Benfica will begin work for the 2023/24 football season on July 5, in preparation for returning to England, to St. George’s Park, for an internship, between July 9 and 15, the club announced on Tuesday.
Similar to what happened in coach Roger Schmidt’s debut season, the ‘eagles’ are back in the field on British soil, where they will play a friendly against relegated Southampton (3pm) behind closed doors on July 12.
Before that, the return to work, from July 5, will be with the usual medical and physical tests.
After the training camp in England, the team will travel to Switzerland on July 15, a country with a large community of Portuguese emigrants, where they will play a match against Basel at the Estádio St. Jacob Park the following day at 4:00 PM local time ( 15:00 in Lisbon).
The national champions’ pre-season continues with the battle for the Algarve Trophy, on July 20 and 21, with opponents to be determined, and with another friendly on the 30th, this time against Dutch champions Feyenoord, at Estádio De Kuip, in Rotterdam, at 4:00 PM local time (3:00 PM in Lisbon).
This season, the ‘incarnates’ indicate that they will again compete for the Eusébio Cup trophy, although the official announcement of the date of the match “depends on the schedule of the Supercup match”, which is due to take place on August 5 or 6. must take place. , against FC Harbor.
Here’s the full calendar:
July 5: Start of pre-season work, with medical and physical tests.
9 to 15 July: internship in England, at St. Georges Park.
July 12: Friendly match, behind closed doors, against Southampton.
July 15: flight to Basel (Switzerland).
July 16: Friendly against Basel in St. Jakob-Park.
July 20 and 21: participation in the Algarve Trophy (the opponents are not yet known).
July 30: Friendlies against Feyenoord, at the De Kuip Stadium, in the Netherlands.
Eusébio Cup: Date depends on the schedule of the Super Cup against FC Porto.
Source: DN
