It has been a while since we last saw back-to-back championships. There is no Benfica or Porto domination in the Liga Portugal since Sporting also joined the race.
What do you think about Benfica to give Joao Neves and get Renato Sanches on loan from PSG in return? Joao Neves is a nice talent and €60m is quite the sum to sell him at.
Renato Sanches couldn't meet the expectations in his development I'm afraid.
By the way I wouldn't expect Rafa Silva to be released just like that. He was still making a huge score contribution in the previous season.
Benfica is a team with a great ability: "
they can buy a player very cheaply, turn him into a great talent and then sell him for a very high price ". This way, even when Benfica doesn't become champion, they continue to make a lot of profit from selling players. Fortunately, in this round that ended recently, Benfica managed to win the game and scored 3 goals. But this victory didn't convince me that Benfica will be able to win the title this season. In my opinion, when Benfica plays against Porto or Sporting, they will lose. That's why it's better for Benfica to take advantage of these games they have next month and in October because things won't be easy for Benfica in November and things won't be easy for Benfica in December either.
Benfica - Porto (November 10, Benfica will lose)Sporting - Benfica (December 29, Benfica will lose)If Benfica loses before these 2 games, then I see Porto or Sporting, when they beat Benfica, moving far ahead of Benfica in the table. I also don't see this Benfica squad going far in any European competition. The truth is that Benfica, with this current coach, can't beat big teams most of the time.
Santa Clara 0 - 2 Porto (thanks to a fair penalty that Porto scored 2 goals in that game, I hope that this season they won't rely on the referees to win the games)
Nacional 1 - 6 Sporting (Sporting, as always, won convincingly, without any controversy involving referees.)
Benfica 3 - 0 Casa Pia (I'm still not convinced that Benfica can win the title this season)
Boavista 0 - 1 Braga (I may be wrong, but it seems to me that Braga is weaker this season compared to last season)