The event named after the unforgettable “O Rei” is now in its 12th edition, in 2008 the first challenge up against Internazionale Milano, while in the last edition Benfica faced Newcastle
Benfica continues its summer preparation camp at Benfica Campus for the new busy football season working under the orders of Roger Schmidt.
Three days after the friendly match against Brentford (1-1), the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (or Estádio da Luz) will once again be the scene of another clash in preparation for the new season: tomorrow, at 8 p.m., Roger Schmidt’s team will face Feyenoord in a very special game, as it marks the 12th edition of the Eusébio Cup, an event named after the legendary “O Rei” Eusébio.
At work since July 3, the Portuguese Eagles have already faced Farense and Celta de Vigo in Águeda, Almería in Thonon-les-Bains, France and Brentford at the da Luz a few days ago.
The Club’s greatest figure, Eusébio, spent fifteen of his twenty-two-year career at Benfica, for which he is the top scorer in history with 638 goals in 614 games and with which he won 11 Portuguese titles, five Portuguese Cups, the 1961-1962 Champions League, and reached the Champions League final on three other occasions.
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, for everyone ”O Rei”, passed away on January 5, 2014, will again be honored in the 12th edition of the trophy bearing his name , created by the club, which dedicated an exclusive space in the Museum and erected a statue to him, inaugurated in 1992 on the occasion of “O Rei’s” 50th birthday.