Benfica Podcast - Talking to the Doll

On this week's episode...We look back at Benfica's elimination from the Europa League, recap the Farense game, and look ahead to Braga

On this week's podcast... We look back at the first leg match against Marseille, Roger Schmidt's changes against Moreirense, and we look ahead to the second leg, and a trip to Algarve to play Farense

On this week's podcast.. We look back at the SPorting match which put Benfica far away from the title, and we looked ahead to Marseille and Moreirense.

After a pale performance against Chaves, it's decision week, with 2 matches against Sporting, We recap the exit of the cup, and look ahead to the domestic clash that can set the stage for the rest of the season.

On this week's podcast...We open it up to the listeners

On this week's podcast... We recap the Sporting loss, the embarrassment at the dragao, and look ahead to Rangers and Estoril.

On this week's podcast... We recap both the Toulouse and Portimonense games, and look ahead to the Derby against Sporting, for the Portuguese Cup and porto for the league.

On this week's podcast...We look back at the Toulouse and Vizela games, and look ahead to the 2nd leg in France and Portimonense.

On this week's podcast.. We recap Benfica's Cup game against Vizela, the monsoon in Guimaraes, and look ahead to the start of the Europa League campaign when Benfica hosts Toulouse.

On this week's episode...We recap the Gil Vicente and Frederik Aursnes return to the midfield. We look ahead to Vizela, and Vitoria.

On this week's podcast... we look back at the Estoril and Amadora games, and wonder what is Roger thinking on some of the decisions he makes. We also looked ahead to Gil Vicente, and the transfer market.

On this week's podcast..We look back and the Braga and Rio Ave games, look ahead to Boavista and new signings.

On this week's podcast... We look back at Benfica's win against Arouca, look ahead to the Portuguese Cup clash against Braga, and preview the last game of the first round against Rio Ave

On this week's podcast... On the first podcast of the new year, we look back at the Famalicao game, look ahead to Arouca, and bring you up to speed on all the comings and goings of the newly opened transfer window

On this week's podcast.. We recap the win against AVS, and open it up to the audience to speak their mind on the season, signings, Europa League and the January transfer window.

Happy New Year

On this week's podcast...We start by looking at Benfica's League Cup match against AVS. As Cristiano joined the discussion we looked at the Braga win, and lastly we discuss Benfica's EL playoff match up against Toulose

On this week's podcast...We look back at the game against Farense, discuss the near field incidents between the fans and RS, and Rui Costa's response time. We also recapped Salzburg and Benfica clinching a spot in the EL, lastly we looked ahead to Braga.

On this week's podcast... We look back at the two ties against Inter and Moreirense, and look ahead to Farense and the EL or bust game against Salzburg.

On this week's podcast... We look back at the Famalicao game, wonder if Roger will continue to ride Tengstedt, and if Benfica is finally on the up and up. We also looked ahead to the Inter and Moreirense game.

On this week's podcast... We recap another loss in the UCL against Real Sociedad, and we look back at an epic derby against Sporting

On this week's podcast... We look back at the Chaves game, and discuss if the 3-4-3 is here to stay. We also look ahead to matchday 4 against Real Sociedad, and the eternal derby against first place Sporting this weekend.

On this week's podcast.... The struggle continued at home against Casa Pia, we look back at the game and ponder on whether or not Roger has lost the plot. Good thing is that the team was back in action this past tuesday for the league cup and we got back to the wins with a new look featuring 3 center backs, is it here to stay, or merely an adaptation to address key injuries in the squad? Lastly, Chaves on the horizon, we look ahead to this weekend's match away from the Luz.

On this week's podcast... Portuguese Cup recap of the Lusitania game, and another pale UCL night.

On this week's podcast... It's international break, no games to recap, but we caught up with Canadian broadcast royalty Dean Blundell and Jeff Nesker to talk about their trip to Portugal where they attended the Super Cup game and had a special guided visit to Estadio da Luz and the Cosme Damiao museum.

On this week's podcast.. We look back at the Estoril game, discuss the Roger's numbers, and whether he deserves the criticism being thrown at him.

