Last Sunday, SL Benfica beat Futebol Clube Penafiel, on penalties. After 90 minutes and an extra time without goals, the game went to the penalties lottery and the final result was 5 -3. Two players were in evidence Makukula, demonstrating that he could be very important during the present season and Moreira. The goalkeeper had a very good performance after so much time far from the principal team.
José Filipe da Silva Moreira (20/03/1982)
Moreira was born in Massarelos in 1982 and soon become a Benfica fan. His grandparents liked very much the Club and probably influenced his choice. With the age of ten he started playing for a northern team, known as the northern Benfica, the Sport Comércio e Salgueiros. By that time he used to play in the midfield and wanted to be seen. But he did not take much time to realize that he played better as goalkeeper.
Several Clubs were following the young goalkeeper, but Moreira decided to sign contract with SL Benfica and two years later he was travelling to Lisbon, we were in 1999 and he was by that time 17een years old. The big city scared him but he was rapidly integrated with his fellow mates, like Nuno Gomes and Karel Poborsky for instance. He was missing his family a lot, but the dream was starting to become real and when he saw 90.000 supporters in the game against FC Bayern Munchen, he decided to wait for his opportunity.
Several Clubs were following the young goalkeeper, but Moreira decided to sign contract with SL Benfica and two years later he was travelling to Lisbon, we were in 1999 and he was by that time 17een years old. The big city scared him but he was rapidly integrated with his fellow mates, like Nuno Gomes and Karel Poborsky for instance. He was missing his family a lot, but the dream was starting to become real and when he saw 90.000 supporters in the game against FC Bayern Munchen, he decided to wait for his opportunity.
Now, the Clube Desportivo das Aves is the next opponent of our team, on the Portuguese Cup.
