Bruno Lage, coach of Benfica, at a press conference, after the victory over Tirsense (4-0) at Estádio da Luz, in the second leg of the Portuguese Cup Half:
Will fulfill the dream of playing a final in Jamor, what are the sensations?
«I have already played several finals, either as a main coach and as an assistant. One in Wembley, as they remember, was in Leiria, in the Algarve…. The fact that I didn't go to Jamor was nothing special … I started my career very early, at 18/19. Going to games in Setúbal was difficult. I'm now 49 to Jamor, it was a dream. But the dream is now to win titles for Benfica. We have to be focused, try to motivate the players. There are five very important games ».
“I spoke to the players, with the least used … Now they already know who the Trsense coach is, but wonder who the players were in the Euro2016 campaign, who were the most regular in winning the European, we say three or four players, but everyone will remember Éder. I spoke to the least used and used the example of Éder. Everyone will remember him, entered the final and scored the goal. Any of the players has to be prepared and motivated to be the hero of our campaign. This is what they told them, they have to be prepared to be the Éder.
Benfica has the possibility to make the triplet and join the cup and championship to the League Cup.
«Of course, we have to continue working. We only won the League Cup and we are playing the championship and let's go to Jamor. It is not the coach who goes looking for his own goal but the team. As things are, see what happened in the last three games. Let's not perspective the result, we can prepare the team. There are four finals in the championship and the Jamor final. We do not know what will be the most difficult game or the tighter result.