On this week's episode.... 500 is a huge milestone for a project that started in the bedroom, that grew to create a community, and friendships that endure to this day. Fro episode 500 we brought back the OG, Steve Santos.Thank you for all your support as always, as for the podcast, Porto and Inter recaps, and Estoril preview.

On this week's podcast... We look back at Benfica's home loss against Salzburg, the win in Algarve against Portimonense, and look ahead to the classico and MD2 of UCL competition against Inter.

On this week's podcast...We start up be recapping the Vizela game, and discussing Schmidt's in game management. We then turn out attention to the UCL and match day 1 against RB Salzburg. Lastly we preview Benfica's trip to Algarve to play Portimonense this upcoming weekend.

On this week's podcast... We open it up to the Freddy's tp tell us what's on their Benfica mind.

On this week's podcast... We look back at Benfica's win against Vitoria, discuss Rui Costas' interview, UCL draw, and the last signing of the window, Bernat

On this week's podcast...We start up by discussing Benfica's win at Gil Vicente, where the result was really the best of the game. We also look ahead the Vitoria game, the UCL draw and the closure of the transfer window.

On this week's podcast...We recap the FC Estrela da Amadora game, discuss Roger's line up choices, and agree that Neres needs to start. Lastly we look ahead to the Gil Vicente game.

On this week's podcast... After the win against Porto in the super cup, we drop the season opener to Boavista. We breakdown both games and look ahead to Benfica's home opener against Estrela da Amadora.

On this week's podcast...We open up by discussing the transfer market, Ramos confirmed to PSG, Cabral and Trubin in Lisbon to sign. Next, we looked at the Super Cup against porto and the start of the domestic league against Boavista.

On this week's podcast....Benfica went through their last test before the official beginning of the season, a solid test against a Feyenoord team that exposed some areas of Benfica's game. Schmidt and the team came away with lots of game film to watch and correct before the super cup. Lastly we look ahead to Benfica's domestic fixtures.

We are back for another season.... On this episode, we run down the ins and outs, briefly speak about the friendlies. Benfica has played thus far, and discuss some of the story lines this pre-season.

It's our customary end of the season market place.

On this week's episode... The title is ours. We look back at the final game of the season and give out our awards for Flop, revelation player, defensive player, midfielder, attacking, and the MVP of the season

On this week's podcast... We look back at the derby, and look ahead to the final game of the season where Benfica can clinch the 38th championship of its history

On this week's podcast...We look back at Benfica's win in Algarve, look ahead to Sporting, and discuss Grimaldo's departure.

On this week's podcast...We look back at the key win against Braga, in a performance level we hadn't seen in a bit. We also previewed the game against Portimonense.

On this week's podcast...We look back at the Gil Vicente game and preview Braga.

On this week's podcast...We recap the Inter and Estoril games, and how these two results can be important for the rest of the season.

On this week's podcast...We look back at the 3rd consecutive lost for Benfica, and discuss the team's current state. To close up we preview the UCL second leg against Inter, and the game against Estoril.

On this week's podcast...it was a frustrating 4 days for Benfica and for us fans, we rcap the losses against Porto and Inter, and look ahead to Chaves.

On this week's podcast...We look back at the Rio Ave game, discuss Roger Schmidt's renewal, and look ahead to the Classico and the quarter final first leg against Inter.

On this week's podcast.. We recap the Vitoria game, discuss the UCL draw, and the international break

On this week's podcast...We look back at he Maritimo game, wonder if the segregation attitudes, the anti-away fan by many of the clubs in the league is a product that the league wants to sell abroad. How much longer does the league need to understand this is not an attractive proposition forthe outside world, but most of all discouraging for Portuguese fans to want to go to a game, and to fill the seats. Perhaps that is why seats are empty week in and out, because clubs are not fan centric. We also looked ahead to the Guima game. 

In this week's podcast...We recap the Brugge and Famalicao games, and look ahead to Maritimo.

On this week's podcast... We look back at Benfica's win against Vizela, and look ahead to Famalicao and Brugge

On this week's podcast... We recap the Boavista game, and look ahead to Vizela. Keep your eye on the fake news, forces are conspiring to destabilize Benfica.

On this week's podcast....We recap the Braga game, the refereeing issues in Portugal, the game against Brugge, and look ahead to Boavista.

