The Second-Coming of Bruno Lage at Benfica

Rivalries are the best and worst thing about football. When you’re winning, it’s perfect. Bragging rights, trophies and parades galore, magical. When you’re losing, it’s the absolute worst. For the fans, indignity and abuse. For club management, the eternal dilemma of “how do we get back on top?” knowing failure means years in the wilderness.…