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Benfica coach Bruno Lage offers resignation - club president

Benfica v Olympique Lyonnais - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - October 23, 2019 Benfica coach Bruno Lage before the match [REUTERS/Rafael Marchante]

Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira has said that coach Bruno Lage offered his resignation after the team continued their dismal recent run with a 2-0 defeat at Maritimo on Monday.

“Our coach came to me at the end of the game and said with great dignity: ‘President, I am putting myself at your disposal because I understand that things are not good for Benfica,’” Vieira told reporters.

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