1990–91 S.L. Benfica season

The 1990–91 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 87th season in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, covering the period from 1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991. Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão and the Taça de Portugal, and participated in the UEFA Cup after finishing second in the previous league.

Benfica

1990–91 season
President	João Santos
Head coach	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Stadium	Estádio da Luz
Primeira Divisão	1st
Taça de Portugal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Rui Águas (25) All: Rui Águas (26)
Home colours

With only a Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira won in the past season, Benfica was keen on retake the Primeira Divisão title again. They were quickly eliminated from Europe at the hands of Roma, so all attentions were pointed on the league title. A strong campaign witnessed Benfica overtake Porto in February and then close the title with an away win in the Clássico, a controversial match because of the tactics employed by Porto to destabilize the team. On late May, Benfica secured their 29th league title, while Rui Águas won the Bola de Prata for league top-scorer.

Season summary

Benfica started the new season after having lost their fifth European Cup Final in the past season, while Porto regained the league title back.[1] Swedish manager Sven-Göran Eriksson made some squad adjustments, releasing established players like Fernando Chalana, Diamantino Miranda and Álvaro Magalhães, and losing Aldair to Roma.[2][3][4][5] He nearly lost Valdo too, but Benfica and Fiorentina failed to agree terms.[6] To counter the departures, he brought back Rui Águas, from Porto,[7] Neno from Vitória de Guimarães, alongside William, and also added Isaías and Stefan Schwarz.[4][8][9][10] Tomas Brolin was also a target but Eriksson thought he was not ready to play for a club like Benfica.[6]

The pre-season started in Portugal on 16 July, followed by a tour in Sweden from 22 July to 5 August.[6] Benfica would then play a presentation game on the 9th with Belenenses,[11] take part on the Teresa Herrera Trophy from 17 until 19th, and closed pre-season with a match against Roma on the 22nd.[6] The league campaign started in the best of terms as the team racked up wins in September and October.[12][13] However, in Europe Benfica did not fare as well and were knocked-out of the UEFA Cup by Roma in the first round.[14]

With only the domestic competitions to fight for, Benfica lost for the first and only time in the league on 3 November in Setúbal.[15] The local Vitória played very aggressively, injuring three players from Benfica within the first 35 minutes: first Stefan Schwarz, followed by Fernando Mendes and then Vítor Paneira. They were forced to play with only 10 men for remaining 55 minutes, since they spent its two substitutions on Schwarz and Mendes.[12] Benfica reacted with four consecutive wins until the Clássico where it draw 2–2 in another violent match.[12] They followed with an away win in Alvalade, but lost a point with Farense who played their home match in Estádio do Bonfim to intimidate Benfica after they recent loss there.[12]

Lapping the first round only two points behind Porto, Benfica only lost two points from two draws in the final 19 matches, and won every game from match-day 23 to 34, including a title defining Clássico in Estádio das Antas.[12] The match was highly controversial because of the war-like tactics that Porto employed: Rocks were thrown at the team bus; the players had to walk to the locker room between a corridor of angry Porto fans; the locker room was sprayed with a chemical that made it impossible to use, with Benfica being forced to get dressed in the access tunnel; the pitch was flooded to prevent the ball from rolling.[16] Pinto da Costa allegedly said to Eriksson "Mr. Eriksson, I like you, but war is war".[16][17] Despite this, Benfica won 2–0 with goals from César Brito and opened a three-point gap.[18][19] A few days before, Porto had beat Benfica by 2–1 for the Portuguese Cup, eliminating them.[14]

Despite a home draw with Sporting in the aftermath of the Clássico, Benfica did not let the title slip and on 26 May it won its 29th league title.[18][19] William played every minute of the campaign, narrowly surpassing Rui Águas, who collected the Bola de Prata for his 25 league goals.[18] According to Eriksson, he should have left then, on a high.[20]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Source
Primeira Divisão	25 August 1990	26 May 1991	38	32	5	1	89	18	+71	084.21	[21]
Taça de Portugal	27 February 1991	17 April 1991	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	075.00	[21]
UEFA Cup	19 September 1990	3 October 1990	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	000.00	[21]
Total			44	35	5	4	98	25	+73	079.55

