Roger Schmidt: ″Key of triumph? Play with intensity″

The coach of Benfica, Roger Schmidt, praised, this Saturday, the performance of the red club against Vitória de Guimarães, mainly in the first half.

“The key is always to play with intensity, be surgical and use the 90 minutes to create opportunities and not give the opponent opportunities to gain an advantage. We scored the first goals and the first half was top notch. Then we slowed down a little, maybe too much , in the second half, but we scored two goals. We are happy. Vitória has a good team, has had an excellent season and it was a very good day for us”, began by saying Roger Schmidt, praising the atmosphere at Estádio da Luz.

“Playing at home is something special for us, it’s always a very good feeling, a great motivation to show good football, score goals and it was a pleasure to give this joy to the fans”, he concluded.

Benfica thrashed (5-1), this Saturday, Vitória de Guimarães, at Estádio da Luz. Gonçalo Ramos, João Mário, in a double dose, Dani Silva, in his own goal, André Silva and António Silva scored the goals of the match. With this result, the ninth consecutive victory in the League, the reds now have 68 points, 11 more than FC Porto and 13 than Sporting de Braga, teams that face each other on Sunday. Vitória de Guimarães, with 40 points, remains in fifth place, two points ahead of Arouca.