Benfica coach Roger Schmidt admitted that his team had “struggled to play their football” on Thursday in the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Marseille, who qualified on penalties (1-0, 4 wins). to 2). “Congratulations to OM for qualifying. The further you are in a competition, the harder it is to be eliminated. But Marseille was very intense, very aggressive. We had difficulty playing our football,” Schmidt said at a press conference.
“We defended well, they didn’t have a lot of chances. But we still missed opportunities in extra time and it was decided on penalties. There is nothing to say to the players to make it less painful. It will take a few days to digest this elimination,” he also judged.