Primeira Divisão

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Benfica (C)	38	32	5	1	89	18	+71	69	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Porto	38	31	5	2	77	22	+55	67	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Sporting CP	38	24	8	6	58	23	+35	56	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Boavista	38	15	11	12	53	46	+7	41
5	Salgueiros	38	12	12	14	32	48	−16	36

Source: Primeira Divisão
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Porto qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Portuguese Cup winners

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Foradejogo.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

18 August 1990[nb 1] 1	Benfica	Postponed	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

25 August 1990 2	Vitória de Guimarães	0–2	Benfica	Braga
19:45		Report	Schwarz  4' Jonas Thern  43'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: José Pratas

2 September 1990 3	Benfica	2–0	Penafiel	Lisbon
19:00	Rui Águas  40', 55'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Juvenal Silvestre

15 September 1990 4	Salgueiros	0–3	Benfica	Maia
19:00		Report	Valdo  13' Isaías  51', 85'	Stadium: Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

23 September 1990 5	Benfica	1–1	Boavista	Lisbon
20:00	Rui Águas  2'	Report	Phil Walker  19'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosa Santos

29 September 1990 6	Belenenses	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:15		Report	Ricardo Gomes  18' Rui Águas  53'	Stadium: Estádio do Restelo Referee: Miranda de Sousa

7 October 1990 7	Benfica	4–0	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
20:00	Rui Águas  11', 87' Pacheco  47' Valdo  75'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Ezequiel Feijão

21 October 1990 8	União da Madeira	0–2	Benfica	Funchal
19:00		Report	Ricardo Gomes  13' Schwarz  15'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: Mário Leal

27 October 1990 9	Benfica	3–0	Nacional	Lisbon
19:30	Rui Águas  24' Schwarz  49', 76'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlos Valente

31 October 1990 1	Benfica	3–0	Gil Vicente	Lisbon
20:00	Vítor Paneira  18' Ricardo Gomes  48' Rui Águas  62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Miranda de Sousa

3 November 1990 10	Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	Benfica	Setúbal
20:15	Jorge Ferreira  7' Adelino Nunes  72'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Soares Dias

10 November 1990 11	Benfica	1–0	Famalicão	Lisbon
19:00	Rui Águas  67'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Filipe

14 November 1990 12	Braga	1–3	Benfica	Braga
19:45	Nedialko Mladenov  44'	Report	Pacheco  20' Rui Águas  62', 86'	Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio Referee: José Pratas

18 November 1990 13	Benfica	1–0	Desportivo de Chaves	Lisbon
20:00	Rui Águas  67'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: João Mesquita

24 November 1990 14	Tirsense	1–3	Benfica	Santo Tirso
19:15	Lay  86' (pen.)	Report	Ricardo Gomes  28' Valdo  52' Isaías  70'	Stadium: Estádio Abel Alves de Figueiredo Referee: Carlos Valente

2 December 1990 15	Benfica	2–2	Porto	Lisbon
20:00	Ricardo Gomes  11' Rui Águas  68'	Report	Domingos Paciência  57' Kostadinov  72'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Rosa Santos

8 December 1990 16	Sporting	0–2	Benfica	Lisbon
20:00		Report	Isaías  30' César Brito  87'	Stadium: Estádio de Alvalade Referee: Vítor Correia

15 December 1990 17	Farense	2–2	Benfica	Setúbal
20:15	Pitico  7' Curcic  9'	Report	Vata  45', 47'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

23 December 1990 18	Benfica	3–1	Marítimo	Lisbon
19:00	William  15' Ricardo Gomes  40' Valdo  80'	Report	Guedes  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Donato Ramos

