Former Wolves manager Bruno Lage is flying since taking charge of Benfica in September.
Lage returned to his former club after spending some time in Brazil overseeing the Botafogo squad and hasn’t looked back.
Benfica are unbeaten in all competitions since Lage took charge, winning all six of their games so far, including two in the Champions League.
It’s been quite the turn of fortune for the coach, who left Wolves as something of a villain for the dreary football he implemented at Molineux.
Bruno Lage reflects on time at Wolves
When Lage left Wolves in October 2022, there were very few fans on the manager’s side as the Old Gold slumped dramatically at the start of the 2022/23 campaign.
The coach led his side for 51 games, losing 23, drawing nine and winning 19, averaging an unimpressive 1.29 points per game.
Fast forward to now and Lage is preparing for night three of Benfica’s Champions League campaign, where he spoke about Wolves in his pre-match press conference, via A Bola.
“My time in the Premier League as head coach gave me experiences that I didn’t have before,” Lage explained.
“But that’s part of any coach’s experience. The more experience we have, the more we will learn based on the results. The way I work, we learn a lot from the assessments we make of our opponents, but above all from our own team.”
It would be interesting to know what Lage learned from his uninspiring time at Wolves and how he’s translated that into his stellar start to life on his return to Benfica.
Wolves and Lage are in contrasting positions this season
While Lage is relishing life back in his homeland, Wolves are struggling to get out of first gear back at Molineux.
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Gary O’Neil impressed during his first season at the club however, standards have since dropped dramatically, with the Old Gold sitting bottom of the Premier League table.
It’s a feeling that Lage is aware of, with O’Neil now hoping to not face a similar fate to the Benfica boss, who was axed from his position in the West Midlands after only 16 months.
While Benfica prepare for battle in the Champions League, it’s back to the drawing board for O’Neil, who continues to search for Wolves’ first win of the Premier League campaign.