Benfica Roger Schmidt’s comments Maccabi Haifa

Press Conference

she was Benfica Wonderful, delicious, insatiable, who in Israel, against Maccabi Haifa, worked and secured and triumphed, for 1-6in the last round of the group stage from Champions League. It was tough, but the Eagles showed that nothing is impossible when you’re flying high and on a path! “We were first in the group, it’s a great achievement,” he stressed. Roger Schmidt.

Happy, proud, with a clear sense of accomplishment, and in good health! This is how Roger Schmidt presented himself at the end of the match in Haifa, first right after the final whistle on the floor of the Sami Ofer Stadium, and then at a press conference.

The coach revealed it The team thinks that it was possible to beat group H, “I knew what to do”and the “competence, mindset and spirit” of its players were pivotal achieve something very important for all and forClub prestige“.

Spotlight on Roger Schmidt The high level of football within the four lines During the European campaign so far, he made clear the importance of humility After placing his feet firmly on the ground, he already pointed to the next challenge and revealed other “good points” in the One night – one more! Happy to the Benviquista family.

Winning mind and soul

“[O que disse aos jogadores no final do jogo] I congratulated them and expressed great respect for what they did, not just today [quarta-feira], but throughout this stage of the group stage. They were fantastic and played at a very high level. We wanted to do it again today, we believed in our chance to win the set, that we could finish more points than PSG in the confrontation (Juventus could win), but in the end we won. We scored more goals [fora de casa]We were very competent, the players deserved this, they showed great mentality and spirit. When you can do this and play at that level for all six rounds, you deserve to be a leader! We finished first in the group and that’s a great achievement.”

The “moment” when you were dreaming of happiness

“The goal was to win. Not to win as many goals and scoring as possible, because we respect the opponent and we know that it is very difficult to play against Maccabi Haifa. I have great respect for everything they did in this group, I really appreciate their style of play, they were always brave and they never hid They can be proud of themselves!But in the second half we had the ‘moment’ in our favour, and with the fourth and fifth goals, the players were safe… They knew before the game what they could do and what we had to do to pass, and in the last minutes we did everything to score. Joao Mario took charge and scored the sixth goal. We did it, it’s part of football, especially when there is a possibility to achieve something special.”

The importance and prestige of sport

“[Vantagens de vencer o grupo] I think it’s very clear … when you are in the beginning there are many advantages, because you play against second place and the second game, the second leg, from a tie. [dos oitavos de final] And at home. This is important, but not only. It is also important for the players and the prestige of the club. It’s an amazing achievement. Now we are focusing on other tournaments, because the Champions League will be suspended until mid-February. We are very happy that we got first place. It’s a great achievement! “

Happiness and confidence… We focus on Sunday

“We had a good group stage, we have to remain humble and continue to respect everyone Opponents who are eight And they have a lot of quality. We did our best, we feel very confident in what we have accomplished at this point, we are happy with the achievement we have achieved and the Champions League is now suspended. We have to prepare and think about Sunday’s match in the Portuguese league [jogo com o Estoril]. “

The alternatives were key: everyone costs!

“We can count on all the players! The key to today’s victory, for us to get into the group leadership, was the substitutions. I am very satisfied with everyone’s performance. We didn’t make big changes, but they trained, prepared and showed that day.. There were many good points.. It was Also Henrique’s first goal [Araújo] In the Champions League and I am very happy that Lucas Verissimo is back after a year of absence.”

Gonalo Ramos and Orsens

“Let’s see, I’m not sure yet, but Gonzalo [Ramos] He has an ankle problem and Frederick [Aursnes] He had thigh problems. We didn’t want to take any risk, so the substitutions have nothing to do with the game itself.”