Carles Martinez
ToulouseRoger Schmidt
Benfica
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT MATCH
Everyone is excited because it could be a historic night. We play the European Cup to experience these kinds of matches. We have a lot of ambition. We will do our best to have another beautiful evening. We are ready to give our maximum.
…EUROPA LEAGUE
It’s incredible to play in the European Cup, it’s a unique experience. We want to stay there and show that we can go further. Everyone has a good feeling. We must also take advantage of it, try to have fun, even if it is not easy in these circumstances. But I'm sure we'll give everything we have.
…TARGET
We know that there were really good things in Lisbon, we must now correct small errors, these details, and play with a cool head. We know that with the atmosphere at the Stadium, it's going to be something magnificent... We're going to do everything we can to play our football and take the public with us. It will be a special match in a special atmosphere. Everything is there to create the feat.
Carles Martinez
Manager on Toulouse…ABOUT MATCH
Everyone is excited because it could be a historic night. We play the European Cup to experience these kinds of matches. We have a lot of ambition. We will do our best to have another beautiful evening. We are ready to give our maximum.
…EUROPA LEAGUE
It’s incredible to play in the European Cup, it’s a unique experience. We want to stay there and show that we can go further. Everyone has a good feeling. We must also take advantage of it, try to have fun, even if it is not easy in these circumstances. But I'm sure we'll give everything we have.
…TARGET
We know that there were really good things in Lisbon, we must now correct small errors, these details, and play with a cool head. We know that with the atmosphere at the Stadium, it's going to be something magnificent... We're going to do everything we can to play our football and take the public with us. It will be a special match in a special atmosphere. Everything is there to create the feat.
Roger Schmidt
Manager on Benfica…ABOUT MATCH
Firstly, I expect a difficult game. The second leg of the qualifiers is always different, because the teams know that there will be a decision at the end of the game, whether they continue in European competitions or leave. It's always special. We are very, very motivated to continue in the competition, but so are Toulouse. We played at home in the first leg, now that makes the approach, especially for the opponent, a little different, because you need a goal to continue, you have to take more risks, we'll see if from the beginning. We believe in ourselves and we will try to play our football. We want to play attacking football, use the 90 minutes to show that we deserve to stay in the competition. We are prepared for this.
…OTAMENDI
I believe that what Otamendi meant is that if we play with intensity, if we are proactive, we will always play our best football. We did well in the first leg, but we can do better. Sunday was a good example – if we play with a lot of intensity, with a lot of transitions, with a lot of dynamics, we can create a lot of opportunities and keep the game away from our goal. We have the potential to make things better. We are doing enough to win and tomorrow we will need a good approach and balance, to defend well, but we will also have to show our weapons in attack, goals always influence the history of games. We want to score to do it. It's our task.
…TOULOUSE
For all game situations, we need solutions, defence, midfield and attack, with the ball, without the ball, under pressure, in set pieces. It's part of the preparation. We are good at defending set pieces and also marking them. It's a tool to win games. We will have to be prepared for this and we are.