João Félix: "Now I see how happy I was at Benfica"

João Félix has been the subject of a series of interviews on Benfica Play in Portugal. The Atlético Madrid attacker moved to Spain last summer for a record-breaking fee of €126 million but says he wants to return to the Portuguese club one day.

"Now I see how happy I was at Benfica," he said. "I plan to return one day to leave my mark at the club." 

The 20-year-old also revealed one of the worst days of his career along with a moment that freed him from the rumours surrounding his future at the time. It came in April 2019 when he scored a hat-trick against Eintracht Frankfurt. 

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"After the third goal, I started to cry," he said. "It took all of the pressure away from me. Two days before, in the dressing room, I heard comments that I didn't like. I went to the toilet to cry, but after I scored the hat-trick, it liberated me, I gave my all."

"There was a lot of talk on social media about the fact that I left Porto to go to Benfica," he said. "I know the players didn't like it." His return to play against Porto was controversial too. "We were losing 1-0, it was an important game. If we won, we could go top and I got the draw, it was a good goal. I celebrated the goal with arrogance, looking at their faces. That was my moment. A beautiful feeling."