Cardozo has had more shots in the Champions League than C.Ronaldo and Kaka yet he has only scored once. I really feel sorry for the guy that he hasn't been able to score on a regular basis yet and find some form. I am still optimistic that he will come good.

I agree, but my feeling sorry for him is turning into frustration. I hope for the sake of everyone he starts bangin them in, I really want him to do well.

There are 9 million reasons to want him to do well

Over Miccoli? You're dreaming. Though Cardozo and Miccoli could have been a good partnership.

Agreed. Shame we didn't by Miccoli when we had the chance.

Cardozo needs a better support striker. Nuno Gomes is definitely not that. I am still confused to whether Adu is an attacking mid or striker. It seems like he is better in the striker position than the "No. 10" role, he could possibly be a solution but I think he also needs time

Do you think this guy will turn it around? Is he still just getting accustomed to the Portuguese game? He has not shown me very much yet but Im not sure how much of that has to do with him not being up to speed ..... I do think a player you pay almost 10 million for should be able to create on his own and not rely on another striker to help him

lol and he just scored in a crucial game

Twice.

Does that mean you think he is gonna have a big season from this point forward?

lol take it easy. no I don't.

I just thought it was funny how you were dissing him than he scored 2 big goals lol.

can u guys please continue to diss him lol

He's shown that he has confidence going one on one with the keeper cus he went around this one today and against nacional it was a calm neat finish.

His heading still needs to improve. Todays header was right in the middle of the goal and it looked like the keeper thought it was going over or something because he didnt really stretch and then made some pathetic dive. lol

I wouldnt think his whole season is gonna change cus of this game because he did score against celtic and we all thought his season would pick up from there but nothing happened so im not gettin my hopes up.

He is a good player, been very unlucky at times. Today he finally delivered. His goals were good because there was no way Nuno Gomes would of done the same. Cardozo relies on service, if our players can deliver, he will deliver I am sure.

hopefully after today, gomes will continue to stay on the bench where he deserves to be (well actually he doesnt deserve to be in Benfica).

Lol you never seen Nuno score that kind of goals?

Cardozo had a good game though yesterday and should start next game to see if his form really is picking up.

Love the way Cardozo is just as wasteful as Nuno but he's "unlucky" while Nuno is just shit....

The goals were nothin special and its unfair to say that nuno has never scored like that.

Haha. So true. When cardozo misses they probably applaud him and when nuno gomes misses they wanna kill him.

Cardozo should start next game and nuno should come on off the bench in da second half. If nuno starts on the bench for a couple of games he will gain that fire and will wanna regain his spot.

I just want him to well as a Paraguayan. It's funny When I was in Paraguay two years ago I stayed there for 8 months, and He was playing on a small team called Nacional. I was surprised when he went to newell's , then he started scoring goals and I thought "Is this the same 'Tacuara' Cardozo? Nah, it can't be". Now he's in Benfica and to be honest I still don't know if this guy can be relied on for consistent goals. Hopefully he'll do good, he hasn't done anything yet on the Paraguayan national team though.

Nuno Gomes did score goals of that kind.....a while ago though.

There is no way on earth Nuno Gomes would of scored those 2 chances Cardozo took yesterday. He simply does not have the movement or coordination to do stuff like that anymore. The header was well taken and the first goal involved anticipation, something Nuno lacks.

Well his goal scoring record in Newell's was brilliant. He got Paraguayan footballer of the year. Hopefully he can perform consistently for Benfica and Paraguay

I agree, Nuno Gomes wouldn't have scored those goals yesterday if he started instead of Cardozo. We're not talking about 2 years ago, it's NOW the present that's important.

Nuno Gomes sucks because he hasn't been scoring goals consistently for 2 seasons already and we're tired of seeing him miss easy sitters a 10 year old could even score. I'd rather invest in Cardozo who has a goalscoring record in Argentina and see if he can replicate this in Europe.

Think of investing money for example. Are you going to invest in some bankrupt company just because they were rich 5 years ago? No because they are going to stay bankrupt so we gotta move on. Not the best comparison but it gets the point across.

Gomes wouldn't even score that second goal, he would've of just made it LOOK like hes doing a header or do a dive and not get a PK lol.

Just read on Record, Cardozo has a 50 million Euro release clause. The largest ever in Portuguese football... Lets see if someone pays it out

Just cus he scored 2 goals viera is excited and thinks cardozo cud be worth that much. lol. That is 20 more million euros then what torres had. lol

News is Vieira is trying to purchase 100% of Cardozo's pass. I think we only own 80% of him at the moment.

Thanks to Nobby for the article. Another example of UEFA being harsh.....3 games. This is appalling. Who says UEFA isn't corrupt? Pinto da Costa is probably in the head office in Geneva lap dancing at the moment

lol

but really another stupid suspension, just like Binya's

According to OJOGO, Benfica now own Oscar 100%. We purchased the last remaining 20% of his pass.

now to sell him for 15 million lol.