On this week's podcast... We get things underway by recapping the Casa Pia game, touch up on Andre Almeida's farewell ceremony. We then look ahead to Braga for the Portuguese Cup, and finish up by talking about Rui Costa's interview where he discussed the transfer window, and Enzo's exit.

On this week's podcast... The winter transfer window is over we bring you all the ins and outs, including our thoughts on Enzo's departure, but before that we recapped the P Ferreira and Arouca games. Lastly we look ahead to Casa Pia and the month of February for Benfica

On this week's podcast... We recap Benfica's win in Azores against Santa Clara, look ahead to P.Ferreira, and discuss the latest moves in the winter transfer window.

On this week's podcast... We recap the derby, look ahead to Santa Clara, and recap the latest transfer window action.

On this week's podcast... We look back at the wasteful win against Portimonense, and look ahead to the Portuguese Cup match against Varzim, and the derby against Sporting.

On this week's podcast...We recap Benfica's first, and deserved loss of the season against Brage, discuss the Enzo saga, and look ahead to Portimonense and the month of January.

On this week's podcast.. We catch up after almost a month's absence. We discuss World Cup, League Cup and start discussing January transfer window

On this week's podcast..we look back at the Estoril and Gil Vicente games, and discuss some world cup.

[Apologies for the quality of the sound, mics were malfunctioning]

this week's podcast... We look back at the Estoril game, discuss the impact that non-starters have had on the team, and Antonio Silva. Lastly, we look ahead to the Portuguese Cup match up against Estoril and the last game before the World Cup break against Gil Vicente.

On this week's podcast.. we welcome, the man, the myth the legend Bakero to our podcast. We breakdown, the Chaves and Maccabi games, discuss our love for this team, and how far we can go, and talk to Bakero about his love for Benfica and his collection of old games.

On this week's podcast.... we recap the wins at the dragao, and against Juventus, where Benfica clinched a spot in the round of 16, and look ahead to Chaves.

On this week's podcast... We recap the Caldas game,and discuss the team's approach. Was it underestimating, lack of motivation, or difficulty to come down from the PSG game. We also looked ahead to Benfica's trip up north, and wonder does Roger Schmidt have this team on a different mindset that would help us get past the ghosts of the past. TO finish up we touched up on the match against Juventus at the Luz.

On this week's podcast... We recap both PSG fixtures, and Rio Ave, and look ahead to the Portuguese Cup march against Caldas

On this week's podcast.... We recap the Vitoria SC game, and look ahead to PSG and Rio Ave, and...  oh yeah Cristiano is back

On this week's podcast.. we look back at the wins against Juventus, and Maritimo, discuss Rafa's reneging the national team, and look at an extremely busy October for Benfica.

On this week's podcast... We touch up on a couple points in Rui Costa's interview, then get into the action against Famalicao, wonder where football is going in Portugal when a kid is victimized for the color of the shirt he is wearing. We also look ahead to Juventus, and Maritimo. 

On this week's podcast... We recap the Vizela and Maccabi Haifa games, look ahead to Famalicao, and recap Benfica's summer transfer window.

On this week's podcast.... We recap both the Boavista and P. Ferreira games, discuss the UCL draw, and look ahead to Vizela.

On this week's podcast....Pedro Aresta from the defunct 3 Tugas podcast joins us to recap the Kiev fixtures, offer his impressions of the current squad and the beginning of the season, and we also look ahead to this weekend's match against Boavista.

On this week's podcast... We catch up from a week off, briefly discuss the Arouca and M-Land games, recap the Casa Pia game, and look ahead to the playoff fixtures against Dinamo Kiev

On this week's podcast... The season is officially on, we breakdown the match against Midtjylland, look ahead to Arouca, and offer our opinion on the new alternative manto sagrados.

On this week's podcast... Benfica put a bow on their pre-season with a win over Newcastle in the Eusebio Cup. We look back at the Girona and Newcastle games, discuss Pizzi's exit, starting 11, Enzo, Gilberto vs Bah and other topics

on this week's podcast...We recap the two games for the Algarve Cup, offer our opinion on how the team is progressing, players making an impression, and more.. lastly, we look at the UCL draw

ON this week's podcast... St George's camp, Reading observations, Bwin fixtures.

