Glorioso 1904 exclusive: André Lima on Benfica, the end was awful | OneFootball

For André Lima, the 2025/2026 season was a negative one and “perhaps one of the worst ever.” In this Glorioso 1904 Exclusive, the former player and coach of Benfica’s futsal team revealed his biggest concern connected to the Club and addressed the narrative surrounding José Mourinho.

“It’s difficult to talk about Benfica’s season. It seemed like a roller coaster. There were good moments, bad moments, and the ending was horrible. The season was bad, perhaps one of the worst ever, not only because of the results, but also because of the instability and division noticeable within the Club and the division that exists among the members themselves,” he began by saying, then highlighting his biggest “concern.”

“What worries me most is the start of the next one, because there’s nothing we can do about this one anymore, it’s over. It has to be analyzed, accountability has to be assigned, but I’m concerned about how next season is going to begin,” he stressed.

Regarding the preparations for next season, above all André Lima hopes that the Board has already decided who will coach the first team. “If it hasn’t, that’s really very bad. Regardless of whether Mourinho stays or not, Benfica by this point must already have a coach at least verbally agreed,” he emphasized.

As for the schedule Benfica face regarding qualification for the Europa League, the former European champion admits it is the worst that could have happened: “It will force us to work earlier [...] some players may still be playing in the World Cup and it ends up repeating what happened last year with the Club World Cup. And with this, the unstable narrative surrounding the coach’s position only gets worse.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.