded.

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