The Benfica coach, Roger Schmidt, defended this Tuesday that the team has to go out for the 2-0 defeat against Inter, at the Estádio da Luz, with a view to the Champions League, and asked the eagles to concentrate, that they have to “return to a maximum tactical level”.
At the launch of the second leg, which will be played this Wednesday in Milan, the German coach warned that it will be a game of “high tactical level”.
“We have to believe that we can return to the discussion. Last week, at home, we wasted a great opportunity to achieve a better result, now we have to accept it and look forward”, analyzed the coach.
Roger Schmidt confesses that “the sooner” Benfica manages to score, the “better”, above all because, with just one goal, the team will continue to need another to tie the tie. “We have to attack and it will be very useful if we manage to score first”, he reinforced.
“We have to play with a very clear head and we need to get back to a higher tactical level as a team. It’s what we’ve been missing in recent games and tomorrow is the time to show it, otherwise we’ll be left out of the Champions League”. “He warned, wanting a team” very focused “and that cannot play” only with motivation and emotion “.
Asked about the vacation week given to the players before the matches against FC Porto and Inter, both in La Luz and which ended in defeat, he denied that it had harmed the team.
“There was an impact, yes, but it was a very positive impact for the players. They had the opportunity to rest”, he defended, before launching what, in his opinion, was “the problem”.
“They were the players who were in the national teams, that was the problem, the players who went to the national teams and did not play,” he said. These players “only completed training sessions and trips” which, “after ten days without playing”, made it difficult for them to “maintain their rhythm and form”.
The match between Inter Milan and Benfica for the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. this Wednesday, at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium, has a report on TSF and live tracking tsf.pt.
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