Lisbon (AFP)
Olympique Lyonnais coach Rudi Garcia assured Tuesday that the double face-off against Benfica Lisbon on Wednesday and November 5 will be "very important" for the rest of the competition, before the matchday 2 match in Portugal. of C1.
. Decisive confrontation
Rudi Garcia (coach of Olympique Lyonnais): "We closed the league book and opened the big book of the Champions League, it's a breath of fresh air, the double confrontation against Benfica will be very important. We have 4 points out of 6 possible, it's not bad, we have respect for the opponent but we want to make a positive result. "
Anthony Lopes (goalkeeper of Olympique Lyonnais): "It will be a bit special to come back to play in Portugal for a Champions League game, the stadium I know very well and some players in front, my opinion on them will be taken into account, we come to take points and if we put the right ingredients we can get a positive result in this double confrontation with Benfica and advance in the competition. "
Bruno Lage (coach of Benfica Lisbon): "No matter what happens in the league for both teams, in the Champions League we face Lyon who is currently the leader of the group, it is an important match and we need the win if we want to pursue our goal of reaching the knockout phase (...) this is the message I gave the players: a comeback in all the competitions in which we participate. "
. Pressure on Benfica
Rudi Garcia: "Benfica needs points (0 point in two games, Ed), it puts them in the obligation to win tomorrow.By watching their matches, they deserved better.We studied well Benfica and there is quality everywhere, not just in front of you.The danger will come from all sides, it will manage the start because at home in the Champions League we start often strong.We come here with ambition, we do not want to suffer because we have quality and we can score goals. "
Anthony Lopes: "Benfica need a win tomorrow, we come to take points and they have more pressure because they have no points in two games."
Bruno Lage: "Our pressure is constant, there are no matches without pressure in Benfica, we must always give the maximum (...) our last results in this competition have not been satisfactory, this is never good to lose but we must not dwell on the past, our duty is to give a positive answer. "
. In training
Rudi Garcia: "I still have to learn from the club and the players, who are the leaders (...) tomorrow Anthony Lopes will be my captain, I discuss, write a lot of things to know what can evolve in the Olympics Fortunately, as far as players are concerned, I knew many of them before coming here. "
Anthony Lopes: "We are working as hard as possible to satisfy the coach in training and in match.For the moment things are pretty good and I think they will go in the right direction".
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