On Saturday, Benfica returned to victories in the championship with a victory (4-2) greeted the Rio Ave in the ninth round of the competition, prior to the classic match against FC Porto, in a match where the Eagles were at a disadvantage.

Speaking at the end of the match, Roger Schmidt said he was satisfied with the team’s response after a tough game like the one he faced on Wednesday against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

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“We are very happy because it is never easy to play these games after a game like the one we had on Wednesday against PSG, we made some changes, created a lot of chances and I think we could have made it easier if we had given some chances at the time. former”, said the German Eagles coach, in statements to BTV.

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“Obviously all the players here who can play for Benfica sometimes have to wait a little bit longer, especially at the start of the season, but everyone had a positive approach to training.”

Early defect on the scoreboard team response even before the break

“Things like that can happen, we already knew. They took the opportunity to score, even though we were ready. The fans trust us, we are confident in ourselves, it was important to score these two goals and with the third goal it was more practical even before the break.” , is over.