It was on August 20, 1995, when at the stadium. Dr. Machado de Matos, with Felgeiras, against Chavez de Vitor Urbano (2: 2), Jorge Jesus made his debut as coach in the main division of Portuguese football.
Tomorrow, more than 26 years later, at Belenenses-Benfica, JJ will complete his 600th League game. At the start of this season, Carlos Queiroz was at Sporting, Arthur Jorge at Benfica, Bobby Robson at Porto, Manuel José at Boavista, Manuel Cajuda at Braga, Joao Alves at Belenenses, Vitor Manuel in Leiria and Fernando Santos in Estrela. yes Amadora, for example.
If Jorge Jesús is superstitious, it is best to put even more emphasis on tomorrow’s game at Restelo as he won only once, marking several rounds in the League: he drew with 1 (Felgeiras-Chavez, 2-2.), At 100 (Estrela- da Amadora-SC Braga, 3-3) and in 400 (Benfica-Aruca, 2-2), lost in 300 (Nacional-Benfica, 2-1) and in 500 (Sporting-SC Braga, 0: 1) and won only 200 (Pacos de Ferreira-Belenenses, 0: 2). 600 people arrived with Belenenses SAD.
In the report presented today by A BOLA, Jorge Jesus reassures that he is getting younger “because the passion for football is the same” and that he just wants to be healthy to train “until he is 75”. 14 years ago, when he was still at Belenenses, the coach told A BOLA: “I am not a very good public speaker, but I am a professor of football.”
Tomorrow, Jesus will be the third coach to have 600 appearances in the main tournament of Portuguese football. More only Fernando Vaz and Manuel Oliveira. The Benfica coach says that over the years he doesn’t have many plans, but he still has many goals to be achieved. And he goes even further: “Now it is up to me to decide which clubs I want to coach, not which clubs choose me. Portugal is not my only market. “
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