VIDEO SHOWS: BENFICA TRAINING AHEAD OF BAYER LEVERKUSEN MATCH / SOUNDBITES FROM COACH JOSE MOURINHO AND DEFENDER SAMUEL DAHL SENDING SHOTLIST, COMPLETE STORY TO FOLLOW SHOWS: SEIXAL, PORTUGAL (NOVEMBER 4, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS OF BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, STANDING IN PITCH WAITING FOR PLAYERS 2. VARIOUS OF BENFICA PLAYERS ENTERING PITCH FOR TRAINING SESSION 3. PLAYERS GREETING MOURINHO AND ASSITANT COACHES 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, SAYING: "The situation is very obvious, when the game ends tomorrow there will still be 12 points up for grabs. Even if we have 0 points tomorrow, we can still make 12, and with 12 we qualify. Now, if we look at 4 games and zero points, we have to be very, very optimistic to say, ‘In 4 games I got zero points, but now in 12 I'll get 12 and I'll qualify.’ Therefore, tomorrow's game is obviously important. If we win tomorrow, we'll be right in the thick of the fight, right among the teams battling for qualification." 5. CENTRAL BACK, NICOLAS OTAMENDI, WARMING UP 6. PLAYERS WARMING UP 7. FORWARD, VANGELIS PAVLIDIS, WARMING UP 8. MOURINHO WATCHING WARM-UP 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, SAYING: "It's a tough team. They had a complicated start to the season, then changed coach, and that coach also needed some time to get things right. They've now found themselves. That last result against Bayern is a bit out of context." 10. DEFENDER, SAMUEL DAHL, WARMING UP 11. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS WARMING UP 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEFENDER, SAMUEL DAHL, SAYING: "We expect a really good team we know it will be a very hard game a very tough game, important game, foremost, that we have to win. Everybody is looking foward to it and we will play a really good game hopefuly and get the three points." 13. MOURINHO GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO PLAYERS 14. GOALKEEPER, ANATLIY TRUBIN 15. MOURINHO WHISTLING AND KICKING BALL 16. VARIOUS OF TEAM TRAINING
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