Roger Schmidt before Inter Benfica: ″We are optimistic again″

Benfica coach Roger Schmidt’s remarks to Eleven Sports. Al-Nusour faces Inter on Wednesday (20:00) and seeks to reverse the defect (2-0) in the first leg.

A series of three consecutive defeats: “Now we are hopeful again. We were very disappointed with each of the previous defeats, because we knew that it wasn’t good to lose those games, they could have been won despite the way we played. We noticed that we weren’t playing on. Same level as before, I think we have some problems on a tactical level, but we always talk about it, analyze it and try to get back to our style of play.”

Need to get back to more reliable performance: “What we’ve seen in recent games is that when games are decided by moments, by a moment or two, we risk losing them. What we did before, the reason we won a lot of games, was create more chances than our opponents. And a lot of times they decide matches. Those moments aren’t obvious.” Too much on the field and when the history of the game is not on our side, when luck is lacking at the right moments, you can lose. To show a more reliable tactical performance as a team again.”