Lage clarifies statements about lunches paid to journalists: “It was never my intention”

2020-06-28

At the end of the game against Santa Clara, which Benfica lost 4-3, Bruno Lage spoke about lunches, dinners and trips paid to journalists, following a question about the coach’s continuity in the technical command of the red.

Now, at the press conference ahead of the match against Marítimo, Lage clarified the statements and regretted what happened. “Because I understood that this was the right place to do it, I want to talk about my statements from the last conference. I am sorry that it caused some confusion and disturbance. It was never my intention to offend anyone, my statements were made at a very specific time, that it had been repeated constantly. It was a specific situation and my statements were in that direction”