Carltonblue
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“We are afraid of being scratched by that same Rangers."
Oooh the bitches
Oooh the bitches
Tonight’s match programme, the majority of the squad are BrazilianI think from memory they're one of the best supported clubs in the world as well due to the Portuguese influence in Brazil and most of them having a soft spot for a Portuguese side in Europe.
Eh?can you say that again?Yes, I know this is late, but better late than never
"Let us remember that this Rangers half a dozen years ago went bankrupt and went to beat the 5th division of Scotland with the horns."
In reply to the one above: "Which makes it very ridiculous to worship a president who has been building Benfica for 20 years."
"Rangers have a good team and a great coach but Benfica have an obligation to win."
"If we win I'm very surprised."
"Rangers are the Europa League Round of 16 team, no more. In economic terms, the difference between Benfica and Rangers is as big or bigger than that of a Real Madrid for us (300M of revenue vs. 50M of revenue in 2019). Would Real Madrid or Barcelona in the 21st century ever see Benfica as a 50-50 game? No. Impossible.
Today we play with Rangers, and if we lose, nobody is surprised. "Rangers are a good team". They have not won a Scottish championship in 10 years and went bankrupt in the middle, but they come and go to scare the Benfica Benfica from Structure. It's sad"
"A few years ago, beating Rangers by less than 3 was a defeat, we advanced to 2020, and we are afraid of being scratched by that same Rangers."
"Nothing confident for today, I don't think we won."
" would say that it ends in a tie or 2-1 for Rangers. Don't trust this benfica"
"Rangers play with another soul and have much more collective quality than Benfica. If we go there with the typical 4x4x2 with Pizzi in the middle, I almost bet we didn't win the game. We have to win the midfield if we want something from Glasgow."
"I was here watching the highlights of the Champions League and it made me laugh. The following colossi are playing in the group stage:
FC Krasnodar
Rennes
Brugge
Ferencvaros
Instanbul Basaksehir
Salzburg
FC Midtjylland
While FC Vieira falls into the hands of a PAOK who did not even pass the next stage against Krasnodar. I'm ashamed of the misery that Benfica fell into. A shame without limits."
"I think we're going to be shipwrecked, on top of that with so many absences.
Surprise me."
"In our current reality, Rangers have become a colossus."
"Then we have to win at home Lech Poznan to guarantee qualification."
"In the light I predicted 1-4 for Rangers. The post shot when Rangers won 1-3 could have sentenced the game. I think this benfica has no desire to win or ambition, so the Rangers are clearly a favorite."
"Rangers may even have a 2x-3x lower budget than Benfica - without Darwin, they are already slightly favorites"
"We're going to struggle again, aren't we?
I do not have the minimum of enthusiasm for this game .. I already know that it will be more of the same, the same weak players in the same positions doing what they do not know .. and on top of that Darwin the only effort in the middle of this garbage with Covid. .
Wake me this nightmare .."
"They gave 4 to the third place. So far they have conceded 3 league goals, all away. They came to Luz for a walk."
" The buck will go down to earth when he leaves scotch with his ass burning"
still hard to see how that would translate into that financial gulf between us and them. A soft sport for a portuguese club surely isn't worth a couple of hundred million in revenue?I think from memory they're one of the best supported clubs in the world as well due to the Portuguese influence in Brazil and most of them having a soft spot for a Portuguese side in Europe.
Their revenue was over €300M last year. For a club in one of the smaller leagues that’s incredible. We should be studying how that was achieved.
I don't know the ins and outs of it but this must play a part:still hard to see how that would translate into that financial gulf between us and them. A soft sport for a portuguese club surely isn't worth a couple of hundred million in revenue?
It's got everything to do with being able to pick up South American players with potential, develop them and 'bypass' immigration employment laws that the rest of us mere mortals in Europe need to adhere to.Their revenue was over €300M last year. For a club in one of the smaller leagues that’s incredible. We should be studying how that was achieved.
