Benfica train without Lage, Rui Costa eyes Mourinho's new partner | OneFootball

Benfica’s first team trained on Tuesday morning under the guidance of Ricardo Rocha and Nuno Santos. The assistant coach and the goalkeeping coach from Bruno Lage’s technical staff thus remain at the Estádio da Luz club and have already started their duties on an interim basis.

During the press conference where he announced the end of the relationship between Bruno Lage and Benfica, Rui Costa spoke about the training session held by the team this Tuesday, and explained that it would not be a problem, as was later confirmed. The players were under the orders of Ricardo Rocha and Nuno Santos.

The truth is that Rui Costa intends for this coaching duo to remain within Benfica’s structure, following Bruno Lage’s departure from the Estádio da Luz club. The club president wants both to be included in José Mourinho’s technical staff, at a time when the announcement of the new head coach appears imminent.

Benfica is currently working to officially appoint José Mourinho as soon as possible, and Rui Costa has already chosen the team to work with the Special One: João Tralhão, António Dias, and Pedro Machado are expected to join the duo who led Tuesday’s training session, Ricardo Rocha and Nuno Santos.

The players have already left Seixal and have been instructed to report back to Benfica Campus tomorrow (Wednesday, September 18). Rui Costa’s intention is for José Mourinho to already be in charge of the team’s training session, which has been rescheduled for the afternoon.

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