Matthaus' Diary - The City Is Ours
I know this might seem stupid, but honestly I can’t see how Benfica can still think they are a bigger team than we are. We beat them 5 times last season, won the title, and finished miles clear of them. It’s a great time to be a Sporting fan, we are on our way to becoming one of the biggest clubs in Europe.
But if you’re a Benfica fan, it must be awful. They have 20x as much money as we do, yet I wouldn’t have a single one of the players they signed this summer. They won nothing last season, and now lots of players don’t want to go to a club in a downward spiral.
I’d feel sorry for Benfica, but because of their arrogance, their hopelessness and the fact I manage Sporting means I’m enjoying every second. I can’t think of any reason Benfica are bigger than us now, and I predict us to do the league double over them again this season.
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