30 December 1990 19	Beira-Mar	0–1	Benfica	Aveiro
20:15		Report	Vítor Paneira  12'	Stadium: Estádio Mário Duarte Referee: José Pratas

6 January 1991 20	Gil Vicente	2–3	Benfica	Barcelos
20:15	Zé Carlos  58' (pen.) Rosado  84'	Report	Vata  8' Rui Águas  25' (pen.) William  44'	Stadium: Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo Referee: Rosa Santos

12 January 1991 21	Benfica	2–0	Vitória Guimarães	Lisbon
19:30	Vítor Paneira  10' Erwin Sánchez  65'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Miranda de Sousa

27 January 1991 22	Penafiel	1–1	Benfica	Penafiel
19:00	Abel Silva  62'	Report	Jonas Thern  2'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril Referee: Juvenal Silvestre

2 February 1991 23	Benfica	4–0	Salgueiros	Lisbon
19:45	Vítor Paneira  61', 89' Rui Águas  72' Magnusson  82'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Veiga Trigo

24 February 1991 24	Boavista	1–2	Benfica	Porto
20:00	Nélson Bertollazzi  56' (pen.)	Report	Jonas Thern  43' Rui Águas  84'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Referee: Rosa Santos

3 March 1991 25	Benfica	2–0	Belenenses	Lisbon
18:00	Vítor Paneira  28' Rui Águas  85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Vítor Pereira

10 March 1991 26	Estrela da Amadora	1–4	Benfica	Amadora
20:30	Ricky  32'	Report	Ricardo Gomes  58' William  61' Rui Águas  75' Valério  86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio José Gomes Referee: Pinto Correia

17 March 1991 27	Benfica	4–1	União da Madeira	Lisbon
20:00	Ricardo Gomes  44', 71' Rui Águas  69' Vítor Paneira  76'	Report	Lepinjica  67'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

23 March 1991 28	Nacional	0–2	Benfica	Funchal
19:00		Report	Vítor Paneira  3' Paulo Sousa  49' César Brito  76'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: Carlos Valente

30 March 1991 29	Benfica	2–0	Vitória de Setúbal	Lisbon
19:00	César Brito  11' Rui Águas  72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: João Simãozinho

3 April 1991 30	Famalicão	1–3	Benfica	Famalicão
20:00	Leomir de Souza  22' Milton Cacioli  90' (pen.)	Report	Valdo  10' César Brito  80' Pacheco  89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho Referee: Veiga Trigo

7 April 1991 31	Benfica	2–0	Braga	Lisbon
19:00	José Carlos  6' Pacheco  32'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Carlos Calheiros

13 April 1991 32	Desportivo de Chaves	0–3	Benfica	Chaves
19:00		Report	Magnusson  74' Pacheco  77' Jonas Thern  87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Chaves Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

21 April 1991 33	Benfica	5–0	Tirsense	Lisbon
19:45	Paulo Pires  44' (o.g.) Pacheco  70' César Brito  73' Rui Águas  77' Vítor Paneira  85'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Adão Mendes

28 April 1991 34	Porto	0–2	Benfica	Porto
20:30		Report	César Brito  81', 85'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: Carlos Valente

5 May 1991 35	Benfica	1–1	Sporting	Lisbon
20:00	Isaías  86'	Report	Litos  80'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Vítor Correia

12 May 1991 36	Benfica	2–0	Farense	Lisbon
20:00	Rui Águas  35' Pacheco  43'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: António Rola

19 May 1991 37	Marítimo	0–2	Benfica	Funchal
19:00		Report	William  39' Rui Águas  84'	Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros Referee: José Pratas

26 May 1991 38	Benfica	3–0	Beira Mar	Lisbon
19:45	Magnusson  70' Rui Águas  77', 89'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Fortunato Azevedo

Taça de Portugal

27 February 1991 Fifth Rd	Benfica	4–1	União de Tomar	Lisbon
19:45	Fernando Mendes  21' Magnusson  28', 30' Isaías  87'	Report	Moreno  68'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Xavier de Oliveira

