…INJURY REPORT

Jonathan Clauss is going to train this Wednesday but I'm not going to take any risks. These are muscle problems for Clauss and Ismaïla Sarr, it's an important match but we can't play with people's health and risk a relapse. Michael Murillo was in the group in Lisbon, where he worked for a week and is getting better and better. Quentin Merlin has a sprained ankle, we were afraid for his knee but it will be necessary fifteen days or three weeks for his ankle.

…AUBAMEYANG

The other players have the role of helping us as soon as possible. This is the case for Moumbagna and Ndiaye. We must not always wait for the same player to get us out of trouble. We must finalise our opportunities and only training can help us. We have to cover our tracks so that the opponents don't read our game. We know his preferred position. We have to associate him with different players to make the start of the match that we hope for. He is malleable and can play in different roles. We must give him a certain freedom because in the decisive gesture he is irreplaceable.

…POSSIBLE PENALTIES

It's planned for this afternoon. We're going to play a little game to get everyone shooting and see the players. It's not usual but we have to see the shooters.

…ABOUT THE MATCH

One goal will not be enough. The days when away goals count double are over. We have 90 minutes to score a goal. The stadium will push us. We have been working on defensive stability all week. I like it when a player says he's done well. Some have to score and others have to keep our goals clean. Thursday morning we're going to do both. not be a spectator and become an actor. The advantage for Marseille is playing at home. We have often responded at home by scoring three goals against Shakhtar and Villarreal. The aspect to fear is the quality of Benfica's offensive players if we don't mark when we lose the ball.

…ABOUT THE MATCH

It's obvious that if we don't concede a goal we will be in the semi-finals, but we didn't come to Marseille to defend. We have to score goals and we have the quality to do that. We have to play attacking football, be courageous and that's what we want to show tomorrow. We have to put in a good performance. We won the first leg, we played a good game, but, unfortunately, we conceded a goal. If we are like ourselves, we have a chance of reaching the semi-finals.

…SEMI-FINALS

It's important for Benfica to reach the semi-finals. Being in the quarter-finals is already important, but being in the semi-finals means that we are very close to the final. Anything is possible and advancing would be fantastic.

…AWAY MATCH

It's a difficult stadium, but we've had difficult atmospheres like this before. We've always had a good attitude in these types of games.