Bruno Lage's statements after the defeat (4-1) over FC Porto, in the classic of the 11th round of the Betclic League. Speaking on BTV flash, the eagles' coach recalled the less successful performance in Munich and praised his assistants' ideas that ended up helping to nullify the opponent's strong moment.
He asked for a reaction 'from Benfica' and got a reaction 'from Benfica'…
“It ended up being a performance for Benfica. We played 90 minutes of enormous quality. Always very strong in pressing. FC Porto has a very good goalkeeper, we managed to cancel that out. We managed to do what we were unable to do three days ago. Yesterday, when we spoke about the game, I felt the team could do this.
The two highest midfielders. What did you want with this slight change?
“It was more Kökçü. We tried to cancel out FC Porto's exit. We put on excellent pressure. A very good job by the technical committee. I don't speak for myself, it was Luís' idea, who said it would be good for us to shorten this passing line. It worked us well. That's it. That's our job, trying to envision the game and define the strategy, but I want to highlight the three points.”
The importance of victory for the club, players and fans
“It's always gratifying to play at Estádio da Luz with this atmosphere. That's what we work for. When we have less good moments, we have to be united, not suspecting anything and believing in the work that is being done. Three days later we had this performance. “
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