Football Season Guide

Liga
Portugal
Liga
2016/2017
B SAD
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B SAD

In


João Diogo (Def)(Marítimo), Gerso (att)(Estoril), Mica Pinto (def)(Sporting), Komnen Andrij (att)(OFK Belgrad), Fernando Llorente (mid)(Timisoara), Domingos Duarte (def)(Sporting, on loan), Oriol Rosell (mid)( Sporting, on loan), João Afonso (def)(Mafra), André Moreira (gk)(Atletico Madrid, on loan), Luís Silva (mid)(Chaves), Dinis Almeida (def)(Monaco, on loan), Florent Hanin (def)(St. Gallen)

Out


João Amorim (def)(Desportivo das Aves), Fábio Nunes (sp)(mid)(Tondela), Rafael amorim (sp)(def)(Tondela), André Teixeira (sp)(def)(Leixões), Ricardo Dias (sp)(mid)(Feirense, on loan), Tiago Almeida (sp)(def)(Moreirense), Ricardo Ribeiro (sp)(gk)(Académica), Filipe Ferreira (r)(def)(Paços de Ferreira), Tiago Silva (sp)(mid)(Feirense, on loan),

After the irregular, yet somehow positive campaign from last year, there are quite some expectations to see what the Blues can do with Velasquez at the helm from the beginning of the season. Last year, he got into the team in the middle of the season, replacing Sá Pinto, so there were some difficulties for the players to process his new and challenging methods. More than the position in the table, it remains to see if the team can deliver the good, attracting football they promised last season while becoming competitive at the same time. There weren’t many departures, with centre-half Filipe Ferreira being the only significant one to leave. On the other hand, some exciting new players just arrived, like midfielder Oriol Rosell, on loan from Sporting, speedy winger Gerso, promising goalkeeper André Moreira or Spanish midfielder Fernando Llorente. Rosell in particular might be having his breakthrough season, since Velasquez’ style seems to be the ideal to bring Rosell’s football at his best.

Target


A place in the first half of the table would be a very nice and affordable goal for Belenenses. The team has all the elements to do better than last season and anything like a nervous last minute race to avoid relegation would be considered a failure this time around.