“We have things to talk about, but after the season is over.”

Roger Schmidt admitted on Thursday that “there are things to talk about once the season is over” regarding the future, but noted that it is first necessary to play the last La Liga match with Rio Ave, at Villa, this Friday Do Conde (20.45 hours, Sport TV). “It would be good to talk, but only then, because now it is not important to talk about me,” stressed the Benfica coach.

Without guaranteeing that he would be coach of the Reds next season – he limited himself to saying, “I will not talk about that today.” Schmidt pointed out that “there were several difficult moments throughout this season, but also in the previous match when Benfica lost three games, followed by Inter Milan, Porto.” And Chavez.” “This is the situation at the club. It is difficult, but we have to live up to expectations and the best way to achieve that is to win games and trophies. Next season we want to do even better,” he said.

Regarding the fact that Benfica, according to one study, is the team that most wasted scoring opportunities throughout the season, the German coach was “surprised” by this statistic. “I thought we were the No. 1 team at that classificationThere were a lot of opportunities we missed. This is a mirror of our era in which we created good moments, by possessing the ball and playing good football. The previous season we lost Goncalo Ramos, and the year before that we lost Darwin Nunez. We have many excellent strikers, but when we come to a new club we need time and Benfica is not an easy team. Players need to be given time to develop. He added: “All our players have quality, but we have to show more efficiency because it is important to score goals at the right time,” admitting that in the upcoming transfer period it is necessary to “make the best decisions to get the best.” Possible band.

He stressed: “Next season we will play great matches. I hope we can play in the Champions League and we must make the best possible decisions.”

Regarding the match with Rio Ave, which will conclude the season, Roger Schmidt said it was a “good opportunity” for the team to “show attitude and character.”