The former Barcelona player Andrea Falcon defended last night the Benfica He showed that he can beat FC Barcelona after the draw in the Champions League (4-4) and they are not in the quarterfinals “by chance”. “The team is obviously happy but we are not celebrating it. That this team is not celebrating a draw with the great Barça means a lot,” he said at a press conference after the game in Seixal, south of Lisbon.
The winger defended giving “value” to his side’s victory, which was ahead until the Blaugranas equalized in the last minute, and reckons they took a “step forward”. “If anyone thought we were in the quarterfinals by chance, today we removed any doubt about it,” he insisted.
Also in a press conference, Benfica coach Filipa Patao considered that the team won “respect” last night and that the opponents in the quarterfinal draw saw them differently.
“Maybe while before we could be the easy team for those who came in first place (in the group), the same now we are the team that nobody wants,” he said.
Patão highlighted the way his team reacted when they went down 0-2 against Barça and that they had the “ability, confidence and motivation” to believe it was possible to turn the score around.
“We don’t think about the good things we did, but rather if the ball didn’t go away in the last 30 seconds, and that shows we are ambitious,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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