Following negative results during 2018–19, coach Bruno Lage took charge mid-season and led Benfica to their 37th champions title while achieving the league's all-time best second round. Later on, after thrashing Sporting CP in the Super Cup, Benfica did not win any further trophy, and Jesus returned for 2020–21, making part of the club's €105 million investment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest ever in Portuguese football. Despite that, Benfica were eliminated in the Champions League third qualifying round, lost a Super Cup and were fourth at the end of the league's first round.