Sure they have supporter based with US ex-pats. I honestly doubt many folk in Brazil would support or finance Benfica when they have pretty massive clubs there. I didn’t see any Benfica tops or shops etc in Rio.still hard to see how that would translate into that financial gulf between us and them. A soft sport for a portuguese club surely isn't worth a couple of hundred million in revenue?
They are talking finances.I think the point made that benfica are to us what Real Madrid are to them is interesting.
not sure I agree with that
That’s certainly a factor but Joao Felix and Ruben Dias are both Portuguese and have made them £175m in the last 2 seasons. They are very good at developing high quality players. Scouting and development, a model we need to follow (albeit obviously they have a advantage over attracting South American/Brazilian talent).It's got everything to do with being able to pick up South American players with potential, develop them and 'bypass' immigration employment laws that the rest of us mere mortals in Europe need to adhere to.
See: Mario Jardel.
I know that is taking a phrase in isolation but I am happy with it."Rangers play with another soul and have much more collective quality than Benfica."
yeah lets see some post match chat from their fans pleaseAny post-match analysis, @Gazrfc?
A lot of it is inflated though. Most of the South Americans are majority-owned by investment companies or other agencies. Benfica basically get the players for a low price with the agreement that they only own a small percentage of the player (so the agency will pay, say, 70%+ of the fee and therefore own 70% of the player etc). Therefore, when they take in 30m for a player in revenue, they're probably getting closer to 5-10m revenue for the club itself.They make an absolute fortune in buying good South American prospects and selling them at huge profits within a few years.
I’ve said before that Spanish and Portuguese teams benefit from their old colonies in football terms and we are lumbered with the likes of the US and Australia that don’t give a shit about football
Immigration laws of course will be UK regulated post January.It's got everything to do with being able to pick up South American players with potential, develop them and 'bypass' immigration employment laws that the rest of us mere mortals in Europe need to adhere to.
See: Mario Jardel.
Good manI’ll get it up when I can mate, I need to be on the work computer for it because doing the translations on my phone takes absolutely ages
I was trying to find if there was anything more recent but every list just had Real and Barca at the top followed by interchanging Bayern, Juventus, Man Utd and Liverpool.I don't know the ins and outs of it but this must play a part:
Most widely supported football club
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I don't understand PSG, City and Chelsea having a huge support.I was trying to find if there was anything more recent but every list just had Real and Barca at the top followed by interchanging Bayern, Juventus, Man Utd and Liverpool.
PSG, City and Chelsea were also in the top 10 which goes to show that a bit of money can go some way to bridging the gap to the teams with established celebrated histories.
We are bigger than half the teams on that list both on the park and off it
That's what we're competing with...
Weren't we?Were Benfica not in massive financial difficulty just 3 or 4 years ago?
That's the list we should be in.
That's what we're competing with...
We will be in a few years. We're already seeing some of our players valued at 20m. No reason we can't compete with the Brugges of the world if we keep performing in the Europa and following the current trajectoryThat's the list we should be in.
Bournemouth
That's what we're competing with...
True but they are now 4th biggest spenders in Europe. I think they were hundreds of millions down. I wonder if they have got lucky financially because I’m sure they were in the brink.Weren't we?
With whe exception of Bournemouth and Moscow these clubs are not in particularly big domestic TV markets. Makes you think how they generate so much cash. Transfers in most cases.That's the list we should be in.
It's probably in other continents where people are just drawn to the most famous clubs, I seriously doubt you could actually call 90% of them fans. I think the list I looked at was based off social media followers which is just a load of pishI don't understand PSG, City and Chelsea having a huge support.
If they played a match in Europe they couldn't carry the same support as ourselves or The Filth.
And there's the problem. Forget what we had in the lower divisions this is competent squad of quality players. But keep on underestimatingand we are afraid of being scratched by that same Rangers."
This modern version of Ajax are very similar in terms of the vast sums they have moved on young players for.It's got everything to do with being able to pick up South American players with potential, develop them and 'bypass' immigration employment laws that the rest of us mere mortals in Europe need to adhere to.
See: Mario Jardel.
Not sure if serious!!!!Their English isn’t very good is it ?
Rest assured, not seriousNot sure if serious!!!!
Glad I didn't bite then.Rest assured, not serious