13 March 1991 Sixth Rd	Vitória de Setúbal	2–3	Benfica	Setúbal
20:15	Jorge Silva  60' Mladenov  76' (pen.)	Report	Magnusson  55', 71' Vítor Paneira  73'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Bento Marques

27 March 1991 Seventh Rd	Benfica	1–0	Marítimo	Lisbon
20:30	Magnusson  47'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: José Filipe

17 April 1991 Quarter-final	Porto	2–1	Benfica	Porto
21:00	Domingos  45', 80'	Report	Rui Águas  30'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Referee: Rosa Santos

UEFA Cup

19 September 1990 First leg	Roma	1–0	Benfica	Rome
19:45	Carnevale  1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger

3 October 1990 Second leg	Benfica	0–1	Roma	Lisbon
20:30		Report	Giannini  27' Carboni  65'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber

Friendlies

[23]

25 July 1990[24]	Degerfors	1–0	Benfica	Degerfors
	Roger Wermer  4'			Stadium: Stora Valla

28 July 1990[25]	Falkenbergs	0–3	Benfica	Falkenberg
			Rui Águas Paulo Sousa VataPaulo Sousa	Stadium: Falkenbergs IP

1 August 1990[26]	Borås XI	0–9	Benfica	Borås
			Rui Águas Valdo Filho Vata Vítor Paneira Jonas Thern Stefan Schwarz Erwin Sánchez	Stadium: Ryavallen

4 August 1990[27]	Trönninge	0–10	Benfica	Varberg
			Lima Vata Pacheco César Brito	Stadium: Håstens IP

9 August 1990[28]	Benfica	2–1	Belenenses	Lisbon
	Rui Águas  43' Vata  90'		Fernando Mendes  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio da Luz

17 August 1990[22] Teresa Herrera	Benfica	2–1	Bayern Munich	A Coruña
19:30	Stefan Schwarz Rui Águas		Alan McInally	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Miguel Angel Marin

19 August 1990[22] Teresa Herrera	Barcelona	2–0	Benfica	A Coruña
19:30	Begiristain  27' Goikoetxea  68'			Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Urizar Aziparte

22 August 1990[29]	Roma	1–1	Benfica	Rome
	Piacentini  57'		Pacheco  84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Di Legnano

7 September 1990[30] Taça de Honra	Benfica	1–0	Estrela da Amadora	Lisbon
	Vata  1'			Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Fernando Correia

9 September 1990[30] Taça de Honra	Benfica	0–1	Sporting	Lisbon
			Careca  22'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Referee: Sepa Santos

10 February 1991	Benfica	8–0	Bern	Lisbon
				Stadium: Estádio da Luz

12 June 1991 Toronto Cup

Benfica

1–1

Milan

Toronto

16 June 1991 Toronto Cup

Benfica

2–1

Canada All-Stars

Vancouver

Player statistics

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below, as well as staff member Sven-Goran Eriksson (manager) and Toni (assistant manager).[21][18]

