Nicolás Otamendi met key Benfica figure after manager switch | OneFootball

Nicolás Otamendi and José Mourinho had a private conversation, before the start of Benfica's training session on the last 18th of September. The Portuguese coach was officially announced on Thursday, and shortly after he led the first training as the main coach of the eagles.

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

You can also see a photo of José Mourinho with Mário Branco, Benfica's football director, walking around the Benfica Campus fields, in Seixal. The coach also spoke with his technical team, as well as with 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 from what they did before Mourinho's arrival, since the goalkeeping coach remains Nuno Santos, who was also with the eagles with Bruno Lage.

Benfica is, moreover, already preparing the game 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 20th.

Check out this video of Otamendi, talking about his mother:

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