Apparently we rejected a 25million euro bid. I really hope Cardozo has a better season than last year or we are going to regret this. Just like Inter Milan could of sold Adriano to Real Madrid a few seasons back

Personally I agree on keeping him though, it is a gamble but this squad needs stability.

I wouldn't have accepted 15 million but 25 million is a lot! As much as I would like to see him stay, 25 million is too good to refuse imo.

That offer is bullshit. We never got offered 25 M for Cardozo it was the same amount we paid for him not to mention Juande already denied that there were talks

The offer was from Newcastle....not Spurs

im pretty sure we signed him for around 11m

I never said 25 was what we paid. I said we got an offer but it was the same amount we originally paid for Cardozo

ooh ok

Really good news. I like the way Cardozo has been playing in preseason.

so wait i dont get it. Flores puts all strikers that are scoring right now on the transfer list?

He's been fantastic. He always had the potential he just needed to take some more shots.

On a side note, the 100% of Cardozo's rights cost a total of 11.2m €

I think we should always spend large amounts on players. Think about it. Cardozo wasn't the most convincing early last season, but we weren't going to loan him or sell him off after spending 11 million euros on him. Instead we stuck with him and he scored 22 goals in total at the end of the year. Now he's back, motivated, and scoring goals in pre season.

Maybe if we paid a lot of money for Bergessio, Carlitos, Coentrao, and Adu they'd still be on the team showing us how good they are, instead of being sold off/loaned quickly.

Obviously I know we can't go around doing that, but it's interesting just thinking about it. The flip side to this would be paying a ridiculous amount of money for Beto.....

I don't think the story is true. He scored like 22 goals last year?

As if Rui Costa would allow him to leave....unless it was an astronomical amount.

Oh dam i forgot that Cardozo will not play against Napoli because of the red card he got last season against Getafe. This sucks

Apparently Cardozo has also been removed from the rest of the team in training by Quique Flores for showing a lack of respect. He is going though some tough times it seems as well.

Can't really say I blame Quique on this move, as the manger he needs total control and he is enforcing a good direction on the team by doing this.

Ye shame about that. I'm sure he will bounce back with a hat-trick against Pacos.

This is where the team crashes and burns.

We will quickly become the new Valencia. Quique will be sacked to be replaced by the returning Ronald Koeman who will dig a deeper hole.

I hope not.

Just today Cardozo's agent said, if Benfica want to sell him, he will leave.

If we end up selling Cardozo, it will be the biggest mistake since Freddy Adu got loaned out with a fee release clause of 5m.

But we're already crashing and burning. We have a dysfunctional side who have drawn their opening two matches and can't stitch five passes together. Aimar will leave, embittered. Reyes will hop back to Atleti with his cheeky little grin. Cardozo will go to Germany. Yebda will get head-hunted by some Premier League team. And Quique will quit by Christmas.

And here we were, made to think that this season would be different from the rest

Well, in pre-season there was a new energy about the club. Rui Costa was (and is) doing a fabulous job, bringing in players left right and centre; money was available, we brought in a young manager promising to build a great team. Every time something happens at Benfica it acts as a kind of propaganda - the papers speculate, the radio discusses it, the TV talks about it all the time - because we're BENFICA.

All this stuff - Eusebio, the eagle, the big names like Aimar and Reyes - all this has nothing whatsoever to do with 'reality'. It's the sign of a club steeped in greatness and tradition pretending to itself that it's still a worthy global power with a name which commands respect in the present tense. We're now realising that we can't just build a team from scratch and win anything and that we're not suddenly rich; the reality is this season is all or nothing. We simply HAVE to break into the top two at the very least for economic reasons and for reasons of prestige. Portuguese football's relegation to a sub-Romanian level in the eyes of UEFA means only 2 teams can get a shot at a CL campaign and we HAVE to be among them or we face the path to liquidation. There was no way on God's earth we could have done that with last season's squad, so the plan was simple: go all-out to create a super-team that would override any problems with management and technical affairs with its sheer quality. The problem is that you just can't do that in football.

Cardozo is a symbol. He is our goalscorer and a player who could be a hero to us or a big signing for a foreign club. If he stays, it's a sign we're going places. If he jumps ship...

Don't get too worked up yet guys.

Quique Flores is just doing what any good manger would do in this case and Cardozo seems like a smart guy, he will smarten up. He just has a lot of pressure at the moment apparently (Hasn't scored for his national team in a long time and is getting burned for it, problems with one of his kids I believe). Quique Flores isn't just doing this to piss off Cardozo, he already stated he was one of the Important players on the team and didn't like subbing him against Porto.

This experience, if properly handled, will make the team stronger in the end, a good team is being built on and off the field.

Talk about Pessimism to the extreme. Come on dude, cheer up!

Well, the thing about all the players leaving was meant as a bit of a joke. But there is already a crisis looming, I think it's obvious. It depends on how we react. Let's wait for the Napoli games and the derby with Sporting, then I think we can judge.