The president of Benfica, Rui Costa, came out this Saturday to defend the red coach, Roger Schmidt, from the strong protests he heard this Friday at the Luz stadium when he replaced João Neves when the eagles lost to Farense, classifying them as ” “completely unreasonable” reaction from fans.
“I can’t help but regret what happened yesterday. I think that in the 120 years of history of the club we have never seen a situation like yesterday,” said Rui Costa, who argues that “that is not the respect” that the German coach has. . He deserves it, especially because, after arriving last year, he achieved in two months “as much as Benfica did in the last four years: championship and Super Cup.”
Although he claims to understand the fans and their concerns “perfectly”, the red leader points out that the reaction that the Estádio da Luz had to the coach’s decisions is “completely unreasonable.”
“I understand that we lost the game at home and that there was a different nervousness, but I consider the reaction that the stadium had towards our coach to be completely unreasonable, it deserves our respect and consideration, and our credibility,” he said.
In addition, Rui Costa also denounced what he considers a “great campaign to destabilize” the German’s work and assured that he was already “much more disappointed with other performances, even in the year of the title, than with yesterday’s match”, which the Benfica ended up drawing with Farense.
Regarding the coach’s future, Rui Costa immediately guarantees that “it depends on him” that Benfica “wins more titles” and revealed that the team will be strengthened in January.
Source: TSF
