Marco Silva replies to Luís Pinto: “We are not playing here”

Game analysis: “I prefer to start talking about the game. I understand everything about the unfair expulsion of a Benfica player, but it was a good game of our team. We played a well-organized team. He's making a good championship. We started to dominate, Gil took it well, and we grew up with the game. We didn't go in as sharp as it's been, we had a lot of team changes, but after we unlocked, the game was totally ours. With the 3-0, we took away all the hope Gil could have. We won with expressive numbers, we're at the end of an important competition for us. I won't comment on what Luis said. All this noise was created because Jhon shouldn't have been expelled and Benfica couldn't keep quiet. I understand what Luis said, I also didn’t know if Jhon could start the game.”

Lukebakio Display: “You played a great game, you had a very good time, you’re growing in connection with your colleagues. It's strong on one against one and continues to grow in our offensive idea of connections, reached the second pole, and there were good connections with Sudakov, with Dahl in a few moments. And it's very strong in the open, it's his strongest moment, when he can better exploit his qualities. He ended up scoring goals, gave Rafa and Anísio good opportunities. I already congratulated him on the two goals he made.”

Price to Sudakov: “Our interiors in the midfield play in the same position. Being more average than Prestianni or Rafa, there are different defensive moments and after winning the ball is facing the game. Then you have to gain coverage dynamics from middle opponents. Made an excellent goal, very important to him. He's a sympathetic player, works without a ball, satisfied with it. I also want to highlight Trubin, at the time that the game was balanced, kept the goal to zero with a double defense at an important time of the night, before we started for a good win.”

Use of Jhon Durán: “This has happened before, she is not a virgin in Portuguese football. The management was simple, coincided with the day of the game, usually the punishments leave on Thursday and we knew the player had done nothing, we are not playing here. We had his word, the pictures the report and ended up bringing him with us to the game, to spend all day with us.”