Mourinho eyes title record at Benfica with Casa Pia up next | OneFootball

José Mourinho seeks to match the achievement reached by Bruno Lage. After the setback against Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica aims to remedy the situation by defeating Casa Pia, a match that will take place tonight, November 9. If the three points stay at Luz, the Special One will achieve three consecutive league victories.

According to the newspaper Record, in this Sunday's edition, the 62-year-old coach is still fine-tuning the team, however, domestically, the Clube da Luz has been responding well in recent matches - victories against Arouca and Vitória Guimarães. In this sense, and to keep pace with their rivals, the Glorioso seeks to maintain the rhythm against the geese.

If Benfica's team beats Casa Pia, then José Mourinho will achieve three consecutive victories in the championship, something that has only happened once this season, still under the command of Bruno Lage, it should be noted that the Setubal native was dismissed on September 18.

It should be remembered that the winning streak, led by Bruno Lage, was interrupted by a home draw against Santa Clara (1-1), a match that marked the beginning of the end of the coach's tenure at Benfica. Before that fateful night, the team had three consecutive victories: Estrela Amadora (1-0), Tondela (3-0), and Alverca (2-1).

It should be noted that Benfica hosts Casa Pia tonight, November 9, in a match for the 11th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, which will take place at Estádio da Luz at 8:30 PM. In the standings, Clube da Luz is in 3rd place, with 24 points, four points behind Porto and Sporting.

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