Benfica coach Roger Schmidt on their 3-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to Real Sociedad and on their fans throwing flares
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00:00 Hi coach, what went wrong with Benfica's team tonight?
00:07 Yeah, almost everything.
00:11 First of all, congratulations to Real Sociedad for the win and also for already qualification
00:17 for the knockout stage.
00:19 And they deserve it.
00:20 So I think if you see tonight and also the other matches we played, we were not good
00:27 enough.
00:28 And then of course you're out of the Champions League.
00:31 It's very disappointing.
00:33 But the game showed today the big difference between them and us.
00:38 So the intensity they played, the compactness, the focus, the togetherness, I think they
00:45 were in all these topics better than us.
00:48 And that's why the match was already almost decided at half-time.
00:54 So we are very disappointed about that.
00:57 And especially also myself, because I think if the team is not ready for the game, for
01:04 a Champions League game, of course then it's also my responsibility.
01:07 And so we have to think about our approach.
01:11 But today was a very disappointing performance in total.
01:15 Hello, Mr Roger Schmidt.
01:18 We are live to Sport TV.
01:20 My name is Tiago Pérez Costa.
01:22 It was a must-win match for Benfica and the sensation is it could have been worse today.
01:32 What are your explanations, what are your words to all the Benfica supporters after
01:39 this huge disappointment?
01:41 Benfica is out of the Champions League.
01:45 My thoughts or my words is that we played a really bad first half.
01:51 So like I said, the start of course was not good with the first goal after set-pieces.
01:56 Of course we lost confidence and the opponent gained confidence.
02:02 But I think that's not an excuse.
02:04 So I think to play on this level, we showed that we can do it completely different, especially
02:11 last season.
02:13 At the moment we play not with the same concentrations and focus and to play our style of football,
02:21 I think at the end the opponent showed how you can make the difference, how you can dominate
02:27 the game.
02:28 We were not able to respond today.
02:33 Like I said, my opinion, the explanation is that we were not ready.
02:39 So when we are not ready, then it's my responsibility.
02:42 Because I have to make the players ready regarding the tactic, regarding the match plan, regarding
02:47 the motivation, regarding everything.
02:50 If I see us playing today, I did a really bad job.
02:54 Do you want to give a word to Benficaistas?
02:57 Hi, Roger Schmidt, Cristiana Carosal, SIC Noticias.
03:03 Was playing with three centre-backs too risky today?
03:05 It was a mistake?
03:06 No, I think the tactical approach was not the reason for the defeat, so in my opinion.
03:15 Of course I think it worked well.
03:18 The last two matches today were a different opponent, different individual quality also
03:22 on the sides.
03:24 So I think that's why I also changed after 25 minutes.
03:28 Tino already had the yellow card and in my opinion we needed João Neves also in the
03:32 central midfield.
03:35 But in my opinion it was not the tactical approach, it was more the readiness and also
03:42 the big difference between the basic things in football between the opponent and us.
03:48 Hello Mr Schmidt, António Pede Carvalho for RTP.
03:52 Do you think that the game with Sporting on Sunday will be decisive for your stay at Benfica?
04:02 You can answer this question by yourself.
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