Roger Schmidt acknowledged that the Super Cup “is not the most important trophy”, but it highlights the capture of the first trophy of the season and highlighted the attitude of both teams on the field.
“It’s always the Super Cup. We know it’s not the most important prize, but it means we’ve always won the first prize of the season. It always depends on the value of the opponent, in this case it was FC Porto , who won the prize. Portuguese Cup last season. The teams did not play like the Supercup final, but as if it were the World Cup final. Monday we have another very important game. It goes step by step.”said the Benfica coach at the game flash interview.
The German coach admitted that “the first 20 minutes were very difficult” but says Benfica’s win was deserved.
“told them [aos jogadores] that they played well, that they were ready to suffer, they had played a good first half, the first 20 minutes were very difficult, we were under a lot of pressure. I told them the most important thing is that it was 0-0. After the break we were much more aggressive. We exchanged and put the opponent under a lot of pressure. It was a very difficult game, very good and in the end I think we deserved to win.”meant.
Although he had operated on two substitutions during half-time, Schmidt has no regrets that he started the game without a spearhead. “Even with Gonçalo Ramos we had to fight in the first half, we have to accept the quality of the opponent. FC Porto played very well in the first half. Having a striker or no striker didn’t matter much. We changed, it was a bit we had to do. Sometimes it’s just like that”he added.
Source: DN
