Benfica’s coach said on Thursday that the majority of fans are “very satisfied” with the team and noted that the group has made “great progress” since joining the club.
During a press conference previewing the next meeting with Farense, Roger Schmidt recalled that Benfica could still have a “better than last season” first round, and downplayed the criticism, saying that “the most negative people are always the loudest”.
“This is completely normal in football and beyond. That’s how it is in our society. There are always people who criticize and take the opportunity to show up when something goes wrong and make noise, but I know the majority of fans are very satisfied with the team.”said the coach in the room of the Benfica Futebol Campus, in Seixal, after some discussion at the end of the I Liga meeting, in which the reds drew 0-0 against Moreirense.
Schmidt, on the other hand, compared “the situation Benfica was in” when he arrived at the club with “the situation it is in now”, as it was “a great evolution” and emphasized that the reds have 29 points from the club. a possible 36″ in the I Liga and therefore “by always winning it is possible to have a better first round than last season”.
The coach also emphasized that this score was achieved despite losing “very important players for a long time” due to injuries, such as “David Neres, Alex Bah, Orkun Kokçu and Juan Bernat”, or “top internationals for big money” . at the end of last season”.
“We added it all up and still won 29 points out of 36. And we deserved every point. We deserved every point we won and we deserved to win the other three games as well. The other teams were no better .We were better,” he emphasized.
Regarding Friday’s meeting, against Farense, the coach said he expected “a similar match” to the previous one, against a team with “a different playing style”, but which “makes life very difficult for the opponents”.
“They have already scored a lot of goals, almost as many as us, and that says it all. They are a confident team, they have started the I League very well and we have to be prepared for a goal, as always in our stadium. ” team that has nothing to lose and plays to surprise,” Schmidt warned.
Benfica will host Farense on Friday, in a match of the 13th round of the Portuguese football league that starts at 6 p.m., at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, and will be refereed by Miguel Nogueira, of the Lisbon association.
The team led by Roger Schmidt will be looking to return to victory, after the 0-0 draw against Moreira de Cónegos in the previous round, a result that allowed Sporting to re-isolate at the top of the championship with two more points.
Source: DN