Note 1: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 1990-91 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primeira Divisão		Taça de Portugal		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Manuel Bento	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Silvino	23	0	17	0	4	0	2	0
1^‡	GK		Neno	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		António Veloso	41	0	36	0	3	0	2	0
2	DF		José Carlos	30	1	26	1	4	0	0	0
2	DF		Fernando Mendes	13	1	10	0	1	1	2	0
3	DF		Ricardo Gomes	39	9	36	9	2	0	1	0
4^‡	DF		William	43	4	38	4	3	0	2	0
4	MF		Rui Bento	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Samuel Quina	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Paulo Madeira	12	0	8	0	2	0	2	0
5^‡	MF		Stefan Schwarz	10	4	9	4	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Paulo Sousa	42	0	37	0	3	0	2	0
6	MF		Hernâni Neves	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Vítor Paneira	41	10	36	9	3	1	2	0
8	MF		Jonas Thern	25	4	23	4	1	0	1	0
8^‡	MF		Erwin Sánchez	17	1	15	1	2	0	0	0
8	MF		António Pacheco	33	8	28	8	4	0	1	0
9^‡	FW		Rui Águas	42	26	37	25	3	1	2	0
9	FW		Vata	11	3	11	3	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Adesvaldo Lima	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Valdo Filho	30	4	26	4	2	0	2	0
11	FW		Mats Magnusson	17	8	14	3	3	5	0	0
11^‡	MF		Isaías	30	6	24	5	4	1	2	0
11	FW		César Brito	22	7	19	7	3	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
18 May 1990	MF	Isaías	Boavista	Undisclosed	[10]
30 May 1990	FW	Rui Águas	Porto	Free	[7]
7 June 1990	MF	Stefan Schwarz	Malmö FF	Undisclosed	[4]
8 June 1990	GK	Neno	Vitória de Guimarães	Undisclosed	[9]
9 August 1990	DF	William	Vitória de Guimarães	Undisclosed	[8]
9 August 1990[nb 2]	MF	Erwin Sánchez	Bolívar	Undisclosed	[31]

Out

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
30 May 1990	LB	António Fonseca	Vitória de Guimarães	Free	[7]
31 May 1990	MF	Ademir Alcântara	Boavista	Undisclosed	[32]
7 June 1990	LB	Álvaro Magalhães	Estrela da Amadora	Free	[4]
7 June 1990	FW	Abel Campos	Estrela da Amadora	Free	[4]
29 June 1990	CB	Aldair	Roma	5 million	[2]
10 July 1991	MF	Fernando Chalana	Belenenses	Free	[5]
27 July 1990	MF	Diamantino Miranda	Vitória Setúbal	Free	[3]
July 1990	DF	Paulinho	Estoril-Praia	Free

Out by loan

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Return date	Ref
9 July 1990	CB	Pedro Valido	Gil Vicente	30 June 1991	[33]
July 1990	AM	Rui Costa	AD Fafe	30 June 1991
July 1990	FW	João Pires	Estoril-Praia	30 June 1991
July 1990	CB	Abel Silva	Penafiel	30 June 1991

Notes

1. Postponed due to Benfica's request[22]
2. Sánchez arrived months earlier for tryouts

References

1. Tovar 2012, p. 492.
2. "Aldair: o salto do Roma" [Aldair: the leap to Roma]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23271). 29 June 1990. p. 27. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
3. "Diamantino regressa ás origens" [Diamantino returns to his roots]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23291). 27 July 1990. p. 23. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
4. "Aumentam as trocas" [Trades increase]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23257). 7 June 1990. p. 25. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
5. "Aí vem o futebol" [Here comes the football]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23278). 10 July 1990. p. 26. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
6. "Na Luz: palmas para Rui Águas" [In Luz: applause to Rui Águas]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23282). 16 July 1990. p. 23. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
7. "Técnicos e jogadores mudam de patrão" [Coaches and players change clubs]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23251). 30 May 1990. p. 25. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
8. "William ingressou no Benfica" [William signs with Benfica]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23300). 9 August 1990. p. 27. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
9. "Benfica: Diamantino e Chalana na lista de dispensas" [Benfica:Diamantino and Chalana released]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23258). 8 June 1990. p. 27. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
10. "Isaias no Benfica". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23243). 18 May 1990. p. 25. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
11. "Benfica-Belenenses hoje no Estádio da Luz" [Benfica-Belenenses today in Luz]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (23300). 9 August 1990. p. 27. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
12. Miguéns 2005, p. 86.
13. Tovar 2012, p. 502.
14. Tovar 2012, p. 506.
15. Tovar 2012, p. 503.
16. Eriksson 2013, p. 105.
17. Tovar 2012, p. 501.
18. Miguéns 2005, p. 87.
19. Quidnovi 2004, p. 88.
20. Eriksson 2013, p. 106.
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