Argentinian gives his opinion on Benfica’s elimination from the Champions League
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Di María does not hide his head in the sand and admits that Benfica’s performance in the Champions League did not go as expected. After the defeat against Real Sociedad (3-1) which led to the team’s withdrawal from the competition, the forward has no problem admitting that it is the players’ fault and not the technical team’s fault.
“No Rui [Costa], nor the coach are to blame. We are the players. The responsibility lies solely with us, the players”, reinforced the experienced striker, in the mixed area of the stadium, trying to find an explanation for the early end of the Reds’ campaign in the competition: “In the first match things didn’t go well. And the truth is that we performed very poorly in the test. We had confidence in having a good Champions League, but it ends like this. In the first game things didn’t go well, then in the second game it was very difficult, with Inter, the last Champions League finalist. We played a good game, but ended up losing. Things didn’t go well at first. That was the reason.”
In any case, Di María already wants a reaction on Sunday and states that things, internally, are not going well. “We’re going to do what we’ve been doing in the League, try to win, do things well. The only matches where we didn’t do well was in the Champions League. We’re still competing in Portugal. We’re three points behind Sporting, if we play well we can catch them.” them. And we have to think about that.”
By Valter Marques
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2023-11-08 20:46:00
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