Benfica coach regrets referee's final decision in the match against Barcelona
Bruno Lage, Benfica coach, in the Sport TV flash interview, after the 5-4 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League:
[Análise ao jogo] «Feeling of enormous frustration about the result. I am extremely proud of the performance and the support of the Benfica family from start to finish. When we scored four goals and performed like that, we look at the way we conceded goals. There is a feeling of frustration. But it's there in the locker room that we have to get up. It was there that 15 days ago we rose after a deserved defeat to Sp. Braga and then we won the next trophy. Looking ahead, learning from the result, from the last minute of the game, despite it being past the hour. Now it’s time to learn from this moment and move forward. That's the way to play I want. I regret the result, because it promised our fans a European night.”
[Tudo correu mal?] «Yes, the way we conceded goals. But it's also important to look the other way. Aursnes isolated in front of the goalkeeper, Di María isolated in the 88th minute. And then I can't analyze the game and look at what happened in the 94th minute. It's a huge mistake by the referee. I've already noticed that all experts in national terms clearly give the penalty. The referee has to have similar criteria to what he had in other penalties, whether ours or Barcelona's. If you marked the others, you must mark this one. The team has to realize that it is at the end. We were excited about the second ball, the penalty, but we have to stop the play with a foul. We cannot allow a Barcelona player to run across the midfield to score a goal.”
-[Alterações durante o jogo] «They were to refresh the team. It always went very well. They perfectly interpreted the strategy we had put together. Yesterday we talked a little about this. We had to understand very well what to do with the ball when we were in our own and in the offensive midfield. The team knew how to do this very well, understanding the behavior of the defensive line very well. The team did a very good job and then we cooled off when we felt like we were taking steps back under the pressure».
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