Benfica already started the works of the 2018/19 season

It has started! Sport Lisboa e Benfica has started the works of the 2018/19 this Thursday morning. At 9:00 am it was given the kick-off to a season in which the goal is clear: regain all the titles!

The players gradually started to arrive at Estádio da Luz, being that there are taking place the usual medicals, divided between the Cathedral and the Hospital da Luz.

In the afternoon… the most anticipated moment! At 5:00 pm the ball will roll, with the coach Rui Vitória leading the first training session of 2018/19, at Estádio da Luz. This training session will be behind closed doors.

On July 9th, it will begin the training camp in Troia.  After playing two friendly matches, against Napredak (July 10) and Vitória de Setúbal (July 13), both at Estádio do Bonfim, the Reds travel to England to continue the preparation at St. George's Park.

On July 21st, Benfica will begin its participation in the International Champions Cup, facing Sevilla, in Zurich (Switzerland). In the following day, the team flies to the United States to play the other two matches in this prestigious preseason competition – (Borussia Dortmund, in Pittsburg (July 25); and Juventus, in New York (July 28) – returning afterward to Lisbon.

2018/19 PRESEASON CALENDAR

• June 28: start of the preseason work, at the Estádio da Luz.

• July 9: start of the training camp in Tróia.

• July 10: friendly match against Napredak, at Estádio do Bonfim (7:00 pm).

• July 13: friendly match against Vitória de Setúbal, at Estádio do Bonfim (8:30 pm).

• From July 15 to 20: training camp at the St. George's Park, England.

• July 21: friendly match against Sevilla, in Zurich (Switzerland).

• July 22: trip to the United States.

• July 25: start of the International Champions Cup (ICC). Match against Borussia Dortmund in Pittsburg.

• July 28: match against Juventus (International Champions Cup), in New York. Return to Lisbon.

• August 1: Eusébio Cup. Match against Lyon, at Estádio do Algarve, the last match of the ICC.

Text: Filipa Fernandes Garcia and Sónia Antunes

Pics: SL Benfica