Jorge Jesus stopped being coach of Benfica after conflicts with the squad

The decision is made. The Portuguese Jorge Jesus and Benfica have reached an agreement for the termination of the coach’s contract, after a few last days in which the relationship between the coach and the rest of the squad was complicated. In this way, the link with the Portuguese league team ends.

Benfica was commissioned to make the news public after a note sent to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM), since the club is a public limited company. After that, the training scheduled at the club’s facilities south of Lisbon had to be postponed.

The Portuguese sports media explained that Jorge Jesus tried to remove veteran player Pizzi from the squad today and, apparently, the rest of the players would have opposed the coach’s measure, a fact that would have filled the difficult situation.

This was followed by a meeting between president Rui Costa and the coach, which concluded with the agreement for the termination of the contract, which was valid until June 2022. Now, the club has reported that Nélson Veríssimo – Benfica B coach – He will take over the first team, which will face Porto on Saturday.

After the meeting between the coach and the president, Jorge Jesus told reporters that “This project has come to an end”, since, as indicated, it arrived “Thinking it was a solution and not a problem.” The coach leaves with good results. Benfica, qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League, is third in the league, 4 points behind Porto and Sporting.