On this podcast...We are back for another season. We catch up on the ins and outs, who is at camp, pre-season schedule.

On the last podcast of the season.  We look at Benfica's roster for this past season and play "Keep, Sell Loan"

thank you for all your support

On this week's podcast.. We open up by discussing the game against porto, and the 2cm fiasco. We close up by looking at the last game of the season, and we answer your questions.

On this week's podcast.... We traded the usual game recap talk for Cristiano's stories from when Benfica visited the US during the ICC. We do a "where are they now?" for the 3 teams that made it to the UYCL. Lastly we looked ahead to this weekend's Classico at the Luz.

On this week's podcast...Instead of discussing another depressing result, we decided to answer chat questions. We also discussed the UYCL title won by the U19 team, and what the future holds for this group of players. Lastly we look ahead to the Maritimo game.

In this week's podcast... We start off by looking back at the Liverpool game in Anfield, and discussing Benfica's European showing this year. We then turn our attention to the derby in Alvalade, where we discussed tactics, refereeing and the Portuguese league. To cap it off, we look ahead to the Famalicao game.

On this week's podcast....We recap the Braga and Liverpool games, look ahead to B Sad and discuss the possibility of Roger Schmidt being Benfica's next coach.

*in analogy manner

On this week's podcast... We recap the win against Estoril, discuss Rafa's non-celebration, then we get into the UCL draw that matched up Benfica against Liverpool. Lastly, we look ahead to an extremely busy month of April for Benfica.

In this week's podcast.... We invited Dave Rodrigues from Howtocookstuff on IG and TikTok to help us breakdown the Vizela game, and the Ajax game. While at it we got to learn a little bit about Dave and his social media presence.

On this week's podcast.... We recap the Portimonense game, go off on a tangent, look ahead to Vizela, go off on a tangent, preview the Ajax game and go off on a tangent.

On this week's podcast... We look back at Benfica's tie against Ajax, the clean sheet against Guimaraes, and look ahead to Portimonense. Somewhere in the middle - Vlachodimos, Joao Mario, Yaremchuck, 

To commemorate Benfica’s 118th anniversary, we sat down with Brian Deane to discuss his time at Benfica. full video of the interview can be found here

On this week's podcast... We recap another implosion in the game against Boavista, look ahead for the restart of the UCL against Ajax, and Guimaraes for the Bwin.

On this week's podcast.... We discuss Benfica's 2 win in a row against Santa Clara, look ahead to Boavista, and discuss many other topics

On this week's podcast.... We recap the Tondela game, discuss Pizzi's exit, and vote on our favorite main and alternate jersey's of the past 10 seasons.

On this week's podcast....In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we decided to look back at the past 10 years and pick our All Star and Manco teams from players from that time period. 

On this week's podcast.... We recap both the Arouca and Boavista games, and look ahead to the League Cup final against Sporting.

On this week's podcast.... Rui Costa Interview, Moreirense recap, Arouca and Boavista preview.

On this week's podcast...Timo pitches in for the the missing Oliveiras, as we recap the P. Ferreira game, which closed out the first round, look ahead to Moreirense, and discuss the possible topics of Rui Costas' TV appearance on Wednesday night.

On this week's podcast....The second match at the dragao had a similar result, but with some slight changes, we discuss pre-game happenings, lineup choices, coaching miscues, and silver linings. Lastly we look ahead to P Ferreira at the Luz this weekend.

On this week's podcast...JJ and Benfica reached an agreement for him to step down. After a year and a half the JJ experiment has come to an end. We discuss the timeline, starting with the post match lockeroom discussion to the presser where hugs happened. We also discussed the elimination of the Portuguese Cup with the embarrassing loss at the dragao, and looked ahead in a more positive light to the repeat for the league again at the dragao,

On this week's podcast.. We look back at the Covilha and the Maritimo games, and preview the match up against porto for the Portuguese Cup. Merry Christmas to all our followers, and listeners.

On this week's podcast.. We open up the podcast by discussing Benfica's qualifying for the next round of the UCL, we discuss the draw fiasco, and the match up against Ajax. Next we recap the game against Famalicao, and look ahead to the league cup match against Covilha, and Bwin clash versus Maritimo.